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January 20, 2020
Gangnam-gu, South Korea
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Netflix’s “Sweet Home,” OCN’s “The Uncanny Counter” and tvN’s “True Beauty” are just some of the content receiving worldwide recognition for gripping narratives and universes that derive from original webtoons. "Yumi’s Cells," a webtoon which was...
Cable channel OCN’s action drama “The Uncanny Counter” wrapped up record-breaking viewership ratings, but rather than feeling sad that the show was over, actor Kim Se-jeong says that she knew “it wasn’t the end.” “It was strange but I really ...
Kim Carnby and Hwang Young-chan, the authors of the Naver webtoon series "Sweet Home," say their concerns have been replaced with feelings of joy after seeing the success of the Netflix original action series adaptation of the same name, not ...
The hottest — and certainly the spookiest — drama series these days is the Netflix original “Sweet Home,” and behind the most gripping scenes are two veteran actors: Lee Jin-uk and Lee Si-young. “Sweet Home” is a zombie action series based on the...
Web novels have proved to be an abundant source of creativity for content creators, providing a rich pool of stories for webtoons, dramas and even films. And now web novels’ predecessors are also finding new life through webtoons, bringing ...
Dramas based on webtoons and web novels saw the most successful year yet, a sign for web content platforms to roll out plans for more of the same for the coming year. Naver Webtoon announced Dec. 28 its plans for turning its ...
Naver is on its way to becoming a global IT conglomerate as its number of overseas users continues to rise. The success of Naver, which has been recognized by both Fortune and Forbes, is due to the various services it...
Korea’s webtoon industry continued to grow in 2019 and also the first half of 2020, finding more overseas readership due to increased digital content consumption amid the global coronavirus pandemic, the Korea Creative Content Agency (Kocca) said ...
With secondary content in the form of screen formats deriving from original content such as webtoons, web novels or books continuing to see major success, industry insiders are shifting focus to creating original content and intellectual property.
2020 has been a major disappointment for many movie lovers with most of the highly anticipated films of the year pushing back their premiere dates due to the coronavirus pandemic. But Netflix is offering those in need of some at-home entertainment...
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