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Kakao Webtoon launches in Indonesia, to take over Kakao Page

Kakao Webtoon officially launched in Indonesia on Wednesday, three weeks after Kakao announced its overseas expansion plans centered on the company’s web content businesses. The new service comes as a rebranded version of the Kakao Page ...

2022-04-27

Boy band 2AM collabs with Kakao Webtoon for new song

Boy band 2AM is collaborating with Kakao Webtoon “We’re Not Dating” (translated) to release a song “1 Second 1 Minute 1 Hour” on Jan. 11, according to production company Toon Studio Wednesday. “1 Second 1 Minute 1 Hour” is a ballad based on...

2022-01-05

Kakao Webtoon takes the lead in Thailand's toons

Kakao Entertainment’s new webtoon app Kakao Webtoon topped the webtoon app charts in Thailand in terms of revenue for August, beating its rival Naver’s webtoon app, just three months after its release in June. Kakao Webtoon was the ...

2021-09-09

Kakao Webtoon seeks the magic and mix to be the next Marvel

“Itaewon Class” (2016-2018) started as a webtoon and ended in 2020 as a highly popular TV series. It was the highest-rated drama based on a webtoon ever. Fans of the TV drama then moved over to Daum Webtoon to read the original ...

2021-08-12

Kakao posts record-breaking and expectation-busting profit

Kakao’s net profit rose 117.5 percent on year to 315.9 billion won ($276.4 million) in the second quarter, far above the market expectations.

2021-08-06

Kakao targets global expansion with new webtoon app

Kakao Webtoon, the soon-to-launch webtoon platform from Kakao Entertainment, is escaping the square-shaped thumbnail images widely used on webtoon platforms, opting instead for animated video thumbnails that are different in shape and ...

2021-07-27

Daum Webtoon becomes Kakao Webtoon as competition intensifies

Daum Webtoon will rebrand itself as Kakao Webtoon on Aug. 1 and offer some new features in its mobile app, the company announced on Tuesday. Kakao Webtoon will arrive as an update to the existing Daum Webtoon app. Daum Webtoon Company will change ...

2021-07-20

Singer IU announced as face of Kakao Webtoon

Singer IU has been chosen as the model for new global webtoon platform. Kakao Entertainment announced Friday that IU will be the face of Kakao Webtoon that is slated to launch next month...

2021-07-16