All posts tagged "cartoon"

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    Korean animated TV series ‘Pororo’ to go on air in Brazil

    SAO PAULO (Yonhap) — South Korea’s popular TV animation series, “Pororo the Little Penguin,” will begin broadcasting on a major Brazilian network, the broadcaster said Monday. The series will be shown under the translated title “Pororo, O...

    • Posted September 1, 2015
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  • Samsung removed cartoons attacking a US hedge fund's founder as a ravenous, big-beaked vulture after Jewish organizations protested. 
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    Samsung removes online cartoons after criticisms of anti-Semitism

    SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — A Samsung company on Wednesday removed online cartoons attacking a U.S. hedge fund’s founder as a ravenous, big-beaked vulture after Jewish organizations protested similar smears in South Korea’s media. The hedge fund,...

    • Posted July 15, 2015
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    Korea’s ‘webtoon’ industry: boom or bust?

    Cartoonists continue to struggle, despite online readership boost By Baek Byung-yeul Koreans love cartoons as long as they don’t have to pay for them. Free online comic strips, or “webtoons,” are the reason many commuters keep their...

    • Posted February 20, 2014
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