All posts tagged "Webtoons"

  • misaeng, webtoon
    Webtoons emerge as hot source for Korean dramas, films

    By Baek Byung-yeul After the huge success of “Misaeng,” a 2014 TV drama based on cartoonist Yoon Tae-ho’s comic of the same title, “webtoons” or online comics, have emerged as a major source for films and dramas....

    • Posted January 27, 2016
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    Naver to export webtoons

    By Kim Rahn Korea’s biggest portal site operator is set to export a new genre within the Korean culture ― webtoons. Naver said Sunday that beginning this year, it will provide foreign-language services for the online comic...

    • Posted March 24, 2014
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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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