Opinions expressed by Forbes Contributors are their own. Joan Vos MacDonald is a New York-based writer who covers Korean media. In a 2023 talk in Seoul Netflix co-CEO Ted Sarandos noted that 60 ...
SEOUL: The South Korean authorities shut down Agitoon, a major piracy platform of Korean webtoons and web novels, and arrested its operator on charges of copyright infringement, officials ...
The number of webtoons published on Korean platforms adapted into TV drama series in Southeast Asian countries such as Thailand and Taiwan is also growing. Naver’s original Thai webtoon ...
South Korean production firm Studio Dragon confirmed that it has cast actor Kim Go-eun as the protagonist in the upcoming webtoon-based drama Yumi’s Cells. Kim will play Kim Yumi, an ordinary ...
After a bumper November, the December K-drama schedule may seem a little on ... once again adapting his own webtoon into a supernatural mystery. The series follows six people who find themselves ...
The controversial webtoon, “Get Schooled,” criticized for episodes promoting racism, misogyny and corporal punishment in classrooms, is officially getting its drama adaptation. Kim Moo-yul ...
Webtoon Entertainment, which describes itself as the world's largest web comic platform, has set its market value at $2.67bn (£2.11bn) ahead of its US listing. Its shares are due to start trading ...
Joan Vos MacDonald is a New York-based writer who covers Korean media. Celebrity ... Black Knight, based on the Toomics webtoon Delivery Knight, stars Kim Woo-bin, Song Seung-hoon and Esom.
On November 7, 2024, actor Kim Nam-gil's management, Gilstory Entertainment, revealed that he received an offer to appear in the webtoon-adapted drama, Get Schooled. They further shared that he is ...
Set against the backdrop of Japanese-occupied Korea, “Hymn of Death” is a historical romance drama based on the real lives of Kim Won Jin (Lee Jong Suk), a Korean drama writer, and Yun Sim ...
On November 7, Kim Nam Gil’s agency confirmed that the actor had received an offer to star in the upcoming drama “Get Schooled,” which is based on the webtoon of the same name. Although he ...