Korean drama series have catapulted to international fame in the past year. The K-drama world has had a record-breaking start to 2022, with historic Screen Actors Guild (SAG) nominations and a ...

Webtoons, the vertical-scrolling iteration of digital comics that emerged some twenty years ago in Korea, along with the smartphone, are now a global medium. But they are only at the beginning of ...

Webtoons, the digital comics that have been the source material for scores of Korean films and TV series, are to receive a major boost from the South Korean government. Yu In-chon, minister for ...

K-Webtoon Exhibition," hosted by the Korea Creative Content Agency, in this photo provided by the state-run organization. (PHOTO NOT FOR SALE) (Yonhap) TOKYO, Feb. 3 (Yonhap) -- A Korean webtoon ...

South Korean cartoonists have ditched the strip — as far as comics are concerned. The webtoon — a digitally based comic created in South Korea in 2003 — continues to change the way readers engage with ...

Webtoons are predicted to be the next successful Korean wave, following the undeniable popularity of K-pop and K-dramas. To be more precise, the investment hedge fund GVA Assets Management predicts ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. 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 ...

What happens when the comic book evolves for the future? For decades, the comic book and even the newspaper comic strip have maintained a certain look and format. But now, with the omnipresence of ...