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National Library faces crisis over 1.5 million webtoon deposits as dedicated staff count remains zero

National Library faces crisis over 1.5 million webtoon deposits as dedicated staff count remains zero

With amended Library Act set to take effect in December, just 4.6 TB remains; urgent need to build a preservation system for serialized content When the amended 'Library Act' takes effect in December, 'webtoons' and 'web novels' assigned a Uniform Content Identifier will become subject to mandatory...
Naver Webtoon Stolen 80,000 Copies by Illegal Sites… North Africa Hit Leaves $20 Billion Damage

Naver Webtoon Stolen 80,000 Copies by Illegal Sites… North Africa Hit Leaves $20 Billion Damage

Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism and Interpol launch international cooperation to arrest local operators—targeting the latest works such as “Severe Trauma Center” and stepping up efforts to block second- and third-round reuploads
Pirate networks based in North Africa that siphoned off 20 billion won a year collapse through global cooperation A massive illegal webtoon distribution hub based in North Africa that caused an enormous scale of economic losses worth about 20 billion won per year has finally been dealt a decisive...
Busan International Film Festival Selects 25 Source IP Titles… Including “A Genius Doctor Who Reads Comments” and 15 Korean Works

Busan International Film Festival Selects 25 Source IP Titles… Including “A Genius Doctor Who Reads Comments” and 15 Korean Works

After a contest among 138 submissions, IPs are handpicked from four Asian countries; a second rights-focused business meeting is set to take place at BEXCO in October.
A battleground for K-content’s source IPs: Masterpieces from 25 titles reveal themselves In Busan International Film Festival , the AsiaContents&Film Market—Asia’s biggest arena for content deals—shook up the second rights market by unveiling 25 officially selected titles for the “Busan...
[Photo&] ENHYPEN Breaks Through to Its First Ever Comic-Con—Dark Moon Brings Together a Fandom of 200 Million Views

[Photo&] ENHYPEN Breaks Through to Its First Ever Comic-Con—Dark Moon Brings Together a Fandom of 200 Million Views

SDCC panel talk and a bustling booth spotlight the film “Twilight” director and the vampire world
K-pop idols have made their first entry into San Diego Comic-Con , the world’s largest pop-culture festival. The protagonists are the group ‘ENHYPEN’. On the 23rd , they attended the event at the San Diego Convention Center in the United States as panel guests and met the global fanbase of the...
Park Ji-hoon, Sweeps TVING…‘Legend of a Cook’ Becomes a Huge Hit as Original Views Soar 170-Fold

Park Ji-hoon, Sweeps TVING…‘Legend of a Cook’ Becomes a Huge Hit as Original Views Soar 170-Fold

Breaking through a 7.9% rating after just four episodes, topping TVING subscription contributions. The original creator also praised Park Ji-hoon, saying it offers “more vitality than the original.”
Original views explode—up 170-fold… 'Legend of a Cook' creates overwhelming synergy A 'TVING' original series, 'Legend of a Cook', adapted from web novels and webtoons, has kicked off a fierce box-office-style popularity surge, driving the explosive 'backward climb' of the original content.
Naver Webtoon Lands 60th Anniversary ‘Star Trek’ Partner Deal With the U.S… Kicks Off a ‘Gen Z’ Push

Naver Webtoon Lands 60th Anniversary ‘Star Trek’ Partner Deal With the U.S… Kicks Off a ‘Gen Z’ Push

For the first time in its 60-year history, it adopts a ‘webtoon’ format… Collaborates on a global campaign with Paramount Original webtoons ‘Stargazers’ and ‘Recollection’ roll out sequentially starting Nov. 17 in North America “Seventy-five percent of North American users are Gen Z”… a “mobile CPR” for an aging ‘Star Trek’ IP
Naver Webtoon has officially joined forces as a global campaign partner for the legendary Hollywood sci-fi franchise ‘Star Trek,’ proving its influence in the North American market once again. Through its English service, Naver Webtoon began rolling out original webtoons based on the ‘Star Trek’...
[Exclusive Interview] This Time, It’s a K-Dessert Variety Show! Meet the Five Muses of ‘Bite Me Sweet’ ⑤ Lee Se-eon

[Exclusive Interview] This Time, It’s a K-Dessert Variety Show! Meet the Five Muses of ‘Bite Me Sweet’ ⑤ Lee Se-eon

〈Bamis〉 is a K-dessert variety show where five world-famous pâtissiers from across Southeast Asia and five up-and-coming male Korean celebrities team up in pairs to compete in making K-desserts.
Coming in April is the K-dessert variety program 〈Bite Me Sweet〉(also known as 〈Bamis〉), which will be available globally via the OTT platform Viu, with Asia as its hub, and in Korea via Wavve. 〈Bite Me Sweet〉 is a competitive reality show where well-known pâtissiers from each country in Southeast...
IU and Byun Woo-seok’s “First Lady of the 21st Century” Episode 2 Scores 9.5% Viewership, Reigniting the “Goong” Craze After 20 Years

IU and Byun Woo-seok’s “First Lady of the 21st Century” Episode 2 Scores 9.5% Viewership, Reigniting the “Goong” Craze After 20 Years

There’s no such thing as a passive Cinderella. IU’s choice of Byun Woo-seok breaks through to 9.5% with a sweeping mise-en-scène and a wholly original script.
A constitutional monarchy story awakened after 20 years… “First Lady of the 21st Century” sparks a 9. 5% ratings surge After 20 years, the world of a constitutional monarchy theme from the drama 'Goong', which swept South Korea in 2006, returns in a fresh, upgraded form.
‘Itaewon Class’ Gwangjin Writer Returns! Spin-off ‘Janga’ Featuring Villain Jang Dae-hee — Exclusive Release on KakaoPage

‘Itaewon Class’ Gwangjin Writer Returns! Spin-off ‘Janga’ Featuring Villain Jang Dae-hee — Exclusive Release on KakaoPage

Expansion of the 420 Million Views Myth… First Web Novel Depicting the Harrowing Survival Saga of Monster Jang Dae-hee
The world of 〈Itaewon Class〉, which became a symbol of global K-story by sparking the “Park Sae-ro-i Syndrome” across the world, is set to expand again six years later. Kakao Entertainment announced it will exclusively unveil 〈Janga〉, the first web novel by writer Gwangjin and a spin-off that...
[Culture&] 14 Million 'King's Affection' Park Ji-hoon Syndrome…Previous Works and Webtoons Also Making a Comeback

[Culture&] 14 Million 'King's Affection' Park Ji-hoon Syndrome…Previous Works and Webtoons Also Making a Comeback

With the success of the movie 'The King’s Affection', Park Ji-hoon’s previous works and the webtoon based on the story of King Danjong are creating a resurgence, especially among Gen Z.
Surpassing 14 Million 'The King’s Affection', the 'Park Ji-hoon Syndrome' Takes Over Theaters The movie 'The King’s Affection' has surpassed a cumulative audience of 14 million, marking a new milestone in Korean cinematic history.