Korea Joongang Daily
Korea JoongAng Daily

Webtoon Entertainment reshuffles leadership in bid to bolster global presence

Webtoon Entertainment, the U.S. headquarters of Korean search engine Naver’s webtoon service Naver Webtoon, on Monday announced a reshuffling of its executive and managerial positions.

2026-04-14

Webtoon platform Manta to add manga to its content catalog

Global webtoon platform Manta is set to add manga to its catalog, according to its parent company Ridi on Wednesday, in order to broaden its offerings and deepen user engagement.

2026-04-08

Webtoon Entertainment touts new focus on creators as it broadens base to include video, animation and games

Webtoon Entertainment is shifting its strategy from focusing on hit titles to building a creator-centered system that expands stories into a wider realm of intellectual property (IP) including video, animation and games.

2026-03-17

Generative AI draws positive praise at KCA forum

Webtoon artist Choi Jin-kyu praised the use of generative AI to speed up comic production, saying the technology helps creators “focus on the substantive work” of making art, at a forum hosted by the Korea Cartoonists Association (KCA) on Friday.

2026-03-16

Webtoon Entertainment promotes chief strategy officer to president

Webtoon Entertainment appointed Kim Yong-soo, chief strategy officer and head of global, as president and internal director on the board on Friday.

2026-03-06

'Lore Olympus' webcomic gets animated series on Amazon Prime Video

“Lore Olympus” (2017-24), a romance webcomic that reimagines the Greek myth of Persephone and Hades in a modern setting, is being adapted into an animated series for Amazon’s Prime Video.

2026-01-21

'Tomb Raider King' web novel, webtoon to be adapted into animated series

Kakao Entertainment's popular web novel and webtoon series “Tomb Raider King” will be adapted into an animated series in Korea and Japan in July.

2026-01-19

Disney, Webtoon join forces to launch new digital comics platform

The Walt Disney Company and Naver's Webtoon Entertainment finalized a strategic partnership to create a new digital comics platform that will combine titles from across Disney’s portfolio with Webtoon’s original content, the companies said Thursday.

2026-01-09

Naver Webtoon, Apple's new campaign spotlights creators with iPad and Apple Pencil Pro

Naver Webtoon partnered up with Apple for a new campaign titled “Made on iPad,” featuring 10 of the platform’s most prominent creators in a move that shifts the focus of brand collaborations from popular characters to the creators themselves.

2025-12-22

Grandson of late South Korean dictator begins webtoon telling of family abuse, repression

The grandson of late strongman Chun Doo Hwan began an AI-generated webtoon series on his Instagram account, seemingly based on his story of being abused by his father and oppressed by his grandparents.

2025-12-15