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Talk to your favorite webtoon characters as Naver’s AI chat brings them to life

Naver Webtoon launched an AI chat service that lets users talk to characters from popular webtoon series, adding gamelike features that tailor the experience to each user.

2025-04-20

How a '10 million won chicken' inspired original 'The 8 Show' webtoon

The Netflix series “The 8 Show,” based on Bae Jin-soo's webtoon “Money Game,” explores extreme capitalism through a survival game. Bae discusses the differences between his webtoon and the series, as well as his creative process and future projects.

2025-04-19

Saudi content company brings readers webtoons in Arabic

Manga Arabia, a leading Saudi content company, has begun offering Korean webtoons in Arabic for the first time, introducing the digital comic format to readers across the Middle East.

2025-04-15

Webtoon 'The Remarried Empress' to get drama treatment

Naver Webtoon's popular fantasy romance series "The Remarried Empress" will be made into a drama series featuring actors Shin Min-a, Ju Ji-hoon, Lee Jong-seok and Lee Se-young.

2025-04-14

Kakao Entertainment shuts down four illegal websites for pirating K-content

Kakao Entertainment shut down four illegal websites with its P.CoK piracy detection team this year, the web content company said Monday.

2025-04-07

HYBE IM launches new Seventeen-themed mobile puzzle game

HYBE's gaming subsidiary, HYBE IM, launched a mobile puzzle game themed around boy band Seventeen on Tuesday.

2025-04-01

K-pop titan HYBE's gaming subsidiary secures 30 billion won in investment

HYBE IM, a gaming subsidiary of K-pop giant HYBE, has secured 30 billion won ($20.3 million) in investment from three entities.

2025-04-01

PUBG Mobile to launch limited-time Godzilla in-game goodies

Korea gaming giant Krafton's PUBG Mobile has partnered with Godzilla franchise owner

2025-03-31

Naver Webtoon becomes first Korean member of global anti-piracy coalition

Naver Webtoon has become the first Korean member of the Alliance for Creativity and Entertainment (ACE), a global anti-piracy coalition, the webtoon creator and distributor said on Thursday.

2025-03-27

Producer's advice for gamers who can't beat The First Berserker: Khazan — 'Blame yourself'

The First Berserker: Khazan, a challenging single-player game by Neople, launches without DLC and with an easy mode.

2025-03-25