South Korea's webtoon comics have readers hooked
[France24 Asia-Pacific] - 01/30/2025
South Korea is seeing a boom in webtoons – short episodic comics that are designed to be read on smartphones. They are hugely popular in the country, where some 35 million people read at least one episode of a webtoon every week. Amid this success at home, webtoon creators are now turning their (…)
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