Korean IT companies and startups are increasingly combining partial remote work with flexible starting times and selective working-hour arrangements, according to 2026 workplace trend coverage, even as fully remote work, …
“Baby Raises a Villain,” a romance-fantasy webtoon adapted from a web novel that accumulated a reported 260 million cumulative views, has become one of Kakao Page’s steadier performers, illustrating the …
Kakao Entertainment kicked off 2026 by unveiling four new webtoon titles spanning genres from romance-fantasy to hard-edged action, part of the company’s regular practice of showcasing a curated slate of …
Korea’s government is funding translation support for roughly 40 domestic web novel publishers and platforms in 2026, offering up to 15 million won in reimbursed costs per company, an initiative …
Olive Young topped Korea’s May 2026 specialty beauty-store brand reputation rankings, according to big-data analysis of consumer engagement, with Innisfree placing second and Missha rounding out the top three, a …
Industry commentary heading into 2026 has framed the year as a potential breakout moment for Korean animation, pointing to a wave of established, “trusted” Korean directors moving into animated feature …
Samjong KPMG has classified Korea’s cosmetics industry as “very positive” in its 2026 economic and industry outlook report, ranking it among the strongest of 23 major sectors surveyed even amid …
Korea’s MZ generation, its twenty- and thirty-somethings, is reshaping dating culture around what researchers describe as “efficiency and balance” rather than traditional romantic ideals, a shift trend analysts attribute to …
“Red Storm: Return of the King,” a wuxia-genre action webtoon on Kakao Webtoon, made a comeback after roughly five years away, and the response suggests the wait did little to …
Social commentators surveying Korea’s 2026 cultural mood have converged on an unusual framing for the year: rather than a theme built around growth, speed or achievement, the dominant thread running …
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