Korea

Director Jang Hang-jun had never made a period film before. His first attempt just became one of the biggest Korean movies of all time. “The Man Who Lives with the …

For the third year running, The Korea Times is putting cash, and a shot at a summer internship, behind a simple pitch: get up, speak Korean, and tell us what …

Walk down the sun-care aisle of an Olive Young store in 2026 and the marketing language has shifted. UV protection numbers barely register anymore — instead, the words plastered across …

A Joseon-era royal concubine possessing the body of a struggling modern actress may sound like a familiar time-slip setup, but it has turned into one of the biggest Korean drama …

The after-hours text from a boss asking for “just one quick thing” may soon carry legal weight in South Korea — for employees, not against them. The Ministry of Employment …

A revenge-fueled webtoon about a bullied teenager who livestreams his fights back at his tormentors has found a second life as a Japanese-language Netflix production — the latest sign that …

A different kind of media adaptation is happening in reverse this year: instead of a webtoon becoming a movie, a movie is becoming a webtoon. Naver Webtoon launched “Blind Following” …

One of Naver Webtoon’s flagship wuxia titles is back after a year-long hiatus, and the platform is throwing a genuinely elaborate promotional campaign behind it. “Return of the Blossoming Blade” …

Korea’s webtoon industry, built on a foundation of web novels adapted into serialized visual form, has officially crossed into the 2 trillion won revenue tier, but the growth curve that …

Few Korean web novels have made the leap to global mega-franchise quite like “Solo Leveling,” and its anime adaptation just proved the story still has momentum. D&C Media announced that …