SEOUL — For years, the standard line on South Korea’s animation sector has been that it is long on technical skills but short on creativity. Throughout the 1980s and 1990s, the country was a prime ...

With each new incarnation, Running Man finds a new audience. Starting off as a hit Korean variety show in which celebrities compete in various physical challenges, it spawned spin-off editions in ...

The Awl is critically acclaimed and the recipient of the Korean Cartoon of Today Prize. It caused a stir by raising public awareness about acute labor problems when it was initially published. It was ...

In compliance with Korean broadcast regulations, JAI’s JoongAng Broadcasting Corporation (JBC) will own the majority stake in the 24-hour kids’ network, with TBS holding a 49-percent stake. “To ...

In Thailand, half of the cartoons read by comic lovers are Korean contents. Not only in Thailand, the Korean cartoons are massively popular in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), Indonesia, and Vietnam ...

Pororo and Baby Shark might be the most successful cartoon characters ever created in South Korea in terms of their popularity and generated profits. But that might not be the case for long — newcomer ...

North Korea TV aired a cartoon addressing obesity as the country runs out of food. In the cartoon, a character tells her chubbier friend she should walk home instead of taking the bus. Meanwhile, Kim ...

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"The Korea Herald recognizes that it has a responsibility to ensure that the material it publishes meets standards of decency," the paper said in a statement SEOUL, March 29. /TASS/. South Korea’s The ...

SEOUL, Dec 19 (Reuters) - South Korea's rival presidential candidates danced to celebrate their respective victories across the country on Wednesday, or at least animated cartoon characters ...

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SEOUL — For years, the standard line on South Korea’s animation sector has been that it is long on technical skills but short on creativity. Throughout the 1980s and 1990s, the country was a prime ...