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Webtoons to Get Major Boost as Korean Gov’t Proposes Festival and School
Korean webtoons, the source IP behind numerous films and TV shows, are to get a major dose of government support, a festival and a specialty school.
Webtoons emerged in the early years of the 21st century shortly after the mass market a acceptance of smart phones – a technology sector where Korea ’s Samsung Electronics is a major manufacturer – and are vertically-scrolling comics designed for consumption on a small screen. Instead, they have diverse story genres, are cheap to produce, which allows creators from non-professional backgrounds to participate, and have been quickly internationalized through multi-lingual translations and overseas platforms. “Supporting webtoons is very important for bolstering the intellectual property rights of the South Korean content industry as a whole,” Yu said during a press briefing in Seoul to announce the plans, according to the Yonhap news agency.
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