Global audiences who find themselves hooked on Korean series like “All of Us Are Dead,” “Hellbound,” “The Uncanny Counter” and “Business Proposal” may overlook the one thing these titles have in common - their origins as webtoons. In fact, over the last decade, more than 100 webcomics in Korea have found varying degrees of success far beyond smartphone screens, being turned into dramas, movies and animations.
The main opposition Democratic Party of Korea (DPK) submitted a petition to the state human rights watchdog on Thursday, claiming that the culture ministry infringed on the freedom of speech in its response to a teenager s cartoon satirizing President Yoon Suk-yeol.
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