SEOUL, July 14 (Korea Bizwire) — The Character Licensing Fair 2023, South Korea’s largest fair for the character industry, took place at COEX in southern Seoul on Thursday. For the first time ever, a webtoon booth was set up at the fair. The booth, measuring 7 meters in width and 4 meters in height, resembled [...]
CHICAGO , Oct. 26 (Korea Bizwire) — Modelo, the beer brewed for those with The Fighting Spirit™, is extending its partnership with legendary LA-based Mexican American artist and cultural icon, Mark Machado aka Mister Cartoon, to invite fans around the country to celebrate Día de los Muertos in style. To honor the tradition of Día [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 13 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s cartoon exports jumped more than 40 percent in 2020 from a year earlier amid the growing global popularity of Korean pop culture, a report said Wednesday. Outbound shipments of cartoons, including webtoons, stood at US$64.82 million last year, up 40.9 percent from a year earlier, according to [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 11 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean cartoonist Chon Kye-young’s works — comic books like “Unplugged Boy,” “Audition” and “DVD” — gained huge popularity among teenage girls in the late 1990s for their unique characters and stories. Years later, Chon generated a sensation among teens once again — this time with a web-based cartoon [...]
SEOUL, Jun. 17 (Korea Bizwire) — An international cartoon and animation festival will open in Seoul next month, showcasing the changing environment and paradigms of the industry, the event’s organizer said Monday. The 23rd Seoul International Cartoon and Animation Festival (SICAF) will start July 17 for a five-day run at the Convention and Exhibition Center [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 1 (Korea Bizwire) — A South Korean court has found that the Korean cartoon character “Robot Taekwon V” is a separate property, with independent copyright that is distinguished from “Mazinger Z,” its Japanese counterpart. In a case filed against an importer of toy goods by the “Robot Taekwon V” company, the court ordered [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 7 (Korea Bizwire) – The Rare Collection Exhibition opened Saturday at the Seoul Animation Center, featuring a wide variety of collectible items from Korean and overseas cartoons. Items on display span from limited edition postage stamps and coins to action figures, soda cans, wrist watches, and gaming consoles. Visitors will also have the [...]