SEOUL, April 12 (Korea Bizwire) — Web novel readers in South Korea are more likely to pay for content than webtoon readers, with the former group spending more on content on a monthly basis compared to the latter group, a survey showed Tuesday. According to a survey of 2,500 Koreans aged 15 to 49 conducted [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 4 (Korea Bizwire) — In the midst of the rapid growth of the South Korean content industry, the competition between Naver Corp. and Kakao Corp., the two major tech companies, is heating up to secure story content like webtoons and web novels. Naver Webtoon, the webcomic arm of the nation’s top portal operator, [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 16 (Korea Bizwire) – After the official launch of Naver’s Web Novel only two years ago, there are signs that the platform is succeeding in supporting writers, and helping them to earn a considerable amount of income. According to Naver, the web novel platform now features 109 official writers and around 110,000 amateur [...]