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Busan to Develop Webtoon Industry
Source: Yonhap News (Feb. 25, 2016)
** This article was translated from the Korean.
Date
2016.02.25
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According to Yonhap News,
(BUSAN=Yonhap News) Busan City announced February 25 that it will develop the webtoon industry into a global one.
Webtoons are emerging as the next-generation Korean Wave contents as dramas, films, games and other secondary contents are produced based on the webtoons.
The city will establish a global webtoon center in October to expand the base of webtoon industry and attract webtoonists to Busan.
The center will discover new webtoonists, nurture creative human resources by operating a webtoon academy and provide translation services to help webtoonists to enter overseas markets.
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Source: Yonhap News (Feb. 25, 2016)
** This article was translated from the Korean.