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Daum Webtoon
Kakao Webtoon (Hangul: 카카오 웹툰) is a webtoon platform operated by Kakao. History The service originally launched in 2003 by Daum, a popular web portal in Korea, as Daum Webtoon making it the first official webtoon platform in the world. It would operate under Daum up until the company merged with Kakao in 2014. The service operated as Daum Webtoon alongside Kakao's other service, KakaoPage, attracting many readers to its platform. It wasn't until August 1, 2021, when the service was relaunched as Kakao Webtoon in order to expand globally and management changed to the platform now being operated by Kakao Entertainment, a subsidiary of Kakao. The service also expanded to Thailand and Taiwan that same year. In April 2022, an Indonesian language service was launched to replace the Indonesian Kakao Page service. Adaptations of Daum/Kakao webtoons See also * KakaoPage * Piccoma Piccoma ( ja, ピッコマ, Pikkoma) is a Japanese webtoon subscription service that is avai ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Webtoon
Webtoons (), are a type of digital comic that originated in South Korea usually meant to be read on smartphones. While webtoons were mostly unknown outside of Korea during their inception, there has been a surge in popularity internationally thanks in great part to the rise in popularity of manhwa and the fact that most manhwa are released as webtoons. In the country, as digital manhwa have emerged as a popular medium, print publication of manhwa has decreased. The amount of material published in webtoon form has now reached an equal amount as that published offline. Format usually feature a few of common traits: each episode is published on one long, vertical strip (making use of an infinite canvas rather than multiple pages so that it is easier to read on a smartphone or computer); some feature music and animations that play during each chapter; and unlike the majority of East Asian comics, they are usually in color instead of black-and-white since they are published digit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
BABO
Babo may refer to: People * Babo, a nickname for Fikret Abdić (born 1939), Bosnian politician * Alberto Babo (born 1947), head coach of Porto Ferpinta, Portugal * Joseph Marius Babo (1756–1822), German dramatist * Lambert Heinrich von Babo (1818–1899), German chemist Other *Babo Airport West Papua, Indonesia *''Babo'', unfilmed 1969 film script by Pablo Neruda based on Babo, Senegalese servant in the short novel ''Benito Cereno'' * ''BABO'', a 2008 South Korean film * Babo (2019 film), an Indian Marathi-language film * Babo, an Uglydolls character * ''Babo 73'', 1964 film by Robert Downey Sr. See also * Babos Babos () is a Hungarian surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Adam Babos (born 1992), Hungarian artistic gymnast * Ágnes Babos (born 1944), former Hungarian handball player * Gábor Babos (born 1974), former Hungarian footballer ..., a Hungarian surname {{DEFAULTSORT:Babo German-language surnames ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Korea JoongAng Daily
''Korea JoongAng Daily'' is the English edition of the South Korean national daily newspaper ''JoongAng Ilbo''. The newspaper was first published on October 17, 2000, originally named as ''JoongAng Ilbo English Edition''. It mainly carries news and feature stories by staff reporters, and some stories translated from the Korean language newspaper. ''Korea JoongAng Daily'' is one of the three main English newspapers in South Korea along with ''The Korea Times'' and ''The Korea Herald''. The newspaper is published with a daily edition of ''The New York Times'' and it is located within the main offices of the ''JoongAng Ilbo'' in Sangam-dong, Mapo-gu, Seoul Seoul (; ; ), officially known as the Seoul Special City, is the Capital city, capital and largest metropolis of South Korea.Before 1972, Seoul was the ''de jure'' capital of the North Korea, Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea .... See also * List of newspapers in South Korea References External linksO ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
KBS Media
KBS Media Ltd. () is a South Korea South Korea, officially the Republic of Korea (ROK), is a country in East Asia, constituting the southern part of the Korean Peninsula and sharing a land border with North Korea. Its western border is formed by the Yellow Sea, while its eas ...-based television production company. It is a subsidiary of the Korean Broadcasting System. List of Works As production company References External links * {{Television production companies of South Korea South Korean companies established in 1991 Television production companies of South Korea Companies based in Seoul Korean Broadcasting System subsidiaries Mass media companies established in 1991 * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marry Me, Mary!
''Marry Me, Mary!'' () is a 2010 South Korean romantic comedy television series, starring Moon Geun-young, Jang Keun-suk, Kim Jae-wook and Kim Hyo-jin. It is based on the Daum webtoon of the same title by Won Soo-yeon. It aired on KBS2 from November 8, to December 28, 2010 on Mondays and Tuesdays at 21:55 for 16 episodes. Synopsis Wi Mae-ri (Moon Geun-young) is a stubborn young woman with no dating experience. She looks like her late mother, but her hot temper comes straight from her deadbeat father (Park Sang-myun). Her father's business failures always make trouble, but Mae-ri still loves him. Because she can't afford college tuition, she temporarily stops attending college, and without any special skills, starts to work odd jobs. One day, driving friends around as one of those jobs, she accidentally hits musician Kang Mu-gyul (Jang Keun-suk) and over a series of events, they become friends. Mae-ri's father proposes that she marry his rich friend's son Byun Jung-in (Kim Jae-w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Won Soo-yeon
Won Soo-yeon (born January 12, 1961) is a South Korean female manhwa artist who writes in the shōjo, shoujo (romance) genre. She debuted in 1987 and has published several titles; among her best known serials are ''Full House (manhwa), Full House'' (2002) and its sequel ''Full House 2'' (2005). Two of her comics have been adapted into Korean drama, television dramas: ''Full House (2004 TV series), Full House'' (2004) and ''Mary Stayed Out All Night'' (2010). She is married to fellow manhwa artist Doha Kang, with whom she has two children. Works *''Elio and Yvette'' (1992) *''Let Dai'' (1995) *''Confession (manhwa anthology)'' (1999) *''Full House (manhwa), Full House'' (2002) *''I Want You (manhwa), I Want You'' (2003) *''Full House 2'' (2005) *''The Devil's Trill'' (2006) *''Mary Stayed Out All Night (webtoon), Mary Stayed Out All Night'' (2009) Adaptions of work *''Mary Stayed Out All Night'' *''Full House (2004 TV series), Full House'' (2004) Awards State honors Notes ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Chase (2017 Film)
''The Chase'' (; lit. “No Matter What, I’ll Catch You”) is a 2017 South Korean crime thriller film about a landowner who teams up with a former detective to chase after the suspect of a 30-year-old unsolved case. The film was directed by Kim Hong-seon and stars Baek Yoon-sik and Sung Dong-il. Plot Shim Deok-su is a grumpy landlord of several working-class flats who constantly harasses his tenants for rent. A Korean War refugee from the north, he possesses a Scrooge-like reputation and is widely despised about town. At the beginning of the movie we see him begin his day by dropping in on Mr Choi, a hard-up tenant who has been suffering from ailments that prevent him from working, to demand rent just as the latter is being visited by charity workers from a local church. Unmoved by the volunteer's pleas for empathy and unperturbed by their subsequent attempts to guilt-trip him, Deok-su leaves to go about his chores. As he goes about his routine he comes across two dead bodie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
KBS 2TV
The Korean Broadcasting System (KBS) () is the national broadcaster of South Korea. Founded in February 1927, it is one of the leading South Korean television and radio broadcasters. KBS operates seven radio networks, ten television channels, and multiple Internet-exclusive services. Its flagship terrestrial television stations KBS1 broadcasts on channel 9, while KBS1 sister channel KBS2, an entertainment oriented network, broadcasts on channel 7. KBS also operates the international service KBS World, which provides television, radio, and online services in twelve different languages. History Early radio broadcasts The KBS began as Keijo Broadcasting Station (경성방송국, 京城放送局) with call sign JODK, established by the Governor-General of Korea on 16 February 1927. It became the in 1932. After Korea was liberated from Japanese rule at the end of World War II, this second radio station started using the call sign HLKA in 1947 after the Republic of Korea was gra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cinema Service
Cinema Service () was a South Korean film production and distribution company. History The company was founded in 1993 by film director Kang Woo-suk as "Kang Woo-suk Productions", before taking the name Cinema Service in 1995. It survived during the Asian financial crisis and was in position to take advantage of the popularity boom of Korean cinema, becoming a major player in the East Asian film industry. In 2000, Cinema Service merged with Locus Holdings (later Plenus Entertainment). In 2005, the founder Kang Woo-suk relinquished his position at the company, wanting to concentrate more on his personal film projects. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Moss (film)
''Moss'' () is a 2010 South Korean mystery thriller film directed by Kang Woo-suk. It was based on the popular webtoon of the same title by Yoon Tae-ho. Plot In a small town in South Korea, a corrupt detective named Cheon is asked by a church minister to arrest an unofficial street preacher, whose influence has been growing, and who has collected large donations. The donors are pressured into saying that they were defrauded, which leads to the preacher's imprisonment and subsequent torture by Cheon in order to extract a confession. To Cheon's surprise, the preacher demonstrates amazing endurance and will-power, leading Cheon to release him and to fund his preaching. Cheon uses their new-found friendship to bolster his own reputation and recruit henchmen. Around this time, a young girl named Lee is raped by three men, and Cheon earns her respect by beating them up. Around 25 years later, Ryoo, the estranged son of the preacher, is anonymously informed of his father's death and trav ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yoon Tae-ho
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Yoon may refer to: * Yoon (Korean name), the ninth most common Korean family name *Yoon, stage name of Shim Ja-yoon, member of K-Pop group STAYC * Yōon, a feature of the Japanese language * Prabda Yoon (born 1973), a Thai novelist See also *Yun (other) Yun may refer to: *Yǔn, Chinese name of Xionites, a nomadic tribe of Central Asia *Yun (Chinese name) (云/雲), a Chinese family name *Yun (ancient surname), an ancient Chinese surname *Yeon, or Yun, Korean (or Dutch given name) family name *Yun ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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