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EXCLUSIVE: Webtoon Entertainment CEO Junkoo Kim has said listing on Nasdaq will bolster efforts to adapt the company’s IPs into different formats and increase opportunities to collaborate with global partners. The company closed its first trading day at $23, marking a 9.5% increase from its IPO price…

A decade-long love story of two young men is the subject of Netflix’s latest Asian series, Soul Mate. The drama stars Japanese actor Hayato Isomura and Korean singer-actor Ok Taec-yeon from boyband 2PM, and will follow their enduring relationship despite the distance. It begins when Rye Narutaki…

With filming set to begin in October this year, Zo In-sung, Park Jeong-min, Park Hae-joon and Nana have been confirmed as cast for Ryoo Seung-wan’s upcoming film, HUMINT. Distributed by Contents Panda, HUMINT is an espionage action movie depicting North and South Korean secret agents clashing while…

EXCLUSIVE: Shows featuring K-pop megastars BTS will roll out this summer on Korean content streamer Kocowa+, which has struck a partnership with HYBE. From June to September, Kocowa+ will release BTS’ live concert performances, documentaries and reality shows from HYBE’s existing content library…

The popularity of K-dramas continues to run wild in the English-speaking world. Earlier today Deadline analysis pointed to the continued interest in TV content from the country and now international K-content streamer Kocowa+ has revealed the UK and countries such as Australia are set to rank among…

EXCLUSIVE: Netflix’s latest original is a Japanese series adaptation of 2011 French film Les Émotifs Anonymes (Romantics Anonymous). The project, going under the working title of Romantics Anonymous, will feature talent from Japan and Korea — two of the core countries at the center of Netflix’s…

Disney+ series Moving and historical action film 12:12: The Day took home the top prizes at the 60th Baeksang Arts Awards, one of Korea’s most prestigious entertainment award ceremonies. After receiving the most number of nominations (seven) in the television category, Moving took home the Grand…

EXCLUSIVE: Korean digital comics platform Manta is combining with fiction podcast Meet Cute on an adaptation of I've Become A True Villainess. Marking Manta’s debut venture into audio storytelling, the collaboration will produce a scripted audio drama series, scheduled to debut on June 11 across all…

Two months after revealing its Korean slate for 2024, Disney+ has unveiled another series from the country. Titled Low Life, the show will premiere on the platform next year and Hulu in the U.S. The series will star veteran actor Ryu Seungryong (Moving) and Yang Sejong (Doona!). Set in 1970s Korea…

Welcome to Global Breakouts, Deadline's fortnightly strand in which we shine a spotlight on the TV shows and films making noise in their local territories. The industry is as globalized as it's ever been, but breakout hits are appearing in pockets of the world all the time and it can be hard to keep track…

EXCLUSIVE: From zombies in Train to Busan to the supernatural forces in Hellbound and parasitic creatures in Parasyte: The Grey, Korean director Yeon Sang-ho’s oeuvre of work has conjured fantastical monsters to launch dark, searing critiques of the evil that lurks in humanity’s midst. Yeon’s latest…

Korean horror film Exhuma has become the highest-grossing Korean film ever in Vietnam, its distributor Showbox Co said. Exhuma has recorded more than 2.23 million moviegoers in Vietnam as of March 31, surpassing the previous mark of 2.15 million held by comedy film 6/45 (2022), which starred Go…