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#TewsdayNewsday : Webtoon Author for “True Beauty” Under Fire

Omar Velarde
3 min readJul 28, 2020

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Webtoons are digital comics posted online and have been all the rave in Korea in recent years. Aside from being eco-friendly, people are attracted to webtoons for their beautiful graphics, the occasional flash animations and music and, of course, their stories. Of course, they’re also pretty accessible through online forums, such as those of Naver, and the author’s constant interaction with readers’ feedback has contributed to the Webtoon popularity.

In the same way that books get movie adaptations, popular webtoons reach deals with production companies to bring their stories to life for the public to see. Such are the cases of hit dramas “What’s Wrong with Secretary Kim,” and “Itaewon Class” (2019), and the films “Moss” and “Secretly Greatly.”

[Idol and Character Comparisons] Left: AOA’s SeolHyun and JuGyung | Right: ASTRO’s Cha EunWoo and SuHo (Source: Naver Cafe)

Back in February, webtoon drama author, Yaongyi, confirmed via her Instagram that her popular hit series, “True Beauty | 여신강김,” will air sometime at the end of 2020. Kpop idol Cha EunWoo of ASTRO has been confirmed as the drama’s male lead character, Lee SuHo, and actress Moon GaYoung is currently considering an offer by tvN for the female lead character, JuGyung.

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Omar Velarde
Omar Velarde

Written by Omar Velarde

Hospitality and marketing background. Art and design enthusiast. Lover of folklore and mythology. Kpop junkie. Hooman bean writing for fun to share my views.

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