Operator of Newtoki announced all affiliated platforms would cease operations Source: https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2026-05-02/korea-largest-illegal-webtoon-site-newtoki-shuts-down-ahead-of-crackdown/.236871
Sword Art Online, Slayers, The Familiar of Zero also teased for original webcomics Source: https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2026-04-30/webtoon-kadokawa-launch-studio-white-for-webcomics-starting-with-lodoss-spinoff/.236945
Contest to offer total prize pool of 380 million won Source: https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2026-04-25/naver-webtoon-munpia-launch-world-largest-web-novel-contest/.236657
Company to release Marco Kohinata’s Akari manga in June Source: https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2026-04-25/glacier-bay-books-reveals-new-licenses-updates-status-on-acquiring-star-fruit-books-inventory/.236781
New season tops Netflix’s Non-English Shows chart in 2nd week Source: https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2026-04-17/bloodhounds-webtoon-sees-surge-in-readership-following-release-of-2nd-season-of-live-action-netflix-/.236487
Brandon Easton, Ryan Benjamin to create 20-issue comic book based on Hideyuki Kikuchi’s novels Source: https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2026-04-06/new-vampire-hunter-d-comic-adaptation-reveals-previews-summer-release-window/.236116
Company reveals licenses of Her Tale of Shim Chong, The Red Sleeve Source: https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2026-04-05/inklore-announces-new-titles-previews-at-anime-boston/.236104
Court accepted both companies’ claims of 1 billion won each Source: https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2026-03-23/kakao-entertainment-naver-webtoon-win-civil-lawsuit-against-major-piracy-site-agitoon/.235623
2026 program will select 5 projects, each receiving 100 million Korean won Source: https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2026-03-22/seoul-business-agency-launches-2026-seoul-themed-webtoon-web-novel-support-program/.235385
Company states it has helped shut down 32 illegal websites in past 4 years Source: https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2026-03-22/kakao-entertainment-reports-1-billion-pirated-content-removals-in-latest-anti-piracy-white-paper/.235383