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K-dramas draw on Web comics
As South Korean drama series gain popularity around the world, productions are turning to webtoons for creative storylines
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Actor Song Kang (above) in Sweet Home, a monster-fighting series that was adapted from a webtoon and released as a drama on Netflix last year.
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What do South Korean drama series Itaewon Class (2020), romance comedy True Beauty (2020 to 2021) and revenge thriller Taxi Driver (2021) have in common?
They are all adapted from Web comics, more commonly known as webtoons in South Korea.
