Naver Webtoon announced on the 20th that it conducted a creator training program called "Training Camp" for 64 local webtoon creators in Bangkok, Thailand, on the 19th. This program was attended by Kim Jeong-hyun, the writer of the Korean webtoon "Killer Badro," and Lim Lina, the artist.
"Training Camp" is a webtoon creator training program that Naver Webtoon has been conducting in Southeast Asia since 2017. It was initiated to resolve the difficulties faced by overseas webtoon creators who have limited access to specialized training related to webtoon creation, unlike in Korea, and to support the continuation of high-quality creative activities.
Since launching services in Traditional Chinese in July 2014, Thai in November of the same year, and Indonesian in April 2015, Naver Webtoon has been discovering writers and works from each language group through its amateur creator platform "Canvas" and local competitions.
Naver Webtoon explained that particularly the local works discovered have led to adaptations into videos and are achieving results. In Thailand, local works "Breakup Service" and "I'm the Most Beautiful Count" discovered through Canvas will be released as TV dramas within this year.
In Indonesia, local works such as "Fasoo Tri Gaze," "Sekotengs," and "10PM" were produced and released as films or dramas last year. A drama based on the Taiwanese original webtoon "The Black Box" is also scheduled for release within this year.