Rockin’ Korea Co., Ltd., a production agency specializing in global cultural contents, announced on the 8th that it has signed a business agreement with Ko-Indo Trading and Buddtree Management to launch the K-webtoon platform "RKToon" in India and promote cultural content exchanges between Korea and India. KoInDo Trading is a company specializing in international trade in East and West Asia, including B2B and B2C event planning, e-commerce, and TV home shopping, and is a global advisory group specializing in investment, international transactions, M&A, law, and tax risk management in Korea, India and the Middle East.
"We promoted Korean cultural contents in the European market by signing MOUs with a number of local French art content producers and cooperating with the Korean Cultural Center in France by hosting the Korean webtoon exhibition 'EXPOSITION K-WEBTOON' held in France in September," a Rockin Korea Co., Ltd. official said. "We plan to promote Korean webtoons and cultural contents in the Indian market of 1.4 billion people and work as a bridgehead for culture between the two countries through MOUs with local companies in India to produce and launch the K-webtoon platform 'RK Toon'.
Meanwhile, the K-webtoon platform "RK Toon," which was launched on Nov. 1, was produced with the support of the Korea Creative Content Agency and KOTRA and serves works by legendary Korean writers such as Won Soo-yeon, Kang Kyung-ok and Nayeri in Korean, English and Hindi. An official said that it is highly anticipated that it will present the secondary business potential of IP in India, where the film industry is developed, by expanding its scope to the drama imaging business of the original webtoon IP.
Reporter Lee Ji-yeon
Provided by Rockin Korea Co., Ltd
Source: Daily Economy (http://www.kdpress.co.kr )
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