{
  "id": 17900799,
  "title": "'Omniscient Reader,' 9 other works win main prizes at World Webtoon Awards",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/03/omniscient-reader-9-other-works-win-main-prizes-at-world-webtoon",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-11-03T03:32:03.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Korea Times",
    "slug": "the-korea-times-koreatimes",
    "url": "https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/entertainment/others/20261103/omniscient-reader-9-other-works-win-main-prizes-at-world-webtoon-awards"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Ten Korean webtoons, including \"Omniscient Reader\" and \"Return of the Mount Hua Sect,\" have been awarded main prizes at this year's World Webtoon Awards, announced by the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism on Tuesday. Webtoons, digital comics designed for scrolling on smartphones, originated in Korea in the early 2000s and have since gained global popularity. The other winners of this year's awards are \"The S-Classes That I Raised,\" \"Debut or Die,\" \"The Greatest Estate Developer,\" \"Cry, or Better Yet, Beg,\" \"Killer Pietro,\" \"Real Man,\" \"Jakdu,\" and \"On the Way to Meet Mom.\" Winners receive a trophy and 10 million won ($7,500). The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism and the Korea Creative Content Agency, a state-run organization promoting Korea's cultural content industries, established the awards in 2024. Their aim is to recognize creators and boost Korea's reputation as the origin of webtoons. This is the third year of the awards, with the winners selected from a pool of 20 finalists. The panel's evaluation was based on a combination of expert assessments and online reader votes, each contributing equally to the final score. An 11-member panel of creators determined the winners.",
  "summary": "Ten Korean webtoons, including “Omniscient Reader” and “Return of the Mount Hua Sect,” have won main prizes at this year’s World Webtoon Awards, the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism said Tuesday. Webtoons are digital comics made to be read by scrolling down on a smartphone. The format began in Korea in the early 2000s and has since spread around the world. The other winners are “The…",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": "The recognition of these ten creators by state-run organizations reinforces South Korea's strategic effort to cement its global status as the primary origin and leader of the webtoon industry.",
  "illustration": null,
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}