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  "id": 7926802,
  "title": "Global comic fans to decide year's best webtoons in worldwide vote",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/17/global-comic-fans-to-decide-years-best-webtoons-in-worldwide-vote-7926802",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-09-17T02:22:04.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Korea Times",
    "slug": "the-korea-times-koreatimes",
    "url": "https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/entertainment/others/20260917/global-comic-fans-to-decide-years-best-webtoons-in-worldwide-vote"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Millions of digital comic readers worldwide now have the opportunity to vote for their favorite webtoons in the 2026 World Webtoon Awards. The voting process began on Thursday, marking the third year of the prestigious awards. These online comics, originally developed in Korea in the early 2000s, have become a global phenomenon, earning billions of dollars annually. The format, optimized for mobile devices, has captured the attention of fans in North America, Europe, and Asia. The World Webtoon Awards recognizes this international appeal by selecting a global shortlist of 20 finalists. The nominees were chosen through a massive open nomination process that ran from June to July. Over 4,000 fans, speaking six languages including English, Japanese, and Korean, contributed to the selection process.",
  "summary": "Millions of digital comic readers around the world can now directly decide which series take home the highest honors in mobile storytelling, as voting opened Thursdayfor the 2026 World Webtoon Awards. What began in the early 2000s as a localized Korean experiment in vertical-scroll comics designed for desktop monitors has transformed into a dominant engine of modern entertainment. Born on Korean…",
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        "outlet": "The Korea Times",
        "title": "Global comic fans to decide year's best webtoons in worldwide vote",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/17/global-comic-fans-to-decide-years-best-webtoons-in-worldwide-vote",
        "published": "2026-09-17T02:12:03.000Z"
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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."
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