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Jaedam Media donates 1,550 webtoon books to children and adolescents

Webtoon and web novel content company Jaedam Media donated 1,550 books worth 22 million won to ChildFund Korea to celebrate the Chuseok holiday.

Jaedam Media donates 1,550 webtoon books to children and adolescents
▲ Jaedam Media donated 1,550 books for children and adolescents to ChildFund Korea on the 21st in celebration of the Chuseok holiday. From left, Park Jeong, Head of the Social Contribution Business Center at ChildFund Korea, and Seo Jong-hwi, Head of the Management Administration Division at Jaedam Me

Webtoon and web novel content company Jaedam Media announced that it donated 1,550 books (valued at 22 million won) to ChildFund Korea on the 21st in celebration of the Chuseok holiday.

This donation was arranged to expand opportunities to access cultural content and practice the value of sharing by selecting works from Jaedam Media's collection that children and adolescents can enjoy without burden. The donated books will be delivered to children and adolescents in need through ChildFund Korea.

With this donation, Jaedam Media plans to continue social contribution activities utilizing the content it holds. In particular, the company intends to support opportunities for children and adolescents to encounter various stories and cultures, continuing sharing activities that leverage the characteristics of a content company.

Hwang Nam-yong, CEO of Jaedam Media, said, "We proceeded with this donation in the hope that content and stories can deliver joy and new experiences to children. We will not stop at a one-time event but will continue to share steadily using the content Jaedam Media possesses."

Meanwhile, Jaedam Media is developing various content businesses based on webtoon and web novel IPs, and is continuously expanding the application areas of its content IPs, including the drama broadcast of its IP 'Even a Lottery Jackpot Winner Goes to Work'.

Jaedam Media is a webtoon content company established in 2013 with the mission to "contain all the fun in the world." As a company specialized in webtoon content planning, production, and IP (intellectual property) business, it produces original webtoons, novel comics, and digital comics, and promotes publishing, video, characters, and internet businesses based on these. Jaedam Media's representative IPs include 'Weak Hero', 'Palace', 'A Man's Man', 'Seasons of Blossom', and 'King's Maker', and it works with various webtoon platforms and global content companies. Recently, it opened the short-form webtoon platform 'Jaedam Shorts' to provide differentiated webtoon services, and as of 2025, its revenue is 19.1 billion won, maintaining continuous growth since its founding.

◆ At a Glance

· Issuing Organization: Jaedam Media

· Category: Animation, Publishing, Jaedam Media

· Distribution: September 29, 2026, at 9:00 AM

Source: Jaedam Media Press Release (NewsWire)

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Jeong Si-hwan
Jeong Si-hwan
SPECIALTIMES GLOBAL · K-pop Reporter

Covers K-pop for SPECIALTIMES GLOBAL, and also writes Culture and K-Variety stories.

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