S. Korea Vows Global Pursuit of Webtoon Piracy, Targets Newtoki Operator
South Korea's Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism Hwi-young Chae pledged on May 28 to pursue webtoon copyright offenders globally, specifically targeting the operator of the illegal site Newtoki who renounced Korean citizenship for Japanese. Chae acknowledged enforcement challenges including server relocation and domain changes, while noting a surge in legitimate platform users after emergency site-blocking measures.