Naver Webtoon is run by co-CEOs Yongsoo Kim and Gyu-nam Kim, appointed on October 1, 2026, while founder Junkoo Kim remains chairman and CEO of WEBTOON Entertainment. Its Cuts Make app for short-form animation is available on Google Play in Korea, with an iOS release pending.
Naver Webtoon changed its top management on October 1, 2026, naming President Yongsoo Kim and Chief Administrative Officer Gyu-nam Kim as co-CEOs. Yongsoo Kim keeps the WEBTOON Entertainment presidency while overseeing Naver Webtoon operations; Gyu-nam Kim holds both the CAO post and the co-CEO role. Founder Junkoo Kim steps down as Naver Webtoon CEO to focus on his chairman and CEO roles at WEBTOON Entertainment. The company says the structure is meant to strengthen local management and improve coordination with its global operations.
The appointment follows the June 2026 launch of Cuts Make, an app that lets users create short-form animated videos from officially licensed webtoon IP. It includes Character Meme and Webtoon MV tools, and nine titles were available at launch, among them Romance 101 and Omniscient Reader's Viewpoint. The app is on Google Play in Korea, with an iOS release pending.
Taken together, the two stories show a Korean subsidiary building out both its product side and its leadership. Cuts Make gives fans a copyright-safe route to derivative animation and gives creators a channel for audience engagement and traffic back to their original works. The co-CEO split keeps the founder at the global parent while two executives with different backgrounds, one on creator policy and anti-piracy and one on operations and partnerships, run the Korean business.
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WEBTOON Entertainment's Korean subsidiary Naver Webtoon appointed President Yongsoo Kim and Chief Administrative Officer Gyu-nam Kim as co-CEOs on October 1. Yongsoo Kim keeps the WEBTOON Entertainment presidency while overseeing Naver Webtoon operations; Gyu-nam Kim holds both the CAO post and the co-CEO role. Founder Junkoo Kim steps down as Naver Webtoon CEO to focus on his chairman and CEO roles at WEBTOON Entertainment.
Naver Webtoon has launched Cuts Make, a new app that lets users create short-form animated videos using officially licensed webtoon IP. The app features Character Meme and Webtoon MV tools, with nine titles available at launch including Romance 101 and Omniscient Reader's Viewpoint. It is available on Google Play in Korea with an iOS release pending.