Why aren't there many Korean translations?

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    indecisive Well-Known Member

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    Just wondering? Because there's so many free Korean web novels up for grabs!
     
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    Because there's not many korean translators...
     
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    Yeah, I noticed...but why aren't there many Korean translators? I live in the US, and there're definitely a LOT more Koreans than Japanese...
     
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    Not as popular as Japanese or chinese im guessing
     
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    LysUltima Riichi! Tsumo! Toitoi! Suuankou!?

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    Because there aren't many Koreans that come to this community.
    For Japanese, manga and anime draw them in. (lots of mtl too)
    Korean? I don't think that Kpop has a relation to webnovels...
     
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    *sigh* and I'm still not writing my essay!!!!
     
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    It's starting to increase. so there's that
     
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    makes sense, I guess?? but then why so many Chinese?
     
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    Dont worry Im here while studying for an AP Environmental Science test and a Government and Economics test
     
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    There are so many of them...
    50 mil in Korea.
    125 mil in Japan.
    1.3 bil in China.

    Plus, Chinese are the most numerous Asian in America.
    Singapore too; they know Chinese.
     
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    Maybe they just don't know that a lot of stuff is free? I actually didn't know where are the free stuff was until this year. There are a lot of official and paid sites that are visible, but a lot of the free novels on small blogs
     
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    Maybe because they have to pay for chapter? The donations don't fit the demand? Lol. I really want the Scholar Reincarnation Novel... sigh
     
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    I know this, but I was guessing that most of the translators to English would be in the US or other English-speaking countries, and there aren't as many Japanese in those countries as Koreans
     
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    Maybe they're/we're fine with just reading Chinese and Japanese novels?
     
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    WuxiaWorld is based in China.
    Many other Chinese tlers are native Chinese.
     
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    There's actually a lot of free novels if you look in the right places. Just google 인소, and there'll be 100 blogs with full-length novels up for download.
     
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    Makes sense for Chinese, then
     
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    The korean LN scene isn't as heavily monetized as JP/CN hence less translators. If there was a larger demand and more money maybe someone doing a WW properly for KR LNs the community could grow more, but sadly that hasn't really happened yet.
     
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    IIRC, besides the fact that there aren't that many Korean TLers, the Korean publishers are a lot stuffier about licensing than other publishers. They will flat out DMCA your ass without needing a trigger. There is also less profit to be made in the Korean LN scene, so publishers don't really care much for expanding on a global scale since they won't earn much from it.
     
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    Huh. interesting
     
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