Jeong Nyeon

Jeong Nyeon
Cover for Volume 1
정년이
Jeongnyeon-i
AuthorSeo Ireh
IllustratorNamon
Webtoon
service		Naver Webtoon
Original runApril 1, 2019 – May 16, 2022
Volumes10

Jeong Nyeon (Korean: 정년이; RR: Jeongnyeoni) is a South Korean manhwa released as a webtoon written by Seo Ireh and illustrated by Namon. It was serialized on Naver Corporation's webtoon platform, Naver Webtoon, from April 2019 to May 2022 – with the individual chapters collected and published into ten volumes. A live action adaptation, Jeongnyeon: The Star Is Born, aired in 2024 on TVN.[1][2][3]

Plot

The story takes place in 1956, three years after the Korean War, and follows Yoon Jeong-nyeon, a Mokpo girl with no money or education but a talent for singing. She joins a Gukgeuk troupe with hopes of becoming a rich and famous star.

Media

Manhwa

Seo Ireh and Namon launched Jeong Nyeon in Naver's webtoon platform Naver Webtoon on April 1, 2019.

Volume list

No. Korean release date Korean ISBN
1April 27, 2020[4]978-8-95-467142-2
2August 31, 2020[5]9788954674058
3June 7, 2021[6]9788954679633
4October 11, 2021[7]978-8-95-468246-6
5October 24, 2022[8]978-8-95-469292-2
6March 17, 2023[9]978-8-95-469166-6
7November 30, 2023[10]978-8-95-469696-8
8May 31, 2024[11]979-1-14-160066-2
9September 30, 2024[12]979-1-14-160746-3
10September 30, 2024[13]979-1-14-160747-0

Live action adaptation

A live action adaptation titled Jeongnyeon: The Star Is Born was first announced in 2020 by Naver webtoon.[14] It was directed by Jung Ji-in and written by Choi Hyo-bi, with production handled jointly by Studio N, Management MMM, and NPIO Entertainment.[15] The show starred Kim Tae-ri as Yoon Jeong-nyeon[16] and aired from October 12, to November 17, 2024.

Other media

The series was featured on the South Korean reality music show Webtoon Singer, premiered on the streaming service TVING on February 17, 2023, which featured K-pop artists' performances combining webtoons with extended reality technology.[17]

Reception

In 2019 the series was awarded with the Today's Our Manhwa Award by the Korean Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism.[18]

References

  1. ^ Park, Jin-young (September 18, 2020). '정년이' 드라마화된다... 웹툰 원작 드라마 '대세'. Naver (in Korean). Retrieved November 17, 2024.
  2. ^ Hwang, Dong-hee (February 25, 2023). "[Herald Interview] 'Jeong-nyeon' webtoon creators shed light on traditional all-women musical troupe". The Korea Herald. Retrieved September 1, 2023.
  3. ^ Oh, Young-eon (August 10, 2023). 드라마 '정년이'에 김태리·신예은·라미란·문소리 캐스팅 (in Korean). Yonhap News Agency. Retrieved September 1, 2023.
  4. ^ 정년이 1 [Jeong Nyeon 1]. Naver Book Database (in Korean). Retrieved September 1, 2023.
  5. ^ 정년이 2 [Jeong Nyeon 2]. Naver Book Database (in Korean). Retrieved September 1, 2023.
  6. ^ 정년이 3 [Jeong Nyeon 3]. Naver Book Database (in Korean). Retrieved September 1, 2023.
  7. ^ 정년이 4 [Jeong Nyeon 4]. Naver Book Database (in Korean). Retrieved September 1, 2023.
  8. ^ 정년이 5 [Jeong Nyeon 5]. Naver Book Database (in Korean). Retrieved September 1, 2023.
  9. ^ 정년이 6 [Jeong Nyeon 6]. Naver Book Database (in Korean). Retrieved September 1, 2023.
  10. ^ 정년이 7 [Jeong Nyeon 7]. Naver Book Database (in Korean). Retrieved December 20, 2023.
  11. ^ 정년이 8 [Jeong Nyeon 8]. Naver Book Database (in Korean). Retrieved September 27, 2024.
  12. ^ 정년이 9 [Jeong Nyeon 9]. Naver Book Database (in Korean). Retrieved September 27, 2024.
  13. ^ 정년이 10 [Jeong Nyeon 10]. Naver Book Database (in Korean). Retrieved September 27, 2024.
  14. ^ '정년이' 드라마화된다… 웹툰 원작 드라마 '대세' [Webtoon 'Jeongnyeon' gains drama adaptation] (in Korean). September 18, 2020. Retrieved June 8, 2025.
  15. ^ Lee, Seung-gil (December 5, 2022). 웹툰 '정년이', 드라마 제작 확정...연출은 '옷소매 붉은 끝동' 정지인 감독 [Webtoon 'Jeongnyeon' adaptated into a drama directed by Jeong Ji-in of 'The Red Sleeve']. MyDaily (in Korean). Retrieved January 10, 2024.
  16. ^ Jo, Ji-young (November 16, 2022). [단독] 김태리, 웹툰 원작 드라마 '정년이'로 여성국극 도전..꿈의 캐스팅 완성 [Exclusive: Kim Tae-ri selected for a female national drama based on the webtoon series 'Jeongnyeon'. Here's the complete cast of the drama] (in Korean). Retrieved June 8, 2025.
  17. ^ Lee, Si-jin (January 30, 2023). "Webtoons, K-pop come together in TVING's XR music competition show 'Webtoon Singer'". The Korea Herald. Archived from the original on January 30, 2023. Retrieved January 31, 2023.
  18. ^ 한국만화영상진흥원, '오늘의 우리만화' 5편 선정. Yonhap News Agency (in Korean). October 19, 2019. Retrieved March 17, 2026.
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