'Itaewon Class' to get Thai adaptation《梨泰院Class》将改编成泰剧
Two Korean webtoons, "Itaewon Class" and "The Spooky Love Tale of Gongchan Seol," are set to be adapted into Thai television dramas, extending the...
Kakao Entertainment said Thursday that Thai company GMMTV will adapt the webtoons Itaewon Class and The Spooky Love Tale of Gongchan Seol into television dramas. The Itaewon Class remake, tentatively titled ITAEWON CLASS THAI EDITION, will be the story’s fourth television adaptation in another country. Its Thai version will recast Chairman Jang Dae-hee as a woman and reinterpret the story for Thai audiences. The second adaptation will be a horror romance titled The Spooky Love Tale.
The Itaewon Class cast includes Sky Wongravee, Film Rachanun and Nychaa Nuttanicha.
Kakao Entertainment said Itaewon Class has surpassed 420 million cumulative views in Korea and is its most widely licensed story IP for overseas adaptations.
The original Itaewon Class webtoon was created by Kwang Jin, and its Korean television adaptation starred Park Seo-joon in 2020.
The Spooky Love Tale of Gongchan Seol has recorded 20 million cumulative views on KakaoPage.
Tossaphon Riantong will direct The Spooky Love Tale, with Thipakorn Thitathan as Chan and Phakin Kunaanuwit as Min.
Published Nov 5, 2026 5:13 pm KST
"Itaewon Class" is set to be adapted into a Thai television drama. Courtesy of GMMTV
Two Korean webtoons, "Itaewon Class" and "The Spooky Love Tale of Gongchan Seol," are set to be adapted into Thai television dramas, extending the international reach of Korean webtoon-based productions.
"Itaewon Class," which has already been adapted for television in Korea, Japan and Taiwan, will expand into Thailand, while "The Spooky Love Tale of Gongchan Seol" will be reimagined as a horror romance series for local audiences.
Kakao Entertainment said Thursday that both titles were included in the drama lineup unveiled Tuesday at GMMTVNEXT: GENERATION HAPPY, a production presentation hosted by Thai entertainment company GMMTV. The main cast members were also announced at the event.
GMMTV operates across television dramas, films, variety shows and artist management. Its productions include "2gether The Series," which gained popularity internationally.
The Thai remake of "Itaewon Class," based on a webtoon by creator Kwang Jin, is tentatively titled "ITAEWON CLASS THAI EDITION." The cast includes Sky Wongravee, Film Rachanun, who reiceved the Asia Star Award at the 2025 Seoul International Drama Awards, and Nychaa Nuttanicha.
One notable change in the Thai adaptation involves Chairman Jang Dae-hee, a central antagonist in the original story. The character, originally male, will be portrayed as a woman in the remake, potentially reshaping the power dynamics and conflicts at the heart of the series.
The story of young people standing by their principles and challenging injustice will also be reinterpreted to reflect Thai culture and sensibilities.
"Itaewon Class" follows a group of young people who open a small restaurant business and pursue their dreams while remaining true to their beliefs. According to Kakao Entertainment, the original webtoon has surpassed 420 million cumulative views in Korea and is the company's most widely licensed story intellectual property (IP) for overseas adaptations.
The webtoon was adapted into a Korean television drama starring Park Seo-joon in 2020, followed by the Japanese remake "Roppongi Class" in 2022. A Taiwanese adaptation, the HBO original series "Fired Up!," premiered in July this year. The story has also been adapted into a musical in Japan.
The Thai version will mark the fourth country to produce a television adaptation of the story. A release date has yet to be announced.
Meanwhile, "The Spooky Love Tale of Gongchan Seol," a webtoon by creator YSE, will be adapted into a Thai horror romance drama titled "The Spooky Love Tale."
The original webtoon has recorded 20 million cumulative views on KakaoPage. Its story blends supernatural horror, in which frightening events from a novel intersect with reality, with romance between its characters.
The adaptation will be directed by Tossaphon Riantong, who previously directed "I Promised You the Moon," a Thai series that won a best drama award at the Nataraja Awards, a major Thai television awards ceremony.
Thipakorn Thitathan will play Chan, the Thai counterpart of Seol Gong-chan in the original webtoon, while Phakin Kunaanuwit will portray Min, the counterpart of Woo Young-min.
The adaptation will explore how the horror arising from the blurred boundary between fiction and reality intertwines with the relationship between the two central characters.
The two projects highlight Kakao Entertainment's efforts to expand the overseas adaptation of its webtoon properties, combining an established coming-of-age story that has already been remade in several countries with a horror romance featuring a different narrative style.
"Adaptations are continuing across a broad range of titles, from our flagship works loved around the world to stories featuring original genres and subject matter," a Kakao Entertainment official said.
"We will continue pursuing screen adaptations and genre expansion in global markets based on our diverse portfolio of story IP."
This article from the Hankook Ilbo, the sister publication of The Korea Times, was translated by a generative AI system and edited by The Korea Times.
Kakao Entertainment周四宣布，泰国公司GMMTV将把网络漫画《梨泰院Class》和《孔灿雪的怪诞爱情故事》改编成电视剧。《梨泰院Class》的泰版暂定名为《梨泰院Class 泰国版》，这将是该系列漫画在其他国家的第四次改编。泰版将把张大熙会长改成女性，并根据泰国观众的口味重新演绎故事。另一部改编作品是一部名为《孔灿雪的怪诞爱情故事》的恐怖爱情剧。
《梨泰院级》的演员阵容包括 Sky Wongravee、Film Rachanun 和 Nychaa Nuttanicha。
Kakao Entertainment 表示，《梨泰院Class》在韩国的累计观看次数已超过 4.2 亿，是其海外改编授权最广泛的故事 IP。
原版《梨泰院Class》网络漫画由光镇创作，其韩国电视剧改编版于2020年由朴叙俊主演。
《孔灿雪的诡异爱情故事》在KakaoPage上的累计观看次数已达2000万次。
Tossaphon Riantong 将执导《怪诞爱情故事》，Thipakorn Thitathan 饰演 Chan，Phakin Kunaanuwit 饰演 Min。
发布于2026年11月5日下午5:13（韩国标准时间）
《梨泰院Class》将被改编成泰剧。图片由GMMTV提供。
两部韩国网络漫画《梨泰院Class》和《孔灿雪的怪诞爱情故事》将被改编成泰国电视剧，这将扩大韩国网络漫画改编作品的国际影响力。
已在韩国、日本和台湾改编成电视剧的《梨泰院Class》将扩展到泰国，而《孔灿雪的恐怖爱情故事》将被重新改编成一部面向当地观众的恐怖爱情剧。
Kakao Entertainment周四表示，这两部剧集均已列入周二在GMMTVNEXT: GENERATION HAPPY（由泰国娱乐公司GMMTV主办的制作发布会）上公布的电视剧阵容。主要演员阵容也在发布会上公布。
GMMTV的业务涵盖电视剧、电影、综艺节目和艺人经纪。其作品包括风靡全球的电视剧《只因我们天生一对》。
根据漫画家光镇的同名网络漫画改编的泰剧《梨泰院Class》暂定名为《梨泰院Class 泰版》。演员阵容包括Sky Wongravee、曾获2025年首尔国际电视节亚洲明星奖的Film Rachanun以及Nychaa Nuttanicha。
泰版改编的一大亮点在于原著中的主要反派角色——张大熙会长。原著中这个角色是男性，在翻拍版中将被设定为女性，这可能会改变原著的核心权力关系和冲突。
年轻人坚守原则、挑战不公正的故事也将以泰国文化和情感为蓝本进行重新诠释。
《梨泰院Class》讲述了一群年轻人开办一家小餐馆，在坚守信念的同时追逐梦想的故事。据Kakao Entertainment称，该漫画在韩国的累计浏览量已超过4.2亿次，是该公司海外改编作品授权范围最广的IP。
这部网络漫画于2020年被改编成韩国电视剧，由朴叙俊主演；随后，日本翻拍版《六本木Class》于2022年播出。今年7月，HBO原创剧集《啦啦队女王》也改编自这部作品，成为台湾版。此外，该故事还被改编成日本音乐剧。
泰语版将是第四个改编该故事电视剧的国家。播出日期尚未公布。
与此同时，由YSE创作的网络漫画《孔灿雪的诡异爱情故事》将被改编成泰剧恐怖爱情剧，剧名就叫《诡异爱情故事》。
这部网络漫画在KakaoPage上的累计浏览量已达2000万次。故事融合了超自然恐怖元素（小说中的恐怖事件与现实交织）和人物间的爱情故事。
该剧将由托萨蓬·里安通执导，他曾执导过泰剧《我许诺给你月亮》，该剧在泰国电视大奖纳塔拉贾奖上获得了最佳电视剧奖。
Thipakorn Thitathan 将饰演 Chan，他是原著网络漫画中 Seol Gong-chan 的泰国对应角色；而 Phakin Kunaanuwit 将饰演 Min，他是 Woo Young-min 的对应角色。
改编作品将探讨虚构与现实界限模糊所带来的恐怖，以及这种恐怖如何与两位主角之间的关系交织在一起。
这两个项目突显了 Kakao Entertainment 为扩大其网络漫画作品的海外改编所做的努力，将一部已经在多个国家翻拍的成熟成长故事与一部叙事风格不同的恐怖爱情故事相结合。
Kakao Entertainment 的一位官员表示：“我们正在继续对各种类型的作品进行改编，从我们深受世界各地喜爱的旗舰作品到具有原创类型和主题的故事。”
“我们将继续利用我们多元化的故事IP组合，在全球市场寻求影视改编和类型拓展。”
本文来自《韩国日报》（《韩国时报》的姊妹报），由人工智能生成系统翻译，并由《韩国时报》编辑。