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it published South Korean

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in the United States. The firm's industry experience come from Studio ICE. Titles were licensed from manhwa publishing companies that originally sold them in South Korea in the Korean language. According to an interview conducted by ''

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'', the original creators themselves were involved in the adaptation process for the English-language markets. In July 2007 it was announced through PW Comic Week that ICEkunion would be absorbed by

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. Titles released through ICEkunion were re-released by Yen Press beginning in Q2 2008. Manhwa bearing the ICEkunion logo remained in stores.Yen Press Hires Lee, Adds ICE Kunion List - 7/24/2007 - Publishers Weekly
ICEkunion's former editorial director Ju-Youn Lee (now Yen Press' senior editor) is quoted with saying "I asked them, would they like to join Yen Press with all the resources of Hachette behind the titles. They decided it would be a better chance to take risks with Hachette". Lee said that while the ICEkunion co-venture was a good project, "We didn't have any staff working in U.S., and we had our limits doing work from Korea".

List of published titles

* '' The 11th Cat'' * '' Angel Diary'' * '' The Antique Gift Shop'' * '' Bring It On!'' by Baek hye kyung * '' Chocolat'' by Shin Ji Sang * ''Comic'' by Ha Si-hyun * '' Cynical Orange'' * ''Forest of Gray City'' * '' Heavenly Executioner Chiwoo'' * '' Hissing'' * ''

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'' * ''Real Lies'' by Lee Shi-Young

References

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