Safehouse

The Gateway to Korean Content and Authors

Safehouse Inc. is a Seoul-based story production company, publisher, and talent agency dedicated to showcasing Korea’s most compelling storytellers.

Great Stories for Today’s World

We believe powerful stories resonate in the present, rich in depth and narrative. Collaborating with emerging Korean creators, Safehouse has nurtured over 130 talented authors and developed more than 150 stories.

These original works have reached audiences in multiple formats—including books, web novels, comics, TV series, and films.

Bringing Korean Stories to a Global Stage

Safehouse stories are reaching international audiences through the most sought-after formats: Korean dramas and webtoons.

Major Korean content studios and TV networks are actively developing projects based on Safehouse’s original IPs, ensuring our stories continue to shape the future of entertainment.

Featured Authors

About CHO Yeeun

Introducing Korea's Darling Author for Young Female Readers.

Also known as: 조예은

Cho has enchanted the literary world since her notable debut in 2016, clinching the Kyobo Book Award with her first novel and subsequently unfurling a series of spirited, yet darkly captivating horror thrillers.

Cho's celebrated by her young female readers, who passionately immerse themselves in what they affectionately dub as "Yeeun's World." Her standout novel, "Cocktails, Love, and Zombies," not only soared in sales, exceeding 80,000 copies since its 2020 release but also crossed borders, being exported to Japan, China, and Taiwan.

But Cho’s tales transcend the written word; they’re cinematic adventures waiting to unfold on the silver screen. Her riveting novel, "New Seoul Park Jelly Vendor Massacre," is currently threading its way through development into a U.S. film adaptation, promising to bewitch a global audience with its eerie allure.

Creations

Teddy Bears Never Die (2023)

Cocktail, Love, Zombies (2020)

New Seoul Park Jelly Vendor Massacre (2019)

About LEE Ah-ram

Crafting Characters that Resonate with Korean Women Right Now.

Also known as: 이아람

Lee's journey commenced at the 2019 Safehouse Story Contest, enchanting readers with her lyrical and ethereal tale, <A Visitor with a Woman's Face>. Her imaginative and fervent post-apocalyptic story, <Terrarium>, clinched the 2022 Kyobo Story Competition award.

<The Yellow Lady>, a narrative centered around a female entomologist forging a career in forensic science in the early 20th century, developed in collaboration with Safehouse, garnered immense interest. Multiple companies opted to adapt it for an OTT series before its publication (slated for early 2024). Furthermore, she is helming the series as its creator.

Creations

The Yellow Lady (2024)

A Visitor with a Woman’s Face (2020)

About BAE Ye Lam

An Emerging Voice, Oscillating Between the Grotesque and the Beautiful.

Also known as: 배예람

Making a striking entrance with consecutive victories in Safehouse's story competitions in 2019 and 2021, Bae delicately intertwines starkly grotesque visuals with a tapestry of emotions — fantasy, anticipation, desire, and melancholy — that effortlessly resonate with young readers. Bae's prodigious talent for visualization hasn’t gone unnoticed; she triumphed in the Story Development Competition at the Bucheon International Fantastic Film Festival(BIFAN), Korea's foremost genre film festival. Presently, she is collaborating with Safehouse on "<Once upon a Time>," a project in concurrent development as both a novel and an OTT series.

Creations

Once upon a Time (2024)

Zombies Away (2022)

About PEOM Yu Jin

Presenting the Authoress Who Intimately Understands the Hearts of Korean Female Readers.

Also known as: Yu-jin Beom, 범유진

Since Peom's poignant entrance into the literary world in 2012, earning the esteemed Changbi Prize in the YA division, she has woven tales that gently cradle the juxtaposition of sorrow and beauty, capturing the fragile essence of characters dancing on life’s precipices, often utilizing fantasy as her narrative tool. A masterful storyteller whose creativity flows through various genres and mediums, she boasts an impressive bibliography at Safehouse alone, which includes two novels, a short story collection, and three anthologies.

Presently, two of Peom's captivating stories, "The Perfect Death of Sun Shine" and "Captain Grandma Conquering the World," are weaving their way through the development stages of drama series adaptation. This year, she unveiled "<Your Love is Our Revenge>," a revenge drama, bursting with vibrant characters and an unparalleled narrative, with a sequel currently percolating in the creative stages.

Creations

Your Love is Our Revenge (2023)

Nightmare Scissors (2021)

The Perfect Death of Sun Shine (2020)