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U-Know Yunho's 2-track solo single 'Time's Tickin'' hit #1 on Japan's Rakuten Music daily album chart on July 20.
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Six acts join the September 19 Busan bill. Licsene makes their TMA debut. Close Your Eyes returns for a second straight year.
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Jennie drops a lo-fi single July 24 while 'Dracula' holds at No. 5 on the Hot 100 and 28 weeks atop Hot Dance/Electronic Songs.
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BIBI appeared on YouTube's Okiki OKK and didn't mince words about physical intimacy in long-term relationships.
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Actor Jo Byung-gyu, 30, returns to stage in two-person play 'Myeonhoe' at Hanseong Art Hall from Aug. 5 to Sept. 27, as appellate hearing looms on Aug. 28.
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Netflix's first-half 2026 report crowns Korean content king of non-English viewing worldwide. 'Cham Gyoyuk' hit 6th globally; 'Mr. Kim' pulled 10.7M views in just four days.
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A 27-year-old grad student from Kazakhstan shared six dating app encounters gone wrong on KBS Joy's '무엇이든 물어보살,' airing July 20.
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TVXQ's Yunho appeared on SBS *Ani Geunde Jinjja* on July 20 and explained how he landed the role of gangster Jang Beol-gu in drama *Fine*.
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83z's Lee Teuk and Kim Hee-chul reveal they barely knew each other for years after Super Junior debuted—a gap that shocked even their own members.
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Park Ji-hyun sold out Seongnam Arts Center Opera House on July 18–19, running a 160-minute set. A Seoul encore in August closes the national tour.
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(G)I-DLE, Red Velvet, fromis_9, Sunmi, HYOLYN, KISS OF LIFE and more are battling for summer dominance with June and July comebacks.
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Hwang Ga-ram's July 9 remake of a 2003 Ahn Jae-wook track hit No. 10 on YouTube Music Korea's trending chart and No. 7 on daily popular music videos by July 19.
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Youngjae reposted his June appeal on July 20, saying the production company behind Dream High Season 2 has missed every promised payment deadline.
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Baek A-yeon opened up about comeback nerves on KBS Cool FM after releasing digital single '들어봐' — her first release in 2 years and 7 months.
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RIIZE will celebrate their third debut anniversary with a two-day fan meeting Sept. 12–13 at Incheon Inspire Arena. Tickets go on sale July 27.
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HYBE Music Group's new label ABD launched TUIDE's official channels on July 20, confirming a seven-member girl group debut in the second half of 2026.
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IU cancelled her September Goyang Stadium concert and postponed her 6th studio album to early 2027 after her chronic ear condition worsened.
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Ju Gang-chan stops hiding in episodes 7 and 8 of SBS's 'Director Kim'—two episodes remain.
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Nine years in, ATEEZ hit No. 18 on Melon Top 100—their best domestic chart position ever—with San's 'BAD' chorus driving the breakthrough.
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Actor Jung Jun-won has signed with Companion, the 2021-founded management company that also represents Lee Je-hoon.
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On July 19, MBC's '최우수산' took an awkward turn when Heo Gyeong-hwan told Kim Ji-min about a standing offer to date her if she stayed single until 50. Kim Jun-ho, who's been linked to her, visibly react
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KISS OF LIFE is dropping their new single album *SWEAT* on August 4. The announcement came with a preview video of the members drilling through practice room sessions.
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Coogie's 11-track 'HBK' arrives about a year after 'UPSET', with double title tracks and cover art by Japanese designer VERDY.
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BTS made history on July 20 at the 2026 World Cup final halftime show—the first official halftime performance in FIFA World Cup final history.
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Grande, 33, and Alvarez, 35, are back together months after she ended things with Ethan Slater.
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aespa topped Hanteo Chart's World Chart for July Week 3 (July 13–19), while idntt's 'itsnotover' dominated the album chart with 568,005 copies sold.
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DNA returns July 27 with EDM single 'NO CAP' and a new five-member lineup.
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RESCENE claimed their first music show win with 'Pretty Girl', which also topped Melon's HOT100.
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BIGC opened fan voting for the 2026 SPOTV K-POP AWARDS on July 20. Eight categories are up for grabs this year, plus a new BAND section.
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WDF 2026 runs August 13–16 at Seoul COEX Auditorium, with a Liberation Day gala show 'LIGHT ON 815' on August 15.
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IDID's leader and a member will throw the first pitch and bat at Seoul Jamsil Baseball Stadium on July 22—their first time doing either since debuting.
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IRION, a four-member project group from MBC Plus drama 'My Idol, My Debut', debuted with title track 'MEMORIA' and its music video on July 19.
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NEXZ wrapped their five-city global showcase on July 12 in Singapore and locked in Latin American festival dates for September, including Rock in Rio and STRAYCITY.
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Jeon Yu-jin won the weekly female singer vote with 239,630 points. Jo Myung-seop took the Spotlight crown. Results dropped July 20.
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Episode 3 of the rookie development documentary drops July 20 at 7 PM KST on YouTube and MnetPlus, with Matthew, Lucas, Oh Jun-hee, Chai Jin-shin, and Samuel tackling their first official missions.
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Han Roro's self-composed B-side 'Saranghage Doel Geoya' topped both Circle Chart digital and streaming rankings for the first half of 2026. She's headed to Summer Sonic.
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Keyveatz closed out broadcast promotions for debut EP 'OXY_GEN' on July 18, with the title track charting across 20 regions on Apple Music.
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(G)I-DLE wrapped mini album 9 with chart wins in China and 100M short-form views before heading to Chicago and Macau in late July and August.
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'Gangnam Style' hit 6 billion YouTube views on July 17, 2026—nearly 2 years and 8 months after reaching 5 billion.
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K-pop tracks have shrunk by roughly 90 seconds since the early 2000s, a shift driven by short-form platforms that's reshaping how songs are built.
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AHOF performed *RUN TO YOU* on SBS Inkigayo on July 19, eleven days after their third mini album dropped.
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MAMAMOO's Whee In shared a backstage photo from Macau on July 19 with the caption 'Macau yahoo' as the group's 4WARD world tour rolls on.
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WONHO's 'CORE' arrives July 21; the title track MV teaser just dropped via Highline Entertainment.
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Jungwon stars in a fake ad for 'MIDNIGHT BANK'—a vampire-friendly financial institution—as ENHYPEN teases mini album 8, arriving August 21.
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Song Ga-in's third single from the Legend Project debuted at No. 52 on Melon Hot 100 and No. 36 on Kakao's real-time chart.
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A 6.33M-view fire show clip. A 3.43M-view in-character MV. Korean TV's supporting cast is pulling the kind of numbers leads used to own.
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BLACKPINK's Jennie is dropping 'Less than a Lover' on July 24. She directed it, composed it, wrote it.
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