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Song Min-ho of WINNER broke a 3-year 7-month social media silence on Oct. 9 with a handwritten apology, days after receiving a 1-year suspended sentence for violating the Military Service Act.
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AND2BLE drop concept photos for their second mini album on October 27, then head straight to a fan showcase two hours later.
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POW kicks off their debut world tour at Seoul's YES24 Wonderrock Hall on Oct. 9–10, then heads to Budapest, Warsaw, Berlin, Cologne, Amsterdam, and Milan.
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V.O.S drops a new ballad October 9, then plays five cities through December.
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BOYNEXTDOOR claimed their first music show trophy since returning with repackage album 'HOME: DELUXE', which charted across Hanteo, Oricon, and Circle Chart.
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Hwang Min-hyun dropped the medium-tempo pop single *OUR* on October 7, complete with an MV and an M Countdown stage the next day.
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Jang Han-byeol releases digital single 'Miya' on October 12 at noon, five months after 'Geudaeneun Naui Byeori-o'.
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EVAN wrapped his first mini album on Oct. 4, then shared a 'Twilight' performance film three days later. The debut cycle hit the Billboard 200 top 50.
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Ham Eun-jung wrapped a late-September Vietnam performance while her MBC daily drama extended to 140 episodes. The T-ara veteran won two trophies at the 2024 KBS Acting Awards.
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Park Gyubin, 18, released the Japanese original single 'Everybody!!' on October 9 and shared the jacket image the next day, ahead of two Japan live dates.
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KickFlip's new mini album dropped October 6. They're performing on M Countdown, Music Bank, Show! Music Core, and Inkigayo over four straight days.
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Supercell's 'Weekly Brawl Dol' pairs K-pop idols with Brawl Stars players. Each week through October 30, a group picks missions and rewards for Korean users.
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ALLDAY PROJECT's Youngseo has been working brand events nonstop since the group's second EP 'CRASH' dropped on September 28.
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Yeerin's fourth mini album came with a full schedule: six Latin American cities, a Seoul concert, Dubai, and Hong Kong on October 3.
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Epik High hit 2M YouTube subscribers and celebrated with a camping trip. During the video, they debated their ongoing challenge. Twocut's answer was blunt: it ends when BTS does it.
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Lee Chae-yeon released her Japan debut single and MV on Oct. 8 via Day One Dream's Japan label D1 RECORDS, leading with a J-ROCK title track.
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Loco teases 'TATA (Feat. of ???)', dropping October 15—his first release under new agency DuoberEntertainment. The feature artist? Still a mystery.
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Singer-songwriter Yoo Yong-ho released the ballad "Perhaps, This Is Love" on October 8, with fellow singer-songwriter Jang Jae-in appearing in the music video.
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N.Flying released their 9th mini album 'Still' and the MV for title track '잔불(Still)' on October 8, four months after their last digital single.
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Rothy's five-track EP 'FLAT' arrives October 8, led by disco-pop title track 'Alphabet' — the only new song on the project.
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PLAVE's new mini album drops Dec. 12 with a highlight medley showing five tracks that jump from bossa nova to EDM to a Kenji-produced ballad.
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Sultan of the Disco return to Seoul's Myunghwa Live Hall on Dec 5–6 for their first solo show in 7 years, months after breaking a 6-year recording silence.
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Zion.T and TWICE's Chaeyoung aren't breaking up. Both agencies denied the rumors on October 8 as he books his first solo concert in 9 years.
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Seo In-young is remarrying. Lin, who sang at her first wedding, agreed to do it again—with a joke only two divorcées could make.
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ONEW and ZICO's 'Tic Tac Toe' hit No. 1 on Bugs the moment it dropped October 7. The full single album '착각' arrives October 20.
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RESCENE lands their first terrestrial news slot and will tease their fourth mini album on air.
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Actor Yu Seung-ho, 33, and actress Im Se-ju, 35, have been dating since they met on the 2020 tvN drama 'Memorist.' His agency confirmed the reports on Oct. 8.
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ATEEZ drop their 15th mini album November 13 at 2 PM. A spoiler video's already out. The tagline: 'CRASH TO BEGIN'.
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god member Son Ho-young drops digital single 'Go Around' on Oct 14, his first solo release since 2021, ahead of a two-night Seoul concert in late October.
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NCT WISH drops their fourth mini album 'I SPY' on October 12, with a 10-day Seoul popup launching October 14, plus stops in Shanghai and Tokyo.
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CLOSE YOUR EYES' fourth mini album sold 710,000 copies in its first week, pushing their cumulative Hanteo total past 1.9 million.
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NiziU dropped their first Korean mini album 'Sour Grapes' on September 28—their first Korean comeback in roughly 1 year 6 months—and the MV hit 15.87M YouTube views in 9 days.
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Lee Han-gyeol drops his debut solo mini album 'NOISE' on October 14, nine years after his initial debut, with a media showcase the same day.
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Henry Lau is mid-run on his first world tour in 2026, backed by recent singles 'Enjoy the show' and 'Closer To You'.
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KBS's 'Immortal Songs' goes free at Gyeongbokgung on Oct. 6 with Lee Chan-won, Lee Seung-gi, Boynextdoor, NMIXX, and more.
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Singer Ben (이은영) shared an outdoor photo on October 8, weeks after releasing her September 2026 single "Chakraview."
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Roy Kim released 'Cry Loud' on Oct. 6—his third straight October single—ahead of a sold-out KSPO DOME debut concert Nov. 21–22.
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Singer Ju Hyung-jin remade a 2016 Davichi track. The music video? Footage from a 2010 film starring Song Hye-kyo and Kang Dong-won, recut and shared October 7.
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The Weeknd played Goyang Comprehensive Sports Complex on Oct. 7 as part of the 'After Hours Til Dawn' stadium tour, his first Korea visit since 2018.
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URBAN ZAKAPA's Jo Hyun-ah, 36, took the stage at the Buil Film Awards on October 7, 2026.
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Fact extraction pulled from the wrong source entirely—no Kim Da-hyun data found, only a National Assembly audit story.
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Zion.T teased upcoming concerts on Oct. 7, announcing ticket sales would open the next day for shows including the Incheon Airport Sky Festival in November.
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Kim Ha-on announced his debut solo concert 'ARK' for November 21, 2026 at KBS Arena. Tickets drop October 14.
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Kakao Entertainment and Atlantic Music Group—home to Atlantic Records, 10K Projects, and 300 Entertainment—will design global strategies for K-pop artists from day one.
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JAY B's first original series under 528Hz drops every Friday; his third single 'Chptr. 1' follows on October 27.
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Actors Lee Yu-jin and Cha Kyung-eun are marrying November 14 in Seoul and expecting a child. They met on her directorial debut.
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Park Jin-young testified at the National Assembly on Oct. 7, defending the Phenomenon K-pop event as a private-sector sacrifice, not a political project.
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Seong Han-bin drops his first solo EP 'DEAD:ALIVE' on October 12, three years after debut — and previews it with a one-day weather caster stint on JTBC's 'Achim&' on the 8th.
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