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B THE HOOD, LEVVELS' 5-member virtual group, hit No. 14 on YouTube Shorts daily chart within days of their pre-release single 'Lowkey' on June 29.
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The former Apink member will play Sang-a, a company employee with secrets, opposite So Ji-sub in the upcoming SBS Friday-Saturday drama.
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Yeosang of ATEEZ just dropped a solo track and has songwriting credits stacking up. A three-day Seoul fan meeting is coming too.
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VROWN, the debut project from Seoul creative house HOLO, releases 'Itsy Bitzy' on July 15.
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Paul Kim championed Kihyun's EP while his Japanese original 'Zombie Loves Matcha' charted on both Oricon and Billboard Japan.
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Lisn's 2024 track hit #1 on Melon TOP100 on July 8 after two prior surges. An August Pokémon remake is already lined up.
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ARTMS unveiled the Trauma version concept photos for 'Hyper-Ego' on July 8. The title track drops July 24, with the full album arriving August 7.
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At 58, Shin Seung Hun is back on Jeju Island for his second song camp, chasing two new tracks since September's SINCERELY MELODIES.
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Na Hong-jin's SF action film 'Hope' launches July 15 with three days of GV events across Seoul. Hwang Jung-min, Jo In-sung, and Jung Ho-yeon join the director on opening day.
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Brisbane-born Jang Han-byeol left dentistry school for music, held #1 on a Malaysian chart for 52 straight weeks, and sold out a 1,500-seat Seoul fan meeting instantly.
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Paninibunch released digital single '방 안에서' on July 9, a traditional ballad about emotional paralysis after a breakup.
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Rain and Lee Sung-min join Netflix's Korean adaptation of the webtoon 'Solo Leveling', alongside previously announced Byeon Woo-seok.
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Kim Hyun-joong dropped 'Chickenia' in June. Now comes the fan cheer video—and seven more tracks rolling out every two weeks.
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Former world No. 1 taekwondo athlete Na Tae-joo, now a trot singer, has joined the 'Bad' challenge with a simple verdict.
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Taeyong has given over 100 million won to Daeada Multicultural School since 2016, including a 30 million won gift and school visit this year.
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Director Han Jae-rim is developing 'Evil Goes to Hell' with NEW while his Disney+ series 'Fascination' awaits release.
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Hwanhee won the StarTrend ballad category weekly crown for the 5th week of June with 14,768,941 votes, fueled by her April remake of Patti Kim's 2009 track.
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Fashion designer Kwon Da-mi, older sister of BIGBANG's G-Dragon, posted an ultrasound photo July 9 announcing she's expecting a daughter, Kim I-woo, in October.
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Nam Goong-min's KBS2 drama opened at 4.4%, jumped to 6.4% in episode 2, but faces a steep climb against SBS's '김부장', which already hit 21% in 4 episodes.
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Enok crossed 1 million votes on the StarTrend musical male daily ranking July 4, just over a week after his June 22 mini album drop.
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JUNIEL released the emotional ballad '푸른엔딩' (Blue Ending) on July 9 across online music platforms.
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GLG unveiled the first concept photo for BBGIRLS' upcoming single 'BODY WAVE' on August 8, with the full release arriving August 16.
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130,000 fans across two nights on June 6–7; Rolling Stone UK and The Guardian both gave 5-star reviews. Munich is next.
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DAY6's Wonpil returns as a solo artist for the first time in four years, teasing a refreshing summer with a new message to fans.
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The Black Label shared MEOVV's music video for 'In my hands' on July 8, weeks after the five-member group's June 1 comeback.
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Jeonbuk Province is recruiting 15 foreign and 6 domestic youth for a 2-week residential K-pop training program launching this September.
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Ji Ye-eun opened up about her relationship with choreographer Bata on YouTube's Okiki on July 8, months after confirming they were dating in April.
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Original musical Dive, adapted from SF novelist Danyo's award-winning novel, opens August 18 at Link the Space 1관 and runs through November 8.
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The Plus M Entertainment actor pulled off a one-legged horse-riding stunt the stunt team said was impossible — all while recovering from knee surgery.
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A 12-episode short-form series about North and South Korean students in a university startup club launches July 31 on YouTube.
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A YouTube clip of Lisense leader Won-i speaking in her regional dialect ignited a dispute over whether she used hate speech—pulling in an MBC PD, a politician, and rapper E-Sens.
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RIIZE's second mini album '투(II)' hit #1 across Korea, Japan, China, and iTunes in 6 regions after its May 15 release.
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RESCENE's 'LOVE ATTACK' hit #1 on Melon as a reverse-run track. Now the five-member group opens their dorm for the first time on July 11.
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Melon's first-half 2026 recap crowns IVE and AKMU as co-chart leaders, names LE SSERAFIM its standout artist, and flags house music as the defining genre trend.
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NouerA's fourth mini album '.exe' arrives July 27, four months after 'POP IT LIKE' hit 240K first-week copies and 10M MV views.
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BOYNEXTDOOR's debut full-length album hit 1.08M first-week copies on Hanteo and cracked the Billboard 200 at no. 16—their best chart position yet.
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Q (Ji Chang-min) dropped his debut solo single 'Anytime' on July 9, a track written by his character in the upcoming drama 'My Idol, My Debut.'
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The 10th-anniversary K World Dream Awards unveils its first five acts for August 27 at KINTEX, with fan voting kicking off July 13.
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LISENSE rode a 2026 chart-reversal wave into their comeback with a reinterpretation of KARA's 2008 classic.
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izna releases their Japanese mini album 'HANDLE WITH CARE' on September 2 via Sony Music, capping over a year of groundwork in Japan.
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Jung Sun-hee hesitated before hosting Hong Jin-kyung's divorce reveal on Radio Star—a video that crossed 1 million views.
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Lee Jun-young opened up on You Quiz on the Block about joining U-KISS in 2014 with almost no Japanese—and the brutal early days that followed.
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21 hearing-impaired fans streamed DAY6's Seoul concert directly to their hearing aids via Auracast. TWICE and Stray Kids shows are next.
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At Seoul's K Musical International Market, Horipro's Ikawa Gaoru laid out a vision for Japan-Korea joint production as the industry's next frontier.
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Harmonize takes the stage at HD Art Center Grand Concert Hall in Ulsan's Dong-gu on December 9 at 7:30 PM. ~17 songs, tickets from 35,000 won.
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ENA's new Monday-Tuesday drama with Hyeri and Hwang In-yeop hits theaters July 13 at 10 PM, following a production showcase on July 7.
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Im Young-woong's variety show hit #1 in the 20-49 demo for three straight weeks and cracked Netflix's top 10. SBS is adding an episode.
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Yoon Yeo-jung earned a Supporting Actress nod at the 78th Primetime Emmy Awards for playing a billionaire chairman in Netflix's *Griselda* Season 2.
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