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FTISLAND's 21st Japanese single *Lemonade* arrives September 2 at midnight. The 3-track pop-punk release debuts live at their Japan tour that same month.
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Sin Min-a's mystery thriller drew 50,724 viewers on June 2 for a second straight daily #1, pushing its cumulative total to 482,861 — still well short of its 1.8M break-even.
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Brand New Music CEO Limer opened up about life after his 2023 divorce on Channel A's 'Groom School 2,' discussing what solo living actually feels like.
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aespa, Stray Kids, BIGBANG, and CORTIS have concerts lined up through August as South Korea's revised Performance Act raises scalping fines to 50 times the ticket price.
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Kang Dong-won's 90s idol MV hit millions of views and the title track charted. 'Wild Thing' still flopped at the box office.
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Trot singer Hong Ji-yun scored 3,727 out of 4,000 in MBN's Hyunyeok Gawang 3 finale on March 10, taking the title and 100 million won.
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On KBS2's 'Okdapbang' ep. 319, Yoon Jong-shin recalled his disastrous debut stage, his 27-year wait for a #1, and how '좋니' topped the charts without a single music show appearance.
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Jennie dropped 'Ruby (The Complete Collection)' on July 6 and opened a Seoul pop-up, while sharing a Copenhagen sauna photo captioned 'copenhagenagainandagain'.
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Singer JK Kim Dong-wook waded into a baseball scandal on July 2, defending Baejae High School after its team faced a 6-month competition ban.
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Yoon Do-hyun, 53, took the stage in Jeju on July 3, 2026. Meanwhile, YB's 'Stay Alive' remix holds at No. 11 on the UK chart for its third consecutive week.
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Kep1er's eighth mini album 'CRACK CODE' arrives with 'KILLA (Face the other me)' as the lead. Members Hikaru and Kim Dayeon are also taking the field at two stadiums.
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Director Jang Hang-jun, whose films have drawn ten million viewers, appeared on KBS 2TV's '옥탑방의 문제아들' to discuss the relentless pace of running a film set.
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Four acts stop by KBS 2TV's The Seasons – Sung Si-kyung's Ear Boyfriend on July 3 at 11 PM to preview new music and talk albums.
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BE'O dropped 'Cherry Cola' as a digital single on July 3, 2026—his first new music since the 2025 single 'ICONIC' featuring 창모.
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Trot singer and musical actor Kim Hee-jae appeared on KBS2 Music Bank ahead of his 2026 nationwide tour's final stop—an encore concert at Seoul's Olympic Hall on July 24.
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Singer Gyeongse throws her first ceremonial pitch at KT Wiz Park on July 5, then performs a post-game mini concert with two brand-new songs.
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Kim Jun-su, a National Changgeuk Company singer and '현역가왕2' alumnus, held two shows at Ewha Womans University on July 4 to premiere his debut solo album.
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Ga-hee's June 29 MV for 'Psalm 24 King of Glory' splits viewers over K-pop-style choreography in a Christian music project.
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Actress Oh Yoon-ah announced her remarriage on July 3 via YouTube, 11 years after her 2015 divorce, to a non-celebrity who has embraced her son.
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Lee Hi is taking her first solo concert tour to Australia and New Zealand in August–September 2026, with stops in Sydney, Brisbane, Melbourne, and Auckland under her 808 HI RECORDINGS label.
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An Hyo-seop leads *Final Table*, JTBC's October 2026 Saturday-Sunday drama, followed by period piece *Beads of God* in December.
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Kim Myung-soo and Kang Min-ah star in a romantic comedy about emotions gone haywire, premiering July 4 at 10:50 PM on Lifetime, U+tv mobile, and Disney+.
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Fan Bingbing presented her new film Mother Bumi at the 30th Bucheon International Fantastic Film Festival on July 3, praising Korean cinema's craft and the depth of its storytelling.
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Haru Lee, 16, won a public speaking competition. Her résumé already lists sole lyricist credit on RIIZE's 'Do Your Dance.'
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Lee So-ra drops a teaser for '너의 얼굴 다 잊을게 (Summer Breeze)' on July 3. The full single arrives July 7—her first new music since January 2019.
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Tickets for both original Busan shows sold out July 1; a new July 31 date goes on sale July 8 at 8 PM via Weverse.
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AHOF drops a highlight medley for their third mini album 'RUN TO YOU', arriving 8 months after 'The Passage'.
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Q from THE BOYZ releases his first solo track, 'Anytime,' on July 9—also serving as the OST for MBC Plus drama 'My Idol, My Debut.'
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The Korean singer-turned-musical actor lands Roxie Hart at New York's Ambassador Theatre after three auditions over one year.
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The B-side track from singer-songwriter Han Loro's 2023 debut EP crossed 10 million YouTube views on July 3, about two years after it dropped.
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Moon Chae-won married a non-celebrity man in Seoul on June 28. Her first social media post after the ceremony—a cryptic Buddhist quote—drew immediate attention.
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Lee Ji-hye and Jang Eun-ah join Gyuhyun and Park Eun-tae for *Frankenstein: The Musical Concert* at Seoul's Jangchung Gymnasium on August 1–2, kicking off the new Stage Concert Series.
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NiziU's first Japanese best album *Portfolio* topped the Oricon Daily Album Chart on June 30, paired with a new music video for their pre-debut track.
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Yoo Ah-in will play a vampire hunter in director Jang Jae-hyun's occult film *Vampire*, with principal photography targeted for October 2026 and an agency deal reportedly worth at least 5 billion won.
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Secret returned June 18, 2026, with a three-member lineup and a new album. Jeon Hyo-sung couldn't hold back tears watching fans respond.
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Moon Ga-young joins Fantasia on July 3 after winning Best Actress at the 62nd Baeksang Arts Awards, with tvN's 'Whale Star' coming in 2027.
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Arden Cho, voice of Rumi in Netflix's *K-pop Demon Hunters*, married orthopedic surgeon Christopher Lee on June 27 at Villa Cora in Florence, with a four-day celebration rooted in Korean tradition.
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tvN's colonial-era espionage romance drops its D-100 teaser with a full cast led by Kim You-jung and Park Jin-young. October 2026 premiere incoming.
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Sung-hoon and Oh Se-young are in talks to lead a drama adaptation of the popular Naver web novel *Boss's Overt Taste*, with him eyed for the male lead.
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AND2BLE wrapped up a 3-day Seoul concert and will take the 'Welcome to Qurious' show across Asia.
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Park Ji-hyun's 'Love is' MV from the film *Wild Thing* crossed 4.4M views. She's juggling her idol role there with a rom-com debut on tvN's *내일도 출근!*
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Mighty Mouse remade two of their 2011 tracks in 2026. FT Island's Lee Hong-gi and Monday Kiz's Lee Jin-sung dusted off a 2007 B-side.
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The SBS Friday-Saturday drama returns August 7 with its original director-writer duo, a new lead pairing, and Yoo Seung-ho as a new chaebol character.
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Suzy marked a decade as GUESS brand ambassador with a car photo on July 2, timing it with a career retrospective.
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Former Rainbow main rapper Go Wuri, 37, shared maternity travel photos from Guam this week, documenting her pregnancy with a specific goal: 100 pictures for her baby.
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The Grammy Awards' new 'Best Asian Pop Music Performance' category requires meaningful use of an Asian language—disqualifying BTS's chart-topping title track from *Arirang*.
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Jeon Heejin posted hotel photos from Tokyo's Kabutocho district while ARTMS promotes their June 2025 mini-album 'Club Icarus'.
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Jung Chae-yeon shared throwback photos from I.O.I's Music Core debut, noting the late upload and plans to post more gradually.
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