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San, ATEEZ's main dancer, was in Milan on Sept. 21 as the group's latest mini album hit No. 1 on the Billboard 200 and shattered their domestic sales record.
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영탁's third album 'GOGO' debuts at No. 1 on both Hanteo and Circle Chart. A five-city tour launches in October.
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Rep. Bae Hyun-jin is calling Park Jin-young to parliament over JYP Entertainment's trademark filings for Phenomenon, a state-backed K-pop festival launching in 2027.
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A I W E O dropped the *00FF00* music video on the 23rd. The four-member girl band's pre-release builds toward their official debut with the EP *BE MY HUG*.
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Park Jae-jung drops five-track EP '기록(上)' on September 29 at 6 PM, his first album since the 2023 hit '헤어지자 말해요'.
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After 7 years as fromis_9's center, the 27-year-old left her agency and is now building a solo presence through personal channels and SNS.
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Starship Entertainment posted holiday greetings on September 24. K.Will, IVE, and CRAVITY each had news to share.
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The SBS show wrapped September 24 with two couples formed — and one participant walking away alone.
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The Seasons releases 'Endless Summer (여름밤의 꿈)' on September 27, the third track in their four-seasons music series.
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JG Star posted a relay Chuseok greeting video on Sept. 25 with Lim Chang-jung, Song Ga-in, Koyote, Yoo Sung-eun, and Yoon Seo-ryeong.
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TVING posts the director's casting breakdown for Lee Jun-hyuk as *Lotto Winner Still Goes to Work* enters its second week on air.
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Lisenne's cover of KARA's 2008 'Pretty Girl' hit #4 on Melon Top 100. It's one of several remakes climbing Korean charts as new releases struggle since May.
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Code Kunst drops a new song in late November 2026. Tablo's review? He forgot his marriage, his house password, and nearly started a war at home.
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Mimi called out idols at broadcasting stations for half-hearted greetings on episode 80 of YouTube variety show '영업중'.
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On YouTube's '핑계고', Lee Kwang-soo revealed he calls Yoo Jae-seok for everything: dating news, minor car accidents, major life decisions.
9/25/2026
Girls' Generation's Tiffany Young, broadcaster An Young-mi, and actress Seo Hye-won all skipped traditional weddings for quiet marriage registrations.
9/25/2026
Jang Wonyoung lip-synced to IU's new single on Sept. 24. IU replied in the comments.
9/25/2026
LE SSERAFIM hit The Fitness Marshall's YouTube channel (7.27M subscribers) on Sept. 24 to dance through their Sept. 11 single 'Made My Night'.
9/25/2026
BOYNEXTDOOR hit Japan next month with shows in Nagano (Sep 25–26) and Chiba (Oct 10–11). Their repackage 'HOME: DELUXE' arrives September 28 with 14 tracks.
9/25/2026
After 19 years together, Coyote's Kim Jong-min still has one goal: a #1 on the charts. He's also newly married, and thinking about the next generation.
9/25/2026
Seulgi shared her pre-MV shoot diet on YouTube—tuna and seaweed one day, cabbage wraps the next. She dropped 2kg in a month.
9/24/2026
Jeon Hyo-sung, Secret's leader 17 years into her career, opened up about marriage during a Chuseok hanbok interview with Star News.
9/24/2026
The first Korean to play Roxie Hart on Broadway posted her $26.41 e-bike receipt online, calling the price "hateful" while admitting the city had its charms.
9/24/2026
Yoon Seo-ryeong scored 196 points on SBS Love FM's Life Is Audition—the program's all-time high—while competing on TV Chosun's Miss Trot 4 in 2026.
9/24/2026
WILD sits at #22 in its 5th week on the chart; BEAUTIFUL CHAOS has logged 64 consecutive weeks, and the Hootie Frutti MV hit 100M views in 40 days.
9/24/2026
Crush let it slip on Epik High's YouTube channel: his next release is a duet. Cue the group's roasting about his feature-heavy track record.
9/24/2026
Mr. Trot 3 champion Kim Yong-bin returns with a piano-and-orchestra ballad about gratitude and devotion, 14 months after his last release.
9/24/2026
BTOB's Jung Ilhoon posted a handwritten note asking what a restriction-free rest day would look like, complete with cross-and-crescent nail art.
9/24/2026
Six months after discharge from the 15th Infantry Division, Kim Jong-hyun has posted his first update in hanbok and confirmed a fan meeting, Asia tour, and new acting ambitions.
9/24/2026
The Korean Frozen musical's two leads broke down the brutal vocal demands, how they landed their roles, and the show's run through March 1, 2027.
9/24/2026
ALLDAY PROJECT reunites as a full five-member group for 'CRASH' on September 28 at 6 PM, their first release together after nine months apart.
9/24/2026
Actress Lee Yoon-ji launched her first brand, Bibrikey, in September 2026 while balancing on-set work. The month, she said, was relentless.
9/24/2026
Ha Ji-won sat down with trot singer Young Taak on her YouTube channel for a Chuseok special, where she learned one of his hits for the first time.
9/24/2026
On Sept. 24, San posted a black-suit photo tagging Dolce & Gabbana and Vogue World, signaling upcoming fashion event appearances as the brand's global ambassador.
9/24/2026
Choi Ye-na unveiled characters '예춘팔' and '지구철' on Sept. 23, took Artist of the Year at TMA, and has a new digital single arriving Oct. 2.
9/24/2026
The rapper released "You Are Ma Hae" on September 23 as a tribute to girlfriend Lee Hi, days after the two shared a stage in Ulaanbaatar.
9/24/2026
UNCHILD's second single is stuck in limbo. The delay exposes a widening cost gap between major and indie K-pop labels.
9/24/2026
OWIS virtual idol Summer co-hosts MBCkpop's new music talk show 'V+ 음악중심' with WINNER's Kang Seung-yoon; Plave appears in episode one.
9/24/2026
Lee Seung Chul's agency LSC dropped MV teasers for '우리만의 이야기', a WOODZ original honoring the veteran singer's 40-year career.
9/24/2026
RISENNÉ took first place in StarTrend's K-pop female group daily vote on Sept. 23, with their 4th mini album PULSE arriving November 3.
9/24/2026
Young Tak's 'GOGO' moves 295K copies. RESCENE's 'LOVE ATTACK' sweeps digital. HUNTR/X hits 12 straight weeks at No. 1 on the Global K-pop Chart.
9/24/2026
'This & That,' the title track of Stray Kids' 10th mini album, hit 100 million YouTube views on Sept. 23. That's 22 nine-figure MVs for the group.
9/24/2026
On Sept. 25, Jeon Hyun-moo corners Jang Han-byeol during *Plan 4* and demands to know which celebrity slid into her DMs.
9/24/2026
ONEUS released 'FIRST LIGHT : 井' on September 23, their first complete-lineup comeback since all five members re-signed with B-Wave Entertainment in February.
9/23/2026
A year after breaking up with actor Lee Gyu-han, actress Nam Yu-jeong consulted a matchmaking agency and went on DefconTV to publicly search for love.
9/23/2026
Kim Hyun-joo visited Yoo In-na Radio on Sept 23, with a tvN drama premiere set for Oct 10 and a film opening Oct 21.
9/23/2026
Jung Dong-ha and Ali perform solo sets and a joint stage at Tori Forest in Hongcheon, Gangwon Province, airing September 25.
9/23/2026
Kim Young-ok dropped a behind-the-scenes YouTube video from IU's music video shoot, candid about the challenge of acting without dialogue.
9/23/2026
