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Lee Jin-ah returns Sept. 23 with 'Journey of Dreaming'—her first non-project release in three years.
9/22/2026
Video shows Lisa and Thai actor-model Blue Pontianak walking together in London. The two have also been spotted in Thailand, Hong Kong, and Japan.
9/22/2026
Cube Entertainment announced YUQI's '2026 YUQI Fan-Con '27'' will visit Guangzhou, Chengdu, Beijing, and Shanghai, with dates to follow.
9/22/2026
Wedding magazine *Wedding H* published a photo shoot of the couple, together since 2001 without legal marriage registration.
9/22/2026
NEWBEAT heads to 8 European cities December 7–21 for their first tour outside Korea, hitting Lisbon, Madrid, Cologne, Berlin, Paris, Milan, Warsaw, and Amsterdam.
9/22/2026
ALLDAY PROJECT's second EP arrives Sept 28. The Black Label's co-ed five-piece released 'TALK' on Sept 21—nine months after their debut.
9/21/2026
ZB1's leader drops his first EP three years after group debut. A performance video for 'Killin' Me' arrives September 28.
9/21/2026
TUIDE's B-side 'GRLS' hit Spotify's Global Music Video Chart twice running, Apple Music Korea top 4, and nearly 80K TikTok videos.
9/21/2026
Taemin wrapped three nights at Jamsil Indoor Gymnasium on September 20, performing every track from his new album live for the first time before heading to North and South America.
9/21/2026
Sana heads to Milan for Prada's 2027 S/S show on Sept 22 KST; Momo attends Onitsuka Tiger's show as global ambassador.
9/21/2026
ALL(H)OURS wrapped their 'DANG DANG' music-show run and locked in a solo Seoul concert for Oct. 10, plus world tour dates across Europe in Nov. and North America in Jan. 2027.
9/21/2026
Song Ga-in thanked her fanclub Again on Instagram while her July single 'Kkochi Animyeon Eotteunga' crossed 1 million music video views.
9/21/2026
N.Flying's Yoo Hoe-seung posted a Taipei concert recap on Sept. 21 while nursing an ankle injury, as the band readies a new release Sept. 1 and takes the tour to Japan.
9/21/2026
NMIXX's sixth mini album arrives October 19 with three unit tracks—a first since debut—plus an encore concert run in November.
9/21/2026
hrtz.wav hit three major Korean music shows in consecutive days. Their new album 'The Second Wave : MOMENTUM' saw Hanteo sales jump 129% over their debut.
9/21/2026
LE SSERAFIM took the T-Mobile Arena stage in Las Vegas on Sept. 19, opening their 30-minute set with new single 'Made My Night'.
9/21/2026
The 71-year-old trot veteran called out the teenager from the stage on Sept. 20, then issued a formal apology the following day after the clip went viral.
9/21/2026
Nine countries sent competitors through Sept. 20 preliminaries. The final happens Oct. 17 at the Bongwha Songyi Festival.
9/21/2026
27 acts from 9 countries competed at Bongwha County Citizens' Hall on Sept. 20; the final is set for Oct. 17 at the Bongwha Songyi Festival.
9/21/2026
Sound Republic announced September 21 it is formally expanding AI singer ChaeA into a B2B AI influencer, with an Asian Games support song due September 23 and an ambassador appointment on the 29th.
9/21/2026
Seoul Central District Court Division 61 will hand down its first judgment on November 13 in Attract's 13 billion won damages suit against former Fifty Fifty members Saena, Arang, and Sio.
9/21/2026
CORTIS played 30 minutes at ROCK IN JAPAN FESTIVAL 2026 on August 20—their first Japanese outdoor festival stage.
9/21/2026
Stray Kids claimed the weekly world chart crown with 14,023.54 points. Young Tak's third album 'GOGO' sold 303,724 copies to top the album chart.
9/21/2026
Soyeon's first solo album in 5 years and 2 months debuted at #1 on Melon, Genie, Bugs, and Vibe as of September 19.
9/21/2026
Kim Jong-guk grilled divorce lawyer Park Min-chul about gym habits and household chores on his YouTube channel, with marriage apparently on his mind.
9/21/2026
V01D played their second solo concert at Rolling Hall on Oct. 20, debuting full stages of three tracks from their upcoming mini-album 'YOUTHQUAKE', out Oct. 13.
9/21/2026
Kim Jung-eun revisited her 2008 split from Lee Seo-jin in a September 20 YouTube video, discussing the public statement she felt pressured to make.
9/21/2026
The Mr. Trot 3 champion returns with his first new song since July 2025—a piano-and-orchestra ballad about devoted love.
9/20/2026
Ascent wrapped three weeks of music show appearances for 'Still with You,' their second mini album, which sold 30% more copies than their debut in its first week.
9/20/2026
Fishing Girls release 'Nam-eun Geon Ddungddung (Hojeobddungmong)' on Sept. 21 — a rock track born from a fake song title an AI invented in 2025.
9/20/2026
QWER's two-track special single drops September 21, 2026. Fans voted on the title track through the 'CHOOSE YOUR QWER' project—27,000 of them picked *소년만화*.
9/20/2026
Woo Hye-mi reached TOP 4 on Voice Korea in 2012 and debuted with 'Motnanyi Inhyeong' in 2015. She died on September 21, 2019. She was 31.
9/20/2026
Shin Seung-ho worked three months as a department store security guard before acting, including close protection at a Red Velvet fan signing.
9/20/2026
IVE's Ray sang her first solo OST for the Disney+/Channel A drama *너에게 다이브*, toured Hong Kong and Taipei, and became a KBS Asian Games ambassador in 2026.
9/20/2026
Chaebol X Detective 2 wrapped September 19 with 11.8% viewership—its highest rating yet and above season one's peak.
9/20/2026
Billlie's Tsuki turned 23 on Sept. 21 with a red-rose photo post, days after MCing the 2026 SPOTV K-POP AWARDS.
9/20/2026
Kim Hye-yoon won Best Actress at the 53rd Korean Broadcasting Awards on Dec. 3—decided entirely by viewer vote for the first time—and is set for SBS 'Good Partner 2' opposite Jang Na-ra.
9/20/2026
Kim Soo-hyun scored 66,323 brand points in week 37 of 2026, fueled by 558,270 SuperStar votes and a Bench campaign marking his return after 1 year and 4 months.
9/20/2026
Tiffany Young shared live performances of two album cuts on September 20, with JUNNY making a surprise appearance in the 'Lovers' clip.
9/20/2026
NCT 127 played four nights at KSPO DOME as their 10th-anniversary Asia tour launched. Five members took the stage while Doyoung and Jungwoo watched from the crowd on military leave.
9/20/2026
Shin Seung Hun, 59, headlines the closing night of the 2026 Goyang Lake Art Festival on Sept. 20, with 1,000 drones and fireworks to follow.
9/20/2026
981 companies from 30 countries converged at DDP for a four-day K-content and gaming expo, racking up over 1,300 business consultations.
9/20/2026
Eyewitness accounts show BIGBANG's Taeyang and his wife Min Hyo-rin dining together and visiting a café with their child.
9/20/2026
A 1:58 track from Korean rapper Luci Gang's third album is racking up 700K+ Spotify plays and climbing Korean YouTube charts after going viral overseas.
9/20/2026
Bin Yeseo joins Lee Suyeon as special guest at *The Queens*, the debut concert from *Hyunyeok Gawang-Gahui* in Shibuya on September 21—her second Japan performance after Osaka in August.
9/20/2026
A faction musical based on Agatha Christie's real 1926 disappearance returns December 9 at NOL Seokyung Square Skon 1 in Daehak-ro with a fully redesigned stage.
9/20/2026
Singer and designer Shin Ji-su married a Hong Kong-based finance professional on September 19 at Seoul National University's Veritas Hall.
9/20/2026
Lee Hye-young told Kim Jung-eun she was pressured by a broadcasting official to apologize publicly before returning to variety shows after her divorce.
9/20/2026
