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Gong Seung-yeon is in final talks to play copywriter Yeon Woo-gyeong opposite Lee Jun-hyuk in the web novel adaptation 'Taeyon-han Geojitmal'.
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Kamenashi Kazuya, 40, announced his marriage to actress Tanaka Minami, 39, and an expected child via handwritten letter on June 29.
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Kim So-hee, 31, performed at the 10th Busan One Asia Festival on June 27–28, her first stage in years behind a new album.
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AEN brought ~3,000 fans to SGC Hall Ariake on July 27 for their first showcase, debuting 'X to Z' live alongside three other tracks.
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Lee Han-ol spent years training vocalists on Korean TV. On June 25, he released his first single as a recording artist under Round Table Entertainment.
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Song Hye-kyo is leaving UAA, the agency she helped launch in 2012, as her Netflix series '천천히 강렬하게' prepares to premiere.
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Five days after Tokyo Dome, IVE perform 'LUCID DREAM' on TBS's CDTV Live! Live! — their first Japanese broadcast of the track.
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EPEX played four tracks at the 2026 MyK FESTA in Goyang on June 27, three weeks after releasing their seventh mini album '소화 : Epilogue'.
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Lee So-ra's first new song in seven years arrives next month, marking her return since a 2019 collaboration with BTS's SUGA.
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Hearts2Hearts sold 592,312 copies of their second mini album in its first week on Hanteo Chart—their highest figure yet.
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Xdinary Heroes, Flesh Juicer, and HANA are the final 8 acts added to Pentaport's 21st edition, happening July 31–August 2 at Songdo Moonlight Festival Park.
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Jungkook shut down marriage talk during a June 28 Weverse live, weeks after unconfirmed dating rumors with aespa's Winter.
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BOYNEXTDOOR closed their first full-album cycle on June 28 with career-high chart runs across the US, Korea, and Japan.
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Gong Myung stars in Netflix's 'Husbands' alongside Jin Seon-kyu—their first project together in seven years—and is already lined up for MBC's 'Your Ground' with Han Hyo-joo.
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Ansan Culture Foundation brings Tony-winning *Leopoldstadt* to Korea for the first time, October 16–19 at Dalmatgi Theater, with director Kim Yeon-min translating and directing.
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Yoo Sung-eun performed 'Glowing' and her debut track 'Be OK' on KBS1's Yeolin Eumakhoe on June 28, ten days after dropping her third mini album.
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Seven dramas are shooting in Geoje in 2026, including So Ji-seop's 'Kim Bujang' and ENA's record-breaking 'Doctor Sumboy' — and the city's 65M-won incentive budget is nearly gone.
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André Øvredal's supernatural road horror 'Passenger' opened June 24 at Lotte Cinema. The shoot was so unsettling the cast asked for a priest to bless the set.
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A Korean school drama topped Netflix's global non-English chart for three straight weeks and inspired a Gyeonggi education superintendent-elect to propose a real Teacher Authority Protection Bureau.
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BABYMONSTER wrapped three nights at Jamsil Indoor Gymnasium on June 28, launching their second world tour—1 year and 5 months after their first.
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FTISLAND launched the 'FaTe' world tour in Seoul and are hitting 9 more cities. Lee Hong-gi is already teasing solo content and a 7th studio album.
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Kwon Mi-jin's father, Kwon Du-hwan, died June 28, 2026, at 64. The funeral procession is scheduled for June 30 at 12:10 PM.
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Oh Young-sil opened up on MBN's 'Altorang' June 28 about begging PDs for roles, her thyroid cancer battle a decade ago, and why she skips breakfast.
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TREASURE brought two tracks from their hip-hop mini album *NEW WAV* to Inkigayo on June 28. The album's already a million seller, and a 17-show Japan tour is coming.
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The actor expects his fourth child—a son—in October. With three kids already and a non-celebrity wife, he's been candid about discipline and helping a partner through postpartum depression.
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Veteran DJ and producer Shin Chul appears on KBS1's Song큐멘터리 백투더뮤직 시즌2 to recount building Korea's first remix album and pursuing Miae through seven rejections.
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Lee Jae-in, 21, announced a short film for Chuncheon Film Festival on June 28, fresh off two 2025 lead roles.
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X_ON dropped 'Night Dream' on June 28, a band-sound dance track timed to their first fan concert in Tokyo on July 4–5.
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AHOF wrapped their Japan debut shows on June 25 and 27. Mini album 3 'RUN TO YOU' arrives July 8.
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나상현씨밴드 released '부러지지 않는' on June 28 with a music video. They're taking the three-piece on a 6-city club tour in August.
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CORTIS hit 200 million streams on *GO!* by June 26—nine months after the September 2025 release. No boy group that debuted in the last five years has done it.
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Ben opened up about her divorce from Lee Wook on K.Will's YouTube channel June 24, revealing she filed after experiencing betrayal during her pregnancy.
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Won Bin is growing his hair out. On MBN's talk show, host Kim Ju-ha revealed he's preparing for his next role after 16 years away from screens.
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AMPERS&ONE is bringing 'Born To Define' to Taipei on Aug. 1 and Macau on Aug. 22, nearly 18 months after their first Asia fan meeting tour.
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AxMxP shattered the all-time band debut first-week sales record with their September 2025 album, then dropped 'Amplify My Way' in January 2026.
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Super Junior's Yesung posted June 27 that he's spending the summer on recovery and a new album—his first solo project since the mini-album *It's Complicated* last November.
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Jeong Chae-yeon shared behind-the-scenes photos from I.O.I's 10-years-later reunion, captioning them with a quiet moment of self-reflection.
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Actor Ko Jun-hee (real name Kim Eun-ju, 40) shared a photo on June 27 as MBN previews her first-ever matchmaking agency blind date.
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Lee Bo-ram wrapped her 'Stay' run on MBC's Show! Music Core this week. Next: a solo concert in Busan on May 2.
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Nundongja opened June 24 and hit No. 2 overall, topping same-period releases. Shin Min-ah's promotional blitz across YouTube helped drive the momentum.
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IOI won 1st place on June 27 with 6,637 points, beating RIIZE and ILLIT. They didn't even perform.
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Hwang Chi Yeul's title track from *I LOVE SUMMER* hit #1 on Bugs' real-time chart June 27 at 8 AM KST. His first summer album since debut—all five tracks charted.
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Jina announced on Instagram she's returning with a remade version of her hit '꺼져 줄게 잘 살아'—roughly a decade after a 2015 sex trafficking case derailed her career.
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ATEEZ's 14th mini album arrived June 26 with a Brazilian funk title track, a Hollywood cameo, and #1 finishes on Hanteo, Circle, and iTunes.
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Hong Seok-cheon opened up about two long-term relationships, including one where he paid alimony after the breakup.
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Psy kicked off his 'SUMMER SWAG 2026' tour at Uijeongbu Sports Complex on June 27, with 13 more stops across 8 additional cities lined up.
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Muse's first album since 'Will of the People' arrives June 26 with 10 tracks inspired by a 1977 unidentified radio signal, plus a North American tour starting in July.
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ENA's no-elimination survival show crowned 이산 champion with 2261.6 points on June 26. The TOP8 head to Blue Square on September 5.
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