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KIKI joins 60+ acts on Nippon TV's 9.5-hour summer broadcast, introducing their 'GenZ-mi' concept to Japanese viewers for the first time.
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Im Chang-jung releases '탓탓탓' on July 4, an EDM-infused semi-trot track built with longtime collaborator composer 늑대.
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One month after their May debut, AND2BLE have surpassed 730,000 first-week copies, won two music show trophies, and landed coverage in US outlets Forbes and The Honey Pop.
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WONHO unveiled the full tracklist for CORE on July 3. The 7-track album drops July 21, led by 'Don't Wake Me Up!'
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UDTT hit KBS 2TV's Music Bank on July 3 with *VIPER*, the title track of their second single, wrapping a three-show comeback run.
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BTS's 5th album '아리랑' holds 15 consecutive weeks on Spotify's Global Weekly Albums chart; La Plata City Council names BTS Honorary Guests ahead of October stadium show.
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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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SG Wannabe's 2000s ballad 'Joeawa Beol' won KBS Joy's '20th Century Hit Song' in an MP3 nostalgia episode.
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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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So Ji-sub's SBS revenge thriller 'Kim Bu-jang' rocketed from 9.5% to 15.7% viewership in one night, becoming the network's highest-rated drama of 2026 after just two episodes.
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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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On KBS 2TV's 'Rooftop Troublemakers,' Yoon Jong-shin admitted he skipped TV until his second album — and suspects it may have tanked sales.
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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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French multi-instrumentalist FKJ plays Kintex Hall 10 in Goyang on December 6. Artist presale starts July 6.
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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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Bang Chan posted a blood donation certification photo from Australia this week while Stray Kids prep their new mini album 'THIS & THAT', out August 7.
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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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BIGC's new Blip Support service launches with BOYNEXTDOOR, Lisenne May, and Super Junior's Yesung, letting fans pool in-app gems to fund real-world offline ads.
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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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