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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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Vernon and The8's unit V8 hit the MCountdown stage July 2 with 'singasong' and 'rat race'—three days after their mini-album crossed 500,000 copies sold.
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ATEEZ's 14th mini album breaks their first-week sales record at 1.88M copies. The 'BAD' MV hits 10M views and tops YouTube's worldwide trending.
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NMIXX claimed the weekly No. 1 spot on the Bugs Favorite Chart with 8,937 fan votes, earning automatic entry into the June monthly chart.
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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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Park Soo-o, the 2005-born actor who played a delinquent bully in Netflix's *기리고*, takes on Han Gyu-seo in KBS 2TV's family drama *사랑이 온다*, premiering July 25.
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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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씨야 member Nam Gyu-ri posted behind-the-scenes and costumed photos on July 2 ahead of her ENA 'K-POP UP CHART SHOW' stage, captioned '니가 좋아'.
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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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Noh Jung-ui, who debuted as a child actor in 2010, stars as Woo Hyun-jin in tvN's new Wednesday drama *I'll Give You the Universe*, which premiered July 4.
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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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Karina shared casual SNS photos on July 2 as aespa gears up for their first Japanese mini-album 'Kiss and Tell', out July 24.
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UDTT debuted 'VIPER' on Mnet M Countdown July 2, bringing their second single album to music broadcast stages.
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Jeon Hye-won lands her first leading role in KBS 2TV's *Trap of Desire*, opposite Jang Seo-hee, premiering early August after *Red Pearl*.
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Taeyeon's J-POP remake hit No. 1 on Bugs within hours of its June 29 drop, with Lisence members Won-i and Minami in the music video.
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Trot singer Yang Ji-won signed an exclusive contract with Line Entertainment on July 2, joining a roster of comedians and entertainers.
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At the third hearing in Ador's damages suit, the agency argued Daniel alone pursued solo musician and commercial activities and refused to correct the breaches.
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Chungju Jissi returns with *AQUA* a year after *Milkshake*, hitting all three major music shows on the same day.
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Producer duo Groovy Room is heading to the altar. Park Gyu-jeong confirmed a fall 2026 wedding, weeks after partner Lee Hwi-min announced his engagement.
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BELIFT LAB act Evan released a choreography video for "Ride or Die."
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Song Ga-in drops her third Song Ga-in X Legend Project single on July 2: samba house meets trot, plus an AI-made music video.
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TWS drops their second Japanese single 'SODA SODA' on July 4. Three members wrote the title track.
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BTOB's Lee Minhyuk (HUTA) is dropping a new single album called *TEMPERATURE* on July 15, 2026.
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AxMxP, FNC's four-member rookie band, shared behind-the-scenes footage from their debut single MV on July 1. Festival dates in Goyang and Incheon follow.
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Seo In-young and Jo Min-ah, both former Jewelry members, settled their feud over Seo's 2023 wedding in a July 1 YouTube video as she prepares to remarry this year.
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LE SSERAFIM becomes the first K-pop girl group to perform at the 2026 iHeartRadio Music Festival, taking the stage Sept. 18 at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas.
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LE SSERAFIM is dropping *Sound Coin*, a six-piece collectible set shaped like coins, covering every album from *FEARLESS* to *HOT*. Out July 10.
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Baek A-yeon dropped digital single '들어봐' on June 29 and performed it live on M Countdown on July 2 — her first music broadcast in roughly 3 years.
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BbGirl (브브걸) return with new single 'BODY WAVE' on July 16 — their first release since the May 2025 remake '희망사항'.
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Chae Jong-hyeop plays a mysterious seaside villa caretaker opposite Hashimoto Kanna in *Vacance no Housoku*. The drama premieres in Japan on July 27, hits Netflix globally on July 31.
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가희 drops praise dance single '시편 24편 King of Glory' on December 1; 이미쉘 follows with debut album 'bliss' on December 10.
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Actor Kang Ha-neul is the new face of Babytalk's summer 2026 campaign as the medical beauty platform hits 10 million cumulative app downloads.
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Kim Seung-hwa, known for *Pachinko* and *The Glory*, has signed with Make It Studio. She'll walk the red carpet at the 30th Bucheon International Fantastic Film Festival on July 2.
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'ICONIC BY MISTAKE' slides to #43 on the Hot 100 after opening at #38, while climbing to #23 on the Global 200.
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CHUU dropped the indie pop single 'RULE (feat. Heize)' on July 2, her first new music since the solo album 'XO, My Cyberlove' in January.
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ZB1 returns to Japan 10 months after 'ICONIK' with a 3-track EP themed 'circling back to you,' featuring collaboration with piano trio Omoinotake.
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CORTIS's 'GREENGREEN' hits No. 94 on the July 4 Billboard 200, marking the longest chart run for any K-pop boy group that debuted in the last five years.
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Lee Ye-ji, winner of '우리들의 발라드', debuts as a solo artist with an all-black look and a soul R&B single dropping July 6.
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Hong Soo-joo, 31, posted July 1 photos from an indoor exhibition. Her recent wins include a 2025 MBC Female Rookie Award and roles spanning K-pop MVs to Netflix dramas.
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