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Sandara Park drops a two-track single on June 20 under her own label, with an Asia fan-con tour kicking off July 4.
6/20/2026
Trot singer Miss Kim (Kim Chae-rin, 24) makes her Immortal Songs debut alongside Kim Na-hee on KBS 2TV's June 20 episode, performing Lim Hee-sook's 'My One Person Goes.'
6/20/2026
BOYNEXTDOOR announced the first in a planned series of remixes for their debut album title track, arriving June 22 at 1 PM.
6/20/2026
Hwang Chi Yeul's five-track 'I LOVE SUMMER' arrives June 26, his first summer release and seasonal follow-up to 2023's 'I LOVE WINTER'.
6/20/2026
Netflix's 참교육 hit #1 on the non-English TV chart in 46 countries within 3 days of its June 5 release, jumping from 6.4M to 21.1M views.
6/20/2026
Seo Eve's Japanese-language track hit No. 1 on Amazon's Far East & Asia and International new release charts June 18, then placed 6th on the all-genre Bestseller chart.
6/20/2026
South Korea's music exports jumped 32.4% in 2025, but a new government support program reveals why smaller K-pop agencies need help: a 29x production cost gap versus the majors.
6/20/2026
Young Chinese tourists are flying to Seoul for 'beauty days'—one-day K-pop idol makeovers and photo shoots—instead of cosmetic surgery.
6/19/2026
PSY's 'Gangnam Style' is closing in on 6 billion YouTube views—14 years after its July 2012 release. The artist hinted at marking the milestone with a live celebration at his Uijeongbu 흠뻑쇼 stage.
6/19/2026
Four years after its Netflix debut, Kim Hye-soo's legal drama *Juvenile Justice* climbed to No. 5 on Netflix Korea's daily chart on June 17, riding the momentum of director Hong Jong-chan's new hit.
6/19/2026
Seoul Music Awards returns June 20 at Inspire Arena in Incheon with 20 performances and three fresh award categories.
6/19/2026
Trot singer Seong-ri (Kim Seong-ri, 31) wrapped a 6-night-7-day cruise fan meeting—a prize for winning *무명전설*—and announced a Changwon concert for the next day.
6/19/2026
Lee Jae-eun and Kim Woo-seok star in this 12-part U+ Mobile TV and Netflix thriller where 31 high schoolers get trapped in a mafia game with no way out and deadly stakes.
6/19/2026
Seeya returned to a music broadcast stage for the first time in 15 years on June 18, performing their new electronic dance track *Stay* with choreography by HOOK.
6/19/2026
The ARIRANG album track gets a black-and-white visual with a twist ending — and a direct callback to the merry-go-round from 'Spring Day.'
6/19/2026
MAMAMOO reunite for the first time in 3 years and 8 months to perform 'Mr. Ambiguous' with original mustache props. Hwasa reacts to NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang's public praise.
6/19/2026
Belif Lab confirms Moka is halting all schedules to focus on recovery; ILLIT will continue as a four-member group with Yunha, Minju, Wonhee, and Iroha.
6/19/2026
Jiselle dropped 'i said it' on June 19, 2026—a dreamy, bass-heavy single about the murky space between attraction and commitment.
6/19/2026
Broadcaster-actor Dex has suspended his 1.16M-subscriber YouTube channel Dex101 indefinitely. His agency says a new acting project is in the works for the second half of 2026.
6/19/2026
ENHYPEN's six-member lineup releases their 8th mini album August 21, seven months after 'THE SIN : VANISH' and their first project since Heeseung's departure.
6/19/2026
An So-yo will play Lee Hye-ji, a childhood friend and new mom, in tvN's office romance *Tomorrow, I'll Go to Work!* premiering June 22. King Kong by Starship confirmed the casting on June 19.
6/19/2026
Ji Ye-eun confirmed her relationship with dancer Bata in April. Weeks later, co-star Gi An-84 brought it up on camera—and she was not having it.
6/19/2026
Song Ga-in releases '꽃이 아니면 어떤가 (질경이)' on July 2; she's been growing the plant herself since prep began.
6/19/2026
Agencies denied pregnancy rumors about Ailee, Shin Min-ah, and Gong Hyo-jin. Hyuna's public diet post led to a 10 kg loss in one month and a mid-performance collapse.
6/19/2026
TXT's Yeonjun drops his second solo mini album 'NO LABELS: PART 02' on July 10. Summer title track 'Ice Cream' already teased.
6/19/2026
Virtual boy group B:DAWN teased '유월의 날씨' at The Hyundai Seoul on June 18. The full music video drops June 29.
6/19/2026
Jeon Won-ju, 87, confirmed her breakup in a YouTube video on June 18, saying "being alone is comfortable now." Her boyfriend was in his 80s.
6/19/2026
TWS's 5th mini album hit No. 10 on Billboard Japan's 2026 first-half Top Album Sales—the highest ranking any 5th-gen K-pop album has achieved on that chart—and topped Oricon Daily on June 14.
6/18/2026
Park Woo-jin plays Seo Ki-taek, the boyfriend erased from his lover's memory, in director Han Sang-il's short-form drama—his second acting role.
6/18/2026
Six members—four from Boys Planet 2, two newcomers—debut July 6. First comes a pre-release track on June 23, then the full EP.
6/18/2026
STAYC performed '2 L0VE' on Mnet M Countdown on June 18—the title track's first music broadcast outing.
6/18/2026
Actor Ji Seung-hyun survived on pocket money during his 10th year in the industry. A cold DM from singer Young Tak changed everything.
6/18/2026
The Jewelry alum divorced in 2024. Now she's marrying businessman Choi Ji-hoon—six years her senior—with the wedding set for the second half of 2026. Families have already met.
6/18/2026
Director Jo Nam-hyung called out a fake DM screenshot on Instagram June 18, shutting down dating rumors between his two leads.
6/18/2026
The collab MV hit #1 on YouTube's Music Video Trending Worldwide on June 11, passed 29M views, and landed 3rd on the UK Official Trending Chart by June 16.
6/18/2026
A film about the Lisbon Maru sinking opens July 1, built on a 9,000㎡ underwater set with 1,000+ VFX shots and a cast tied to Zhang Yimou.
6/18/2026
Gong Hyo-jin plays a working-mom assassin in MBC's new webtoon adaptation, joined by Sung Dong-il, Lee Sang-yi, and Jung Joon-won.
6/18/2026
AtHeart is remaking 1996 hits as a global series. First up: The Cardigans' 'Lovefool,' reimagined as 'Say It' on June 25.
6/18/2026
CLASS:y's mini album RE:BOOT '눈물 이후' arrives June 23 with 9 tracks. Every member gets a solo—a first for the group.
6/18/2026
LE SSERAFIM, ATEEZ, BOYNEXTDOOR, and Kwon Eun-bi perform at the 35th Seoul Music Awards on June 20, broadcast to 150 countries with 7,500 attendees.
6/18/2026
Actor Namkoong Min, 48, and wife Jin Arum, 37, are expecting their first child. Delivery is approaching soon.
6/18/2026
IVE leads eight acts at Daegu Stadium on August 21 for the 2026 World Masters Athletics Championships opening concert, drawing 40,000 expected.
6/17/2026
81 women applied. 10 will compete. 5.1 million won awaits the winner at Ulsan's annual vocal competition.
6/17/2026
A 2-year-old girl group track, a March solo release, and a 2003 actor performance are all climbing Melon in June 2026.
6/17/2026
Kim Jung-eun stopped by MBC's Radio Star on June 17 to share stories from the drama that peaked at 57.6% viewership.
6/17/2026
IU, actor Ju Ji-hoon, and actress Park Bo-young have each publicly discussed being bullied in school. Their accounts are harrowing.
6/17/2026
Lim Ji-yeon opened up about her first comedy role, the rough years after debut, and how co-star Heo Nam-jun became essential to getting through it.
6/17/2026
Creator-actor Nitmolcash (Cha Cheong-il) stars in *The Councilmember Is Live*, a web drama from the Gyeonggi Provincial Council premiering in September on YouTube.
6/17/2026
