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Cosmosi will debut at a domestic awards show on September 6, performing an unreleased track for the first time at the 2026 SPOTV K-POP AWARDS in Ilsan.
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NH NongHyup Card and Visa are giving away 9 MAMA Awards packages and 10 M Countdown tickets this September to eligible cardholders.
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Chuu posted a transit selfie—her first public update since releasing full-length debut 'XO, My Cyberlove' on January 7, 2026.
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The 16-year veteran behind the 100M-stream hit 'Naneun Banditbul' was doing snap photography gigs between schedules during the song's own promotions.
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Chaeryeong will release a solo album in November 2026, roughly 7 years and 9 months after ITZY's debut, with MV filming preparations currently underway.
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IU drops a digital single September 10 while her 6th studio album and tour remain sidelined by Eustachian tube dysfunction.
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Lee Jun-hyuk, 41, posted a white-shirt-and-tie selfie on Sep 3 with a beer emoji—a quiet moment between Netflix, TVING, SBS, and tvN roles.
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KARD's Jeon Somin turned 29 on August 22, marking the occasion on Instagram while her solo EP 'UNVEIL' and the group's world tour 'NOW HERE' both run in parallel.
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JIMFF's 22nd edition opened September 3 at Jecheon Arts Center with Song Joong-ki, Park So-dam, and director Park Chan-wook walking the red carpet for its biggest year yet.
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뻔푸소년CIIU, JYP China's five-member boy group, marked one year since their August 2025 debut with a Shanghai fan meeting, a Hong Kong awards show performance, and their first mini album.
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Young Taek drops 'GOGO' on September 14 with 11 of 12 tracks self-written. His five-city solo tour TAK SHOW5 kicks off in Seoul on October 3.
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PENTAGON drops their first full-lineup single in three years on Sept. 11, then launches the '101010' tour across Osaka, Tokyo, Seoul, and Hong Kong.
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Actor Gwak Si-yang and Lovelyz member Yoo Ji-ae are marrying Nov. 28 in Seoul. No one knew they were dating.
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ONEW's dropping five tracks for 'KAKERA -運命のピース-', his first Japanese release in about a year. The title track hits September 9.
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Kim Beom-su covered HYNN's new title track on September 2. The song climbed to #1 on Vibe Rising and #2 on YouTube Music Rising.
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Kim Na-young covers Ha-rim's 2004 ballad *사랑이 다른 사랑으로 잊혀지네*, out September 3 with arrangement by Han-bam (Midnight).
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'Butter' hits 1.5B Spotify streams, joining 'Dynamite' and 'My Universe' as BTS group tracks to cross that mark five years after its May 2021 release.
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RBW's mentee project LIT808 returns with five tracks reinterpreting world literature as K-pop, complete with an AI-animated music video.
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ASC2NT performs 'If I Die Tomorrow' on Sept. 3, one day before 'Still with you' — the finale of their 사계 project — releases.
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Lee Jong-suk is out of 'Lee Seop's Romance' after a production schedule shift made it impossible to keep him on board, despite his involvement from the planning stage.
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SF9 wrapped their 10th-anniversary album cycle on September 2. TENACITY hit top 10 in 9 regions, with a Seoul concert coming in October.
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Kwon Eun-bi returns with digital single 'DEJAVU' on September 3, her first release under RBW Entertainment, and speaks candidly about music recognition and an IZ*ONE 10th-anniversary reunion.
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Japanese entertainer Kasama Sho recounted two humbling Korean airport arrivals on MBC's Radio Star, including one where fans he thought were his own vanished with IVE's Yujin.
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September 3, 2014. Lady's Code member EunB died in a highway crash. Four days later, RiSe was gone too.
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'Merry Berry Love' hits Disney+ and Nippon TV on October 7. Ji Chang-wook's first Japanese series and first rom-com since 2023's 'Welcome to Samdal-ri'.
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hrtz.wav drops a 6-track mini album on September 9, with title track 'ALIVE' featuring RIIZE's Seongchan, capping a debut run across 10 festivals.
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D.O. drops the tracklist for 'DOPAMINE', a 5-track mini album arriving September 8 — his first album release since 'BLISS' in July 2025.
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Grande wrapped the 41-city Eternal Sunshine Tour at London's O2 Arena on Sept. 2, then addressed her planned hiatus directly from the stage.
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IZNA's Japanese debut mini album landed September 2 with five tracks, the 'DUMB HOT!' video that same night, and a local showcase lined up for September 6.
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Sodami's debut digital single dropped August 21. A prize challenge worth 2 million won runs through September 27, with winners announced September 29.
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Lee Jung-hyun won the Emerging Cultural Figure Award at the Gender Equality Cultural Figure Awards for her short film '꽃놀이 간다', now streaming on Netflix.
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Nam Gyu-ri wrote and released her own 'Samgyeopsal Song' in May. Now she's the face of the Korean Beef Promotion Committee's digital campaigns.
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NCT 127's 7th studio album 'BLINGY', released August 24, topped charts in South Korea, China, and Japan while entering the iTunes top 10 across 26 regions worldwide.
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The Circle Chart Music Awards returns Sept. 6 as the SPOTV K-POP AWARDS, broadcasting live from KINTEX in Ilsan. Daum is the exclusive new-media home for red carpet and ceremony.
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IU sent a food truck to Byeon Woo-seok's Netflix drama set weeks after announcing her split from Lee Jong-suk and pausing work.
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CORTIS's second mini album resurfaces on the Billboard 200 after 16 weeks away, climbing 43 spots to No. 112 following an August 24 extended version release.
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82MAJOR released their second single HEAT on September 1 with a music video directed by Balming Tiger's Lee Suho, then performed at Cheonggyecheon Square the next night.
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Shinomiya Yoshitoshi's debut feature — a Berlin and Annecy award contender — screens at BIFF before opening exclusively at Lotte Cinema on Oct. 14.
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Mark Lee's dropping 'My Friend' on September 10. Upper Room teased the MV on September 2.
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Korea Mars tapped TWS as Twix's first Korean brand ambassador on Sept. 2, with campaign content rolling out on Instagram and a limited-edition pack arriving in October.
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Seoul Southern District Court held the first hearing in E Sens's sexual assault case on Sept. 2. His attorney denied all charges.
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MBC has locked in the cast for *Your Ground*, a Friday-Saturday drama arriving in late 2026. Han Hyo-joo, Gong Myung, Kim Shin-rok, and Sung Joon lead.
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EVAN claimed the Global-K Artist award at 2026 TIMA and the All-Round Musician Award at 2026 K World Dream Awards. His debut mini album drops September 7.
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Actress Ji Ye-eun and Bata, leader of dance crew Wee Dum Boys, will marry December 12 in Seoul—Bata's birthday and roughly one year after they went public.
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Lee Chang-seop drops his third solo mini album September 15, nearly a year after the last one, then takes a 7-city tour through October.
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FTISLAND's 21st Japanese single 'Lemonade' dropped September 2—a pop-punk track that reads their whole career in one bittersweet drink.
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Kim Hyun-jin joins Han Soo-ah in *옆자리, 프란체스카*, a spin-off of the 2005 vampire sitcom *안녕, 프란체스카*, coming in 2026.
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ALL(H)OURS releases 'UNBOUND' on Sept. 10 with dual title tracks 'DANG DANG' and pre-released 'HOP', followed by their first world tour 'RISE UP' in October.
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