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Epic High and Davichi—debuting in 2003 and 2008—drop their first collaboration 'Mise en scène' on October 13, 2026.
11 d ago
Byeon Woo-seok played Manila on Oct. 10, then dominated StarTrend's daily drama poll with 1,184,304 votes two days later.
11 d ago
QWER's stage cam from their second tour Seoul stop hit 4.01 million YouTube views by October 12, just three weeks after uploading on September 21.
12 d ago
The 'trot queen' marks 14 years with a July dance-trot single, a sold-out Vietnam concert, and two OST placements.
12 d ago
Hong Jin-young posted an AI-synthesized video on Oct 11, joking the result didn't look like her — her older sister Hong Sun-young had thoughts.
12 d ago
Charlie Puth's 'Whatever's Clever!' world tour hit Goyang Sports Complex on Oct. 11, marking his first stadium-scale solo concert in South Korea.
13 d ago
Jin Sun-gyeol plays a sinister Japanese colonial official in tvN's new Saturday-Sunday drama, which premiered October 10.
13 d ago
Kim Da-hyun released a semi-trot on Oct. 8 inspired by her grandparents' love story in Gwangyang—she co-wrote and composed it herself.
13 d ago
Jisung revealed on NCT Dream Weverse that SM Entertainment told him not to use the trending slang '줴줴이야' after a fan brought it up.
14 d ago
After five years away, Choi Kang-hee is returning to acting on stage—and she's calling it her second peak era.
14 d ago
Im Young-woong's 'IM HERO' music video, shot in Paris and released in May 2022, has now hit 53 million YouTube views.
14 d ago
South Korea's first-generation transgender entertainer Hari Su shared a story on YouTube on Oct. 10 about an invasive question a journalist asked at her marriage announcement press conference.
14 d ago
IVE drops 'Looks Can Kill' on Oct. 19, with the full mini album following a week later on Oct. 26.
14 d ago
Wendy topped a TenAsia poll (Aug 1–7) on which female singer readers'd most want to visit a silver grass spot with. Yuri came 2nd, Carmen 3rd.
14 d ago
Six years after debut, Jeon Yu-jin (전유진) is dropping her first regular album 'Adios' on October 10 with dreamy new teaser photos.
14 d ago
Chaeryeong's solo debut lands in November as ITZY closes out their 2026 world tour.
15 d ago
Oh Jong-hyuk, who debuted with idol group Clickb in 1999, appears on Channel A's 'Beauty Clinic Touch Me' on Oct. 9 to discuss his decades-long battle with acne and scars.
15 d ago
Park Gyubin, 18, released the Japanese original single 'Everybody!!' on October 9 and shared the jacket image the next day, ahead of two Japan live dates.
16 d ago
ALLDAY PROJECT's Youngseo has been working brand events nonstop since the group's second EP 'CRASH' dropped on September 28.
16 d ago
Rothy's five-track EP 'FLAT' arrives October 8, led by disco-pop title track 'Alphabet' — the only new song on the project.
16 d ago
Sultan of the Disco return to Seoul's Myunghwa Live Hall on Dec 5–6 for their first solo show in 7 years, months after breaking a 6-year recording silence.
16 d ago
Seo In-young is remarrying. Lin, who sang at her first wedding, agreed to do it again—with a joke only two divorcées could make.
16 d ago
KBS's 'Immortal Songs' goes free at Gyeongbokgung on Oct. 6 with Lee Chan-won, Lee Seung-gi, Boynextdoor, NMIXX, and more.
16 d ago
Kim Ha-on announced his debut solo concert 'ARK' for November 21, 2026 at KBS Arena. Tickets drop October 14.
17 d ago
Actors Lee Yu-jin and Cha Kyung-eun are marrying November 14 in Seoul and expecting a child. They met on her directorial debut.
17 d ago
IVE drops 'Looks Can Kill' on October 26. An Yu-jin's been posting from Paris Fashion Week.
18 d ago
Ministry J-Us releases a 6-track mini album rooted in Psalm 67, with title track 'Life's River' leading the set.
18 d ago
YUQI drops her second mini album '二十七(27)' Oct. 8, backed by a 'TODAY WITH GIGI' popup tour hitting five Chinese-region cities during her fan concert run.
18 d ago
BESTie's '연애의 조건 (Love Options)' hit No. 25 on Oricon's weekly YouTube Shorts chart for Sept 18–24, charting across Korea, Taiwan, Vietnam, Singapore, and Japan.
18 d ago
Coyote's Kim Jong-min is expecting. He quit drinking for a year to make it happen, and he's telling everyone on 'Superman Returns' this Sunday.
18 d ago
CRAVITY's ninth mini album *Sonorous* dropped September 30. Now they're heading to the 2026 Korea Grand Music Awards on November 7 for their biggest stage of the season.
19 d ago
Jiyeon, 33, is back posting bold styling shots and daily updates while touring overseas with T-ara—two years after her 2024 divorce.
19 d ago
Yours just dropped a teaser for 'Chugumi' that looks nothing like their usual bright concept—a sharp left turn for Pinnacle Entertainment's rookie group.
19 d ago
Son Dam-bi, 42, shared photos from her Chuseok holiday with husband Lee Kyu-hyeok and their 17-month-old daughter.
28 d ago
Singer-songwriter Lim Ji-woo (imzoo) released 'Take Me Tokyo' on overseas platforms Sept 25, domestic sites Sept 26 at noon.
28 d ago
BTS's V hits a Spotify first: all six tracks on 'Layover' have now cleared 150 million streams, a record no K-pop solo album has matched.
28 d ago
Park Jae-jung drops five-track EP '기록(上)' on September 29 at 6 PM, his first album since the 2023 hit '헤어지자 말해요'.
29 d ago
Crush let it slip on Epik High's YouTube channel: his next release is a duet. Cue the group's roasting about his feature-heavy track record.
9/24/2026
Mr. Trot 3 champion Kim Yong-bin returns with a piano-and-orchestra ballad about gratitude and devotion, 14 months after his last release.
9/24/2026
The rapper released "You Are Ma Hae" on September 23 as a tribute to girlfriend Lee Hi, days after the two shared a stage in Ulaanbaatar.
9/24/2026
Lee Seung Chul's agency LSC dropped MV teasers for '우리만의 이야기', a WOODZ original honoring the veteran singer's 40-year career.
9/24/2026
RISENNÉ took first place in StarTrend's K-pop female group daily vote on Sept. 23, with their 4th mini album PULSE arriving November 3.
9/24/2026
'This & That,' the title track of Stray Kids' 10th mini album, hit 100 million YouTube views on Sept. 23. That's 22 nine-figure MVs for the group.
9/24/2026
MONSTA X's 'MAGIC' hit #1 on Music Bank Sept. 11. Nine days later, five members posted Chuseok photos in hanbok.
9/23/2026
Urban Zakapa—Park Yong-in, Kwon Soon-il, and Jo Hyun-ah—just dropped '7' and are hitting the festival and concert circuit.
9/23/2026
'Let Me Love You' hits No. 1 on YouTube's daily Shorts chart, nearing 1M MV views. Pop-up store opens in Seongsu-dong on the 26th.
9/23/2026
BTS's 'ARIRANG' world tour crossed $465.8M in ticket sales across 38 performances, surpassing Beyoncé's previous year's global tour revenue to claim the No. 1 spot.
9/23/2026
IU's YouTube channel posted studio footage for '이 별로부터' on Sept 22, six days after the music video.
9/22/2026
