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(G)I-DLE dropped the mood trailer for 'We made' at midnight on June 22. The full album arrives July 6 at 6 PM.
6/21/2026
MONSTA X's Kihyun announced his second mini album 'BORDERLINE' on June 21, with a July 7 release date revealed in a surprise teaser.
6/21/2026
NCT's Jaehyun posted photos from the Prada SS27 collection event on the 22nd. His caption: "P for Pose @prada."
6/21/2026
Lee Young-ae, 54, will reprise Jang-geum roughly 20 years on in 'Medical Woman Dae Jang Geum'—this time as a medical woman.
6/21/2026
Kim Jun-su took his 2026 XIA 6th Asia Tour GRAVITY to Macau on June 20, marking the second stop of the run.
6/21/2026
Twenty people dressed as 최성곤, a character from the comedy film *Wild Thing*, marched through Seoul on June 21 to promote a June 30 live broadcast.
6/21/2026
Yeji was diagnosed with a herniated disc in May after lower back pain. She adjusted her choreography for ITZY's Japan world tour dates and is continuing scheduled activities.
6/21/2026
Kwon Jung-yeol announced a new 10CM track, '일말의 가능성', dropping in July. He broke the news live at Seoul Park Music Festival on June 21.
6/21/2026
Choi Soo-young and Jung Kyung-ho split after 14 years on June 9. Lee Dong-wook & Jung Ho-yeon and Baek Jin-hee & Yoon Hyun-min also ended long relationships.
6/21/2026
TREASURE MAP EP.83 had two member teams competing in a snack cook-off for YG employees, dropping June 17 as the group opens a four-day Seoul fan concert.
6/21/2026
ILLIT swept Inkigayo for a third straight week on June 21, outpointing IOI and aespa with 5099 total points for 'It's Me'.
6/21/2026
Rothy released 'Don't Be' on June 16—her first single under a new agency and the opening track from the upcoming EP 'FLAT'.
6/21/2026
Jung Seung Hwan premiered an unreleased song at Woori Finance Art Hall on June 20, weaving it into a nine-track set that included his recent digital single.
6/21/2026
Foreign fraud victims in South Korea nearly quadrupled in two years. K-pop concerts, fan meetings, and limited merch are the bait.
6/21/2026
Brave New World wrapped its 14-episode run on SBS on June 20 with a series-high 14.1% rating, dominating the weekly miniseries charts.
6/21/2026
MBC's '전지적 참견 시점' peaked at 5.1% per-minute viewership on June 20, ranking first in the 2054 demo at 2.1%.
6/21/2026
Dayoung walked away with the Main Award and Best Solo Award at the 35th Seoul Music Awards on June 20 at Incheon Inspire Arena.
6/21/2026
izna won the Best Performance Award at the 35th Seoul Music Awards on June 20 at Inspire Arena in Incheon during promotions for mini album 3 'SET THE TEMPO'.
6/20/2026
Suzy posted her first vlog in months on June 20, revealing she wrapped Disney+ series 'Hyeonhok' and is now shooting 'Harem's Men'.
6/20/2026
The Blast-managed virtual group PLVE books Incheon Munhak Stadium for September 12–13, a first for any virtual idol on the domestic stage.
6/20/2026
Yabuki Nako shared backstage photos from a June 20 fan meeting and will play Portia in the comedy musical 'Something Rotten!' this year.
6/20/2026
MBC's 'Nolmyeon Mwohani' held OST auditions on June 20 for Yoo Jae-seok's upcoming short-form drama sequel, with the cast weighing in on candidates.
6/20/2026
Jung Geun-seop's 2013 thriller *Montage*, starring Um Jung-hwa, is now on Netflix. The film holds a Naver rating of 8.56.
6/20/2026
Kim Dae-seung's 101-minute romance opened February 3, 2001, with Lee Byung-hun and Lee Eun-ju in the leads. It holds a Naver user rating of 8.33.
6/20/2026
Noh Deok's 112-minute romance pulled 1.86 million admissions, swept three major awards, and landed on Netflix.
6/20/2026
Mimi Leder's 1998 sci-fi film starring Morgan Freeman and Robert Duvall screens on EBS1 Sunday Cinema on the 31st at 13:30.
6/20/2026
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
On June 19, the divorced content creator revealed in a social media Q&A that a former partner proposed marriage but refused to accept her child.
6/20/2026
YG dropped the concept film for BABYMONSTER's second world tour on June 19, ahead of the Seoul opener at Jamsil Indoor Stadium on June 26–28.
6/20/2026
Tang Wei, 47, spotted at Beijing airport with director husband Kim Tae-yong. The couple appears headed to Hong Kong as the actress prepares for her second child.
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
Lee Na-yeon and Nam Hee-du posted side-by-side photos from their first overseas trip four years ago and a recent return to the same destination—fireworks appeared both times.
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
The Recording Academy is adding an Asian Pop Grammy category next year. The move comes as BTS, Lisa, and Lee Jae performed at World Cup events.
6/19/2026
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
A Korean War-era gugak drama returns to Yejidang for a July 3–11 run with two casting teams, riding last year's 92% sell-out revival.
6/19/2026
LE SSERAFIM's second world tour spans 32 shows across 23 cities, kicking off July 11 in Incheon alongside their second album 'PUREFLOW pt.1'.
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
The webtoon-based action series ran 8 episodes in 2023 and returned for a 7-episode second season in April 2026, with a notable mid-production cast shake-up.
6/19/2026
RIIZE stopped by YouTube channel '집대성' on June 19 and spilled about a tense moment between Wonbin and Shotaro during 'Love 119' promotions at SBS Inkigayo.
6/19/2026
