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Paninibunch released digital single '방 안에서' on July 9, a traditional ballad about emotional paralysis after a breakup.
7/9/2026
Rain and Lee Sung-min join Netflix's Korean adaptation of the webtoon 'Solo Leveling', alongside previously announced Byeon Woo-seok.
7/9/2026
Former world No. 1 taekwondo athlete Na Tae-joo, now a trot singer, has joined the 'Bad' challenge with a simple verdict.
7/9/2026
Taeyong has given over 100 million won to Daeada Multicultural School since 2016, including a 30 million won gift and school visit this year.
7/9/2026
Director Han Jae-rim is developing 'Evil Goes to Hell' with NEW while his Disney+ series 'Fascination' awaits release.
7/9/2026
Hwanhee won the StarTrend ballad category weekly crown for the 5th week of June with 14,768,941 votes, fueled by her April remake of Patti Kim's 2009 track.
7/9/2026
Fashion designer Kwon Da-mi, older sister of BIGBANG's G-Dragon, posted an ultrasound photo July 9 announcing she's expecting a daughter, Kim I-woo, in October.
7/9/2026
Nam Goong-min's KBS2 drama opened at 4.4%, jumped to 6.4% in episode 2, but faces a steep climb against SBS's '김부장', which already hit 21% in 4 episodes.
7/9/2026
130,000 fans across two nights on June 6–7; Rolling Stone UK and The Guardian both gave 5-star reviews. Munich is next.
7/9/2026
DAY6's Wonpil returns as a solo artist for the first time in four years, teasing a refreshing summer with a new message to fans.
7/9/2026
The Black Label shared MEOVV's music video for 'In my hands' on July 8, weeks after the five-member group's June 1 comeback.
7/9/2026
Jeonbuk Province is recruiting 15 foreign and 6 domestic youth for a 2-week residential K-pop training program launching this September.
7/9/2026
Original musical Dive, adapted from SF novelist Danyo's award-winning novel, opens August 18 at Link the Space 1관 and runs through November 8.
7/9/2026
A 12-episode short-form series about North and South Korean students in a university startup club launches July 31 on YouTube.
7/9/2026
A YouTube clip of Lisense leader Won-i speaking in her regional dialect ignited a dispute over whether she used hate speech—pulling in an MBC PD, a politician, and rapper E-Sens.
7/9/2026
RESCENE's 'LOVE ATTACK' hit #1 on Melon as a reverse-run track. Now the five-member group opens their dorm for the first time on July 11.
7/9/2026
Melon's first-half 2026 recap crowns IVE and AKMU as co-chart leaders, names LE SSERAFIM its standout artist, and flags house music as the defining genre trend.
7/9/2026
NouerA's fourth mini album '.exe' arrives July 27, four months after 'POP IT LIKE' hit 240K first-week copies and 10M MV views.
7/9/2026
BOYNEXTDOOR's debut full-length album hit 1.08M first-week copies on Hanteo and cracked the Billboard 200 at no. 16—their best chart position yet.
7/9/2026
Q (Ji Chang-min) dropped his debut solo single 'Anytime' on July 9, a track written by his character in the upcoming drama 'My Idol, My Debut.'
7/9/2026
LISENSE rode a 2026 chart-reversal wave into their comeback with a reinterpretation of KARA's 2008 classic.
7/8/2026
izna releases their Japanese mini album 'HANDLE WITH CARE' on September 2 via Sony Music, capping over a year of groundwork in Japan.
7/8/2026
Jung Sun-hee hesitated before hosting Hong Jin-kyung's divorce reveal on Radio Star—a video that crossed 1 million views.
7/8/2026
21 hearing-impaired fans streamed DAY6's Seoul concert directly to their hearing aids via Auracast. TWICE and Stray Kids shows are next.
7/8/2026
At Seoul's K Musical International Market, Horipro's Ikawa Gaoru laid out a vision for Japan-Korea joint production as the industry's next frontier.
7/8/2026
ENA's new Monday-Tuesday drama with Hyeri and Hwang In-yeop hits theaters July 13 at 10 PM, following a production showcase on July 7.
7/8/2026
Im Young-woong's variety show hit #1 in the 20-49 demo for three straight weeks and cracked Netflix's top 10. SBS is adding an episode.
7/8/2026
Yoon Yeo-jung earned a Supporting Actress nod at the 78th Primetime Emmy Awards for playing a billionaire chairman in Netflix's *Griselda* Season 2.
7/8/2026
Lee Jun-young sat down with Yoo Jae-suk and revealed how his villain roles in 'Weak Hero Class 2' and 'Completely Fooled' left his parents genuinely unsettled.
7/8/2026
Project duo Chungju Ji-ssi drops second digital single 'AQUA' on July 17, 2026 at 6 PM — roughly one year after debut single 'Milkshake'.
7/8/2026
LISENE's 2024 single *Love Attack* hit No. 1 on Melon's Top 10 on July 8, 2026—two years after a viral clip of Japanese member Minami shouting "Geoje~ Yaho~!" sparked the climb.
7/8/2026
&TEAM wrapped Incheon shows and locked in October Seoul dome dates, a September Japan dome run, plus Korean mini-album 'Mark on Me' on September 8.
7/8/2026
JENNIE's remix with Tame Impala hits No. 8 on the Hot 100—her highest chart position ever, solo or group.
7/8/2026
Hwang Chi-yeol, 43, held his solo concert on July 4 in Seoul, premiering tracks from his June summer album for the first time live.
7/8/2026
Before enlisting on the 21st, the actor revealed a 2021 incident on 'You Quiz on the Block'—and why he turned down a commendation.
7/8/2026
Hyebin debuted with Momoland in 2016. A music show win followed. The debt didn't.
7/8/2026
Park Young-gyu joins *The Taste of Prison* as a coffee master in cell no. 3, the latest casting for Kim Gu-jung's prison-kitchen comedy.
7/8/2026
Ji Yeon-su denied a portal encyclopedia entry claiming she remarried a dentist five years her junior, saying it's fake news she's never encountered in real life.
7/8/2026
Pre-sale tickets for the original two-night run sold out instantly, prompting a third show; the 5-track mini-album follows three days later.
7/8/2026
Two weeks into his solo debut, Evan (formerly ENHYPEN's Lee Hee-seung) explained his name change and recalled a Han River busking set that brought traffic to a standstill.
7/8/2026
ENHYPEN, aespa, NCT Dream, and Stray Kids are splitting fanclub presales by region as resale prices for major K-pop concerts hit 18–51 times face value.
7/8/2026
Jeon Yujin posted a behind-the-scenes video July 7 from '트롯챔피언' shoots in April and May, including a '가요 가요' challenge with five co-stars.
7/8/2026
'REDRED' has ruled Apple Music's Top 100 Today: South Korea since April 26—73 days and counting. The third-longest No. 1 run the chart has ever seen.
7/8/2026
Oh Yun-ah announced her remarriage on July 3 via YouTube. By July 7, she confirmed the marriage registration was already filed.
7/8/2026
Lee Jun-young sits down on Yu Quiz on the Block episode 350 just 13 days before enlisting, airing July 8 at 8:45 PM on tvN.
7/8/2026
So Ji-sub's *Kim Bujang* hit 20% domestic ratings in four episodes and topped Netflix's non-English shows for June 29–July 5.
7/8/2026
ATEEZ's Yunho and his longtime girlfriend, a school friend turned partner, ended their relationship roughly three months ago, the group's agency has confirmed.
7/8/2026
ATEEZ's *GOLDEN HOUR: Part.5* hits #1 on the Billboard 200 for their third time. Seonghwa shares original poems publicly for the first time via Dingo's *Before Sleep*.
7/8/2026
