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JENNIE hit Roskilde Festival's Orange Stage on July 3, the first K-pop artist to perform on the festival's main stage. Poland and Spain dates follow.
7/4/2026
Gong Yoo, Lee Dong-wook, Kim Go-eun, and Yoo In-na reunite for a Gangneung getaway in tvN's Goblin 10th anniversary special, premiering July 4.
7/4/2026
AHOF's nine-member lineup hits Kuala Lumpur on July 4 for the fourth stop of their debut Asia tour, just days before their third mini album arrives.
7/4/2026
Lee Jae-eun, Kim Woo-seok and four others are trapped in a lethal mafia game on U+모바일tv/Netflix. Here's what the thriller sets up.
7/4/2026
Hits like '참교육' and '김부장' are pushing Netflix Korea to record MAU highs, but the domestic webtoon market itself is barely moving.
7/4/2026
MBC's new daily drama '가족관계증명서' held its production presentation on July 2. Han Go-eun and Park Se-young discuss their on-screen mother-daughter bond.
7/4/2026
Naver Webtoon alone has 19 domestic adaptations airing or scheduled this year, with the total industry figure expected to hit 20-plus titles.
7/4/2026
LE SSERAFIM, ILLIT, and KATSEYE's 'ICONIC BY MISTAKE' hits #23 on Billboard's Global 200 and keeps climbing Spotify's charts three weeks running.
7/4/2026
The 12-part thriller starring Jeon Do-yeon and Kim Go-eun hit No. 1 on Netflix Korea's Top 10 Series on December 7, 2025.
7/4/2026
CORTIS hit their 60th daily chart-topper on Spotify Korea on July 2, breaking the boy group record since the platform began tracking in early 2021.
7/4/2026
Broadcaster Ji Sang-ryeol dusts off his faceless rapper alter ego G.C Hammer on KBS 2TV's 살림하는 남자들 시즌2, airing July 4 at 10:35 PM.
7/4/2026
Im Chang-jung releases '탓탓탓' on July 4, an EDM-infused semi-trot track built with longtime collaborator composer 늑대.
7/4/2026
WONHO unveiled the full tracklist for CORE on July 3. The 7-track album drops July 21, led by 'Don't Wake Me Up!'
7/4/2026
UDTT hit KBS 2TV's Music Bank on July 3 with *VIPER*, the title track of their second single, wrapping a three-show comeback run.
7/3/2026
BTS's 5th album '아리랑' holds 15 consecutive weeks on Spotify's Global Weekly Albums chart; La Plata City Council names BTS Honorary Guests ahead of October stadium show.
7/3/2026
FTISLAND's 21st Japanese single *Lemonade* arrives September 2 at midnight. The 3-track pop-punk release debuts live at their Japan tour that same month.
7/3/2026
Sin Min-a's mystery thriller drew 50,724 viewers on June 2 for a second straight daily #1, pushing its cumulative total to 482,861 — still well short of its 1.8M break-even.
7/3/2026
Brand New Music CEO Limer opened up about life after his 2023 divorce on Channel A's 'Groom School 2,' discussing what solo living actually feels like.
7/3/2026
aespa, Stray Kids, BIGBANG, and CORTIS have concerts lined up through August as South Korea's revised Performance Act raises scalping fines to 50 times the ticket price.
7/3/2026
Kang Dong-won's 90s idol MV hit millions of views and the title track charted. 'Wild Thing' still flopped at the box office.
7/3/2026
Trot singer Hong Ji-yun scored 3,727 out of 4,000 in MBN's Hyunyeok Gawang 3 finale on March 10, taking the title and 100 million won.
7/3/2026
On KBS2's 'Okdapbang' ep. 319, Yoon Jong-shin recalled his disastrous debut stage, his 27-year wait for a #1, and how '좋니' topped the charts without a single music show appearance.
7/3/2026
Jennie dropped 'Ruby (The Complete Collection)' on July 6 and opened a Seoul pop-up, while sharing a Copenhagen sauna photo captioned 'copenhagenagainandagain'.
7/3/2026
Singer JK Kim Dong-wook waded into a baseball scandal on July 2, defending Baejae High School after its team faced a 6-month competition ban.
7/3/2026
Yoon Do-hyun, 53, took the stage in Jeju on July 3, 2026. Meanwhile, YB's 'Stay Alive' remix holds at No. 11 on the UK chart for its third consecutive week.
7/3/2026
Kep1er's eighth mini album 'CRACK CODE' arrives with 'KILLA (Face the other me)' as the lead. Members Hikaru and Kim Dayeon are also taking the field at two stadiums.
7/3/2026
Director Jang Hang-jun, whose films have drawn ten million viewers, appeared on KBS 2TV's '옥탑방의 문제아들' to discuss the relentless pace of running a film set.
7/3/2026
Four acts stop by KBS 2TV's The Seasons – Sung Si-kyung's Ear Boyfriend on July 3 at 11 PM to preview new music and talk albums.
7/3/2026
BE'O dropped 'Cherry Cola' as a digital single on July 3, 2026—his first new music since the 2025 single 'ICONIC' featuring 창모.
7/3/2026
Trot singer and musical actor Kim Hee-jae appeared on KBS2 Music Bank ahead of his 2026 nationwide tour's final stop—an encore concert at Seoul's Olympic Hall on July 24.
7/3/2026
Singer Gyeongse throws her first ceremonial pitch at KT Wiz Park on July 5, then performs a post-game mini concert with two brand-new songs.
7/3/2026
Kim Jun-su, a National Changgeuk Company singer and '현역가왕2' alumnus, held two shows at Ewha Womans University on July 4 to premiere his debut solo album.
7/3/2026
Ga-hee's June 29 MV for 'Psalm 24 King of Glory' splits viewers over K-pop-style choreography in a Christian music project.
7/3/2026
Actress Oh Yoon-ah announced her remarriage on July 3 via YouTube, 11 years after her 2015 divorce, to a non-celebrity who has embraced her son.
7/3/2026
Lee Hi is taking her first solo concert tour to Australia and New Zealand in August–September 2026, with stops in Sydney, Brisbane, Melbourne, and Auckland under her 808 HI RECORDINGS label.
7/3/2026
An Hyo-seop leads *Final Table*, JTBC's October 2026 Saturday-Sunday drama, followed by period piece *Beads of God* in December.
7/3/2026
Kim Myung-soo and Kang Min-ah star in a romantic comedy about emotions gone haywire, premiering July 4 at 10:50 PM on Lifetime, U+tv mobile, and Disney+.
7/3/2026
Fan Bingbing presented her new film Mother Bumi at the 30th Bucheon International Fantastic Film Festival on July 3, praising Korean cinema's craft and the depth of its storytelling.
7/3/2026
Haru Lee, 16, won a public speaking competition. Her résumé already lists sole lyricist credit on RIIZE's 'Do Your Dance.'
7/3/2026
Lee So-ra drops a teaser for '너의 얼굴 다 잊을게 (Summer Breeze)' on July 3. The full single arrives July 7—her first new music since January 2019.
7/3/2026
Tickets for both original Busan shows sold out July 1; a new July 31 date goes on sale July 8 at 8 PM via Weverse.
7/3/2026
AHOF drops a highlight medley for their third mini album 'RUN TO YOU', arriving 8 months after 'The Passage'.
7/3/2026
Q from THE BOYZ releases his first solo track, 'Anytime,' on July 9—also serving as the OST for MBC Plus drama 'My Idol, My Debut.'
7/3/2026
The Korean singer-turned-musical actor lands Roxie Hart at New York's Ambassador Theatre after three auditions over one year.
7/3/2026
The B-side track from singer-songwriter Han Loro's 2023 debut EP crossed 10 million YouTube views on July 3, about two years after it dropped.
7/3/2026
Moon Chae-won married a non-celebrity man in Seoul on June 28. Her first social media post after the ceremony—a cryptic Buddhist quote—drew immediate attention.
7/3/2026
Lee Ji-hye and Jang Eun-ah join Gyuhyun and Park Eun-tae for *Frankenstein: The Musical Concert* at Seoul's Jangchung Gymnasium on August 1–2, kicking off the new Stage Concert Series.
7/3/2026
NiziU's first Japanese best album *Portfolio* topped the Oricon Daily Album Chart on June 30, paired with a new music video for their pre-debut track.
7/3/2026
