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Three Korean celebrities opened up about IVF this week. Kim Ji-min is expecting in February. Ryu I-seo and Hwang Bo-ra faced miscarriages.
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With 40 social posts on file and a World Cup stage already behind her, Lisa's calendar still carries its heaviest entry: EP 'Press Play' release, dated 2026-10-23.
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ALPHA DRIVE ONE (ALD1) drops *Talk to me* from *UNBREAKABLE : 少年BEAST* as a standalone single. The music video follows five days later.
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A video caught Song Joong-ki's visible reaction when a fan casually mentioned his ex-wife. It's now spreading across the internet.
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A20 LITE won The Show Choice on Oct. 20, just seven days after debuting with digital single 'NEON'—no physical album in sight.
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Since September, photos and videos from Bangkok, London, Hong Kong, and Japan have shown Lisa and Thai actor Blue Pontiawat together across multiple countries.
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Huh Gak drops '나를 사랑하지 말아요' on October 29 as the lead single from Mini Album 6, arriving in November — his first mini album since January 2017.
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KATSEYE performed 'Pinky Up' and 'Animal' at the 2026 VS Fashion Show in LA, marking K-pop's third straight year at the event.
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KickFlip's October mini album hit 532,434 Hanteo first-week copies and swept music broadcast charts.
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Lee Eun-sang, who appeared in X1 and UNITE, just dropped his first mini-album—a 4-track EP he wrote and produced entirely by himself.
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Triple S dropped *Andless* on Oct. 16—the second chapter of their *Love and Pop* trilogy—before heading into North American tour dates.
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Song Young-joo, South Korea's leading jazz pianist, releases her 11th studio album 'Simplicity'—a solo piano, one-take record marking 20 years at the instrument. A concert follows Dec. 12.
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BOYNEXTDOOR wrapped their 'HOME' album cycle with a Seoul concert on Oct. 19, then announced a 10-city North American tour kicking off Oct. 30.
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EMK Musical Company released the MV for 'Haru Tto Haru (Hilf mir durch die Nacht)' ahead of Rebecca's Nov. 24 opening at Chungmu Art Center.
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Ok Joo-hyun's musical Rebecca sold out every performance on opening reservation day. All four Fin.K.L members are reuniting for the first time in 21 years via Re:Bloom.
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Park Ji-hyun plays three nights at Olympic Hall in Seoul, December 11–13. Tickets drop October 21 at 8 PM on Yes24.
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HYBE, KCON, Waterbomb, and World DJ Festival are all pushing Korean music festival brands into new international markets across Asia and beyond.
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Kim Ji-won's Doctor X: Age of the White Mafia peaked at 20.8% on episode 4 and topped Netflix's global non-English TV chart with 4.6M views in its first three days.
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Soda Mi's July single '묵찌빠빠' hit 2 million YouTube views. Now she's playing rock-paper-scissors with fans and donating money in their names.
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Lee Joon ranted about expensive weddings on Oct. 18's 'Bapgap Haneun Namjadeul'—and DinDin immediately brought up Kim Jong-min's notoriously lavish ceremony.
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Catch the Young dropped 'PARANOIA' on October 20 with twin pedals on drums for the first time, ahead of Taiwan and European dates.
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Seongri won MBN's '무명전설' in 2026. Now he's running a full week of TV and live appearances across five cities.
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SBS's ballad audition show is recruiting viewer evaluators for its November 14 Round 4 recording. Applications close November 3.
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Singer-songwriter Jeokjae (적재) is dropping a two-track single, his first non-OST release since the October 2024 album *CLICHÉ*.
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Park Se-young and Kwak Jung-wook bring their 14-month-old daughter Nael to Superman Returns (KBS 2TV, ep. 640) on October 21, five years into their marriage.
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The comedian-turned-broadcaster opened up on 'Yu Min-sang's Hungry Radio' about refusing lip-sync, pitching Mighty Mouse himself, and what a good debut batting average could spawn.
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Jimin claimed first place in FANDORA's Fan Challenge Final Season 2 with 31,284,868 votes, as BTS prepares to launch their "ARIRANG" Asia tour in Kaohsiung on November 19.
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SEVENTEEN hit #1 on Pollstar's Asia Focus Chart for Aug 2025–Jul 2026, pulling in $97.4M in tour revenue and 661,088 tickets across 22 Asian shows.
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TVXQ's Changmin dropped his third solo mini album on October 19, nearly five years after his last solo release, with a six-track band-sound project and a Seoul live tour lined up.
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Lim Young-woong's music video dropped October 20. The track comes from IM HERO 10, a 10-song special digital album, and has climbed to No. 26 on Melon's Hot 100.
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Minumsa editor Kim Min-kyung joins Jeon Hyun-moo, Kim Won-hoon, and Yoon Nam-no as MC on MBC's new obsession-themed variety spin-off, airing early November.
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Singer-songwriter Lee Jae and producer Sam Kim married Oct. 17 at Stage28 in Seoul, moving up their California ceremony to accommodate awards commitments for Netflix's K-pop Demon Hunters.
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'Magnetic' hit 903M Spotify streams by Oct. 18, the fastest any K-pop group debut song has ever reached that milestone.
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izi's Oh Jin-sung drops an animated MV teaser and launches a 'Dad Challenge' for his new single about fathers chasing dreams.
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Yu In-soo confirmed his post-military comeback role opposite Lee Jun-ho in tvN's 2027 romantic comedy.
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CORTIS's debut single 'REDRED' has held Melon's monthly top 3 for five consecutive months; their first solo tour sold out 14 shows across 9 cities.
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Three Korean-Japanese co-produced dramas landed on Disney+, Netflix, and WOWOW in 2026. The shift signals how both industries are learning to split costs and creative labor.
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Lee Chan-won's title track from his second album '찬란' reached 5 million YouTube views on Oct. 18, 2026, exactly one year after release.
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Ryu Hye-young and Nam Yun-soo shot thriller Killing Time at a real abandoned hospital. They brought back ghost stories—and a few survival tips.
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Jang Hanbyeol opened KBS1's Gayomudae on Oct. 19. Her first solo concert runs Oct. 31–Nov. 1 at Seoul's Sejong University Daeyang Hall.
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IVE and NMIXX both dropped October 19. BABYMONSTER, ILLIT, and LE SSERAFIM follow later this month and in November.
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The trot singer won KBS2's '불후의 명곡' with Seong-ri, placed 3rd on MBN's '무명전설' this year, and posted a dimple-smile-and-wink clip on Oct. 18.
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Fifty teams filled every seat at Cheongsong's finals on Oct. 16, as Gyeongbuk Province expands its K-pop & hip-hop contest into smaller cities.
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tvN's new Mon-Tue drama kicked off Oct. 19 with Im Si-wan as a chaebol heir whose fingerprints land him at the center of a secretary's murder.
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Episodes 7 and 8 of 'Dive to You' put Jang Se-hyuk front and center. He won the lead role against 120-to-1 audition odds—before acting, he trained at YG Entertainment.
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A2O LITE debuted Oct. 13 under Lee Soo-man's A2O Entertainment and hit No. 1 on Melon Top 100 the next afternoon—the fastest climb since the chart's overhaul.
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BLACKPINK's Rosé attended the Academy Museum Gala in Los Angeles on October 19, her first time at the event. She thanked Tiffany & Co. and YSL on social media.
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Park Semi married florist Kim Jun-yeon. Noeul's Kang Gyun-seong and actress Yoo Ha-jin wedding set for Oct 30. Disney+ 'Remarriage Empress' premieres Nov 4.
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