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Nam Goong-min's weekend thriller jumped from 4.4% to 6.4% in its second episode and topped Disney+'s Korean series chart.
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Former VICTON member Seong-ri topped the 'Love Prescription' OST chart after winning MBN's 'Unknown Legend'. His cover racked up 310,000 YouTube views.
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Kim Ji-young is days from her due date. Her husband Yoon Su-young just broke his leg and apologized on SNS for the timing.
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SBS drama 'Director Kim' broke this year's viewership record in just four episodes and ranked #1 on Netflix in 11 countries including South Korea, Singapore, and Thailand.
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D AWARDS heads to Paris for its third edition on January 15–16, 2027, becoming the first K-pop awards ceremony held in the EU.
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fromis_9's second full album 'Glow ME' drops July 21 with 10 tracks led by 'Vitamin ME.' Pre-orders are live.
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Seven-member Korean-Japanese group AEN debuts August 5 with mini album *A NEW ERA OF NOW*, led by 'X to Z'.
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AHOF's third mini album 'RUN TO YOU' arrived July 8, charting across 22 iTunes territories and landing on Bugs and Melon.
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BTS plays Munich's Allianz Arena on June 11–12, becoming the first Asian artist to sell out the 75,000-capacity venue twice in a row.
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Secret returned June 18 with 'Secret Flavor'—their first release in 12 years. The trio now features Jeon Hyo-sung, Zinger, and new member Ye-bin.
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YH Entertainment confirmed Choi Ye-na's partnership with diet brand SPRX on July 10. She'll close her Asia tour with an encore concert August 22 and 23.
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Sunmi shared the MV teaser for 'Forever July' on July 10, with the full digital single dropping July 15.
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Han Roro's 2023 track swept Circle Chart's first-half 2026 digital and streaming rankings with a cumulative Circle Index of 315,527,555.
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NCT's Jaehyun drops '99 Degrees', a self-written ballad and his first solo single since finishing mandatory military service on May 3.
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T.O.P filled PIA ARENA MM with 10,000 fans for a free reunion event; his global brand tour kicks off in Hong Kong on August 15.
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RESCENE staged a surprise reunion with KARA's Nicole on M Countdown July 9, debuting their *Pretty Girl* remake — which shot straight to Melon HOT100 #1.
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The Guardian gave BTS's London shows five stars and named Jimin a standout; Billboard separately highlighted his hair; a Charles Jeffrey Loverboy beanie sold out mid-concert.
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Wheein's April title track gets a piano house remix from producer Minlee, out July 10.
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Park Bom wrote and composed 'Rainy Day' herself, she revealed July 8—her first move since leaving Dination Entertainment last month.
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The former Apink member will play Sang-a, a company employee with secrets, opposite So Ji-sub in the upcoming SBS Friday-Saturday drama.
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VROWN, the debut project from Seoul creative house HOLO, releases 'Itsy Bitzy' on July 15.
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Lisn's 2024 track hit #1 on Melon TOP100 on July 8 after two prior surges. An August Pokémon remake is already lined up.
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Kim Hyun-joong dropped 'Chickenia' in June. Now comes the fan cheer video—and seven more tracks rolling out every two weeks.
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Enok crossed 1 million votes on the StarTrend musical male daily ranking July 4, just over a week after his June 22 mini album drop.
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JUNIEL released the emotional ballad '푸른엔딩' (Blue Ending) on July 9 across online music platforms.
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GLG unveiled the first concept photo for BBGIRLS' upcoming single 'BODY WAVE' on August 8, with the full release arriving August 16.
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Ji Ye-eun opened up about her relationship with choreographer Bata on YouTube's Okiki on July 8, months after confirming they were dating in April.
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The Plus M Entertainment actor pulled off a one-legged horse-riding stunt the stunt team said was impossible — all while recovering from knee surgery.
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RIIZE's second mini album '투(II)' hit #1 across Korea, Japan, China, and iTunes in 6 regions after its May 15 release.
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The 10th-anniversary K World Dream Awards unveils its first five acts for August 27 at KINTEX, with fan voting kicking off July 13.
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Lee Jun-young opened up on You Quiz on the Block about joining U-KISS in 2014 with almost no Japanese—and the brutal early days that followed.
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Harmonize takes the stage at HD Art Center Grand Concert Hall in Ulsan's Dong-gu on December 9 at 7:30 PM. ~17 songs, tickets from 35,000 won.
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Ko Hyun-jung shared SNS photos from a friend's pop-up event on July 8. Her team says she is reviewing her next project.
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Byeon Woo-seok kicked off his 2026 Asia fan meeting tour at Seoul's Jamsil Indoor Gymnasium on July 4–5, his first in roughly two years.
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Lee Chan-won's title track hits 4 million MV views. His second album sold 543,404 copies in two days.
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Lee Chan-won swept the 35th Seoul Music Awards on Dec. 20, taking home the Trot, Main, Popularity, and newly created SMA Best Artist awards.
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Kim Jae-joong's six-member boy group VAYONN debuted at No. 2 on South Korea's major charts and is climbing China's QQ Music.
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Im Chang-jung kicks off his nationwide 'Again, Let's Sing Our Time' tour July 4 in Seongnam. The grand prize: a duet album with the man himself.
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ATEEZ drop their Japanese single 'Bad' on July 29.
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Hearts2Hearts became the first girl group to guest on Choi Minho's YouTube channel, splitting into teams for futsal that left both hosts speechless.
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Stray Kids drop the official trailer for mini album 'THIS & THAT', due August 7 at 1 PM, after pre-release single 'RUN IT' hit #1 on iTunes in 43 regions.
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Ok Joo-hyun spoke out on July 6 about dropping her lawsuit against Kim Ho-young and criticized vocal standards across the industry.
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Everland's 'ForEVER IVE' collab launched July 1 with the group in attendance. Caribbean Bay hosts K-pop pool parties through August.
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YY Entertainment announced July 7 that Park Jihoon's Manila fan concert has moved to Macau on the same date.
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Lee So-ra debuted 'Your Face, I'll Forget It All' on Sung Si-kyung's YouTube show July 7, a track written and composed by Jannabi's Choi Jung-hoon as a personal gift.
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Song Gain released '꽃이 아니면 어떤가' on June 2. Days later, she posted a YouTube collab with trot junior Hong Ji-yun.
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xikers' Minjae joins FLARE U's Choi Ripwoo as a new permanent host on SBS Life's *The Show*, bringing MC experience from Mnet and ENA.
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The former Love Catcher cast member filed for divorce about a month after her December wedding. She says no one's caught her eye yet—but she's not ruling it out.
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