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Tiffany Young married actor Byun Yo-han. Now she's releasing a new track called 'Safe Love.'
17 d ago
Eldest of 13 siblings, Nam Bo-ra ran her mother's side dish shop for three months while pregnant—then gave birth to a son on June 15.
17 d ago
Hong Da-bin performed 14 songs for tens of thousands in Los Angeles on Aug. 8, debuting two unreleased tracks and becoming the sole Korean solo headliner at HITC LA 2026.
18 d ago
Choi Soo-young plays her first villain in the Aug. 12 action-comedy, a month after announcing her split from actor Jung Kyung-ho.
18 d ago
Mimi dropped the Bosh version MV teaser for her first solo single on Aug. 18 via Oh My Girl's YouTube. The full single arrives Aug. 20 at 6 PM.
18 d ago
Seven acts confirmed for the August 27 ceremony in Goyang, with Jeon Hyun-moo and Jang Do-yeon returning as MCs for a fourth straight year.
19 d ago
The Korean remake of the 2015 American film drops its second poster Aug. 18, with Choi Min-sik as a 37-year-career intern and Han So-hee as a fashion startup CEO.
19 d ago
Modusea hit multiple KCON LA 2026 stages Aug. 14–16, covered One Direction, and got a Billboard shout-out for their crowd singalong.
19 d ago
Im Young-woong teases 'IM HERO 10', a special digital album arriving September 8 at 6 PM to mark his 10th debut anniversary, plus three stadium shows.
19 d ago
'Dracula' holds at No. 8 on the Hot 100 for the Aug. 22 chart week, with 12 cumulative top-10 weeks and 32 straight weeks at No. 1 on Hot Dance/Electronic Songs.
19 d ago
The comedian appeared on KBS 2TV's 'Maljasho' on Aug. 17 and reacted to sharing chart space with Jennie and G-Dragon.
20 d ago
YENA closes her Asia tour with a two-night encore concert August 22–23, after performing 'Catch Catch' in a marine-look stage at 2026 SBS 가요대전 Summer.
20 d ago
Sohyang dropped 'Party of Stars' on August 17 with Melomance pianist Jeong Dong Hwan. It's the eighth track in her My Little New Diary series.
20 d ago
Im Young-woong's 2020 cover of Seol Woon-do's 'Borabit Yeopseo' hit 10 million YouTube views on Aug. 15—his 110th video to reach the milestone.
20 d ago
Lee Ha-neul confirms DJ DOC will drop a single album in November, ending a 15-year gap and putting long-running member discord in the rearview.
21 d ago
Yang Se-chan threatened to spill details about Lee Ju-yeon's dating history during the Aug. 16 SBS broadcast of *Running Man*.
21 d ago
Kwon Eun-bi took the stage at Istanbul Festival on Aug. 14, becoming the first K-pop artist to headline a major Turkish music festival. Around 50,000 people showed up.
21 d ago
Moon Geun-young married actor Jeong Pyeong; Moon Chae-won wed a non-celebrity in June; Seo Hye-won quietly married and is now expecting.
21 d ago
Actor-singer Cha Sun-woo, formerly B1A4's rapper Baro, takes the stage Sept 3, 4, 6, and 12. He's also starring in an upcoming youth rom-com film.
21 d ago
Donghyun of Kickflip dropped the acoustic pop duet 'Breathe' with British singer-songwriter Etham on August 14, alongside a live performance video.
21 d ago
RESCENE locked a fourth music show win on MBC's Show! Music Core on Aug 15, completing the group's debut first triple crown with remake single 'Pretty Girl'.
21 d ago
Ha Sung-woon is headed to KCON LA 2026, marking his first major stage since the January release of alternative pop single 'Tell The World'.
22 d ago
AtHeart's Hangul-themed track draws from 300-year-old Joseon sijo poetry. The group debuted the music video at KCON LA alongside a National Hangul Museum booth.
22 d ago
BIGBANG mark 20 years with digital single 'BiiiG' on Aug 19, launch a 3-day Goyang concert run Aug 21-23, and appear on 'Pingyego' ep. 116.
22 d ago
The Guardian and Vogue Korea both singled out Jimin after BTS's London show at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium. BTS heads next to Arlington's AT&T Stadium on Aug 15–16.
22 d ago
Lee Hyo-ri posted a 2003 stage clip on Aug. 14 to mark her solo debut album 'STYLISH...E hyOlee' and its title track '10 Minutes'.
22 d ago
Yuqi shared casual Seoul snapshots on August 14, including a mask selfie, while (G)I-DLE pushes through their Syncopation world tour.
23 d ago
A Seoul indie label's debut act dropped 'WAYF BOYS DO' on Aug 7 and inked a deal with a UMG-backed major within days.
23 d ago
Seulgi documented her comeback prep on YouTube, dropping to 45.3 kg through home workouts and a tuna-heavy diet.
23 d ago
Red Velvet's 'Velvet Summer' hits #1 on iTunes in 17 regions, scores a Gold Album certification on QQ Music, and dominates Tencent and Kugou.
23 d ago
Irene opened up about her bond with Red Velvet maknae Yeri in a video uploaded August 14, revealing she's known her since Yeri was a 12-year-old trainee.
23 d ago
V revealed a hearing gap on Weverse Live Aug. 12, noting symptoms began 2.5 years ago and worsened during military service. He's continuing the ARIRANG world tour.
23 d ago
KiiiKiii brought 'Pop Off Pop Off' and 'Candy Pink Magic Hole Flip Phone' to KBS2 Music Bank on Aug. 14, four days after their mini album dropped.
23 d ago
Maydean Mashiro's solo debut arrives August 19. A performance preview is already out.
23 d ago
Kim Jae-joong drops the tracklist for 'The Wave' on Aug 14. Full release comes Aug 20.
23 d ago
Jin Sung performed solo at Hwang Yun-sung's 4th-place party. Then Jea from Brown Eyed Girls busted out the 'Abracadabra' dance.
24 d ago
1.17 million first-week sales on 'ME'. Netflix dramas. A film role. Here's what Jisoo's built outside BLACKPINK.
24 d ago
Hyorisoo—Hyoyeon, Yuri, and Sooyoung's new project group—debuts with 'Skibidi' in Q3 2026. First, they had to fight about who gets center.
24 d ago
Yeonjun dropped 'Fxxking Star' on Aug 13, one day after his first US solo concert at the Troubadour—a venue where Elton John, Harry Styles, and BTS all made their marks.
24 d ago
NouerA grabbed back-to-back music show wins for their debut trophy run after '.exe' dropped July 27—the MV's already at 10 million views.
24 d ago
Han Tae-yi, leader of MYTRO, dropped his first solo mini album 'Made of Moment' on August 13, 2026, with three tracks headlined by 'Life Shot.'
24 d ago
HYBE's 7-member multinational group TUIDE debuts Aug. 24 with first mini album *TUNE & PLAY*. Pre-debut track 'GRLS' has already hit 5 million video views.
24 d ago
Seulgi launched a comeback management vlog on YouTube. Red Velvet's return is less than a month away, and MV filming is already done.
25 d ago
Virtual idol group B THE HOOD drops their third and final pre-debut single *JADED* on Aug 21 at 6 PM.
25 d ago
Rimho's new digital single '너를 좋아해 사랑해' arrived August 12, arranged by Pilseungbulpae and Lee Chaebin.
25 d ago
A survival show group, a hip-hop crew, and a live band walk into 2026. Three very different K-pop rookies are rewriting what the newest generation sounds like.
25 d ago
KiiiKiii's EP 3 'WhyKiiiKiii' dropped Aug 10. By Aug 12, the title track *Pop Off Pop Off* hit Melon HOT100 No. 1—and all six album cuts charted.
25 d ago
Park Eun-bin marks 30 years since debut with a 12-track album, three new songs she co-wrote, and a solo fan concert the next day.
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