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ENHYPEN's eighth mini album drops August 21; 'Bloody Paradise' MV arrives at midnight August 22.
8/11/2026
Five acts join Asia Artist Awards 2026 lineup. The ceremony runs December 5–6 at Kaohsiung National Stadium.
8/11/2026
BBAHN, a 2013 debut artist, released the traditional ballad *미처 생각도 못 했어* on August 11, 2026, produced by Pilseungbulpae and Meteo.
8/11/2026
Ningning posted two words after an aespa world tour performance: "i made it." The group launches a new global tour at Seoul's Gocheok Sky Dome.
8/11/2026
SBS's Our Ballad Season 2 wrapped its first recording on August 8 and 9 with 150 participants and an eight-member panel headlined by actress Moon Geun-young, premiering in October.
8/11/2026
Photos from Hong Kong and Japan sparked dating rumors linking Lisa to Thai actor Blue Pontiawat on Aug. 11. Neither has commented.
8/11/2026
B, a former singer-actor whose father is mid-tour, allegedly owes multiple subcontractors money since March 2026 and missed his own August payment deadline.
8/11/2026
Shi Shi plays her first solo Korean concert Oct. 11 at YES24 Wonderloch Hall—twelve years after her Taiwan debut.
8/11/2026
The former ASTRO member dropped his 4-track solo project on August 11, 2026, writing every song on the album.
8/11/2026
Wavve pulled replays of '옥탑방의 문제아들' ep. 323 on Aug. 11 after Ha-young's great-grandfather was linked to a 1916 pro-Japanese organization.
8/11/2026
'Cherish (My Love)' hit 214,141,157 cumulative Spotify plays as of Aug. 9, making it ILLIT's fourth track to clear the 200 million mark.
8/11/2026
Actor Cha In-pyo opens up about his childhood move to the US and shares a 39-year-old diary on MBC's Playlist 109, episode 4, airing Aug. 11.
8/11/2026
Urban Zakapa dropped a two-track single on August 11, their first release since the mini-album 'STAY' in November 2025.
8/11/2026
Journalist-turned-singer Shim Hyun-hee releases her fourth single on Liberation Day, closing a three-part alcohol-themed series.
8/11/2026
ILLIT's second Japanese single hit 100,000 cumulative shipments in three days, earning Gold from the Japan Record Association after its July 29 release.
8/11/2026
Hwang Ga-ram's October 2024 track hit 100M plays on YouTube Music, nearly two years after release. It crossed the same mark on Melon in January and hasn't left the charts since.
8/11/2026
Gwak Si-yang plays Seo Ju-hyeok, a ruthless law firm head, in the new KBS2 Saturday-Sunday series streaming globally on Amazon Prime Video.
8/11/2026
NEXZ drops their fourth mini album 'SAUCIN'' on Aug. 24, with members Tomoya, Haru, and Huey on songwriting duties.
8/11/2026
SPLAY, a five-member band formed on Mnet's 'Steel Heart Club', debuts with album 'SPLAY : CHAPTER 01' on August 13.
8/11/2026
IVE's fourth Japanese album 'LUCID DREAM' has crossed 250,000 cumulative shipments to earn platinum certification from the Japan Record Association.
8/11/2026
Three K-pop idols stepped back from schedules between May and June 2026. Anxiety. Poor condition. A collapse on stage.
8/10/2026
AT HEART remakes RULA's 1996 hit '3! 4!' on the 19th as K-pop's remake surge keeps rewriting chart history alongside TAEYEON and LISENNE.
8/10/2026
K-pop acts hit major sporting venues this summer, from the FIFA World Cup final in New Jersey to a Seoul football friendly.
8/10/2026
ILLIT performed 8 songs at LuckyFes'26 on Aug. 9 in Ibaraki, Japan, opening with their HANA-featuring Japanese single title track before roughly 30,000 people.
8/10/2026
Choi Yujung shared a beach snapshot on August 11—her first post since dropping a solo single in late June.
8/10/2026
TUIDE's 'GRLS' performance video hit 4M YouTube views in two days and ranked 3rd on Korea's daily music video chart.
8/10/2026
Trot singer Haru, runner-up on MBN's '무명전설' and five-time winner on KBS1's '아침마당', will hold her first solo fan concerts on Oct. 10 and Oct. 17.
8/10/2026
ITZY's Yeji posted a backstage photo on Aug. 10 as the group continues their third world tour 'TUNNEL VISION' and builds on her 2025 solo debut.
8/10/2026
Singer-songwriter Dani dropped the self-composed single 'From Now to Forever' on August 8 via global platform AURORA, her first new music since 2022.
8/10/2026
D.O. plays three nights at Ticketlink Live Arena in Songpa-gu from October 2–4, his first solo concerts in roughly 10 months.
8/10/2026
Three years after debut, LUN8 held their first domestic fan concert on Aug 8 at YES24 Live Hall in Seoul, then kicked off their second European tour the same weekend.
8/10/2026
Vernon enlists June 20, followed by Dohyuk, Mingyu, Seungkwan, and Dino through October. SEVENTEEN's full group hiatus is officially mapped out.
8/10/2026
X-LOVE wrapped Hong Kong on August 10, 2026—the latest stop on their Asia tour, backed by RBW, WM Entertainment, and 257 Entertainment.
8/10/2026
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D.O. announces a three-day Seoul run at Ticketlink Live Arena from Oct. 2–4, his first solo concert 10 months after wrapping the 'DO it! THE FINAL' Asia tour.
8/10/2026
Silica Gel debuted 'Accident' at an Apple event in Seoul on Aug. 9, unveiling a track from their third album *Ballad of You*.
8/10/2026
Super Junior's Yesung adds a third Seoul night at KBS Arena after the original two dates for his solo debut 10th anniversary tour sold out completely.
8/10/2026
Oh Yu-jin held her first fan signing event in Seoul on August 8, marking her July release of 'Yeou-ya Mwohani'—her first single outside trot.
8/10/2026
JUNHEE's mini album 'LOVE METHOD' arrived August 7 with three title tracks—'LA LA LA LUNE', '5 STARS', and 'Forever young'—across nine songs.
8/10/2026
AND2BLE performed 'Curious' and covered f(x)'s 'Hot Summer' at Ilsan KINTEX on Aug 9. SBS airs it Aug 17.
8/10/2026
Jang Seo-hee plays final villain Joo Mi-ran in KBS 2TV's new daily drama 'Desire's Trap', which premiered August 10.
8/10/2026
Ahof won K-Topstar's Best Rookie (Male) award for Aug 3–9, buoyed by their July 8 mini album release.
8/10/2026
(G)I-DLE's Miyeon released her debut Japanese digital single 'RUN AWAY' on August 10, a rock-driven track she co-wrote herself.
8/10/2026
Former ENHYPEN member EVAN drops debut mini album 'DEATH OF ME' on Sept. 7, two months after solo single 'RIDE OR DIE'.
8/9/2026
Touched drops their first full-length album and a concert film in October—five years after forming and riding a streak of competition wins.
8/9/2026
BTS won't submit to next year's Grammys after the Recording Academy created a Best Asian Pop Music Performance category in June 2026.
8/9/2026
OURBIRTHDAY drops concept photos Aug. 6–8 for debut single 'Our Birthday', out August 19. The sound: WHIP-HOP, a genre the group invented themselves.
8/9/2026
KARD kicked off their 'NOW HERE' world tour at Gavin Art Hall in Seoul on August 8, with 14 confirmed dates across Europe, Singapore, and Latin America lined up next.
8/9/2026
ENHYPEN debuted the title track from their 8th mini album at a sold-out Busan concert on Aug. 8–9, with the MV following on Aug. 22.
8/9/2026
