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Lee Jae-yoon plays the Hexst family's fixer in *The Season*, a 6-part revenge thriller that hit #1 in Hong Kong just one day after its June 17 Viu premiere.
6/29/2026

Lee Seung-yoon is the second artist picked for Melon's offline listening talk show, tied to his June 26 release '0집'—a 29-track re-recording of decade-old material.
6/29/2026

SUPER JUNIOR's Donghae sustained a back injury on day two of his first solo concert in Hong Kong and is returning to Korea for treatment before continuing the ALIVE tour.
6/29/2026

A North Korean defector's struggle to build a life in Seoul. Danish director Fredrik Schøberg's *Hana Korea* arrives July 8.
6/29/2026

Takuya Kimura plays Korea for the first time in 38 years on Sept. 26. Tickets went on sale June 29.
6/29/2026

AmbiO drops their first new music since March's debut mini album 'Boys be Ambitious'—a digital single arriving four months later.
6/29/2026

SEVENTEEN's V8 unit—The 8 and Vernon—dropped their debut mini-album on June 29. Eight tracks, one title: 'singasong,' with Pharrell Williams on production.
6/29/2026

Actor Lee Tae-gon opened up about the backlash he faced landing a 50-episode lead role straight from ad modeling, recalling the controversy on tvN STORY's 'Nam-gyeoseo Mwohage'.
6/29/2026

A 25-day election-fraud protest at Seoul Olympic Park's handball court has wiped out 7 concerts and events—including the 2026 Weverse Con Festival—and cost 385 million won in losses.
6/29/2026

K-pop record exports hit $120 million USD in Q1 2026—a new quarterly high. Melon's fresh tri-market chart now tracks the genre's sprawl across South Korea, China, and Japan.
6/29/2026

Sung Si-kyung revealed his upcoming single's title and praised Moon Ga-young for appearing in its music video unpaid, during a June 29 YouTube appearance.
6/29/2026

YG Entertainment confirmed on June 29 that TREASURE member Kim Jun-gyoo is taking a rest period due to poor condition and the need for intensive stability and rest.
6/29/2026

Twenty years after debuting with BIGBANG, T.O.P is launching his first Asia fan meeting tour—kicking off with a free 10,000-seat show in Yokohama on July 9.
6/29/2026

Former ENHYPEN member Evan dropped his debut single on June 22, hitting #1 on Bugs, #5 on Melon Hot 100, and #1 on iTunes across 9 countries.
6/29/2026

Moon Chae-won married a non-celebrity on June 28 at a hanok venue in Seoul. Almost no photos emerged from the tightly secured ceremony.
6/29/2026

Gong Seung-yeon is in final talks to play copywriter Yeon Woo-gyeong opposite Lee Jun-hyuk in the web novel adaptation 'Taeyon-han Geojitmal'.
6/29/2026

Kamenashi Kazuya, 40, announced his marriage to actress Tanaka Minami, 39, and an expected child via handwritten letter on June 29.
6/29/2026

Kim So-hee, 31, performed at the 10th Busan One Asia Festival on June 27–28, her first stage in years behind a new album.
6/29/2026

AEN brought ~3,000 fans to SGC Hall Ariake on July 27 for their first showcase, debuting 'X to Z' live alongside three other tracks.
6/29/2026

Lee Han-ol spent years training vocalists on Korean TV. On June 25, he released his first single as a recording artist under Round Table Entertainment.
6/29/2026

Song Hye-kyo is leaving UAA, the agency she helped launch in 2012, as her Netflix series '천천히 강렬하게' prepares to premiere.
6/29/2026

Five days after Tokyo Dome, IVE perform 'LUCID DREAM' on TBS's CDTV Live! Live! — their first Japanese broadcast of the track.
6/29/2026

EPEX played four tracks at the 2026 MyK FESTA in Goyang on June 27, three weeks after releasing their seventh mini album '소화 : Epilogue'.
6/29/2026

Lee So-ra's first new song in seven years arrives next month, marking her return since a 2019 collaboration with BTS's SUGA.
6/29/2026

Hearts2Hearts sold 592,312 copies of their second mini album in its first week on Hanteo Chart—their highest figure yet.
6/29/2026

Xdinary Heroes, Flesh Juicer, and HANA are the final 8 acts added to Pentaport's 21st edition, happening July 31–August 2 at Songdo Moonlight Festival Park.
6/29/2026

Jungkook shut down marriage talk during a June 28 Weverse live, weeks after unconfirmed dating rumors with aespa's Winter.
6/29/2026

BOYNEXTDOOR closed their first full-album cycle on June 28 with career-high chart runs across the US, Korea, and Japan.
6/29/2026

Gong Myung stars in Netflix's 'Husbands' alongside Jin Seon-kyu—their first project together in seven years—and is already lined up for MBC's 'Your Ground' with Han Hyo-joo.
6/28/2026

Ansan Culture Foundation brings Tony-winning *Leopoldstadt* to Korea for the first time, October 16–19 at Dalmatgi Theater, with director Kim Yeon-min translating and directing.
6/28/2026

Yoo Sung-eun performed 'Glowing' and her debut track 'Be OK' on KBS1's Yeolin Eumakhoe on June 28, ten days after dropping her third mini album.
6/28/2026

Seven dramas are shooting in Geoje in 2026, including So Ji-seop's 'Kim Bujang' and ENA's record-breaking 'Doctor Sumboy' — and the city's 65M-won incentive budget is nearly gone.
6/28/2026

André Øvredal's supernatural road horror 'Passenger' opened June 24 at Lotte Cinema. The shoot was so unsettling the cast asked for a priest to bless the set.
6/28/2026

A Korean school drama topped Netflix's global non-English chart for three straight weeks and inspired a Gyeonggi education superintendent-elect to propose a real Teacher Authority Protection Bureau.
6/28/2026

BABYMONSTER wrapped three nights at Jamsil Indoor Gymnasium on June 28, launching their second world tour—1 year and 5 months after their first.
6/28/2026

FTISLAND launched the 'FaTe' world tour in Seoul and are hitting 9 more cities. Lee Hong-gi is already teasing solo content and a 7th studio album.
6/28/2026

Kwon Mi-jin's father, Kwon Du-hwan, died June 28, 2026, at 64. The funeral procession is scheduled for June 30 at 12:10 PM.
6/28/2026

Oh Young-sil opened up on MBN's 'Altorang' June 28 about begging PDs for roles, her thyroid cancer battle a decade ago, and why she skips breakfast.
6/28/2026

TREASURE brought two tracks from their hip-hop mini album *NEW WAV* to Inkigayo on June 28. The album's already a million seller, and a 17-show Japan tour is coming.
6/28/2026

The actor expects his fourth child—a son—in October. With three kids already and a non-celebrity wife, he's been candid about discipline and helping a partner through postpartum depression.
6/28/2026

Veteran DJ and producer Shin Chul appears on KBS1's Song큐멘터리 백투더뮤직 시즌2 to recount building Korea's first remix album and pursuing Miae through seven rejections.
6/28/2026

Lee Jae-in, 21, announced a short film for Chuncheon Film Festival on June 28, fresh off two 2025 lead roles.
6/28/2026

X_ON dropped 'Night Dream' on June 28, a band-sound dance track timed to their first fan concert in Tokyo on July 4–5.
6/28/2026

AHOF wrapped their Japan debut shows on June 25 and 27. Mini album 3 'RUN TO YOU' arrives July 8.
6/28/2026

나상현씨밴드 released '부러지지 않는' on June 28 with a music video. They're taking the three-piece on a 6-city club tour in August.
6/28/2026

CORTIS hit 200 million streams on *GO!* by June 26—nine months after the September 2025 release. No boy group that debuted in the last five years has done it.
6/28/2026

Ben opened up about her divorce from Lee Wook on K.Will's YouTube channel June 24, revealing she filed after experiencing betrayal during her pregnancy.
6/27/2026

Won Bin is growing his hair out. On MBN's talk show, host Kim Ju-ha revealed he's preparing for his next role after 16 years away from screens.
6/27/2026