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Haru's headed to KBS Gayo Mudae on Aug. 24. Premium seats for her first Seoul and Busan fan meetings vanished in 60 seconds.
8/21/2026
Park Hae-il, Park Seo-joon, and Choi Dae-hoon star in Lee Joon-ik's first film since 2021. The historical thriller spans 1950 and 1974. Filming begins September 27.
8/21/2026
On Jae-eun, a singer-songwriter at Berklee College of Music, drops her second single 'My Love' (내 사랑) on August 22 at noon.
8/21/2026
Park Jae Beom returns to *The Seasons* as a guest, tackling marriage rumors from *Yesterday* and performing b-boying on a torn ligament.
8/21/2026
N.Flying's mini-album shifts from September 1 to October 8. Title track 'Still (잔불)' gets five more weeks in the studio while the band's nationwide tour presses on.
8/21/2026
SFMOMA opens 'RM x SFMOMA: Between You and Me' on October 3 through February 7, with member previews and exclusive ticket windows already live.
8/21/2026
HYBE's seven-member debut group TUIDE teased 'SUN KISS' on Aug. 20. The full MV and mini-album *TUNE & PLAY* arrive Aug. 24 at 6 PM KST.
8/21/2026
Epik High hosted BIGBANG on their YouTube series EPIKASE on Aug. 20, listening to the group's new single "BiiiG" together.
8/21/2026
Netflix greenlights 'Do Not Cross the Wall,' a high-teen romance comedy starring Moon Sangmin, Shin Sia, Lee Minjae, and Choi Heejin. Announcement came August 20.
8/20/2026
Kwon Eun-bi drops digital single 'DEJAVU' on Sept 3 — her first new music in roughly 1 year and 4 months, and her debut release under agency RBW.
8/20/2026
Kim Ji-yeon, known from the dating show Love Catcher, posted a raw letter to her nearly two-year-old son about her marriage's collapse—one month after saying vows.
8/20/2026
AtHeart performed their first comeback stage for '3!4!' on Mnet's M Countdown on August 20, with more music show dates ahead.
8/20/2026
Baby Shark Boy, the kid from the viral dance video, launches his solo career with electropop single 'WAVE' featuring MONSTA X's Jooheon on August 20.
8/20/2026
Stray Kids' mini album 'THIS & THAT' hits #1 on the Aug. 22 chart. All nine of their Billboard 200 entries have debuted at the top—a record no other act has matched.
8/20/2026
BIGBANG returned August 19 with 'BiiiG', hitting #1 on Melon's TOP100 within an hour and staying there through August 21—their first release in 4 years and 4 months.
8/20/2026
Korean alternative rock band Silica Gel returns with their first studio album in ~3 years, a 12-track record built around the concept of 'spiral molting.'
8/20/2026
Episode 2 of KBS Drama/GTV's 'Let's Get Divorced' aired August 20, with Baek Mi-young throwing her wedding ring into a river and demanding a divorce.
8/20/2026
'HOT' hit 320,020,304 cumulative plays on Spotify as of Aug. 18, following 'Monkey King' as SEVENTEEN's second song to clear 300M.
8/20/2026
Hae-rin landed the Marie Claire September cover on Aug 14 — her first since Feb 2025 — as three members have been spotted abroad and Ador stays tight-lipped on a comeback date.
8/20/2026
G-Dragon revealed on a YouTube appearance with Taeyang and Daesung that he knew details of Sandara Park's past relationship and may have set the two up.
8/20/2026
ASTRO's MJ performed his single album title track on August 20, just days after it topped iTunes charts across seven regions.
8/20/2026
Kiki's third mini album 'WhyKiiiKiii' title track tops Spotify Korea and multiple Apple Music charts 10 days after release, as the group earns Forbes praise for their HITC LA main stage debut.
8/20/2026
Trot singer Ji Young-il of Totalset appeared on KBS 2 Radio on August 20, recounting seven failed auditions and thirteen group debuts that never happened before going solo.
8/20/2026
Fable Company denies Hong Min-gi ever saw a pregnancy test or pressured anyone to abort. The agency says it's moving straight to civil and criminal proceedings.
8/20/2026
Tiffany Young drops her first full-length solo album: 11 tracks, two title cuts, features from Miyeon and JUNNY—a decade after her solo debut.
8/20/2026
TNX drop a teaser for 'Die Another Day' on Aug. 20. The third digital single arrives Aug. 27 at 6 PM KST.
8/20/2026
Singer Seongri drops her championship prize track 'Sad Rain (슬픈 비)' on August 20, written and produced by Kim Jin-ryong exclusively for her.
8/20/2026
One twice divorced, one about to remarry. Seo In-young and Lee Ji-hyun took opposite stances on marriage in a video posted August 19 to the '개과천선 서인영' channel.
8/20/2026
Yuri's leaving her Jeju home of 3+ years as Hyorisoo—the Hyoyeon, Yuri, Sooyoung unit—debuts 'Skibidi' on August 31.
8/20/2026
Singer-songwriter Jiselle signed with virtual IP firm RoyalStreamer on Aug. 20 and released 'Melancholy (feat. sokodomo)' the same day.
8/20/2026
Hong Sung-yoon, third-place finalist on Miss Trot 4, drops a digital single fusing Korean traditional music with disco on August 20.
8/20/2026
Tiffany Young married actor Byun Yo-han. Now she's releasing a new track called 'Safe Love.'
8/20/2026
SEVENTEEN's Vernon released solo track 'I'll Be Back' on August 20, then entered basic military training the same day. He's set to discharge May 19, 2028.
8/20/2026
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.
8/19/2026
Wendy hit her 2nd anniversary as DJ of 'Wendy's Young Street' on Aug 19, weeks after Red Velvet's 'Velvet Summer' topped iTunes in 17 regions.
8/19/2026
Geum Dong-ho's 82-minute fantasy follows Mita, a singer-songwriter who sees spirits, as she forms a band with four ghosts to chase their dream concert stage.
8/19/2026
RŌSIEN, an AI artist from UYU MEDIA LAB and Studio Myungbulheohjeon, debuted with a single and music video on Aug. 19, then streamed a live performance the same day.
8/19/2026
Melomance's Kim Min-seok closes his two-part summer project with 'Yeoreum Jip Ha,' a three-track EP arriving August 21.
8/19/2026
영탁 announces his 3rd regular album 'GOGO', out September 14, with new songs premiering live at the TAK SHOW5 concert in October.
8/19/2026
OURBIRTHDAY, a seven-member JYP girl group, dropped their debut single *Our Birthday* on Aug. 19 with an MV reveal and live performance at Blue Square in Seoul.
8/19/2026
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.
8/19/2026
Eddie and the Bricks joins WAVY on Aug 19. Their second EP 'Inbetweeners' arrives in September, led by *One of Your Boys* on Aug 21 at 6 PM.
8/19/2026
Actor Lee Yeon clarified that a viral overseas photo of her and IU was taken during a group outing with actor Yoo Su-bin — and says she's having fun with the speculation.
8/19/2026
CORTIS turned one on Aug. 18 and made history: first 2020s-debuting K-pop boy group at the MTV VMAs, with 'GREENGREEN' setting a chart longevity record.
8/19/2026
(G)I-DLE's Soyeon is returning as a solo artist in early September 2026, roughly five years and two months after her debut mini-album 'Windy'.
8/19/2026
Choi Soo-young plays her first villain in the Aug. 12 action-comedy, a month after announcing her split from actor Jung Kyung-ho.
8/19/2026
B1A4 kicks off '내ZIP마련', a new interview series from Plo.zip and Dingo Music, on August 19.
8/19/2026
Show Champion airs August 19 with WayV, KiiiKiii, No Brain, and school band Splayit's debut on a lineup mixing K-pop and rock.
8/19/2026
