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Trot singer Doori (Bong Doori, 34) released 'Seoul Kkaknjaengi' on August 6—her first single in three years—with a live TV performance coming August 10.
8/6/2026
KATSEYE's third EP 'WILD' arrives August 14. HYBE is running pop-ups at its Yongsan HQ (Aug 14–19) and Universal Music Store Harajuku (Aug 14–23).
8/6/2026
YG announced a BLACKPINK 10th debut anniversary Meet & Greet on Aug. 8 with only 40 random spots. Applications opened for nine hours on Aug. 6. Full member attendance unconfirmed.
8/6/2026
Variety's 2026 Young Hollywood Impact Report named four Korean acts among the 18–28-year-olds poised to shape entertainment. The list dropped August 4.
8/6/2026
WAYF BOYS debut with a single and music video on August 7, with member Anderson directing the stage and choreography.
8/6/2026
Seoul's influencer expo launches a summer edition: four days at Dongdaemun Design Plaza, with a free outdoor hip-hop concert kicking things off on August 22.
8/6/2026
ENA is re-airing *Scarecrow* daily through Aug. 8, weeks after Park Hae-soo won Best Actor at the 5th Blue Dragon Series Awards.
8/6/2026
BTOB's Seo Eun-kwang dropped the two-track solo single album *OUR YOUTH* on August 6, with bandmate Peniel featured on the title track.
8/6/2026
ARTMS teased 'Blue Blood' on social media ahead of the Aug 7 'Hyper-Ego' album drop, with world tour dates starting in Seoul next month.
8/6/2026
Red Velvet's back after 2+ years. NCT 127 drops their 7th album on the 24th. Taeyeon returns with a studio album for the first time in ~4 years.
8/6/2026
YY Entertainment cancelled Park Ji Hoon's September Shanghai stop on his RE:FLECT Asia fancon tour, citing unavoidable circumstances.
8/6/2026
Cube Entertainment teased the artwork on August 6. Miyeon's first Japanese original single *RUN AWAY* drops August 10.
8/6/2026
Choi Mi-na-su will host TEO's four-part YouTube dating reality show launching August 13, Chorokbaem Entertainment confirmed August 6.
8/6/2026
Yeonjun performed four songs at ABC's Good Morning America Summer Concert Series on Aug. 5, becoming only the second Korean solo artist to take the stage after BTS Jungkook in 2023.
8/6/2026
POW's July release 'FLAVOR' is climbing charts on Bugs and Melon. The five-member group's search interest is spiking ahead of a relentless music show run.
8/6/2026
Nam Yu-jeong drops a remake album this August, complete with a 5-part fake documentary series tracking her search for love.
8/5/2026
izna drops the title track August 7, with their full 5-track Japanese mini album following on September 2.
8/5/2026
BTS Jungkook's 2023 solo debut 'Seven' hit 1.3B YouTube Music plays, joining a growing list of streaming records across platforms.
8/5/2026
From a 25-pyeong Seoul listening room to 160 fan-hosted Weverse parties in a month, BTS's late-March comeback is driving a communal music listening wave.
8/5/2026
BTS released their 5th full album ARIRANG on March 20, 2026 — their first in 3 years and 9 months — and are now mid-way through a world tour spanning Korea and Europe.
8/5/2026
*Animal*, released August 4, debuts at No. 24 on the Hot 100—surpassing *PINKY UP*'s No. 28 peak from April.
8/5/2026
HYBE's new label ABD debuts girl group TUIDE with mini-album 'TUNE & PLAY' on the 24th.
8/5/2026
Minami broke down reuniting with her former mentor Jeon So-yeon during RESCENE's 'Pretty Girl' challenge behind-the-scenes video, a moment captured from their first meeting 9 years ago.
8/5/2026
KM Chart's July 2026 results dropped August 4: BTS's 'SWIM' back at #1, and CORTIS just claimed their fourth rookie crown of the year.
8/5/2026
fromis_9's 'Vitamin ME' swept Show Champion, Music Bank, and Show! Music Core. On Melon TOP100, the track climbed from No. 87 to No. 44.
8/5/2026
Jung Jun-won, born 1988 and debuting in 2015, spent a decade questioning whether acting was for him before *언슬전* changed everything.
8/5/2026
Trot singer Kim Hee Jae has unveiled the full pre-release schedule for his 3rd full album REVERB, arriving September 7, 2026.
8/5/2026
Bang Yongguk launches a 10-city world tour Aug 30 in Paris, premiering unreleased tracks from his forthcoming studio album.
8/5/2026
Actress Lee A-hyun opened up about her three marriages—in 1997, 2006, and 2012—revealing she wed her third husband mainly to give her adopted daughters a father.
8/5/2026
AEN, a 7-member joint group from Starship Entertainment and Amuse, released their debut mini album and 'X to Z (Next to me)' MV simultaneously across Korea and Japan.
8/5/2026
TWS's 2nd Japanese single sold more in one day than their debut single managed in its entire first week, topping the Oricon Daily Singles Ranking on August 3.
8/5/2026
Yeom Seung-i plays Su-young in *Wife*, a mystery psychological thriller by Lee Soo-sung arriving in September.
8/5/2026
WHIB's second mini album 'CHERRY PIE' arrived August 5. The seven-member group has their sights set on a music broadcast No. 1.
8/5/2026
SM Entertainment's Q2 2026 revenue climbed to 349.6 billion won, up 15.4% year-over-year, with operating profit at 52.9 billion won (+11%), fueled by concerts and advertising.
8/5/2026
CORTIS kicked off their North America tour in Toronto on Aug. 4. Their album 'GREENGREEN' just set a new record for the longest Billboard 200 run by any K-pop boy group that debuted in the last five y
8/5/2026
Stray Kids' new mini album is fully produced by 3RACHA across 8 tracks, arriving weeks after they made Billboard 200 history.
8/5/2026
NOWZ returned August 5 with digital single 'Achilles', nine months after their last Korean release.
8/5/2026
IST Entertainment's rookie boy group TUNEXX will drop a new album in September, their first comeback since debuting in March with mini-album 'SET BY US ONLY'.
8/5/2026
Modhaus released the 'Blue Blood' teaser at midnight on Aug. 5; the six-track album 'Hyper-Ego' drops Aug. 7, followed by a world tour kicking off in Seoul.
8/4/2026
Nam Goong-min's KBS2 drama hit 7.5% viewership in its first six episodes since premiering July 4, airing Saturday and Sunday nights.
8/4/2026
OR&βIT's Aug. 3 digital single 'SUMMER VIBE' came together in-house: TOMO on songwriting, SHUNYA directing the MV, and an Osaka fan event set for Aug. 22.
8/4/2026
Goyang City is convening multiple agencies on August 6 to coordinate safety, traffic, and tourism around two major concerts arriving in August and September.
8/4/2026
Lee Tae-bin plays Yeon-jun, a guesthouse staffer, in the webtoon-based short drama *Be My Guest: Check In to Love*, streaming August 20 at 5 PM on Lezhin Snack.
8/4/2026
SEVENTEEN's Dino dropped his first solo mini-album '吉BOARD' on August 3 under the alter-ego Pi Cheol-in, hitting iTunes charts in 16 countries.
8/4/2026
DPR CREAM and DPR ARTIC played Zevra 2026 and Arenal Sound 2026 in late July, debuting four unreleased tracks before heading to Mexico for their LATAM tour.
8/4/2026
Taemin announced three nights at Jamsil Indoor Gymnasium in September for his 2026-27 'LiMiNaL' world tour, with a new album arriving August 31.
8/4/2026
A Sungshin Women's University study of every K-pop idol group from 1996 to 2025 finds the average active lifespan is 4.12 years. Only 8 groups ever crossed 10 million cumulative album sales.
8/4/2026
Kim Su-ho made his large-theater debut August 2 in *Dear Evan Hansen* at Chungmu Art Center Grand Theater, which runs through November 1.
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