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Former world No. 1 taekwondo athlete Na Tae-joo, now a trot singer, has joined the 'Bad' challenge with a simple verdict.
7/9/2026

Taeyong has given over 100 million won to Daeada Multicultural School since 2016, including a 30 million won gift and school visit this year.
7/9/2026

Director Han Jae-rim is developing 'Evil Goes to Hell' with NEW while his Disney+ series 'Fascination' awaits release.
7/9/2026

Hwanhee won the StarTrend ballad category weekly crown for the 5th week of June with 14,768,941 votes, fueled by her April remake of Patti Kim's 2009 track.
7/9/2026

Fashion designer Kwon Da-mi, older sister of BIGBANG's G-Dragon, posted an ultrasound photo July 9 announcing she's expecting a daughter, Kim I-woo, in October.
7/9/2026

Nam Goong-min's KBS2 drama opened at 4.4%, jumped to 6.4% in episode 2, but faces a steep climb against SBS's '김부장', which already hit 21% in 4 episodes.
7/9/2026

Enok crossed 1 million votes on the StarTrend musical male daily ranking July 4, just over a week after his June 22 mini album drop.
7/9/2026

JUNIEL released the emotional ballad '푸른엔딩' (Blue Ending) on July 9 across online music platforms.
7/9/2026

GLG unveiled the first concept photo for BBGIRLS' upcoming single 'BODY WAVE' on August 8, with the full release arriving August 16.
7/9/2026

130,000 fans across two nights on June 6–7; Rolling Stone UK and The Guardian both gave 5-star reviews. Munich is next.
7/9/2026

DAY6's Wonpil returns as a solo artist for the first time in four years, teasing a refreshing summer with a new message to fans.
7/9/2026

The Black Label shared MEOVV's music video for 'In my hands' on July 8, weeks after the five-member group's June 1 comeback.
7/9/2026

Jeonbuk Province is recruiting 15 foreign and 6 domestic youth for a 2-week residential K-pop training program launching this September.
7/9/2026

Ji Ye-eun opened up about her relationship with choreographer Bata on YouTube's Okiki on July 8, months after confirming they were dating in April.
7/9/2026

Original musical Dive, adapted from SF novelist Danyo's award-winning novel, opens August 18 at Link the Space 1관 and runs through November 8.
7/9/2026

The Plus M Entertainment actor pulled off a one-legged horse-riding stunt the stunt team said was impossible — all while recovering from knee surgery.
7/9/2026

A 12-episode short-form series about North and South Korean students in a university startup club launches July 31 on YouTube.
7/9/2026

A YouTube clip of Lisense leader Won-i speaking in her regional dialect ignited a dispute over whether she used hate speech—pulling in an MBC PD, a politician, and rapper E-Sens.
7/9/2026
RIIZE's second mini album '투(II)' hit #1 across Korea, Japan, China, and iTunes in 6 regions after its May 15 release.
7/9/2026

RESCENE's 'LOVE ATTACK' hit #1 on Melon as a reverse-run track. Now the five-member group opens their dorm for the first time on July 11.
7/9/2026

Melon's first-half 2026 recap crowns IVE and AKMU as co-chart leaders, names LE SSERAFIM its standout artist, and flags house music as the defining genre trend.
7/9/2026

NouerA's fourth mini album '.exe' arrives July 27, four months after 'POP IT LIKE' hit 240K first-week copies and 10M MV views.
7/9/2026
BOYNEXTDOOR's debut full-length album hit 1.08M first-week copies on Hanteo and cracked the Billboard 200 at no. 16—their best chart position yet.
7/9/2026

Q (Ji Chang-min) dropped his debut solo single 'Anytime' on July 9, a track written by his character in the upcoming drama 'My Idol, My Debut.'
7/9/2026

The 10th-anniversary K World Dream Awards unveils its first five acts for August 27 at KINTEX, with fan voting kicking off July 13.
7/8/2026

LISENSE rode a 2026 chart-reversal wave into their comeback with a reinterpretation of KARA's 2008 classic.
7/8/2026

izna releases their Japanese mini album 'HANDLE WITH CARE' on September 2 via Sony Music, capping over a year of groundwork in Japan.
7/8/2026

Jung Sun-hee hesitated before hosting Hong Jin-kyung's divorce reveal on Radio Star—a video that crossed 1 million views.
7/8/2026

Lee Jun-young opened up on You Quiz on the Block about joining U-KISS in 2014 with almost no Japanese—and the brutal early days that followed.
7/8/2026

21 hearing-impaired fans streamed DAY6's Seoul concert directly to their hearing aids via Auracast. TWICE and Stray Kids shows are next.
7/8/2026

At Seoul's K Musical International Market, Horipro's Ikawa Gaoru laid out a vision for Japan-Korea joint production as the industry's next frontier.
7/8/2026

Harmonize takes the stage at HD Art Center Grand Concert Hall in Ulsan's Dong-gu on December 9 at 7:30 PM. ~17 songs, tickets from 35,000 won.
7/8/2026

ENA's new Monday-Tuesday drama with Hyeri and Hwang In-yeop hits theaters July 13 at 10 PM, following a production showcase on July 7.
7/8/2026

Im Young-woong's variety show hit #1 in the 20-49 demo for three straight weeks and cracked Netflix's top 10. SBS is adding an episode.
7/8/2026

Yoon Yeo-jung earned a Supporting Actress nod at the 78th Primetime Emmy Awards for playing a billionaire chairman in Netflix's *Griselda* Season 2.
7/8/2026

Ko Hyun-jung shared SNS photos from a friend's pop-up event on July 8. Her team says she is reviewing her next project.
7/8/2026

Lee Jun-young sat down with Yoo Jae-suk and revealed how his villain roles in 'Weak Hero Class 2' and 'Completely Fooled' left his parents genuinely unsettled.
7/8/2026

Byeon Woo-seok kicked off his 2026 Asia fan meeting tour at Seoul's Jamsil Indoor Gymnasium on July 4–5, his first in roughly two years.
7/8/2026

Project duo Chungju Ji-ssi drops second digital single 'AQUA' on July 17, 2026 at 6 PM — roughly one year after debut single 'Milkshake'.
7/8/2026

LISENE's 2024 single *Love Attack* hit No. 1 on Melon's Top 10 on July 8, 2026—two years after a viral clip of Japanese member Minami shouting "Geoje~ Yaho~!" sparked the climb.
7/8/2026

&TEAM wrapped Incheon shows and locked in October Seoul dome dates, a September Japan dome run, plus Korean mini-album 'Mark on Me' on September 8.
7/8/2026

JENNIE's remix with Tame Impala hits No. 8 on the Hot 100—her highest chart position ever, solo or group.
7/8/2026

Lee Chan-won's title track hits 4 million MV views. His second album sold 543,404 copies in two days.
7/8/2026

Lee Chan-won swept the 35th Seoul Music Awards on Dec. 20, taking home the Trot, Main, Popularity, and newly created SMA Best Artist awards.
7/8/2026

Hwang Chi-yeol, 43, held his solo concert on July 4 in Seoul, premiering tracks from his June summer album for the first time live.
7/8/2026

Kim Jae-joong's six-member boy group VAYONN debuted at No. 2 on South Korea's major charts and is climbing China's QQ Music.
7/8/2026

Before enlisting on the 21st, the actor revealed a 2021 incident on 'You Quiz on the Block'—and why he turned down a commendation.
7/8/2026

Im Chang-jung kicks off his nationwide 'Again, Let's Sing Our Time' tour July 4 in Seongnam. The grand prize: a duet album with the man himself.
7/8/2026