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ATEEZ's latest EP debuted at #1 on Billboard 200, Top Album Sales, and World Albums simultaneously, with 223K first-week US copies — outselling positions 2–31 combined.
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*첫 만남은 계획대로 되지 않아* hit 200 million YouTube Music streams in a year. TWS's debut single has owned Korea's daily charts since January 2024.
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KM차트 opened voting for its July monthly chart awards across 6 categories. Fans can vote on MyOnePick and IdolChamp through July 24.
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Lee So-ra broke six years of silence on tvN's Yu Quiz on the Block, revealing the severe health crisis that forced her away from music.
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TXT's Yeonjun performs at Z100 Summer Bash on Aug. 6 in New York—the first Korean act ever on the bill.
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Kwon Jin-ah dropped her third mini album 'SAVE ME' on July 15—a five-track all-rock project she wrote and composed entirely herself.
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RISENNÉ swept every scoring category to beat two male groups. Their 2024 debut track *Love Attack* hit No. 1 on Melon's Top 100.
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Lisene won their first music broadcast trophy on July 14, then landed the halftime slot for Man City vs Atlético Madrid on August 9.
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Ha Ji-won and Kim Min-gyu both turned down offers for the new drama 'Affair Hunter' after considering them earlier this year.
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Song Ga-in dropped dance trot track '꽃이 아니면 어떤가(질경이)' on July 2. Two weeks later, she showed up at her agency to perform it live for staff and hand out pocket money.
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LUN8 drops their fourth mini album July 22, then plays their first solo fan concert and heads to eight European cities.
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Kim Soo-hyun broke 17 months of silence on July 15 with a social media post. His agency confirmed his return, and roughly 40 film and drama offers are already waiting.
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Episode 6 of SBS's Kim Bu-jang hit 23.2% in Seoul and claimed Netflix's non-English TV chart for a second straight week across 72 countries.
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Melon's new Global-K Chart, a joint project with Tencent and Line Music, drew over a million overseas visitors in its first month. BTS dominated every ranking.
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USPEER closed out 'WICKED GAME' promotions on July 14 with a double-chart #1 and career-high first-week sales, then announced Japan and Taiwan dates starting August 7.
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TVXQ's Yunho performs his debut solo single live for the first time on MBC's Radio Star on July 15, five days before the track officially drops.
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Song Ha-ye releases two-track digital single '바다 가자 (2026) X 여름 에피소드' on July 15, then performs solo concert WHITE SONG 3 on July 19.
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ONE PACT drops 'TUNED IN' on July 23, five months after their February EP, with the promo blitz kicking off July 14.
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Comedian Kim Gyu-won makes his serious drama debut as Kkun-ddung-i, a gentle giant opposite Ji Sung, in JTBC's new Saturday-Sunday drama 'Apartment.'
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LE SSERAFIM launched their second world tour in Incheon on July 11–12. Five Japanese cities come next, followed by a September North America run.
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K-pop time-slip drama 'My Idol, My Debut' hits MBC드라마넷 and Japan's Lemino on July 16, blurring the line between fictional idol groups IRION and BOY TO THE MOON and real-world stages.
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Trot legend Hyun Chul (real name Kang Sang-su) debuted in 1969 and won back-to-back KBS Grand Prizes in 1989–90. He died July 16, 2024, at 82.
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Lee Seok-hoon performs October 9–11 at the 2026 GHOST Festival in Paju, kicking off a fall packed with a musical, two TV shows, and an 11-drama OST catalog.
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Episode 8 of tvN's 'Tomorrow, I'll Go to Work!' aired July 14. Kang Si-woo's past crashes into his present as Cha Ji-yoon reaches her limit.
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VIXX's Hyuk confirmed for horror film Pink Box, teased a summer concept with all-black styling photos posted July 14.
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The Pachinko actress talks about her upcoming films, losing 17 kg for a role, and pushing back against industry pressure over her looks.
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Seo In-young got her Waterbomb slot after months of public campaigning—the former Jewelry member's persistence paid off.
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Yang Se-jong, Park Eun-bin, and Ong Seong-wu lead tvN's occult romance comedy 'Chilling Romance,' premiering July 18 at 9:10 PM.
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Final voting opened July 14 at noon. One team wins the official OST vocalist slot for KBS 2TV weekend drama 'Love Comes.' Results due July 24.
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XLOV—Hyun, Rui, Umuti, and Haru—tapes KBS's *열린음악회* on July 14.
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Kihyun performed 'So Good' from his second mini-album 'BORDERLINE' on YouTube's It's Live on July 13, backed by a full band.
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Nyamnyam Entertainment confirms Hwang Young-woong's KBS2 drama OST drops July 14, with the full studio version arriving July 17.
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Actor Kim Soo-hyun returned to work on July 14 with an ad and photo shoot for Philippine brand BENCH, marking his first official schedule since March 2025.
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Actor Yoon Kyung-ho made good on a 13-hour silent vow on July 13, signing letters for roughly 200 fans at SBS Mokdong without speaking a word.
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JYP Entertainment confirmed July 14 that TWICE is renegotiating contracts, after reports that Tzuyu plans to leave the agency following 11 years.
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Guitarist Gihun from CATCH THE YOUNG drops his first collab 'BLUE' on July 20—a track born from his school graduation project.
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JYP Entertainment announced July 14 that 18 artists and 2 executives have been admitted to the Grammy-governing Recording Academy.
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Youngsoo and Oksoon, who paired up on 'I Am Solo' Season 29's age-gap special, have split. He confirmed it July 14 via fan Q&A.
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RIIZE's second mini album 'II' topped both the Oricon and Billboard Japan weekly album charts for June 6–12, with roughly 70,000 copies sold in Japan.
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19 years after debuting with Girls' Generation, Tiffany Young is dropping her first solo album *Edge of Calm* on August 20. Pre-orders open July 30.
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Ji Yeon-su opened up about raising her son Minsu alone in a July 13 YouTube video, six years after divorcing U-KISS's Eli in 2020.
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Dino's Picheolin alter ego gets the full treatment: two pre-releases, a mini album Aug 3, and a fan concert Aug 21–23.
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The animated film 'David' has released a music video for its duet featuring Park Bo-gum as adult David and Cha Ji-yeon as his mother Nitzevet. The film is now playing nationwide through Lotte Entertai
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ATEEZ, TRIPLE S, KIKI, CORTIS, ALLDAY PROJECT, and IDDIT are heading to Busan Asiad Main Stadium on September 19 for THE FACT MUSIC AWARDS 2026.
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KBS comedian and trot singer Kim Na-hee is marrying an IT businessman and former McKinsey consultant. The wedding happens in Seoul this August.
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EVAN closed out his debut single cycle on July 12 with chart wins across Bugs, Melon, iTunes, and Tencent Music. August brings a packed US schedule.
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On SBS variety show 'Ani Geunde Jinjja', actress Cha Jeong-won recalled how her high school friend Jung Yong-hwa vanished one day — only to reappear on TV in a necktie.
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Lee Teuk and Kim Hee-chul are taking Super Junior-83z on tour across 9 Asian cities starting July 24 in Seoul, just 11 days after their debut mini album dropped.
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