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On KBS2's 'Okdapbang' ep. 319, Yoon Jong-shin recalled his disastrous debut stage, his 27-year wait for a #1, and how '좋니' topped the charts without a single music show appearance.
7/3/2026
Jennie dropped 'Ruby (The Complete Collection)' on July 6 and opened a Seoul pop-up, while sharing a Copenhagen sauna photo captioned 'copenhagenagainandagain'.
7/3/2026
Singer JK Kim Dong-wook waded into a baseball scandal on July 2, defending Baejae High School after its team faced a 6-month competition ban.
7/3/2026
So Ji-sub's SBS revenge thriller 'Kim Bu-jang' rocketed from 9.5% to 15.7% viewership in one night, becoming the network's highest-rated drama of 2026 after just two episodes.
7/3/2026
Yoon Do-hyun, 53, took the stage in Jeju on July 3, 2026. Meanwhile, YB's 'Stay Alive' remix holds at No. 11 on the UK chart for its third consecutive week.
7/3/2026
Kep1er's eighth mini album 'CRACK CODE' arrives with 'KILLA (Face the other me)' as the lead. Members Hikaru and Kim Dayeon are also taking the field at two stadiums.
7/3/2026
Director Jang Hang-jun, whose films have drawn ten million viewers, appeared on KBS 2TV's '옥탑방의 문제아들' to discuss the relentless pace of running a film set.
7/3/2026
On KBS 2TV's 'Rooftop Troublemakers,' Yoon Jong-shin admitted he skipped TV until his second album — and suspects it may have tanked sales.
7/3/2026
Four acts stop by KBS 2TV's The Seasons – Sung Si-kyung's Ear Boyfriend on July 3 at 11 PM to preview new music and talk albums.
7/3/2026
BE'O dropped 'Cherry Cola' as a digital single on July 3, 2026—his first new music since the 2025 single 'ICONIC' featuring 창모.
7/3/2026
Trot singer and musical actor Kim Hee-jae appeared on KBS2 Music Bank ahead of his 2026 nationwide tour's final stop—an encore concert at Seoul's Olympic Hall on July 24.
7/3/2026
Singer Gyeongse throws her first ceremonial pitch at KT Wiz Park on July 5, then performs a post-game mini concert with two brand-new songs.
7/3/2026
Kim Jun-su, a National Changgeuk Company singer and '현역가왕2' alumnus, held two shows at Ewha Womans University on July 4 to premiere his debut solo album.
7/3/2026
French multi-instrumentalist FKJ plays Kintex Hall 10 in Goyang on December 6. Artist presale starts July 6.
7/3/2026
Ga-hee's June 29 MV for 'Psalm 24 King of Glory' splits viewers over K-pop-style choreography in a Christian music project.
7/3/2026
Actress Oh Yoon-ah announced her remarriage on July 3 via YouTube, 11 years after her 2015 divorce, to a non-celebrity who has embraced her son.
7/3/2026
Lee Hi is taking her first solo concert tour to Australia and New Zealand in August–September 2026, with stops in Sydney, Brisbane, Melbourne, and Auckland under her 808 HI RECORDINGS label.
7/3/2026
Bang Chan posted a blood donation certification photo from Australia this week while Stray Kids prep their new mini album 'THIS & THAT', out August 7.
7/3/2026
An Hyo-seop leads *Final Table*, JTBC's October 2026 Saturday-Sunday drama, followed by period piece *Beads of God* in December.
7/3/2026
Kim Myung-soo and Kang Min-ah star in a romantic comedy about emotions gone haywire, premiering July 4 at 10:50 PM on Lifetime, U+tv mobile, and Disney+.
7/3/2026
Fan Bingbing presented her new film Mother Bumi at the 30th Bucheon International Fantastic Film Festival on July 3, praising Korean cinema's craft and the depth of its storytelling.
7/3/2026
Haru Lee, 16, won a public speaking competition. Her résumé already lists sole lyricist credit on RIIZE's 'Do Your Dance.'
7/3/2026
Lee So-ra drops a teaser for '너의 얼굴 다 잊을게 (Summer Breeze)' on July 3. The full single arrives July 7—her first new music since January 2019.
7/3/2026
Tickets for both original Busan shows sold out July 1; a new July 31 date goes on sale July 8 at 8 PM via Weverse.
7/3/2026
AHOF drops a highlight medley for their third mini album 'RUN TO YOU', arriving 8 months after 'The Passage'.
7/3/2026
Q from THE BOYZ releases his first solo track, 'Anytime,' on July 9—also serving as the OST for MBC Plus drama 'My Idol, My Debut.'
7/3/2026
The Korean singer-turned-musical actor lands Roxie Hart at New York's Ambassador Theatre after three auditions over one year.
7/3/2026
The B-side track from singer-songwriter Han Loro's 2023 debut EP crossed 10 million YouTube views on July 3, about two years after it dropped.
7/3/2026
Moon Chae-won married a non-celebrity man in Seoul on June 28. Her first social media post after the ceremony—a cryptic Buddhist quote—drew immediate attention.
7/3/2026
BIGC's new Blip Support service launches with BOYNEXTDOOR, Lisenne May, and Super Junior's Yesung, letting fans pool in-app gems to fund real-world offline ads.
7/3/2026
Lee Ji-hye and Jang Eun-ah join Gyuhyun and Park Eun-tae for *Frankenstein: The Musical Concert* at Seoul's Jangchung Gymnasium on August 1–2, kicking off the new Stage Concert Series.
7/3/2026
NiziU's first Japanese best album *Portfolio* topped the Oricon Daily Album Chart on June 30, paired with a new music video for their pre-debut track.
7/3/2026
Yoo Ah-in will play a vampire hunter in director Jang Jae-hyun's occult film *Vampire*, with principal photography targeted for October 2026 and an agency deal reportedly worth at least 5 billion won.
7/3/2026
Secret returned June 18, 2026, with a three-member lineup and a new album. Jeon Hyo-sung couldn't hold back tears watching fans respond.
7/3/2026
Moon Ga-young joins Fantasia on July 3 after winning Best Actress at the 62nd Baeksang Arts Awards, with tvN's 'Whale Star' coming in 2027.
7/3/2026
Vernon and The8's unit V8 hit the MCountdown stage July 2 with 'singasong' and 'rat race'—three days after their mini-album crossed 500,000 copies sold.
7/3/2026
ATEEZ's 14th mini album breaks their first-week sales record at 1.88M copies. The 'BAD' MV hits 10M views and tops YouTube's worldwide trending.
7/3/2026
NMIXX claimed the weekly No. 1 spot on the Bugs Favorite Chart with 8,937 fan votes, earning automatic entry into the June monthly chart.
7/2/2026
Arden Cho, voice of Rumi in Netflix's *K-pop Demon Hunters*, married orthopedic surgeon Christopher Lee on June 27 at Villa Cora in Florence, with a four-day celebration rooted in Korean tradition.
7/2/2026
tvN's colonial-era espionage romance drops its D-100 teaser with a full cast led by Kim You-jung and Park Jin-young. October 2026 premiere incoming.
7/2/2026
Park Soo-o, the 2005-born actor who played a delinquent bully in Netflix's *기리고*, takes on Han Gyu-seo in KBS 2TV's family drama *사랑이 온다*, premiering July 25.
7/2/2026
Sung-hoon and Oh Se-young are in talks to lead a drama adaptation of the popular Naver web novel *Boss's Overt Taste*, with him eyed for the male lead.
7/2/2026
AND2BLE wrapped up a 3-day Seoul concert and will take the 'Welcome to Qurious' show across Asia.
7/2/2026
Park Ji-hyun's 'Love is' MV from the film *Wild Thing* crossed 4.4M views. She's juggling her idol role there with a rom-com debut on tvN's *내일도 출근!*
7/2/2026
씨야 member Nam Gyu-ri posted behind-the-scenes and costumed photos on July 2 ahead of her ENA 'K-POP UP CHART SHOW' stage, captioned '니가 좋아'.
7/2/2026
Mighty Mouse remade two of their 2011 tracks in 2026. FT Island's Lee Hong-gi and Monday Kiz's Lee Jin-sung dusted off a 2007 B-side.
7/2/2026
Noh Jung-ui, who debuted as a child actor in 2010, stars as Woo Hyun-jin in tvN's new Wednesday drama *I'll Give You the Universe*, which premiered July 4.
7/2/2026
The SBS Friday-Saturday drama returns August 7 with its original director-writer duo, a new lead pairing, and Yoo Seung-ho as a new chaebol character.
7/2/2026
