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Yoon Jong-shin's June release '지중해 (Mediterranean)' came from a tvN cruise ship—written while filming a travel show.
6/30/2026
MODYSSEY played Sydney's Kudos Bank Arena on June 26 and will appear at KCON LA 2026 in August. Episode 3 of their reality show airs June 30 on MnetPlus.
6/30/2026
Kim Mungnyang released '그 공간', the third OST for tvN's Monday-Tuesday office romance '내일도 출근!', on June 30 at noon.
6/29/2026
Park Bo-gum sings 'Follow the Light' for the animated film *David*, hitting Korean theaters July 10.
6/29/2026
Yeonjun shared a ~20-second highlight choreography video for punk rock track 'Ice Cream' on June 29. The 6-track album arrives July 10.
6/29/2026
Jin won three SEC Awards in Brazil: Artista Asiático do Ano, International Male Artist of the Year, and International Music of the Year.
6/29/2026
Korean TV is restructuring around short-form logic. 50-second viral clips now drive ratings. Blockbuster film directors are making 1–3 minute dramas.
6/29/2026
Trot singer Shin Yu shared the stage with Japanese idol legend Kondo Masahiko in Seoul on June 27, performing a duet of the 1989 song "Noeul-ui Norae" plus a solo set.
6/29/2026
A viral Gyeongsang dialect clip sent RESCENE's 2-year-old track to No. 5 on Melon. Now Gyeongju City has named them its tourism ambassador.
6/29/2026
Catherine Laga'aia beat out roughly 32,000 candidates for the lead role. Director Thomas Kail watched her audition tape of 'How Far I'll Go' and jumped out of his chair.
6/29/2026
Taemin took the Great Oak Stage on June 28 for a 40-minute solo set. ATEEZ closed the same day as headliners with a 90-minute show.
6/29/2026
Lee Jae-yoon plays the Hexst family's fixer in *The Season*, a 6-part revenge thriller that hit #1 in Hong Kong just one day after its June 17 Viu premiere.
6/29/2026
Lee Seung-yoon is the second artist picked for Melon's offline listening talk show, tied to his June 26 release '0집'—a 29-track re-recording of decade-old material.
6/29/2026
SUPER JUNIOR's Donghae sustained a back injury on day two of his first solo concert in Hong Kong and is returning to Korea for treatment before continuing the ALIVE tour.
6/29/2026
A North Korean defector's struggle to build a life in Seoul. Danish director Fredrik Schøberg's *Hana Korea* arrives July 8.
6/29/2026
Seoul punk trio SAILOR HONEYMOON drop a new single and debut album produced by Luke Smith, arriving August 14 via Good Good 굿굿 Records and PIAS.
6/29/2026
Takuya Kimura plays Korea for the first time in 38 years on Sept. 26. Tickets went on sale June 29.
6/29/2026
AmbiO drops their first new music since March's debut mini album 'Boys be Ambitious'—a digital single arriving four months later.
6/29/2026
SEVENTEEN's V8 unit—The 8 and Vernon—dropped their debut mini-album on June 29. Eight tracks, one title: 'singasong,' with Pharrell Williams on production.
6/29/2026
Caribbean Bay's Water Music Pool Party runs July 3–Aug 17 at Everland, featuring live stages, nightly DJ sets, and water cannons synced to the wave pool.
6/29/2026
Actor Lee Tae-gon opened up about the backlash he faced landing a 50-episode lead role straight from ad modeling, recalling the controversy on tvN STORY's 'Nam-gyeoseo Mwohage'.
6/29/2026
A 25-day election-fraud protest at Seoul Olympic Park's handball court has wiped out 7 concerts and events—including the 2026 Weverse Con Festival—and cost 385 million won in losses.
6/29/2026
K-pop record exports hit $120 million USD in Q1 2026—a new quarterly high. Melon's fresh tri-market chart now tracks the genre's sprawl across South Korea, China, and Japan.
6/29/2026
Sung Si-kyung revealed his upcoming single's title and praised Moon Ga-young for appearing in its music video unpaid, during a June 29 YouTube appearance.
6/29/2026
YG Entertainment confirmed on June 29 that TREASURE member Kim Jun-gyoo is taking a rest period due to poor condition and the need for intensive stability and rest.
6/29/2026
Netflix's suspense drama cracked the Global TOP10 within 3 days of launch. Choi Min-sik said he couldn't envision anyone else as the lead.
6/29/2026
Twenty years after debuting with BIGBANG, T.O.P is launching his first Asia fan meeting tour—kicking off with a free 10,000-seat show in Yokohama on July 9.
6/29/2026
Former ENHYPEN member Evan dropped his debut single on June 22, hitting #1 on Bugs, #5 on Melon Hot 100, and #1 on iTunes across 9 countries.
6/29/2026
Moon Chae-won married a non-celebrity on June 28 at a hanok venue in Seoul. Almost no photos emerged from the tightly secured ceremony.
6/29/2026
Gong Seung-yeon is in final talks to play copywriter Yeon Woo-gyeong opposite Lee Jun-hyuk in the web novel adaptation 'Taeyon-han Geojitmal'.
6/29/2026
Kamenashi Kazuya, 40, announced his marriage to actress Tanaka Minami, 39, and an expected child via handwritten letter on June 29.
6/29/2026
Kim So-hee, 31, performed at the 10th Busan One Asia Festival on June 27–28, her first stage in years behind a new album.
6/29/2026
Wuxia romance River Lights Over Ten Years and investigative drama Eosa Sooak 2 both premiere on Channel China this July.
6/29/2026
AEN brought ~3,000 fans to SGC Hall Ariake on July 27 for their first showcase, debuting 'X to Z' live alongside three other tracks.
6/29/2026
Lee Han-ol spent years training vocalists on Korean TV. On June 25, he released his first single as a recording artist under Round Table Entertainment.
6/29/2026
Song Hye-kyo is leaving UAA, the agency she helped launch in 2012, as her Netflix series '천천히 강렬하게' prepares to premiere.
6/29/2026
Five days after Tokyo Dome, IVE perform 'LUCID DREAM' on TBS's CDTV Live! Live! — their first Japanese broadcast of the track.
6/29/2026
EPEX played four tracks at the 2026 MyK FESTA in Goyang on June 27, three weeks after releasing their seventh mini album '소화 : Epilogue'.
6/29/2026
Lee So-ra's first new song in seven years arrives next month, marking her return since a 2019 collaboration with BTS's SUGA.
6/29/2026
Jung Daehyun (B.A.P) dropped an MV teaser for 'Nabiran' on June 29, with his second mini album arriving June 30.
6/29/2026
Hearts2Hearts sold 592,312 copies of their second mini album in its first week on Hanteo Chart—their highest figure yet.
6/29/2026
CLASSy returned after 1 year 7 months away, now under K Tigers Entertainment. Their new mini-album RE:BOOT '눈물 이후' charted on YouTube Music following two broadcast performances.
6/29/2026
Xdinary Heroes, Flesh Juicer, and HANA are the final 8 acts added to Pentaport's 21st edition, happening July 31–August 2 at Songdo Moonlight Festival Park.
6/29/2026
Jungkook shut down marriage talk during a June 28 Weverse live, weeks after unconfirmed dating rumors with aespa's Winter.
6/29/2026
(G)I-DLE's 9th mini album 'We made' arrives July 6; first concept photo for 'Gimme Dat Love' dropped June 29.
6/29/2026
BOYNEXTDOOR closed their first full-album cycle on June 28 with career-high chart runs across the US, Korea, and Japan.
6/29/2026
Roshi shared a pre-stage photo on June 28 ahead of her *Simply K-Pop* performance of new single 'Don't Be', her first release under EGO Group.
6/28/2026
Park Seo-joon posted vacation photos from France on June 29 as Netflix's 'Gyeongseong Creature' Season 2 arrives September 27.
6/28/2026
