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Park Seo-joon posted vacation photos from France on June 29 as Netflix's 'Gyeongseong Creature' Season 2 arrives September 27.
6/28/2026
Gong Myung stars in Netflix's 'Husbands' alongside Jin Seon-kyu—their first project together in seven years—and is already lined up for MBC's 'Your Ground' with Han Hyo-joo.
6/28/2026
Ansan Culture Foundation brings Tony-winning *Leopoldstadt* to Korea for the first time, October 16–19 at Dalmatgi Theater, with director Kim Yeon-min translating and directing.
6/28/2026
Yoo Sung-eun performed 'Glowing' and her debut track 'Be OK' on KBS1's Yeolin Eumakhoe on June 28, ten days after dropping her third mini album.
6/28/2026
Yoon Eun-hye opened up about her personal life on SBS's 'Misaeng Woori Saekki' on June 28, revealing she hasn't dated or drunk alcohol in 13 years.
6/28/2026
Seven dramas are shooting in Geoje in 2026, including So Ji-seop's 'Kim Bujang' and ENA's record-breaking 'Doctor Sumboy' — and the city's 65M-won incentive budget is nearly gone.
6/28/2026
André Øvredal's supernatural road horror 'Passenger' opened June 24 at Lotte Cinema. The shoot was so unsettling the cast asked for a priest to bless the set.
6/28/2026
A Korean school drama topped Netflix's global non-English chart for three straight weeks and inspired a Gyeonggi education superintendent-elect to propose a real Teacher Authority Protection Bureau.
6/28/2026
aespa's second full-length album 'LEMONADE' hit the Billboard 200, Artist 100, and UK Official Singles Chart. It's their eighth million-selling release.
6/28/2026
BABYMONSTER wrapped three nights at Jamsil Indoor Gymnasium on June 28, launching their second world tour—1 year and 5 months after their first.
6/28/2026
BABYMONSTER's Seoul stop on June 28 featured all six members performing solo tracks during the afternoon show.
6/28/2026
TWS kicked off their first Asia tour at KSPO DOME on June 28, with Ji Hun and Kyung Min debuting unit track 'SHIFT' — 14 more shows across 8 cities ahead.
6/28/2026
FTISLAND launched the 'FaTe' world tour in Seoul and are hitting 9 more cities. Lee Hong-gi is already teasing solo content and a 7th studio album.
6/28/2026
Kwon Mi-jin's father, Kwon Du-hwan, died June 28, 2026, at 64. The funeral procession is scheduled for June 30 at 12:10 PM.
6/28/2026
TWS played their second night at KSPO DOME on June 28, marking the group's first time at the Seoul arena.
6/28/2026
Oh Young-sil opened up on MBN's 'Altorang' June 28 about begging PDs for roles, her thyroid cancer battle a decade ago, and why she skips breakfast.
6/28/2026
TREASURE brought two tracks from their hip-hop mini album *NEW WAV* to Inkigayo on June 28. The album's already a million seller, and a 17-show Japan tour is coming.
6/28/2026
Trot singer Kim Hee-jae closed her 2026 nationwide tour '희열' with an encore show at Seoul's Olympic Hall after appearing on SBS Inkigayo on June 28.
6/28/2026
A luxury-brand chairman and film director ditches his MC야성 stage name and ventures into ballads for his third single album.
6/28/2026
The actor expects his fourth child—a son—in October. With three kids already and a non-celebrity wife, he's been candid about discipline and helping a partner through postpartum depression.
6/28/2026
Im Young-woong's 'London Boy' MV has surpassed 35 million views since its November 2022 release.
6/28/2026
Veteran DJ and producer Shin Chul appears on KBS1's Song큐멘터리 백투더뮤직 시즌2 to recount building Korea's first remix album and pursuing Miae through seven rejections.
6/28/2026
Kim Ji-eun, 32 and a two-time drama award winner, is making her film debut in *H-521*, an action thriller drawn from a real incident in Almaty, Kazakhstan.
6/28/2026
Lee Jae-in, 21, announced a short film for Chuncheon Film Festival on June 28, fresh off two 2025 lead roles.
6/28/2026
Singer-businessman Ryang Ha posted a kneeling proposal rehearsal with racing model girlfriend Kim Hee on June 28, signaling the couple is heading toward marriage.
6/28/2026
X_ON dropped 'Night Dream' on June 28, a band-sound dance track timed to their first fan concert in Tokyo on July 4–5.
6/28/2026
AHOF wrapped their Japan debut shows on June 25 and 27. Mini album 3 'RUN TO YOU' arrives July 8.
6/28/2026
나상현씨밴드 released '부러지지 않는' on June 28 with a music video. They're taking the three-piece on a 6-city club tour in August.
6/28/2026
CORTIS hit 200 million streams on *GO!* by June 26—nine months after the September 2025 release. No boy group that debuted in the last five years has done it.
6/28/2026
Ben opened up about her divorce from Lee Wook on K.Will's YouTube channel June 24, revealing she filed after experiencing betrayal during her pregnancy.
6/27/2026
Won Bin is growing his hair out. On MBN's talk show, host Kim Ju-ha revealed he's preparing for his next role after 16 years away from screens.
6/27/2026
Im Young-woong has topped Korea Gallup's all-ages Singer of the Year survey every year since 2020—six consecutive wins into his 10th year as a recording artist.
6/27/2026
AMPERS&ONE is bringing 'Born To Define' to Taipei on Aug. 1 and Macau on Aug. 22, nearly 18 months after their first Asia fan meeting tour.
6/27/2026
AxMxP shattered the all-time band debut first-week sales record with their September 2025 album, then dropped 'Amplify My Way' in January 2026.
6/27/2026
Lee Chan-won ranked 14th in June 2026 singer brand reputation, scoring 2,239,697 points weeks after sweeping four awards at the Seoul Music Awards.
6/27/2026
Tiffany Young revealed on a June 27 variety show that she kept her relationship with actor Byun Yo-han secret from her Girls' Generation members until after they married.
6/27/2026
Super Junior's Yesung posted June 27 that he's spending the summer on recovery and a new album—his first solo project since the mini-album *It's Complicated* last November.
6/27/2026
tvN's Pachinko airs its seventh episode on June 27, set in 1923 Yokohama as the Great Kanto Earthquake reshapes Han-su's path to America.
6/27/2026
Jeong Chae-yeon shared behind-the-scenes photos from I.O.I's 10-years-later reunion, captioning them with a quiet moment of self-reflection.
6/27/2026
Actor Ko Jun-hee (real name Kim Eun-ju, 40) shared a photo on June 27 as MBN previews her first-ever matchmaking agency blind date.
6/27/2026
Lee Bo-ram wrapped her 'Stay' run on MBC's Show! Music Core this week. Next: a solo concert in Busan on May 2.
6/27/2026
A 2011 film that drew 3 million viewers becomes a 10-episode+ tvN drama, fully shot and ready. Premieres July 18 at 9:10 PM.
6/27/2026
Kim Hee-jae won the Trot Music Awards Top 10 Singer prize for the second straight year, extending a run of accolades that began in 2020.
6/27/2026
Nundongja opened June 24 and hit No. 2 overall, topping same-period releases. Shin Min-ah's promotional blitz across YouTube helped drive the momentum.
6/27/2026
Tom Holland and Zendaya posted affectionate photos from the Spider-Man: Brand New Day promo tour in Rome, weeks after confirming their marriage.
6/27/2026
IOI won 1st place on June 27 with 6,637 points, beating RIIZE and ILLIT. They didn't even perform.
6/27/2026
Hwang Chi Yeul's title track from *I LOVE SUMMER* hit #1 on Bugs' real-time chart June 27 at 8 AM KST. His first summer album since debut—all five tracks charted.
6/27/2026
Jina announced on Instagram she's returning with a remade version of her hit '꺼져 줄게 잘 살아'—roughly a decade after a 2015 sex trafficking case derailed her career.
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