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Power Entertainment has invested in ARADNAS and will back Sandara Park's Southeast Asian concerts, fan meetings, and festival appearances.
7/28/2026

AxMxP, FNC Entertainment's 4-member boy band, returns August 12 with 'HELLO AxMxP'—their second mini-album arriving just before their first debut anniversary in September.
7/27/2026

The Wind drop their fourth mini album July 29, their first full project in roughly 1 year and 2 months.
7/27/2026

Asia Artist Awards 2026 announces its first wave of performers—ATEEZ, &TEAM, and LNGSHOT—for December 5–6 at Kaohsiung National Stadium, Taiwan.
7/27/2026

The Panomenan Festival runs December 2–12, 2027 across Seoul Arena and KINTEX, pairing large-scale concerts with a fandom-driven awards ceremony.
7/27/2026

Super Junior-83z launched their '1983' fan concert tour at Olympic Hall in Seoul on July 24–26, selling out all three shows. Lee Teuk debuted his solo track 'Bad Name' during the run.
7/27/2026

PENTAGON's Kino was spotted dining in Tokyo on July 27, mid-way through his solo world tour 'FREE KINO', as PENTAGON preps a 7-member 10th anniversary project.
7/27/2026

MADEIN's Mashiro drops her debut EP '24/11' on August 19—a four-track project she wrote entirely, featuring iKON's BOBBY on the title track 'HOTLINE'.
7/27/2026

Kang Ye-won attended an OK Madam 2 preview screening on July 28 and is gearing up for a villain role as Han Ae-ri in her next film.
7/27/2026

JENNIE's 'Less than a Lover' hits #1 on Bugs and Apple Music Korea; fromis_9 surpass 100K first-week sales; Bol4's 2002 remake trends on YouTube.
7/27/2026

Kim Hee-ra performs the entirety of 'Playback' alone at Seoul Doosan Art Center Yeongang Hall, June 19 – September 6.
7/27/2026

Young K's second solo album *YOUNGEST* dropped July 27 with 15 tracks and a self-written title song. His sold-out tour kicks off August 14 at Incheon Inspire Arena.
7/27/2026

Pregnant with her second child, the actress showed up at a Seoul theater on July 27 to cheer on her Korea National University of Arts classmates.
7/27/2026

The 17-track compilation pulls concert-only unreleased songs, member solos from a 2023 Seoul show, and self-composed cuts from SKZ-RECORD and SKZ-PLAYER.
7/27/2026
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8TURN hit all four major music shows in their first week back, promoting R&B pop single 'Stagefright' from the July 21 comeback.
7/27/2026

NouerA released their fourth mini album '.exe' on July 27 and held a comeback showcase at YES24 Live Hall the same evening.
7/27/2026

Hive, SM, JYP, and YG Entertainment formed a joint venture to launch Fanomenon, a government-backed K-pop festival running Dec 2–12 in Seoul and Goyang, with an LA edition set for May 2028.
7/27/2026

Dayoung hit the Waterbomb stage July 25–26 at KINTEX for the first time, joining Jay Park and premiering the unreleased 'Overtime' live.
7/27/2026

ILLIT will hold encore shows in Incheon (Oct 17–18) and Chiba (Dec 23–24, 26–27) following a 7-city, 15-show tour that sold out every date.
7/27/2026

Dino's sub-character Picheorin releases a 7-track mini album Aug. 3, then Dino takes Seoul's Jamsil Indoor Gymnasium for three nights (Aug. 21–23) with the '2026 디노X피철인 [吉BOARD SHOW]' concert.
7/27/2026

Jungkook's *Standing Next to You* hit 1.5 billion Spotify streams on July 27, becoming his second solo track to reach the milestone.
7/27/2026

'Butter' crossed 1.1 billion views on July 27—five years after it set a then-K-pop record by hitting 100 million in 21 hours.
7/27/2026

Trot couple Eun Ga-eun and Park Hyun-ho released their first official duet 'Saranghae Saranghae' on July 27, ahead of Eun's August full-length album.
7/27/2026

Lee Yeon plays hot-tempered Dong-ju in Kim Mi-jo's revenge drama alongside Lee Jung-eun, Gong Hyo-jin, and Park So-dam. Opens August 26.
7/27/2026

TEN released his first original Thai-language track on July 27, produced by Tenth Sound—the production arm of ILLIMNT, his newly co-founded label.
7/27/2026

ENHYPEN's eighth mini album *THE SIN : BLISS* arrives August 21. The title track 'Bloody Paradise' comes from JULiA LEWiS and Dynamic Duo's Gaeko.
7/27/2026

'CHOOM' hit US Mediabase Top 40 Radio at No. 35 for July 19–25, marking BABYMONSTER's first entry on a US mainstream radio chart.
7/27/2026

A24's *The Drama* landed 3rd in the studio's all-time opening weekends. Now it's heading to Korean theaters in September 2026.
7/27/2026

MODYSSEY claimed their second award of 2026, following a Global Rookie Award win at the Seoul Music Awards.
7/26/2026

BE BOYS spent nine days performing across Osaka and Tokyo in July, closing with an ARASHI cover. Their showcase run featured 'SLAM DUNK' and fan meet sessions.
7/26/2026

Bumkey dropped 'SPEEED' on July 27 with JUSTHIS and Justin Park. The pre-release single sets up his August album 'On My Way'.
7/26/2026

Lee Seung-chul marked 40 years since debut on JTBC Newsroom, calling for Korean solo artists to chase the Billboard success K-pop idols have found.
7/26/2026

YG Entertainment is forecast to miss Q2 2024 consensus on revenue and operating profit, with analysts blaming a BLACKPINK base effect and the absence of major tours.
7/26/2026

The 그리다 won the Grand Prize at the 26th Pohang Beach National Song Festival on July 24 at Yeongildae Beach in Pohang, Gyeongbuk.
7/26/2026

Park Ji-hyun placed 2nd among trot singers in June's K-Brand Index and won an excellence award at the MTN 2026 Broadcast Advertising Festival on June 21.
7/26/2026

Actress Ji Ye-eun and dancer Bata, who went public with their relationship in April, swapped birthday posts and couple photos on the 26th.
7/26/2026

Brazilian influencer Pietra Bertolacci deleted her posts and locked her accounts after criticizing BTS's 2026 World Cup final halftime show, facing swift backlash from the fanbase.
7/26/2026

BTOB's Lee Minhyuk dropped solo single album 'TEMPERATURE' on July 15, writing and composing every track himself.
7/26/2026

Kyuhyun, Park Eun-tae, Lee Ji-hye, and Jang Eun-a reunite for a concert version at Seoul Jangchung Gymnasium on August 1–2, with composer Brandon Lee conducting an 18-piece orchestra.
7/26/2026

Boom brought his 28-month-old daughter onto MBC's variety show for the first time, introducing her as "a precious daughter I had at age 42."
7/26/2026

123 students across 17 teams recorded non-competitive performance videos July 25–26 under a Chungbuk education program; expert coaching follows through Aug. 7.
7/26/2026

Jung Chaeyeon posted a casual mirror selfie on July 26, captioning it '열대야주의보' (tropical night warning).
7/26/2026

Singer Maybee revealed she and actor Yoon Sang-hyun had only three dates before marrying in 2015—and found out he was serious when he announced it on TV.
7/26/2026

RESCENE won their first terrestrial broadcast trophy on SBS Inkigayo (July 26, episode 1319) with 'Love Attack', scoring 5,486 points. It's their third music show win overall.
7/26/2026

Kim Dong-jun and Young-tak made a promise ten years ago. On July 25, they finally kept it, performing together as 'Dong.Tak' on KBS 2TV's Immortal Songs.
7/26/2026

P1Harmony took home BEST MALE GROUP and ULTIMATE 12 at KMA 2026 on July 25, capping an era that produced the group's first half-million seller and a Billboard 200 top-five entry.
7/26/2026

RIIZE played three Japanese cities in July, selling out every show and opening restricted-view seats. They also previewed 'Sunburst', their new single arriving August 26.
7/26/2026

Close Your Eyes headlined ACON 2026's pre-show on July 25, performing originals, EXO and Michael Jackson covers, and a joint stage with NEXZ.
7/26/2026