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Emerald Castle's first release as a 4-member band drops June 13—an 8-bit rock track about past love and longing.
6/11/2026
BTS plays Busan Asiad Main Stadium on Dec 12–13; average hotel rates hit 631,546 won — nearly 3× normal — and top properties are already at 90–95% occupancy.
6/11/2026
Oh Jung-se joins Lee Jung-ho's disaster film Typhoon while Wild Things continues promotions through June 13 with GVs and stage greetings.
6/11/2026
JUN. K dropped the *Midnight Ticket* MV teaser on June 11. The digital single arrives June 15—his first release in roughly 9 months.
6/11/2026
Director Hong Jong-chan pushes back on viewer theories that *Cham Gyoyuk* mirrors real incidents as the 10-episode series hits No. 1 on Netflix's global non-English TOP 10.
6/11/2026
SeeYa marks 20 years with a new regular album and a five-city tour running August through October 2026.
6/11/2026
JUNNY drops 'Heaven Can Wait' on June 11 with Jeong Jun-ha and Noje in the MV, then plays her first domestic solo concert two days later.
6/11/2026
Lefties, Inditex's budget chain, has opened a ~4,000 sq m store in Essonne south of Paris. A second location is planned for Westfield Rosny by end of 2026.
6/11/2026
JAY B's third mini album 'TR.EE' hit #9 on the Worldwide iTunes Album Chart and topped charts in 10 countries. Title track 'Layback' claimed #1 in four.
6/11/2026
The Korea Grand Music Awards revealed its full MC lineup for November 7–8 at Gocheok Sky Dome: Nam Ji-hyun and RESCENE's Won-i on Day 1, Kim Jae-won and IVE's Liz on Day 2.
6/11/2026
CLASSy, now at K Tigers Entertainment, returns June 23 with a new album. Producer EL CAPITXN is on board.
6/11/2026
Moon Ga-young posted a 3:47 AM gym selfie on June 10, weeks after her Best Actress win at the 62nd Baeksang Arts Awards and ahead of her tvN drama return.
6/11/2026
I.O.I reunited for a full-group concert 9 years after their debut. Their title track 'Suddenly' hit #1 the same day. Backstage footage airs June 13 on MBC.
6/11/2026
IOI reunited for their first full-group concert in 9 years to mark their 10th anniversary. Their title track '갑자기' hit No. 1 the same day.
6/10/2026
NEWBEAT's Park Min-seok is making his acting debut in *Your Sky Harenotchi Koi*, a Japanese remake of the 2024 Thai BL drama, playing Korean exchange student Moon Da-on. The series premieres August 2
6/10/2026
Seo In-guk plays Kang Si-woo, a '3NO man' who doesn't smile, keeps his distance, and never apologizes, in tvN's new office romance premiering June 22.
6/10/2026
'MUSE' becomes the first Korean-language solo album to clear 4B Spotify streams; Jimin's 22 solo tracks now total 6.8B streams on the platform.
6/10/2026
Ulsan Music Creation Center is hosting the 2026 ULSOUND Festival on June 13–14, bringing together musicians from Ulsan, Daegu, Daejeon, and Jeju for the first regional collaboration.
6/10/2026
STAYC drops their sixth single '2:LOVE' on June 16, led by title track '2 L0VE'. An 8-city fan concert tour launches August 22 in Seoul.
6/10/2026
Fujii Kaze returns to Seoul on Jan. 9, 2027, for his third concert there. General tickets drop on Melon Ticket from June 17.
6/10/2026
Rothy's 'Don't Be' arrives June 16 as her first writing credit since debut, kicking off a 4-single run that feeds into EP 'FLAT'.
6/10/2026
CORTIS's B-side *ACAI* hit 10 million YouTube views on June 10—the group's second MV to reach the milestone after title track *REDRED*.
6/10/2026
Netflix's *True Education* hit #1 in 10 countries within a week of its June 5 debut, with Kim Moo-yeol dominating the cast topic index.
6/10/2026
Homezone dropped the R&B pop single '비대칭 컴플렉스' on June 10, after debuting it at the May fan concert '집들이 vol.5'.
6/10/2026
Moon Ga-young shared behind-the-scenes photos from Sung Si-kyung's music video shoot. The singer replied with emojis in the comments.
6/10/2026
JUN. K's first solo release in 9 months drops June 15, but he's performing it live at a Seoul event three days earlier.
6/10/2026
aespa claimed first place on the Idol Chart Acha Ranking for June 1–7, nine days after dropping their second full-length album LEMONADE on May 29.
6/10/2026
Korea Sports Industry Development promises full refunds for cancelled Ticketlink Live Arena bookings as protests at the Handball Stadium continue.
6/10/2026
BABYMONSTER adds a second Singapore Indoor Stadium show on Nov. 29, expanding their second world tour to 28 performances across 18 cities.
6/10/2026
On MBC Radio Star's June 10 '와썹! 마이웨이' special, Dayoung revealed how she made her chart-topping solo debut 'BODY'—a guerrilla operation involving an LA detour, cold DMs to producers, and an accidental
6/10/2026
Choi Ye-na wraps her 'Catch It If You Can, 2 Worlds!' Asia tour with back-to-back Tokyo shows on June 13 and 14, following stops in Seoul, Macau, Taipei, and Hong Kong.
6/10/2026
TWS's 5th mini album 'NO TRAGEDY' hit 250,000 cumulative shipments in Japan by May, securing Platinum from the Japan Record Association.
6/10/2026
aespa's second studio album 'LEMONADE' hit #9 on the Billboard 200—their third top-10 entry—while the G-Dragon feature 'WDA' charted globally.
6/10/2026
Celetrip and Ameculture are bundling concert tickets, hotels, and artist-narrated city tours into packages for ifeye's July–August run across Taipei, Macau, Bangkok, Manila, Melbourne, Sydney, and Sha
6/10/2026
CORTIS's mini album 2 GREENGREEN crossed 100,000 shipments in Japan by May, securing their first Gold disc less than a year after debuting in August.
6/10/2026
LE SSERAFIM, ILLIT, and KATSEYE are dropping a joint alternative pop single on June 12, with their first shared stage on M Countdown June 11.
6/10/2026
Moon Won wrote and released 'Gidaryeossdeon Sigan' on June 10, weeks after performing it as a surprise proposal at his May 2 wedding to Shinji.
6/9/2026
INFINITE streamed a 2-hour anniversary broadcast on June 9 and announced a two-day full-member fan meeting at Incheon Inspire Arena on August 29–30.
6/9/2026
TXT's Yeonjun is returning with a solo album in July 2026, building on a run that includes a chart-topping mini album and a WBC soundtrack credit.
6/9/2026
Spielberg's *Disclosure Day* opens in Korea on June 10 with 67,798 presale tickets and a 29.1% booking rate, leading the market alongside Koreeda Hirokazu's *Sheep in the Box*.
6/9/2026
Busan reversed its plan to force 915 government workers to staff the June 12–13 BTS concert at Sajik Sports Park, pivoting to volunteers only after public pushback.
6/9/2026
JAY B's third mini album 'TR.EE' arrives June 10—a fully self-written, self-composed record under his producer alias Def., led by 'Layback'.
6/9/2026
EPEX returned June 9 with a four-track epilogue to their youth series. All seven members directly participated in production for the first time since their 2021 debut.
6/9/2026
After 14 years together, actor Jung Kyung-ho and Girls' Generation's Choi Soo-young have split. Both agencies confirmed the breakup on June 9.
6/9/2026
V8, the Seventeen sub-unit of The 8 and Vernon, released a concept teaser film on June 9 ahead of their debut mini album dropping June 29.
6/9/2026
BOYNEXTDOOR's debut full-length *HOME* sold 591,900 physical copies on its first day, extending their streak of six consecutive Hanteo #1 releases.
6/9/2026
Yeerin held a showcase at Rolling Hall on June 9 and released her five-track album *REACH YOU* the same evening.
6/9/2026
EPEX wrapped their three-part '소화' series with a seventh mini album, *소화(韶華): 에필로그*, released June 9.
6/9/2026
