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Over 10 Korean musicals are running in Shanghai right now. Daehangno's Heongki Show heads to Taipei in September.
7/13/2026

Nine dropped their third mini album 'Run to You' on July 8, roughly eight months after 'The Passage'. It charted in 22 countries and the music video hit 24M views.
7/13/2026

KBS comedian and trot singer Kim Na-hee is marrying an IT businessman and former McKinsey consultant. The wedding happens in Seoul this August.
7/13/2026

JAY B's 'tape: roots' Asia tour opened July 11–12 at IMPACT ARENA in Bangkok with over 10,000 fans across two nights.
7/13/2026

Im Young-woong's second regular album hits 1.3 billion streams on Melon six days after release—a digital-only drop that came 3 years, 3 months after his debut album.
7/13/2026

EVAN closed out his debut single cycle on July 12 with chart wins across Bugs, Melon, iTunes, and Tencent Music. August brings a packed US schedule.
7/13/2026

Lee Chan-won hit 230 straight weeks at No. 2 on the Idol Chart (July 6–12, 69,066 votes), riding high after four Seoul Music Awards wins in June.
7/13/2026

On SBS variety show 'Ani Geunde Jinjja', actress Cha Jeong-won recalled how her high school friend Jung Yong-hwa vanished one day — only to reappear on TV in a necktie.
7/13/2026

Lee Teuk and Kim Hee-chul are taking Super Junior-83z on tour across 9 Asian cities starting July 24 in Seoul, just 11 days after their debut mini album dropped.
7/13/2026

The Mr. Trot 3 TOP7 finalist hit 400% in Trotpick's July birthday vote. A new song is coming this year.
7/13/2026

Jon Park is dropping a self-written summer single in July—his first release in roughly 10 months—and locked in a duet with Sung Si-kyung for the YouTube cover series *기우제*.
7/13/2026

HBO Max premieres *Fired Up!*, a 12-episode Taiwanese adaptation of the webtoon *Itaewon Class*, on July 31. Kao Pin-chuan and Tseng Ying-ting co-direct; DaMou Entertainment produces.
7/13/2026

RISENNÉ's 2024 single climbed from outside the top 900 to Melon's #1 in December, fueled by a viral meme and 200 self-produced live broadcasts.
7/13/2026

Han So-hee posted photos from Paris during Dior's haute couture show, giving fans their clearest look yet at her waist tattoo.
7/13/2026

Ivy, 43, admitted dating got harder in her late 30s. Co-star Cha Jung-won had a theory: looks matter more than divorce history.
7/13/2026

Trot singer Lee Chan-won guides viewers through Jongmyo and Changdeokgung Palace in episode 217 of '톡파원 25시' on July 13 at 8:50 PM, joined by Fabien and Hwang Yun-sung.
7/13/2026

LATENCY guitarist-vocalist Ji-won (Kim Ji-won, 26) is releasing a Taiwan concert vlog following the group's March showcase for debut mini-album 'LATE O'CLOCK'.
7/13/2026

Songgolmae's frontman returns with a 14-track special album on July 14—his first official release since 1989's fifth album *Sad Yearning*.
7/13/2026

idntt released their third mini album 'itsnotover' on July 13, launching a unit of the same name.
7/13/2026

Benson Boone returns to Korea for a solo concert at KINTEX Hall 10 in Goyang on Oct. 26 as part of his 'Wanted Man' World Tour; tickets on sale July 21 via NOL.
7/13/2026

Choi Soo-young and Jung Kyung-ho have ended their 14-year relationship. Both agencies confirmed the split; the two will remain colleagues.
7/13/2026
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8TURN releases a two-track R&B single on July 21. Yunkyu, Jaeyun, and Myungho wrote lyrics across both tracks.
7/13/2026

Netflix's dating show returned July 7 with 17,000 applicants, four catfish participants, and a cast aged late 20s to mid-30s.
7/13/2026

Secret's three-member lineup—Jeon Hyo-sung, Jing-ger, and new member Ye-bin—released the 8-track mini album last month, 12 years after the group went on hiatus.
7/13/2026

ENHYPEN's 8th mini album, the second chapter in THE SIN series, drops August 21. The title track MV follows on August 22.
7/13/2026

Kim Min-seok pulled off a surprise pojangmacha busking in Gwangan-ri on July 9 with just 2 hours' notice, premiering the title track from his next album live for the first time.
7/13/2026

Hwang Young-woong's final OST track from KBS 2TV's '사랑을 처방해 드립니다' drops July 14, ending a contract dispute that kept the singer waiting.
7/13/2026

Jin claimed his 6th straight week at the top of Idol Pick's overall vote with 50,808 picks. PLAVE extended winning streaks across two separate charts.
7/13/2026

KREAM drops four days of limited K-pop merch collabs: Hanroro teams with Pompompurin, MEOVV launches trading cards, and RESCENE releases character keyrings.
7/13/2026

POW returns with 'FLAVOR' on the 28th—their second comeback this year—and announces a European leg for their 2026 concert tour.
7/13/2026

Hui held his debut solo concert on July 12 in Seoul, running two shows with ~20 songs each and premiering the summer single 'BINGO' live.
7/12/2026

Six months after debut, ALPHA DRIVE ONE closed their 7-show STAR ROAD tour in Hong Kong and announced a second mini album for August.
7/12/2026

YOUNG POSSE dropped a 12-track self-composed mixtape on July 13. The lead single 'Mr. 2026' remixes KARA's 'Mr.' with chipmunk vocals.
7/12/2026

Korean reality dating shows are mining decades of pop songs for their soundtracks, pairing old hits with new audiences.
7/12/2026

JTBC's 'Apartment' opened with 4.6% nationwide viewership, ranking #1 among non-terrestrial programs and beating its predecessor's debut numbers.
7/12/2026

Korean Film University announced July 12, 2026 that four student-made feature films are now streaming on Netflix.
7/12/2026

The 97-minute mystery comedy flopped in theaters with just 43,369 viewers but is now climbing Netflix's domestic chart with an 8.3 Naver rating.
7/12/2026

The 10-episode SBS action drama topped Netflix's global non-English chart and set a 2026 viewership record, trailing only 'Penthouse 2' all-time.
7/12/2026

Seo Su-yeon pioneered audio description in Korea. Now she's written a book about the craft—and what's still missing.
7/12/2026

Choi Eun-young's debut novel traces Ji-yeon, 32, who returns to her mother's hometown after divorce and discovers a hundred-year family secret.
7/12/2026

Stray Kids' first 2026 album has 8 tracks. 3RACHA produced every single one. Concept photos of Lino, Hyunjin, and Felix arrived July 11.
7/12/2026

Hong Jin-young shared a casual summer snapshot on July 12. The post arrives a year after she dropped a composer version of '13579'.
7/12/2026

Nallo, a women's theatre company, opened an all-female production of Douglas Maxwell's *Our Bad Magnet* on July 11 at Nain Jin Hall Theater 2 in Daehak-ro, Seoul.
7/12/2026

KT launched the '요즘은 이렇게' campaign on July 12, with Kim Woo-bin as lead model and a Genie TV All G ad as the first release.
7/12/2026

ATEEZ's 'GOLDEN HOUR : Part.5' marks their third Billboard 200 number one, their seventh million-seller, and a new US sales record nine years into their career.
7/12/2026

Trot singer and musical actor Enoch (정용훈) will personally sign albums for fans at his two-night concert '에녹에 녹아' on July 11–12 at KBS Arena.
7/12/2026

aespa won MBC's Show! Music Core on July 11 with 7,086 points—their second music broadcast win for LEMONADE.
7/12/2026

Kim Chaewon took the stage at Incheon Inspire Arena on July 12. LE SSERAFIM performed *BOOMPALA* as a complete five-member group for the first time.
7/12/2026