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BTS won't submit to the 69th Grammy Awards. In a July 29 statement, all seven members said they want music judged on its own terms, not by region or language.
7/29/2026
MEI (Nekozuki Mei), guitarist for Syuumatsu no Diamond, died before the band's debut could arrive. The single and music video will release July 29 as planned—her birthday.
7/29/2026
aespa's first Japanese mini album KISS N TELL hit No. 1 on Japan's Oricon Daily Album Chart. Their world tour kicks off August 7 in Seoul.
7/29/2026
AHOF swept all four awards at ENA K-pop Up Chart Show on July 28, capping the promotional run for 'RUN TO YOU'.
7/28/2026
Lee Dong-yoon's new breakup ballad traces the small domestic moments—a blanket, a morning routine—that keep grief alive long after love ends.
7/28/2026
Minami and Won appeared on YouTube's TEO on July 28 and shared how their agency head recruited them—with a BLACKPINK comparison.
7/28/2026
Kim Jung-yeon wrapped her third solo PERFORMER concert on July 25–26 at Samsung Hall, ECC, Ewha Womans University in Seoul, riding the momentum of her debut mini album.
7/28/2026
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
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
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
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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
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
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
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
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
Jung Chaeyeon posted a casual mirror selfie on July 26, captioning it '열대야주의보' (tropical night warning).
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
Bibi headlined Waterbomb Seoul 2026 on August 25, stripping down to a bikini top mid-set at Kintex in Ilsan while performing her May single '범파'.
7/26/2026
ILLIT's second Japanese single features rising group HANA, whose members wrote original rap lyrics for the track, out July 26 at 8 PM.
7/26/2026
Yoo Jae-seok wants Gong Hyo-jin for his next short-form drama. She's already locked in elsewhere: MBC's webtoon-based 'Married Woman Killer' drops July 31.
7/25/2026
Lim Ji-hoon appeared on KBS 1TV's 'Song Documentary Back to the Music 2' on July 25 to discuss the stories behind his million-selling classics.
7/25/2026
Kang Hoon, Kim Hye-jun, and Cha Woo-min guest on SBS Running Man July 26 to promote drama '최애의 사원'.
7/25/2026
aespa dropped their first Japanese mini album *KISS N TELL* on July 24. They're performing at Lollapalooza Chicago on August 2.
7/25/2026
Actor Lee Jung-hyun, 35, joins K-pop survival show *SUMBAKKOKJIL2* as storyteller. Premieres July 31 on Mnet Plus, airs August 1 on Mnet.
7/25/2026
Hwang Young-woong's new track "사랑한다면" hit No. 1 on YouTube's Hype Chart as he wrapped a 14-region fan tour across the country.
7/25/2026
NouerA posted the second MV teaser for title track '.exe' on July 24; the four-track mini album arrives July 27 at 6 PM KST.
7/25/2026
Daisy Ridley's suspense thriller 'Magpie' arrives in Korea with a 15+ rating, nearly a year after its North American Hulu debut.
7/25/2026
Hirokazu Koreeda's live-action *Lookback* will premiere at Venice (Sept. 2–12), with a Korean release coming in October.
7/25/2026
ONEWE drops digital single '線 : The Wake' on July 27, with title track '우리들은 행방불명 (Neverland)' as the second chapter of a three-part series.
7/24/2026
Actor Yeon Jung-hoon appeared on KBS2's 'Rooftop Troublemakers' on July 24 and owned the viral nickname he got for marrying Han Ga-in.
7/24/2026
Jung Hae-in and Ha Young star in the amnesia rom-com *This Damn Love*, hitting Netflix August 7. The teaser pulled 830,000 views.
7/24/2026
Child actor Kim Yun-seul lands a tvN drama role days after winning an audience award at Bucheon International Fantastic Film Festival.
7/24/2026
A July 24 photo shows Jin in the makeup room with staff as BTS continues the ARIRANG world tour across major venues.
7/24/2026
The JYP global boy group releases their first mini album in China on August 4, roughly a year after their 2025 TIMA debut.
7/24/2026
JENNIE drops a new single July 24 with a Spain-filmed MV she wrote, composed, and directed, starring Taiwanese model Nah Kai.
7/24/2026
Chef Kwon Sung-jun didn't hide his bias on the July 22 episode—weeks after Sooyoung's split from actor Jung Kyung-ho.
7/24/2026
BBAHN released the digital single '같은 마음으로 시작했는데' on July 24—a breakup ballad produced by 필승불패 and 변성무.
7/23/2026
Choi Ye-jin drops 'Orakai' on July 28. The Busan-born singer's new retro trot dance single hits Korean streaming platforms at noon, with broadcast and live appearances lined up.
7/23/2026
TXT's Yeonjun hits No. 1 on Bugs' weekly chart and sweeps back-to-back music show wins with 'Ice Cream'.
7/23/2026
Im Young-woong's YouTube channel has 1.79M subscribers as of July 23—about 10,000 away from 1.8M. Total views: over 3.1 billion.
7/23/2026
