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Virtual idol group B:DAWN released the music video for '유월의 날씨 (June Weather)' on June 29, marking a tonal shift from their debut single 'BEOM.'
6/30/2026

Keyveatz dropped their debut EP on June 30 with Jay Park producing and Punchnello on a feature.
6/30/2026

ONEUS's Japanese single 'Under' drops July 1 with three tracks. The teaser kicks off with member Hwan-ung forming an X with his arms.
6/30/2026

BABYMONSTER's second world tour kicks off in Seoul June 26–28, then heads to Kobe on July 8–9. Their new MV for "I LIKE IT" drops July 6.
6/30/2026

UAA confirms Yoo Ah-in's contract ended with no renewal; Ryu Jun-yeol's status still in talks; Song Hye-kyo's 14-year run wrapped.
6/30/2026

Kim Myung-soo and Kang Min-ah star in *Empathy Cells*, a surreal romcom about emotional transfer. Lifetime and Disney+ co-release July 4, directed by Kim Chil-bong.
6/30/2026

BTS's 5th studio album 'ARIRANG' hit 3.8 billion streams in 8 weeks. Title track 'SWIM' became the first 2024 release globally to reach 500M Spotify plays.
6/30/2026

Tomorrow X Together return to Japan 10 months after 'Starkissed' with a 4-track single and a premium live at Tokyo Garden Theatre on release day.
6/30/2026

Choi Yu-jung drops a 2-track single album on June 30, writing and composing every song herself for the first time since debut.
6/30/2026

RIIZE's 13-day 'ARCHIIVE²' popup in Seoul sold out every session within minutes of reservations opening. Their mini album 'II' has already crossed four million copies sold.
6/30/2026

(G)I-DLE dropped the first MV teaser for 'Gimme Dat Love' on June 30. Their ninth mini album *We made* arrives July 6.
6/30/2026

Rookie boy group Ascender drops their first mini album July 2 at noon. Title track 'WE BELONG TOGETHER' leads a four-song debut.
6/30/2026

Yoon Jong-shin's June release '지중해 (Mediterranean)' came from a tvN cruise ship—written while filming a travel show.
6/30/2026

MODYSSEY played Sydney's Kudos Bank Arena on June 26 and will appear at KCON LA 2026 in August. Episode 3 of their reality show airs June 30 on MnetPlus.
6/30/2026

Kim Mungnyang released '그 공간', the third OST for tvN's Monday-Tuesday office romance '내일도 출근!', on June 30 at noon.
6/29/2026

Park Bo-gum sings 'Follow the Light' for the animated film *David*, hitting Korean theaters July 10.
6/29/2026

Yeonjun shared a ~20-second highlight choreography video for punk rock track 'Ice Cream' on June 29. The 6-track album arrives July 10.
6/29/2026

Jin won three SEC Awards in Brazil: Artista Asiático do Ano, International Male Artist of the Year, and International Music of the Year.
6/29/2026

Korean TV is restructuring around short-form logic. 50-second viral clips now drive ratings. Blockbuster film directors are making 1–3 minute dramas.
6/29/2026

Trot singer Shin Yu shared the stage with Japanese idol legend Kondo Masahiko in Seoul on June 27, performing a duet of the 1989 song "Noeul-ui Norae" plus a solo set.
6/29/2026

A viral Gyeongsang dialect clip sent RESCENE's 2-year-old track to No. 5 on Melon. Now Gyeongju City has named them its tourism ambassador.
6/29/2026

Catherine Laga'aia beat out roughly 32,000 candidates for the lead role. Director Thomas Kail watched her audition tape of 'How Far I'll Go' and jumped out of his chair.
6/29/2026

Taemin took the Great Oak Stage on June 28 for a 40-minute solo set. ATEEZ closed the same day as headliners with a 90-minute show.
6/29/2026

Lee Jae-yoon plays the Hexst family's fixer in *The Season*, a 6-part revenge thriller that hit #1 in Hong Kong just one day after its June 17 Viu premiere.
6/29/2026

Lee Seung-yoon is the second artist picked for Melon's offline listening talk show, tied to his June 26 release '0집'—a 29-track re-recording of decade-old material.
6/29/2026

SUPER JUNIOR's Donghae sustained a back injury on day two of his first solo concert in Hong Kong and is returning to Korea for treatment before continuing the ALIVE tour.
6/29/2026

A North Korean defector's struggle to build a life in Seoul. Danish director Fredrik Schøberg's *Hana Korea* arrives July 8.
6/29/2026

Seoul punk trio SAILOR HONEYMOON drop a new single and debut album produced by Luke Smith, arriving August 14 via Good Good 굿굿 Records and PIAS.
6/29/2026

Takuya Kimura plays Korea for the first time in 38 years on Sept. 26. Tickets went on sale June 29.
6/29/2026

AmbiO drops their first new music since March's debut mini album 'Boys be Ambitious'—a digital single arriving four months later.
6/29/2026

SEVENTEEN's V8 unit—The 8 and Vernon—dropped their debut mini-album on June 29. Eight tracks, one title: 'singasong,' with Pharrell Williams on production.
6/29/2026

Caribbean Bay's Water Music Pool Party runs July 3–Aug 17 at Everland, featuring live stages, nightly DJ sets, and water cannons synced to the wave pool.
6/29/2026

Actor Lee Tae-gon opened up about the backlash he faced landing a 50-episode lead role straight from ad modeling, recalling the controversy on tvN STORY's 'Nam-gyeoseo Mwohage'.
6/29/2026

A 25-day election-fraud protest at Seoul Olympic Park's handball court has wiped out 7 concerts and events—including the 2026 Weverse Con Festival—and cost 385 million won in losses.
6/29/2026

K-pop record exports hit $120 million USD in Q1 2026—a new quarterly high. Melon's fresh tri-market chart now tracks the genre's sprawl across South Korea, China, and Japan.
6/29/2026

Sung Si-kyung revealed his upcoming single's title and praised Moon Ga-young for appearing in its music video unpaid, during a June 29 YouTube appearance.
6/29/2026

YG Entertainment confirmed on June 29 that TREASURE member Kim Jun-gyoo is taking a rest period due to poor condition and the need for intensive stability and rest.
6/29/2026

Netflix's suspense drama cracked the Global TOP10 within 3 days of launch. Choi Min-sik said he couldn't envision anyone else as the lead.
6/29/2026

Twenty years after debuting with BIGBANG, T.O.P is launching his first Asia fan meeting tour—kicking off with a free 10,000-seat show in Yokohama on July 9.
6/29/2026

Former ENHYPEN member Evan dropped his debut single on June 22, hitting #1 on Bugs, #5 on Melon Hot 100, and #1 on iTunes across 9 countries.
6/29/2026

Moon Chae-won married a non-celebrity on June 28 at a hanok venue in Seoul. Almost no photos emerged from the tightly secured ceremony.
6/29/2026

Gong Seung-yeon is in final talks to play copywriter Yeon Woo-gyeong opposite Lee Jun-hyuk in the web novel adaptation 'Taeyon-han Geojitmal'.
6/29/2026

Kamenashi Kazuya, 40, announced his marriage to actress Tanaka Minami, 39, and an expected child via handwritten letter on June 29.
6/29/2026

Kim So-hee, 31, performed at the 10th Busan One Asia Festival on June 27–28, her first stage in years behind a new album.
6/29/2026

Wuxia romance River Lights Over Ten Years and investigative drama Eosa Sooak 2 both premiere on Channel China this July.
6/29/2026

AEN brought ~3,000 fans to SGC Hall Ariake on July 27 for their first showcase, debuting 'X to Z' live alongside three other tracks.
6/29/2026

Lee Han-ol spent years training vocalists on Korean TV. On June 25, he released his first single as a recording artist under Round Table Entertainment.
6/29/2026

Song Hye-kyo is leaving UAA, the agency she helped launch in 2012, as her Netflix series '천천히 강렬하게' prepares to premiere.
6/29/2026