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Four days after dropping July 6, (G)I-DLE's ninth mini album *We made* hit #1 on China's TME section and Japan's iTunes K-pop Albums chart. Title track *Gimme Dat Love* trended everywhere.
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BTS takes over New York July 24–Aug 3. Grand Central Terminal goes ARIRANG-themed from July 30. MetLife Stadium hosts concerts Aug 1–2.
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Three US composers sued on July 8, claiming BTS's Billboard Hot 100 chart-topper *SWIM* copies their 2025 demo. HYBE and Big Hit Music are defendants.
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BOYNEXTDOOR's debut full-length album shipped over 100,000 copies in Japan and debuted 24 spots higher on the Billboard 200 than their previous peak.
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LUN8's first solo fan concert OFF-ZONE lands August 8 at YES24 Live Hall. Free entry for LUV8 fanclub members.
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IU and Lee Jong-suk ended their relationship on July 10. Both agencies said they'll remain good colleagues.
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Tomorrow X Together's Yeonjun released the 'Ice Cream' music video on July 10, the title track of his 6-track solo mini album 'NO LABELS: PART 02'.
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Hyolyn's fourth mini album 'OriginaLyn' arrives July 22 at 6 PM with title track 'ChecK'. Concept photos and a poster video are already circulating.
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NOWZ heads to Hong Kong Kai Tak Stadium for the Tencent Music-backed awards show on August 22, with a new album in the works.
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FIFA taps Justin Bieber as co-headliner for the 2026 World Cup final halftime show on July 19 at New York/New Jersey Stadium — the first halftime performance in the tournament's 96-year history.
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Choi Hee-jin leads Netflix's 'Do Not Cross the Wall,' a high-teen romance from the writer of 'Our Beloved Summer.'
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Lee Teuk and Hee-chul form Super Junior's first 1983-born unit with a 6-track mini album and title track MV arriving July 13.
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RESCENE's August 2024 debut track hit No. 1 on Melon's TOP100 on July 8, 2026—nearly two years after it flopped on release.
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TWICE wraps their sixth world tour, 'THIS IS FOR', at Seoul's KSPO DOME starting July 10—188 shows across 59 regions since their first solo tour in 2017.
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Park Eun-bin and Ong Seong-wu play chaebol heirs bound by years of friendship—and a curse that keeps them apart—in tvN's occult romance *Creepy Romance*, premiering July 18 at 9:10 PM.
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Still-images from Hong Sang-soo's 35th feature confirm Kim Min-hee's return to screen, as the film lands an International Competition slot at the 79th Locarno Film Festival.
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DAILY:DIRECTION dropped the MV teaser for 'DOWN WITH IT' on July 9. Their second single 'MONKEY MODE' arrives July 13 at 6 PM.
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KATSEYE's first theatrical documentary hits theaters August 12. The film drops two days before their third EP, WILD, with direction from Nadia Hallgren.
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Singer and musical actor Ok Joo-hyun broke her silence on a four-year-old casting controversy, posting a lengthy statement that addresses the defamation lawsuit she filed and later withdrew.
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Sana makes her screen debut as 'Nao' opposite Japanese actor Sato Takeru in *Nyangi: Wishing to Reach Your World*, a cat-themed romance fantasy that starts filming in Japan this autumn.
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Girls' Day's Hyeri stars opposite Hwang In-yeop in ENA's new Tuesday-Wednesday drama, premiering July 13 at 10 PM.
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Kingnet tapped actor Yoo Hae-jin and director Jang Hang-jun as brand ambassadors for *Yeolhyeol Gangho: Next*. A cinematic teaser and title OST dropped July 9.
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tvN's '최애의 사원', adapted from the Naver Webtoon '우리 오빠는 아이돌', premieres August 3 at 8:45 PM. A love-triangle teaser is already out.
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LUN8 drops 'Off the Grid' on July 22—their first mini album in nearly two years—then heads to Europe for a 7-country tour starting in August.
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The 38-year-old debuted in co-ed group WE in 2011 after five years at JYP, and has since added Netflix credits, a boxing gym, and a web drama to her resume.
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B THE HOOD, LEVVELS' 5-member virtual group, hit No. 14 on YouTube Shorts daily chart within days of their pre-release single 'Lowkey' on June 29.
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Yeosang of ATEEZ just dropped a solo track and has songwriting credits stacking up. A three-day Seoul fan meeting is coming too.
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Paul Kim championed Kihyun's EP while his Japanese original 'Zombie Loves Matcha' charted on both Oricon and Billboard Japan.
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ARTMS unveiled the Trauma version concept photos for 'Hyper-Ego' on July 8. The title track drops July 24, with the full album arriving August 7.
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At 58, Shin Seung Hun is back on Jeju Island for his second song camp, chasing two new tracks since September's SINCERELY MELODIES.
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Na Hong-jin's SF action film 'Hope' launches July 15 with three days of GV events across Seoul. Hwang Jung-min, Jo In-sung, and Jung Ho-yeon join the director on opening day.
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Brisbane-born Jang Han-byeol left dentistry school for music, held #1 on a Malaysian chart for 52 straight weeks, and sold out a 1,500-seat Seoul fan meeting instantly.
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Paninibunch released digital single '방 안에서' on July 9, a traditional ballad about emotional paralysis after a breakup.
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Rain and Lee Sung-min join Netflix's Korean adaptation of the webtoon 'Solo Leveling', alongside previously announced Byeon Woo-seok.
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Former world No. 1 taekwondo athlete Na Tae-joo, now a trot singer, has joined the 'Bad' challenge with a simple verdict.
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Taeyong has given over 100 million won to Daeada Multicultural School since 2016, including a 30 million won gift and school visit this year.
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Director Han Jae-rim is developing 'Evil Goes to Hell' with NEW while his Disney+ series 'Fascination' awaits release.
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Hwanhee won the StarTrend ballad category weekly crown for the 5th week of June with 14,768,941 votes, fueled by her April remake of Patti Kim's 2009 track.
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Fashion designer Kwon Da-mi, older sister of BIGBANG's G-Dragon, posted an ultrasound photo July 9 announcing she's expecting a daughter, Kim I-woo, in October.
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Nam Goong-min's KBS2 drama opened at 4.4%, jumped to 6.4% in episode 2, but faces a steep climb against SBS's '김부장', which already hit 21% in 4 episodes.
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130,000 fans across two nights on June 6–7; Rolling Stone UK and The Guardian both gave 5-star reviews. Munich is next.
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DAY6's Wonpil returns as a solo artist for the first time in four years, teasing a refreshing summer with a new message to fans.
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The Black Label shared MEOVV's music video for 'In my hands' on July 8, weeks after the five-member group's June 1 comeback.
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Jeonbuk Province is recruiting 15 foreign and 6 domestic youth for a 2-week residential K-pop training program launching this September.
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Original musical Dive, adapted from SF novelist Danyo's award-winning novel, opens August 18 at Link the Space 1관 and runs through November 8.
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A 12-episode short-form series about North and South Korean students in a university startup club launches July 31 on YouTube.
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A YouTube clip of Lisense leader Won-i speaking in her regional dialect ignited a dispute over whether she used hate speech—pulling in an MBC PD, a politician, and rapper E-Sens.
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RESCENE's 'LOVE ATTACK' hit #1 on Melon as a reverse-run track. Now the five-member group opens their dorm for the first time on July 11.
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