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Netflix greenlights 'Do Not Cross the Wall,' a high-teen romance comedy starring Moon Sangmin, Shin Sia, Lee Minjae, and Choi Heejin. Announcement came August 20.
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Kwon Eun-bi drops digital single 'DEJAVU' on Sept 3 — her first new music in roughly 1 year and 4 months, and her debut release under agency RBW.
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Kim Ji-yeon, known from the dating show Love Catcher, posted a raw letter to her nearly two-year-old son about her marriage's collapse—one month after saying vows.
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AtHeart performed their first comeback stage for '3!4!' on Mnet's M Countdown on August 20, with more music show dates ahead.
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Baby Shark Boy, the kid from the viral dance video, launches his solo career with electropop single 'WAVE' featuring MONSTA X's Jooheon on August 20.
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Stray Kids' mini album 'THIS & THAT' hits #1 on the Aug. 22 chart. All nine of their Billboard 200 entries have debuted at the top—a record no other act has matched.
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Korean alternative rock band Silica Gel returns with their first studio album in ~3 years, a 12-track record built around the concept of 'spiral molting.'
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Episode 2 of KBS Drama/GTV's 'Let's Get Divorced' aired August 20, with Baek Mi-young throwing her wedding ring into a river and demanding a divorce.
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'HOT' hit 320,020,304 cumulative plays on Spotify as of Aug. 18, following 'Monkey King' as SEVENTEEN's second song to clear 300M.
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Hae-rin landed the Marie Claire September cover on Aug 14 — her first since Feb 2025 — as three members have been spotted abroad and Ador stays tight-lipped on a comeback date.
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G-Dragon revealed on a YouTube appearance with Taeyang and Daesung that he knew details of Sandara Park's past relationship and may have set the two up.
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Fable Company denies Hong Min-gi ever saw a pregnancy test or pressured anyone to abort. The agency says it's moving straight to civil and criminal proceedings.
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TNX drop a teaser for 'Die Another Day' on Aug. 20. The third digital single arrives Aug. 27 at 6 PM KST.
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Singer Seongri drops her championship prize track 'Sad Rain (슬픈 비)' on August 20, written and produced by Kim Jin-ryong exclusively for her.
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One twice divorced, one about to remarry. Seo In-young and Lee Ji-hyun took opposite stances on marriage in a video posted August 19 to the '개과천선 서인영' channel.
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Singer-songwriter Jiselle signed with virtual IP firm RoyalStreamer on Aug. 20 and released 'Melancholy (feat. sokodomo)' the same day.
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SEVENTEEN's Vernon released solo track 'I'll Be Back' on August 20, then entered basic military training the same day. He's set to discharge May 19, 2028.
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Wendy hit her 2nd anniversary as DJ of 'Wendy's Young Street' on Aug 19, weeks after Red Velvet's 'Velvet Summer' topped iTunes in 17 regions.
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Geum Dong-ho's 82-minute fantasy follows Mita, a singer-songwriter who sees spirits, as she forms a band with four ghosts to chase their dream concert stage.
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RŌSIEN, an AI artist from UYU MEDIA LAB and Studio Myungbulheohjeon, debuted with a single and music video on Aug. 19, then streamed a live performance the same day.
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Melomance's Kim Min-seok closes his two-part summer project with 'Yeoreum Jip Ha,' a three-track EP arriving August 21.
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영탁 announces his 3rd regular album 'GOGO', out September 14, with new songs premiering live at the TAK SHOW5 concert in October.
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OURBIRTHDAY, a seven-member JYP girl group, dropped their debut single *Our Birthday* on Aug. 19 with an MV reveal and live performance at Blue Square in Seoul.
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Eddie and the Bricks joins WAVY on Aug 19. Their second EP 'Inbetweeners' arrives in September, led by *One of Your Boys* on Aug 21 at 6 PM.
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Actor Lee Yeon clarified that a viral overseas photo of her and IU was taken during a group outing with actor Yoo Su-bin — and says she's having fun with the speculation.
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CORTIS turned one on Aug. 18 and made history: first 2020s-debuting K-pop boy group at the MTV VMAs, with 'GREENGREEN' setting a chart longevity record.
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(G)I-DLE's Soyeon is returning as a solo artist in early September 2026, roughly five years and two months after her debut mini-album 'Windy'.
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B1A4 kicks off '내ZIP마련', a new interview series from Plo.zip and Dingo Music, on August 19.
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Show Champion airs August 19 with WayV, KiiiKiii, No Brain, and school band Splayit's debut on a lineup mixing K-pop and rock.
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KiiiKiii's mini album 3 'WhyKiiiKiii' landed all 6 tracks across Apple Music, Melon, and Spotify Korea. First-week sales hit ~82,000 copies—double the prior album.
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'Swim' lands nods for Song of the Year and Best K-pop. 'Golden'—the Grammy and Oscar-winning film track—also competes for Song of the Year.
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ENHYPEN teased *Bloody Paradise* on Aug. 17 via HIVE Labels YouTube. The full MV drops Aug. 22; the album arrives Aug. 21.
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Kim Sung-ryung takes the role of Amanda in The Glass Menagerie, running Oct 17–Nov 22 at Seoul Arts Center's CJ Towol Theater.
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On Mnet's Street World Fighter: Director's War, Renan claimed she built 80% of aespa's 'Whiplash' choreography and deserved its 2024 Choreo Award. She lost the battle round 9-0 to Shimizu.
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SBS Plus's history variety show aired its 'Classified Documents' episode on Aug. 18, spotlighting King Jeongjo's 297 secret letters to political rival Sim Hwan-ji, discovered in 2009.
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BIGBANG release digital single 'BiiiG' on Aug 19, their first official group track as a three-member lineup and first new music in 4 years and 4 months.
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DK posted a final photo with Seungkwan and said goodbye to fans before enlisting in the Army on September 8.
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Hollys, South Korea's first espresso specialty shop, just signed its first-ever brand model: rookie group RESCENE.
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Episode 5 of tvN's '최애의 사원' hit 4.0% nationally and No. 1 in cable. Nam Da-reum accepts a confession from Lee Chan—then accidentally kisses Kang Ha-gi.
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Song Min-jun won TenAsia's June 10–16 reader poll on which male trot singer could drag them outside in a heat wave. Kim Jung-yeon and Park Se-wook placed 2nd and 3rd.
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RIIZE's B-side from their third Japanese single 'Sunburst' (out September 26) will be the official cheering song for December's 79th National High School Basketball Championship in Tokyo.
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A former YG producer and competition show vocalist remake a 2009 Tei and Kan Mi-yeon duet with a wedding-concept music video, out August 18.
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Titan Contents is dropping a K-pop adventure drama called '3+4!' in September, with AtHeart's second single arriving Aug. 19.
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Weki Meki's Kim Do-yeon is under positive review for the female lead in 'We Are Zombies', a Naver webtoon adaptation starring Do Kyung-soo.
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E.G Entertainment dropped a ballad duet on August 18 from two vocalists who'd already hosted a YouTube talk show together.
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ZEROBASEONE teased 'Existence (イグジステンス)' at midnight on Aug. 18, one day before their second Japanese EP '回帰LOVE' arrives.
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Chungha's dropping 'México' on September 1. The digital single arrives about 7 months after February's 'Save me', and fans are voting on the cover via V-STAGE until August 21.
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Hanbin performed both tracks from his first digital single live at Everland on Aug. 17, ahead of the Aug. 24 release.
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