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The8 balances SEVENTEEN's Performance Unit with V8, his unit with Vernon. Since 2019, he's released five solo projects. Off stage: tea, books, meditation, and hand-drawn gifts for members.
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The actress and singer reflected on a Paris business trip while outlets revisited her career awards, from a 1999 New Artist win to three acting prizes.
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True Damage's first song in 7 years drops October 9 as the 13th Worlds theme, charting Faker's complete championship arc from 2013 to 2025.
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Lee Jin-a, Gwak Jin-eon, Jung Seung-je, and ALLDAY PROJECT stopped by KBS 2TV's '더 시즌즈-성시경의 고막남친' on October 9 with new music and unfiltered talk.
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Hoshi releases R&B pop single 'BOYFRIEND' on October 10, his first solo track in roughly four months, written while serving in the Army Taekwondo Demonstration Unit.
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Actor Oh Yoon-ah shared workout photos of her autistic son Song Min, now 20 and newly employed, months after her July remarriage.
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SBS's 'Doctor X: The Era of White Mafia' premiered October 9 with Kim Ji-won as a freelance surgeon who clocks out at 6 PM sharp.
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Netflix marks a decade in Korea with a two-day fan event in Seoul. Its GS25 convenience store partnership has crossed 70 million cumulative product sales.
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FC ENM's 6-member boy group ADAP has dropped their debut timetable, with November 5 locked in as the launch date for their first mini album.
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Kim C, off air since 2010, resurfaces in Aize's October 8 shoot for Spectator's 2026 autumn/winter campaign.
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Kim Hyun-joong cried at a theater production while juggling his 20th debut anniversary world tour and new music.
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Actor Choi Yun-ji, 28, has joined Disney+'s Moving Season 2 in a supporting role and is already on set.
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Director Heo Jin-ho's film hit 2.5M admissions in 15 days, but a political campaign against its cast and overseas screenings has drawn global media attention.
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Choerry posted "Start" on Instagram Oct. 10 as ARTMS rolls through 10 North American cities on their 'Art of BLUE BLOOD' world tour.
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Kim Su-chan wrapped back-to-back festival gigs and locked in a Seongnam show while battling for October champion on MBC ON's Trot Champion.
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Seo Ho finished his Army service on Aug 16, 2026. ONEUS is now readying their 12th mini album and a third world tour hitting 21 cities.
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BTS leads with three nominations. Rosé, Jennie, KATSEYE, and Netflix's 'K-pop Demon Hunters' are also in contention for the Nov. 14 ceremony in Los Angeles.
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Tsuki's been everywhere lately—MC gigs, Netflix zombie shows, and now a Shibuya store reopening. Billlie's main dancer keeps stacking credits off-stage.
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The 16-year-old trot singer launched a 24-piece KakaoTalk emoticon set on Sept. 9, weeks after releasing her 4th full-length album '이모티콘' in August.
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Trot singer Kim Ui-young (formerly Kim Bit-na) hit #1 on portal site real-time trends after a variety show appearance and posted proof to her fans.
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After three weeks off, MBC's variety show returns with a '95-era song festival—following Lee Jick and Lee Jun-young's joint grand prize win at the '80s edition.
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LISSEUNG's Won-i and Minami guest-hosted KBS2's 'Happy Together' ep. 11 while 'LOVE ATTACK' holds Melon TOP 100 No. 1 for three straight months.
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Yuqi's second mini album dominated QQ Music's bestseller charts right after dropping October 8, and cracked iTunes top 10 across 7 countries.
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Song Min-ho of WINNER broke a 3-year 7-month social media silence on Oct. 9 with a handwritten apology, days after receiving a 1-year suspended sentence for violating the Military Service Act.
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AND2BLE drop concept photos for their second mini album on October 27, then head straight to a fan showcase two hours later.
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POW kicks off their debut world tour at Seoul's YES24 Wonderrock Hall on Oct. 9–10, then heads to Budapest, Warsaw, Berlin, Cologne, Amsterdam, and Milan.
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V.O.S drops a new ballad October 9, then plays five cities through December.
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BOYNEXTDOOR claimed their first music show trophy since returning with repackage album 'HOME: DELUXE', which charted across Hanteo, Oricon, and Circle Chart.
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Hwang Min-hyun dropped the medium-tempo pop single *OUR* on October 7, complete with an MV and an M Countdown stage the next day.
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Jang Han-byeol releases digital single 'Miya' on October 12 at noon, five months after 'Geudaeneun Naui Byeori-o'.
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EVAN wrapped his first mini album on Oct. 4, then shared a 'Twilight' performance film three days later. The debut cycle hit the Billboard 200 top 50.
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Ham Eun-jung wrapped a late-September Vietnam performance while her MBC daily drama extended to 140 episodes. The T-ara veteran won two trophies at the 2024 KBS Acting Awards.
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KickFlip's new mini album dropped October 6. They're performing on M Countdown, Music Bank, Show! Music Core, and Inkigayo over four straight days.
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Supercell's 'Weekly Brawl Dol' pairs K-pop idols with Brawl Stars players. Each week through October 30, a group picks missions and rewards for Korean users.
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Yeerin's fourth mini album came with a full schedule: six Latin American cities, a Seoul concert, Dubai, and Hong Kong on October 3.
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Epik High hit 2M YouTube subscribers and celebrated with a camping trip. During the video, they debated their ongoing challenge. Twocut's answer was blunt: it ends when BTS does it.
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Lee Chae-yeon released her Japan debut single and MV on Oct. 8 via Day One Dream's Japan label D1 RECORDS, leading with a J-ROCK title track.
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Loco teases 'TATA (Feat. of ???)', dropping October 15—his first release under new agency DuoberEntertainment. The feature artist? Still a mystery.
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Singer-songwriter Yoo Yong-ho released the ballad "Perhaps, This Is Love" on October 8, with fellow singer-songwriter Jang Jae-in appearing in the music video.
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N.Flying released their 9th mini album 'Still' and the MV for title track '잔불(Still)' on October 8, four months after their last digital single.
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PLAVE's new mini album drops Dec. 12 with a highlight medley showing five tracks that jump from bossa nova to EDM to a Kenji-produced ballad.
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Zion.T and TWICE's Chaeyoung aren't breaking up. Both agencies denied the rumors on October 8 as he books his first solo concert in 9 years.
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ONEW and ZICO's 'Tic Tac Toe' hit No. 1 on Bugs the moment it dropped October 7. The full single album '착각' arrives October 20.
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RESCENE lands their first terrestrial news slot and will tease their fourth mini album on air.
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Actor Yu Seung-ho, 33, and actress Im Se-ju, 35, have been dating since they met on the 2020 tvN drama 'Memorist.' His agency confirmed the reports on Oct. 8.
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ATEEZ drop their 15th mini album November 13 at 2 PM. A spoiler video's already out. The tagline: 'CRASH TO BEGIN'.
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god member Son Ho-young drops digital single 'Go Around' on Oct 14, his first solo release since 2021, ahead of a two-night Seoul concert in late October.
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NCT WISH drops their fourth mini album 'I SPY' on October 12, with a 10-day Seoul popup launching October 14, plus stops in Shanghai and Tokyo.
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