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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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BIGBANG returned August 19 with 'BiiiG', hitting #1 on Melon's TOP100 within an hour and staying there through August 21—their first release in 4 years and 4 months.
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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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ASTRO's MJ performed his single album title track on August 20, just days after it topped iTunes charts across seven regions.
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Kiki's third mini album 'WhyKiiiKiii' title track tops Spotify Korea and multiple Apple Music charts 10 days after release, as the group earns Forbes praise for their HITC LA main stage debut.
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Trot singer Ji Young-il of Totalset appeared on KBS 2 Radio on August 20, recounting seven failed auditions and thirteen group debuts that never happened before going solo.
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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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Tiffany Young drops her first full-length solo album: 11 tracks, two title cuts, features from Miyeon and JUNNY—a decade after her solo debut.
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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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Yuri's leaving her Jeju home of 3+ years as Hyorisoo—the Hyoyeon, Yuri, Sooyoung unit—debuts 'Skibidi' on August 31.
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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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Hong Sung-yoon, third-place finalist on Miss Trot 4, drops a digital single fusing Korean traditional music with disco on August 20.
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Tiffany Young married actor Byun Yo-han. Now she's releasing a new track called 'Safe Love.'
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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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Eldest of 13 siblings, Nam Bo-ra ran her mother's side dish shop for three months while pregnant—then gave birth to a son on June 15.
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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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Hong Da-bin performed 14 songs for tens of thousands in Los Angeles on Aug. 8, debuting two unreleased tracks and becoming the sole Korean solo headliner at HITC LA 2026.
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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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Choi Soo-young plays her first villain in the Aug. 12 action-comedy, a month after announcing her split from actor Jung Kyung-ho.
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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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Mimi dropped the Bosh version MV teaser for her first solo single on Aug. 18 via Oh My Girl's YouTube. The full single arrives Aug. 20 at 6 PM.
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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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