July 2026 Archive

July 8

ExclusiveStray Kids
JYP and HearCycle Bring Auracast Hearing Tech to DAY6's 10th Anniversary Concert
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Horipro producer on K-musicals: Japan-Korea co-production "will not be a choice but the future"
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Show choir group Harmonize, 4-time World Choir Olympics gold medalists, heads to Ulsan this December
ExclusiveHwang In-yeop
Hyeri and Hwang In-yeop's ENA rom-com 'Dream for You' premieres July 13
ExclusiveCha Seung-won
SBS extends Im Young-woong variety show 'Sangol Chonggak Yeong-ung' to 7 episodes
ExclusiveLee Jung-jae
Yoon Yeo-jung nominated for Emmy Award for 'Griselda' Season 2 role
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Ko Hyun-jung, 55, posts pop-up outing photos as fans voice concern over her appearance
ExclusiveLee Jun-young
Lee Jun-young's villain acting so convincing his own mom asked if it was real
NewsdeskByeon Woo-seok
Byeon Woo-seok kicks off Asia fan meeting tour in Seoul, first in ~2 years
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Ji Ye-eun & Ji Seok-jin return as Chungju Ji-ssi with new single 'AQUA' on July 17
ExclusiveMinami
LISENE's 'Love Attack' hits No. 1 on Melon Top 10, topping IOI's 'Suddenly'
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&TEAM announce Seoul KSPO Dome dates and 'Mark on Me' album after Incheon shows
ExclusiveLE SSERAFIM
JENNIE x Tame Impala's 'Dracula' hits #8 on Billboard Hot 100 — her highest ever
Newsdesk
Lee Chan-won's "Oneuleun Waenji" MV hits 4M views; album sells 543K copies in 2 days
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Lee Chan-won wins 4 awards at 2026 Seoul Music Awards, drops behind-the-scenes film
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Hwang Chi-yeol opens 'We, Summer' concert at Nodeul Island, premieres new album tracks
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VAYONN debuts with 'MUAH!' — Kim Jae-joong's six-member group charts in China days after June 6 release
ExclusiveLee Jun-young
Lee Jun-young chased a drunk driver for an hour — and turned down the award for it
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Im Chang-jung kicks off 10-city fan-participation tour with duet album prize for winner
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Former Momoland member Hyebin: idols start hundreds of millions of won in debt, only the top 1% make money
ExclusivePark Ji-hwan
Park Young-gyu joins prison comedy film 'The Taste of Prison' directed by Kim Gu-jung
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Ji Yeon-su shuts down remarriage rumor: "I've never even met this person"
ExclusiveRed Velvet
Red Velvet adds July 31 fan-con date after sell-out, summer mini-album 'Velvet Summer' drops August 3
ExclusiveENHYPEN
ENHYPEN's Lee Hee-seung debuts solo as Evan with single 'RIDE OR DIE'
Exclusiveaespa
K-pop agencies split domestic and global presales as scalping drives ticket prices up to 51x face value
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Jeon Yujin drops '트롯챔피언' behind-the-scenes video covering April and May filming
NewsdeskATEEZ
ATEEZ to release Japanese single 'Bad' on July 29
ExclusiveCORTIS
CORTIS 'REDRED' hits 73 days atop Apple Music Korea, third-longest run in chart history
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Oh Yun-ah remarries non-celebrity husband, marriage registration already complete
ExclusiveLee Jun-young
Lee Jun-young opens up about military enlistment on Yu Quiz episode 350
ExclusiveSo Ji-sub
Kim Bujang hits 21.6% ratings, tops Netflix non-English shows chart with 10.5M views
ExclusiveATEEZ
ATEEZ's Yunho split from non-celebrity girlfriend about 3 months ago, agency confirms
NewsdeskChangmin
Hearts2Hearts stun Changmin and Minho with their athletic skills on '최민호' YouTube channel
ExclusiveATEEZ
ATEEZ hit Billboard 200 No. 1 for third time as Seonghwa debuts self-written poetry via Dingo
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Jeong Eun-ji features on Lee Shin-hyuk's 'Picnic and Regards,' Taiwan show set for September
NewsdeskStray Kids
Stray Kids set August 7 comeback with mini album 'THIS & THAT', official trailer out now

July 2026

July 8

JYP and HearCycle Bring Auracast Hearing Tech to DAY6's 10th Anniversary Concert

Horipro producer on K-musicals: Japan-Korea co-production "will not be a choice but the future"

Show choir group Harmonize, 4-time World Choir Olympics gold medalists, heads to Ulsan this December

Hyeri and Hwang In-yeop's ENA rom-com 'Dream for You' premieres July 13

SBS extends Im Young-woong variety show 'Sangol Chonggak Yeong-ung' to 7 episodes

Yoon Yeo-jung nominated for Emmy Award for 'Griselda' Season 2 role

Ko Hyun-jung, 55, posts pop-up outing photos as fans voice concern over her appearance

Lee Jun-young's villain acting so convincing his own mom asked if it was real

Byeon Woo-seok kicks off Asia fan meeting tour in Seoul, first in ~2 years

Ji Ye-eun & Ji Seok-jin return as Chungju Ji-ssi with new single 'AQUA' on July 17

LISENE's 'Love Attack' hits No. 1 on Melon Top 10, topping IOI's 'Suddenly'

&TEAM announce Seoul KSPO Dome dates and 'Mark on Me' album after Incheon shows

JENNIE x Tame Impala's 'Dracula' hits #8 on Billboard Hot 100 — her highest ever

Lee Chan-won's "Oneuleun Waenji" MV hits 4M views; album sells 543K copies in 2 days

Lee Chan-won wins 4 awards at 2026 Seoul Music Awards, drops behind-the-scenes film

Hwang Chi-yeol opens 'We, Summer' concert at Nodeul Island, premieres new album tracks

VAYONN debuts with 'MUAH!' — Kim Jae-joong's six-member group charts in China days after June 6 release

Lee Jun-young chased a drunk driver for an hour — and turned down the award for it

Im Chang-jung kicks off 10-city fan-participation tour with duet album prize for winner

Former Momoland member Hyebin: idols start hundreds of millions of won in debt, only the top 1% make money

Park Young-gyu joins prison comedy film 'The Taste of Prison' directed by Kim Gu-jung

Ji Yeon-su shuts down remarriage rumor: "I've never even met this person"

Red Velvet adds July 31 fan-con date after sell-out, summer mini-album 'Velvet Summer' drops August 3

ENHYPEN's Lee Hee-seung debuts solo as Evan with single 'RIDE OR DIE'

K-pop agencies split domestic and global presales as scalping drives ticket prices up to 51x face value

Jeon Yujin drops '트롯챔피언' behind-the-scenes video covering April and May filming

ATEEZ to release Japanese single 'Bad' on July 29

CORTIS 'REDRED' hits 73 days atop Apple Music Korea, third-longest run in chart history

Oh Yun-ah remarries non-celebrity husband, marriage registration already complete

Lee Jun-young opens up about military enlistment on Yu Quiz episode 350

Kim Bujang hits 21.6% ratings, tops Netflix non-English shows chart with 10.5M views

ATEEZ's Yunho split from non-celebrity girlfriend about 3 months ago, agency confirms

Hearts2Hearts stun Changmin and Minho with their athletic skills on '최민호' YouTube channel

ATEEZ hit Billboard 200 No. 1 for third time as Seonghwa debuts self-written poetry via Dingo

Jeong Eun-ji features on Lee Shin-hyuk's 'Picnic and Regards,' Taiwan show set for September

Stray Kids set August 7 comeback with mini album 'THIS & THAT', official trailer out now

July 7

AHOF returns with third mini album 'RUN TO YOU', 8 months after their second

Lee Hyun re-signs with Big Hit Music, extending 19-year partnership

LE SSERAFIM launch 'PUREFLOW' world tour: Japan, BlizzCon, iHeartRadio, first Europe solo dates

KATSEYE's 'Beautiful Chaos' hits 53 weeks on Billboard 200 — first female group album to chart a full year since Pussycat Dolls in 2005

Ok Joo-hyun, 29 years in, revisits 2022 'Okjangpan' row and regrets dropping defamation suit

ATEEZ's Yeosang shares backstage selfie amid Golden Hour promotions

IVE x Everland 'ForEVER IVE' collab launches July 1 with themed rides, limited goods, and food

Seulgi reunites with ReVeluv in Guangzhou, confirms album prep

Lee Chan-won reacts to Einstein's secret life on KBS2's 'Celebrity Soldier's Secret'

Trot Singer Duri Competes on SBS Love FM's 'Life Is an Audition' on Her Birthday, Urges Online Votes

Doctor Somboy wraps: Lee Jae-wook and Shin Ye-eun say goodbye to Pyeondong-do

Khalid returns to Seoul in December for first Korea concert in 8 years

Park Jihoon's RE:FLECT tour Manila date moved to Macau on August 8

Han Roro drops Pom Pom Purin collab single 'Neo wa Na' on July 9

Seventeen unit V8 drops 'girlsnboys' visualizer, holds Goyang and Hong Kong shows this month

How Choi Ye-na's 'Catch Catch' stayed globally viral for 3+ months — and what K-pop labels are doing to engineer it

WONHO announces new album 'CORE,' dropping July 21 with 'RAW' concept photo

ZIN CHOI drops double single 'TGIFS' with electro-pop and Miami bass tracks

Hanni's legal team denies dual-contract claims as ADOR damages suit drops to ₩33.09B

Lee So-ra performs new Jannabi-penned single on Sung Si-kyung's YouTube show

Lee So-ra returns after 7 years with 'Summer Breeze,' reveals illness caused major weight loss

TXT's Yeonjun drops solo mini album 'NO LABELS: PART 02' on July 10

Song Gain drops new single and shares YouTube collab behind-the-scenes with Hong Ji-yun

Go Yun-jung joins Lee Byung-hun in early Joseon action film 'Nambul'

RIIZE's 'Do Your Dance' hits 100M TikTok views as 'II' becomes group's 4th million-seller

xikers' Minjae named fixed MC on SBS Life's 'The Show'

Han Suk-kyu's shelved thriller 'Speaking Dead' set for second-half release, 5 years after production halt

SUPER JUNIOR's Sungmin announces Japan fanmeeting '思い' in Tokyo on August 23

cosmosy tops Japan YouTube daily chart with 'Paradise ~ I need you ~', 'Stay Alive' drops July 10

(G)I-DLE Drop 9th Mini Album 'We Made,' Launching a New 'We' Series

YG Entertainment turns 30: from Jinusean to BLACKPINK's Billboard 200 and two new groups on the way

EXID's Hani to star in KBS weekend drama 'Love Is Coming' under real name Ahn Hee-yeon

AmbiO drops summer single 'BLUE SPLASH' four months after debut

A24 and Alex Garland's 'Warfare' opens in Korea on August 19

Byeon Woo-seok kicks off 2026 Asia Fanmeeting Tour in Seoul, 7 more cities ahead

MOMOLAND's Hye-bin breaks down idol finances: debut debt, 200만원 per appearance

Kim Ji-yeon, mid-divorce from Jung Chul-won, says she's 'open' to new love

BIGBANG adds seats for Goyang shows after 3-night sellout in 22 minutes

IVE's MINIVE character teams up with KT's Mint Raon for Galaxy Foldable 8 charger collab

RESCENE drops 'Pretty Girl' MV teaser, remake of KARA's 2008 hit out July 8

Animated film 'David' drops 'Shalom' MV ahead of July 10 theatrical release