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Global K-Wave
Jeon Yeo-been and Leejung turn pencil rings into UNICEF support
Jeon Yeo-been, Leejung and Shin Woo-seok join UNICEF Korea's UNICEF EXCELLENCE campaign to support children's dreams worldwide.
K-Pop
Idid lights up Cheonggye Plaza in a surprise ‘Attent!on Area’
Idid stages a surprise July 18 guerrilla performance at Seoul’s Cheonggye Plaza, meeting fans with ‘Attent!on,’ ‘SLOW TIDE,’ ‘FLY!’ and an encore.
K-Pop
Yeonjun clears 738,000 sales and trades laughs with Park Ji-hwan
Tomorrow X Together's Yeonjun hits 738,072 first-week sales for NO LABELS: PART 02 and unveils a comic Ice Cream skit with Park Ji-hwan.
Celebrity & Issues
Kim Ha-yeon holds Woong-i close as dementia dims his memory
Television actor Kim Ha-yeon shares a tender SNS update on 17-year-old cat Woong-i, who has lived with dementia for more than five years.
K-Pop
NI KI stars in ENHYPEN's coffin-mattress ad for vampires
ENHYPEN reveals NI KI's DORMANT film for THE SIN : BLISS, turning vampire insomnia into a fictional mattress campaign before its Aug. 21 release.
Celebrity & Issues
Kim Mu-yeol finally meets fans face-to-face at Maju after 27 years
Actor Kim Mu-yeol sets his first official fan meeting, Maju, for August 23 at Gabin Art Hall with stories, performances and fan programs.
Variety & TV
Lee Hyun-yi says rustling noise is no excuse before the CSAT
Lee Hyun-yi shares her firm education views on YouTube, revealing her sons’ vacation camps and how she teaches focus at home.
K-Drama
Nam Joo Hyuk enters Netflix's cursed palace in Good Bye My Princess
Netflix's 8-episode mystery fantasy pairs Nam Joo Hyuk and Roh Yoon-seo with Cho Seung-woo in a cursed East Palace tale.
Global K-Wave
Mamamoo heats up Macau with a second instant 4WARD sellout
Mamamoo opens its 2026 4WARD world tour at The Londoner Arena in Macau, where both the original and added shows sell out immediately.
Global K-Wave
BoA goes blonde as BoA the LIVE sets its September Japan run
BoA opens BoA the LIVE in Fukuoka on September 12, with Osaka Namba and Yokohama dates following under Baypal Entertainment.
Celebrity & Issues
Kang Ye-won clocks in at her brother's gamjatang opening
Kang Ye-won helps serve customers at her brother's new Junggok-dong gamjatang restaurant, with star wreaths from Cha Eun Woo and Kim Seon-ho.
Global K-Wave
BTS' Arirang edges Thriller after a Tottenham-fueled UK chart surge
BTS' fifth album Arirang ranks No. 20 on the UK Official Charts' 2026 midyear albums list after a Tottenham Stadium boost.
Global K-Wave
82MAJOR clocks out for ‘82 Office’ as Seoul and Macau sell out
Fresh off Billboard’s No. 9 nod for “Sign,” 82MAJOR sells out its 2026 82 Office fan-concerts in Seoul and Macau.
Celebrity & Issues
Leeteuk and Kim Hee Chul revisit gold-card lure and Incheon Battle
Super Junior's Leeteuk and Kim Hee Chul recall a trainee-era host bar offer, their Incheon Battle feud, and SUPER JUNIOR-83Z plans.
K-Pop
Tiffany Young opens Edge of Calm with red curtains and an Asia tour
Girls' Generation's Tiffany Young releases her first solo studio album on August 20 before an 8-show Asia tour from Hong Kong to Seoul.
K-Pop
Daily:Direction storms Music Bank with 'DOWN WITH IT' comeback stage
The rookie boy group opens MONKEY MODE promotions on KBS2's Music Bank with live vocals and hyperpop-house title track DOWN WITH IT.
Global K-Wave
Yeonjun sweeps US and Japan as I-dle dominates China
Yeonjun's NO LABELS: PART 02 tops Hanteo's US and Japan charts for July 6-12, while I-dle's We made leads China.
K-Drama
Kim Myung-soo lets feeling take over in Sympathetic Cells
Kim Myung-soo discusses playing Feeling-type counselor Cha Eun-hwan in Sympathetic Cells, his rom-com shift, and the episode 5 comeback plot.
K-Drama
Song Kang and Nucksal make one piano crackle in tense tvN teaser
tvN’s Four Hands, Two Sonatas teaser previews Song Kang and Nucksal as rival pianists before the drama premieres August 29.
Global K-Wave
V gets a World Cup final stage as fans light up MetLife billboards
BTS's V joins the 2026 FIFA World Cup Final halftime show, with New Jersey ads celebrating his MetLife Stadium appearance.
Global K-Wave
Jang Won-young takes the Citi Field mound for Mets-Dodgers first pitch
Jang Won-young of Ive will throw the ceremonial first pitch at Citi Field for the New York Mets-LA Dodgers game on July 26.
K-Drama
Scarred Lee Dong-wook grips a gun as Killer's Mall Season 2 nears
Lee Dong-wook returns as Jeong Jin-man in Disney+'s Killer's Mall Season 2, premiering July 22 with Kim Hye-jun and a Babylon counterattack.
K-Pop
Heejae Kim works out with Jang Yoon-jeong — and still feels starstruck
On MBC FM4U's Son Tae-jin's Trot Radio, Heejae Kim shares how Jang Yoon-jeong shaped his new dance-trot single and stage confidence.
K-Drama
Seo In-guk's '3NO Man' softens with flowers and quiet patience
In tvN's Going to Work Tomorrow Too!, Seo In-guk's Kang Si-woo woos Park Ji-hyun's Cha Ji-yoon with flowers, supplements and patience.
Jeon Yeo-been and Leejung turn pencil rings into UNICEF support
Jeon Yeo-been, Leejung and Shin Woo-seok join UNICEF Korea's UNICEF EXCELLENCE campaign to support children's dreams worldwide.
Idid lights up Cheonggye Plaza in a surprise ‘Attent!on Area’
Idid stages a surprise July 18 guerrilla performance at Seoul’s Cheonggye Plaza, meeting fans with ‘Attent!on,’ ‘SLOW TIDE,’ ‘FLY!’ and an encore.
Yeonjun clears 738,000 sales and trades laughs with Park Ji-hwan
Tomorrow X Together's Yeonjun hits 738,072 first-week sales for NO LABELS: PART 02 and unveils a comic Ice Cream skit with Park Ji-hwan.
Kim Ha-yeon holds Woong-i close as dementia dims his memory
Television actor Kim Ha-yeon shares a tender SNS update on 17-year-old cat Woong-i, who has lived with dementia for more than five years.
NI KI stars in ENHYPEN's coffin-mattress ad for vampires
ENHYPEN reveals NI KI's DORMANT film for THE SIN : BLISS, turning vampire insomnia into a fictional mattress campaign before its Aug. 21 release.
Kim Mu-yeol finally meets fans face-to-face at Maju after 27 years
Actor Kim Mu-yeol sets his first official fan meeting, Maju, for August 23 at Gabin Art Hall with stories, performances and fan programs.
Lee Hyun-yi says rustling noise is no excuse before the CSAT
Lee Hyun-yi shares her firm education views on YouTube, revealing her sons’ vacation camps and how she teaches focus at home.
Nam Joo Hyuk enters Netflix's cursed palace in Good Bye My Princess
Netflix's 8-episode mystery fantasy pairs Nam Joo Hyuk and Roh Yoon-seo with Cho Seung-woo in a cursed East Palace tale.
Mamamoo heats up Macau with a second instant 4WARD sellout
Mamamoo opens its 2026 4WARD world tour at The Londoner Arena in Macau, where both the original and added shows sell out immediately.
BoA goes blonde as BoA the LIVE sets its September Japan run
BoA opens BoA the LIVE in Fukuoka on September 12, with Osaka Namba and Yokohama dates following under Baypal Entertainment.
Kang Ye-won clocks in at her brother's gamjatang opening
Kang Ye-won helps serve customers at her brother's new Junggok-dong gamjatang restaurant, with star wreaths from Cha Eun Woo and Kim Seon-ho.
BTS' Arirang edges Thriller after a Tottenham-fueled UK chart surge
BTS' fifth album Arirang ranks No. 20 on the UK Official Charts' 2026 midyear albums list after a Tottenham Stadium boost.
82MAJOR clocks out for ‘82 Office’ as Seoul and Macau sell out
Fresh off Billboard’s No. 9 nod for “Sign,” 82MAJOR sells out its 2026 82 Office fan-concerts in Seoul and Macau.
Leeteuk and Kim Hee Chul revisit gold-card lure and Incheon Battle
Super Junior's Leeteuk and Kim Hee Chul recall a trainee-era host bar offer, their Incheon Battle feud, and SUPER JUNIOR-83Z plans.
Tiffany Young opens Edge of Calm with red curtains and an Asia tour
Girls' Generation's Tiffany Young releases her first solo studio album on August 20 before an 8-show Asia tour from Hong Kong to Seoul.
Daily:Direction storms Music Bank with 'DOWN WITH IT' comeback stage
The rookie boy group opens MONKEY MODE promotions on KBS2's Music Bank with live vocals and hyperpop-house title track DOWN WITH IT.
Yeonjun sweeps US and Japan as I-dle dominates China
Yeonjun's NO LABELS: PART 02 tops Hanteo's US and Japan charts for July 6-12, while I-dle's We made leads China.
Kim Myung-soo lets feeling take over in Sympathetic Cells
Kim Myung-soo discusses playing Feeling-type counselor Cha Eun-hwan in Sympathetic Cells, his rom-com shift, and the episode 5 comeback plot.
Song Kang and Nucksal make one piano crackle in tense tvN teaser
tvN’s Four Hands, Two Sonatas teaser previews Song Kang and Nucksal as rival pianists before the drama premieres August 29.
V gets a World Cup final stage as fans light up MetLife billboards
BTS's V joins the 2026 FIFA World Cup Final halftime show, with New Jersey ads celebrating his MetLife Stadium appearance.
Jang Won-young takes the Citi Field mound for Mets-Dodgers first pitch
Jang Won-young of Ive will throw the ceremonial first pitch at Citi Field for the New York Mets-LA Dodgers game on July 26.
Scarred Lee Dong-wook grips a gun as Killer's Mall Season 2 nears
Lee Dong-wook returns as Jeong Jin-man in Disney+'s Killer's Mall Season 2, premiering July 22 with Kim Hye-jun and a Babylon counterattack.
Heejae Kim works out with Jang Yoon-jeong — and still feels starstruck
On MBC FM4U's Son Tae-jin's Trot Radio, Heejae Kim shares how Jang Yoon-jeong shaped his new dance-trot single and stage confidence.
Seo In-guk's '3NO Man' softens with flowers and quiet patience
In tvN's Going to Work Tomorrow Too!, Seo In-guk's Kang Si-woo woos Park Ji-hyun's Cha Ji-yoon with flowers, supplements and patience.