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BTS are bringing their 'ARIRANG' world tour home. On 13 June – their debut anniversary – the group will perform at Busan Asiad Main Stadium for the first time since October 2022

BTS Bring 'ARIRANG' Home to Busan With Global Cinema Broadcast on Anniversary Date

SM Entertainment and Samsung TV Plus are making K-pop concerts free to watch at home – no ticket, no flight required

SM's Monthly Concert Series Is Closing The Distance

KATSEYE have swept the AMAs – New Artist of the Year, Breakthrough Pop Artist and Best Music Video for "Gnarly" – and every single date on the WILDWORLD TOUR has sold out. All 31 of them

KATSEYE Sweep AMAs and Sell Out 31-Date Arena Tour Within 48 Hours

BTS swept the 2026 American Music Awards – Artist of the Year, Song of the Summer for "SWIM," and Best Male K-Pop Artist – their first AMA appearance in five years and their second time taking the night's top prize

BTS Take Three at the 2026 AMAs, Including Artist of the Year

HYBE's new girl group label ABD has made its first public move, dropping six short films that offer an early glimpse at members of its upcoming debut group

HYBE's ABD Makes Its First Move: Short Films, a Playful Website, and a Glimpse of What's Coming

1VERSE’s newly revealed routing for the 1VERSE EU TOUR 2026 &lt;SHATTERED&gt; isn’t just notable for where it’s going – but for how those cities made the cut

1VERSE Announce European SHATTERED Tour With Fan-Led Routing Model

Lee Soo-man, the founder of SM Entertainment and one of the architects of K-pop’s modern idol system, is approaching the end of a three-year non-compete agreement that has kept him largely absent from domestic music production in South Korea

Lee Soo-man’s Non-Compete Is Ending

On January 13, rain fell outside Kentish Town Forum. Umbrellas lined the street in uneven clusters, wrapping around the venue and pooling at the edges of the queue

ARTMS, Live in London: The New Club Kids of K-Pop

BOYNEXTDOOR Document Their First Tour With ‘BOYNEXTDOOR TOUR ‘KNOCK ON Vol.1’ FINAL - LIVE’

Being a fan of any K-pop group often comes with the risk of witnessing an early or abrupt disbandment, whether due to shifting priorities, poor sales, or unforeseen circumstances

‘RE-FLOW’ Review: ZEROBASEONE Make Peace With an Inevitable Goodbye

One Track, One Take is KPOPWORLD’s weekly column spotlighting a single song at a time. This week, that detail is the chorus of “MONO” by i-dle.

One Track, One Take: i-dle - “Mono”

8TURN have never taken the easy route. Debuting at the very start of K-pop’s fifth generation, they’ve steadily built momentum through honesty, persistence, and steady growth — and their new digital single BRUISE feels like a turning point

8TURN Surpass Expectations With “BRUISE”

Surprise returns, regulatory intervention, and the growing institutional reach of K-pop.&nbsp;

Last Week in K-Pop, Interpreted: January 26–Feb 1, 2026

For our latest track-by-track feature, Korean rock icon Luli Lee takes us deeper into the process of her latest EP, Brave New World

Track-By-Track: Luli Lee – Brave New World

In the run-up to BTS' long-awaited group comeback on March 20, 2026, we're walking you through the band's back catalog. Love Yourself: Tear is next – a formative album which marked a new dawn for BTS, and K-pop’s global rise as a whole

The BTS Retrospect 'Love Yourself: Tear' Reviewed

From the moment KiiiKiii stepped onto the scene last September with their debut EP, UNCUT GEM, it was clear they weren’t just another girl group

KiiiKiii Make Nostalgia Feel Personal on ‘Delulu Pack’

On 12 January 2026, SEVENTEEN introduced their latest sub-unit, DxS, led by vocalists DK and SEUNGKWAN

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