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When Mark Lee confirmed his departure from NCT after a decade, the response was unlike anything K-pop has seen before. Within 24 hours, his handwritten letter had accumulated millions of likes, shares, and comments – but what stood out wasn't the numbers

Mark Lee Has Left NCT – And The Response is Unlike Any Other

This week's K-pop releases have something for everyone

Comeback Corner: HYO, TWS, YUNA & More

Just under a month after his departure from ENHYPEN, Lee Hee-seung has a new identity

HEESEUNG Is Now EVAN – BELIFT LAB Officially Launches His Solo Career

In February, ITZY performed an updated version of their 2020 B-side "THAT'S A NO NO" on tour – and within weeks, a six-year-old deep cut had become a TikTok challenge, climbed the Korean charts, and landed the group a special MCountdown stage

ITZY’s “THAT’S A NO NO” And The Power of Virality 

ENHYPEN have announced BLOOD SAGA, a world tour spanning 21 cities across five continents — one of the most ambitious routings of their career

ENHYPEN Announce BLOOD SAGA 2026-27 World Tour

AB6IX (Korean: 에이비식스) is an all-male K-pop group under Brand New Music.

Who is AB6IX?

Golden Child (Korean: 골든차일드) is a K-pop boy band under Woollim Entertainment.

Who is Golden Child?

Woollim Entertainment is a South Korean entertainment company and record label based in Seoul, South Korea.

What is Woollim Entertainment?

As of the posting of this article, the official BTS YouTube channel, known as BANGTANTV, has 22,738,385,172 views. For those bad at reading long numbers, that’s 22.7 billion views.

How many YouTube views does BTS have? – By The Numbers

Rocket Punch (Korean: 로켓펀치) is an all-female K-pop group based in South Korea

Who is Rocket Punch?

In 2022, BTS released their anthology album Proof. The K-pop juggernaut recently passed their 100th week on the Billboard World Albums Chart.

100 Weeks? For real? BTS hits major milestone

Featured MV of the Day: “Touch” by SoRi

Today’s indie feature is incredibly obscure. So obscure that if you try to Google the name of this artist, it’ll auto-correct you.

Daily Non-K-pop Spotlight: “Meridian” by Moceori

Now that IVE SWITCH is out and IVE is experiencing a resurgence in attention and popularity, let’s take a look back at their glamorous concept photos from I’VE IVE.

Remembering I’VE IVE

Man. NewJeans can’t catch a break. In addition to the drama between their label ADOR and their parent company HYBE, now listeners on social media are propagating a new theory, claiming that NewJeans has directly copied the Mexican 90s group named – and we kid you not – Jeans.

NewJeans has new controversy

The new BBC documentary Burning Sun investigates a significant sex scandal in South Korea involving K-pop stars and celebrities, notably Jung Joon-young.

BBC’s new documentary uncovers dark secrets in K-pop

Happy Birthday! You share a special day with Suho from EXO. Suho was born on May 22, 1991.&nbsp;

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