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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

Seventeen closed their "New_" world tour in Incheon on April 5th with an announcement that had nothing to do with the setlist. All thirteen members have renewed their contracts with Pledis Entertainment for the second time

Seventeen Renew Contracts With Pledis For The Second Time

82MAJOR's London live debut landed in a club basement – and it was exactly the right room for them. The BEBEOM: BE THE TIGER tour stop at EartH Hackney was packed, loud, and full of moments that felt genuinely unscripted

82MAJOR Live In London: The TROPHY Moment

Korean-American actor Daniel Dae Kim is teaming up with CNN for K-Everything, a four-part original series exploring the global rise of Korean culture – from K-pop and K-dramas to food and skincare

Daniel Dae Kim To Host CNN Special “K-Everything”

This week's Comeback Corner is all about soloists stepping out and making their case

Comeback Corner: WONPIL, NiziU, KINO & More

BTS have officially made history (again). Their fifth studio album ARIRANG debuted at number one on the Billboard 200 with 641,000 equivalent album units in its first week – the biggest debut of 2026

BTS Make History With Simultaneous Billboard Hot 100 and Billboard 200 Number Ones

HYBE INDIA is looking for its next girl group – and applications are open now

HYBE India Has Opened Auditions for a New Girl Group

History has been made. BLACKPINK's Lisa has become the first K-pop artist to hold a Las Vegas residency, with "VIVA LA LISA" set for The Colosseum at Caesars Palace across two weekends in November

LISA Becomes First K-pop Idol To Book Vegas Residency

JUSTB's first European tour landed in London and they made Islington Assembly Hall feel like an arena

JUSTB’s AQUA HALO Tour: K-Pop's Coolest Act Has Arrived

AHOF have made history as the first project group to extend their contract with their entire nine-member lineup intact — seven years, all members, no exceptions

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