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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

TEEZ are coming to Hyde Park. The eight-member group have been confirmed as BST Hyde Park headliners on Sunday 28 June – their debut on the iconic outdoor stage and a UK exclusive for 2026

ATEEZ to Headline BST Hyde Park 2026

HYBE x Geffen have a new group – and an age gap that's already raising familiar questions. Netflix has dropped a 112-page report confirming what most already suspected: Korean culture is a cultural hotspot

Last Week In K-pop, Interpreted (May 11 - 15, 2026)

Big Ocean couldn't make it to Europe in person – so they wrote a song about it instead. "Make it up to you" is out 19 May: a direct message to every fan who was left waiting when their Europe Tour 2026 was recently cancelled

Big Ocean Turn a Cancelled Tour Into Their Most Personal Release Yet

HYBE's recent rebrand – built around a new mission, a new vision, and the explicit addition of technology as a founding principle – didn't come out of nowhere. It came out of Weverse

HYBE Rebrands Around Technology, Signals Shift Beyond Music

KATSEYE are taking the WILDWORLD TOUR to arenas across Europe and North America this autumn

KATSEYE Announce Massive Headline Arena Tour Across Europe and North America

Two incidents, two very different responses – and one pattern that keeps repeating itself. @chyandblack looks at the back-to-back controversies involving G-Dragon and RIIZE's Eunseok, and asks the question K-pop fans have been asking for years: at what point does ignorance become negligence?

When K-pop Idols Become Repeat Cultural Offenders — When Does It Stop?

Eight releases this week and almost no two sound alike. Taeyong returns from military service with a more refined take on his rap-heavy style, aespa take a darker turn with G-Dragon in tow, and NMIXX follow up "Crescendo" with something that builds into a full cathartic release

Comeback Corner: Taeyong, aespa, NMIXX, & More

&amp;TEAM have announced their first-ever solo dome concert. The news came during the opening night of their "2026 &amp;TEAM CONCERT TOUR 'BLAZE THE WAY'" at K-Arena Yokohama on 13 May

&TEAM Announce First-Ever Solo Dome Concert At Belluna Dome

CORTIS aren't just making a future-hit with "REDRED" – they're pulling apart some deeply embedded Korean cultural concepts and holding them up to the light

CORTIS Explores the Cost of Conformity in “REDRED”

Anderson .Paak and DEAN are back together for the first time in over a decade. "Aftertaste" is out now – produced by Dem Jointz, and inspired by .Paak's Netflix directorial debut K-POPS!

Anderson .Paak and DEAN Reunite on "Aftertaste" as K-POPS! Album Takes Shape

Seoul City is spending $1.9 billion to turn the Chang-dong neighbourhood into a 24/7 K-pop cultural hub – and it's bigger than a concert venue. Alongside the 28,000-seat Seoul Arena, the city is building museums, exhibition spaces, live streaming infrastructure, and a special legal designation that unlocks tax breaks and private investment

Why Seoul Becoming a 24/7 K-Entertainment Town Matters

Ten is quietly building something of his own – a Bangkok-based production company launched this week with his name written all over it, even without an official statement

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