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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

KATSEYE was built around a specific premise – an ethnically diverse global girl group, trained under the K-pop system, designed to represent what pop music could look like when it genuinely reflects its audience

KATSEYE Was Built on Diversity – So Why Is Its Only Black Member Sidelined?

BTS sat down with Audacy's Josh Brubaker to talk ARIRANG, the return, and why they had to come back big

BTS Talk ARIRANG And Rooting Themselves In Korea: "We Want To Claim Ourselves Again"

Anyma and LISA have released "Bad Angel," a techno-edged club track that lands on Interscope Records ahead of Anyma's headline slot at Coachella this Friday

Anyma and LISA team up on new single "Bad Angel"

This week's Comeback Corner has a distinctly springtime feel

Comeback Corner: Dayoung, AKMU, RESCENE & More

Within the space of a week, NCT lost two founding members – Mark exiting the group entirely, with Ten departed SM Entertainment while remaining an active member of NCT and WayV

With MARK and Ten Leaving SM Entertainment, What’s Next For NCT?

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

NCT turns 10 this year – and a decade in, the case for their influence on K-pop is hard to argue with. From the industrial chaos of NCT 127's early releases to NCT Dream's coming-of-age arc, WayV's urban sophistication, and NCT Wish inheriting the torch

How NCT’s “Neo-Ness” Went From A Liability To Its Greatest Asset

MONSTA X have released Unfold — their third full English-language album, and the first time any K-pop group has reached that number. It's a record built around healing in the least comfortable sense: not moving on, but actually dealing with what broke in the first place

MONSTA X Make K-Pop History With Third Full English Album Unfold

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

Seven years after disbanding, Wanna One are back – and the internet has not forgotten them. The first teaser for their new reality show, WANNA ONE GO: Back to Base

Wanna One Reunite After 7 Years With Reality Show ‘Back To Base’

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

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