Netflix's animated film Kpop Demon Hunters — about fictional K-pop girl group HUNTR/X — remains a top-streamed title in 2026 with 130 million views in seven months; its song 'Golden' won major awards and the film is getting extra cinema screenings, a global live tour, and a Criterion release
G-Dragon has been named an honorary ambassador for the 48th UNESCO World Heritage Committee session in Busan (July 19–29), highlighting his growing role in cultural diplomacy and his JusPeace Foundation’s partnership with the Korea Heritage Service to support World Heritage promotions and fundraising
Small moments from celebrities are increasingly turning into viral controversies in Korea, with recent examples including broadcaster Kim Na-young’s meal footage and IVE member Jang Won-young’s brief gestures and airport mask incident, prompting debate over ‘eokkka’ fatigue
French President Emmanuel Macron and his wife Brigitte attended BTS’s Stade de France stop on the first night of the group's Arirang world tour; Macron later shared a 17-second Instagram clip of BTS performing “Dynamite.”
2NE1 member Sandara Park said several of her past relationships were largely 'non-face-to-face,' conducted mostly via texts, and that only recently has she been in a more traditional, in-person relationship
BTS held its comeback concert "BTS THE COMEBACK LIVE | ARIRANG" at Gwanghwamun Square on March 21, streamed globally by Netflix; the event provoked domestic debate about using public space and drew strong attention on Japanese social media over government involvement and safety alerts
INFINITE’s Kim Myung Soo and Kang Min Ah encounter a sudden emotion-transfer glitch in the next episode of rom-com Love in Sync, leaving their characters flustered during a crucial filming moment; the episode airs July 18 at 10:50 p.m. KST
The Korean Business Research Institute's July brand reputation rankings for 755 boy group members put BTS’s Jimin at No. 1, Wanna One’s Park Ji Hoon at No. 2, BTS’s Jungkook at No. 3, ATEEZ’s San at No. 4, and CORTIS’s Keonho at No. 5
