From20 (Kim Rae-hwan), formerly of Bigstar, openly supported his father Kim Jung-nam’s successful Gangneung mayoral bid on social media during the June 3 election, drawing both public support and hostile comments while the city flipped after a 30-year conservative run
ADOR has reduced its damages claim against its former CEO and a former NewJeans member by 10 billion won amid the ongoing legal dispute, Yonhap reports
BTS member V caught fans' attention after commenting on social videos by someone who trained with him at military boot camp; his replies prompted excitement and some concern about private military details, while the creator said the clips showed V's warm side
Mark will perform at the World Environment Day opening ceremony in Baku — his first official public appearance since launching creative company Upper Room and departing from NCT in April
Pledis Entertainment says boy group TWS will release the upbeat fight song "Dream With Us" as a cheer song for South Korea's national team at the 2026 FIFA World Cup; it debuted at Korea's friendly vs El Salvador and is scheduled for release on June 11
Ateez revealed the full tracklist for their 14th mini album, Golden Hour: Part 5, featuring five tracks including lead single "Bad." Members Hongjoong and Mingi contributed to the lyrics for every song; the EP is set for release on June 26
Zerobaseone member Gunwook apologized after fans recorded him allegedly manipulating a lucky-draw at an autograph session, reportedly calling a different number and giving Polaroids to select participants instead of following the drawn result
BTS’s fifth studio album Arirang topped Billboard Japan’s mid-year albums chart; lead single “Swim” and B-side “2.0” placed No. 38 and No. 87 on the mid-year Hot 100, and BTS ranked No. 6 on Artist 100. Arirang logged over 750,000 shipments in Japan in 11 days and earned triple platinum certification
aespa scored their first Music Bank win for "WDA (Whole Different Animal)" (featuring G-Dragon) on the June 5 broadcast with 6,934 points. The episode also included performances from MAMAMOO, MEOVV, AND2BLE and others
BIGBANG's music video reportedly surpassed 300 million YouTube views on June 5 KST, marking it as the group's third group MV to reach the milestone roughly 11 years after its release
Kim Jae Joong’s new six-member boy group VAYONN — Masato, Sen, Ayang, Jinyu (all former BOYS II PLANET contestants), plus Teru and Mano (introduced via iNKODE’s INTHE X) — has unveiled plans for their official debut
PLEDIS Entertainment announced that its group TWS will release the digital single "Dream With Us" next week as the Republic of Korea national soccer team's official FIFA World Cup 2026 cheer song
AOMG announced that its new girl group Keyveatz will debut on June 30 with their first mini album OXY_GEN, a five-track release featuring the title song “OXY.”
ZEROBASEONE member Park Gun Wook issued a personal apology after fan-shot video footage prompted allegations he manipulated a Polaroid giveaway at a recent fan signing event
