Three remaining NewJeans members—Minji, Danielle, and Hanni—have decided to return to ADOR, ending a year-long legal battle between the K-pop group and their agency.
Singer HyunA collapsed during her “Bubble Pop” performance at the Waterbomb Festival in Macau. She later apologized to fans and assured them that she is recovering.
Blackpink’s Rosé, Netflix’s KPop Demon Hunters, and HYBE’s Katseye each scored three Grammy nominations, marking a historic moment for K-pop in the Recording Academy’s top categories.
Model Moon Ga-bi condemned the spread of deepfake videos falsely depicting her and her son, urging the public to stop sharing manipulated content that distorts her family’s private life.
Park Jin-young thanked China’s Xi Jinping for his “kind words” after meeting during the APEC summit, expressing hope for renewed Korea-China cultural exchange.
BTS member Jungkook was seen dining alone at a barbecue restaurant in Itaewon, sparking both admiration for his independence and debate over celebrity privacy.
A Seoul court ruled in favor of ADOR in its contract dispute with NewJeans, confirming that the group’s exclusive contracts with the agency remain valid.
At the APEC CEO Summit in Gyeongju, BTS’s RM urged world leaders to back global creators and highlighted K-pop’s “borderless solidarity” as the foundation of its worldwide success.
Seventeen and The Smurfs will release a Smurf-style version of “God of Music” and unveil character merchandise in a new collaboration celebrating teamwork and positivity.
