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‘Love’s Hatchuping: The Legend of the Whale Jewel’ Opens Tomorrow, Tops Reservations Among Korean Films

‘Love’s Hatchuping: The Legend of the Whale Jewel’ Opens Tomorrow, Tops Reservations Among Korean Films

Surpasses 87,000 advance tickets a day before release, eclipsing the previous opening-day morning record of 81,577
One day before its release, the animated film 〈Love's Hatchuping: The Legend of the Whale Jewel〉 had sold more than 87,000 tickets in advance, pointing to a strong box-office debut. The distributor said on Aug. 4 that advance ticket sales had surpassed 87,000.
‘Spider-Man 4’ Sets This Year’s Fastest Box-Office Run, Topping 3 Million in Just a Single Day After Breaking 2 Million

‘Spider-Man 4’ Sets This Year’s Fastest Box-Office Run, Topping 3 Million in Just a Single Day After Breaking 2 Million

CGV Egg Index holds at 96% and ticket sales rate at 48.3%, drawing praise for “adult Spider-Man” Peter Parker
The return of “adult Spider-Man”… A box-office record with 3 million admissions reached in 5 days This year’s theater box-office landscape has been completely upended. “Spider-Man: Brand New Day” (hereafter “Spider-Man 4”), Marvel’s core IP and a Sony Pictures ambition, surpassed 3 million...
Lim Young-woong Fan Club 'Hero Age' Marks 10 Years With Another Wave of Warmth—Donates 8.08 Million Won Blankets

Lim Young-woong Fan Club 'Hero Age' Marks 10 Years With Another Wave of Warmth—Donates 8.08 Million Won Blankets

Sends 165 summer comforters to vulnerable households in Donghae, Gangwon—continuing giving that followed last year's 5 million won donation
'A decade of emergency,' the standards of fan culture shaped through sharing Singer 'Lim Young-woong' is setting a new milestone in the history of popular music in South Korea. As his fans mark the 10th anniversary of his debut, their trail of support is landing with a heavy resonance in the local...
BTS Declines to Submit to 69th Grammys, Rejecting Division by Region and Language

BTS Declines to Submit to 69th Grammys, Rejecting Division by Region and Language

Despite taking No. 1 on the Billboard charts with its regular fifth album ‘Arirang,’ it makes the unprecedented choice to skip the ceremony… The controversy erupts over exclusion from major awards after the Grammys’ new ‘Best Asian Pop’ category is introduced
BTS Backs Out of Submitting to the 69th Grammys on the Spot… Rejects Limits of ‘Arirang’ by Region Backlash After the Creation of ‘Best Asian Pop,’ Even as It Reaches No. 1 on Billboard; An Unusual Boycott Declaration for the Ceremony for the Third Straight Year An Unprecedented Move by the Global...
‘Hope’ Dominates Advance Ticket Sales in Opening Day Preorders, Topping No. 1! Ticket Volume Surpasses 600,000

‘Hope’ Dominates Advance Ticket Sales in Opening Day Preorders, Topping No. 1! Ticket Volume Surpasses 600,000

〈Hope〉’s IMAX screenings run for two weeks. A powerful cinematic experience you can only see for those two weeks!
With advance ticket sales reaching No. 1 starting 11 days before release, the film 〈Hope〉 not only climbed to the top at the fastest pace among 2026 releases, but also has been setting new preorder records day after day while breaking this year’s best prebooking volume record. As of 7:00 a. m.
[Billboard News] Jennie’s “Dracula” Sets New Billboard Career Best With a Record No. 5… K-Pop Chart Takeover by BTS and SEVENTEEN

[Billboard News] Jennie’s “Dracula” Sets New Billboard Career Best With a Record No. 5… K-Pop Chart Takeover by BTS and SEVENTEEN

Jennie’s Hot 100 collab track surges back to No. 5 in a major comeback. Amid 16 straight weeks for BTS and strong Billboard performances by K-pop acts including SEVENTEEN’s V8
The center of global popular music is shifting. K-pop is moving beyond being a fringe genre, taking control of the very top tier of the U.S. Billboard charts and setting a new standard for pop. “Jennie”’s magic lands at the top of Billboard, fueled by short-form video The synergy unleashed by...
A Cooling Fantasy for Middle-Aged Guys, Action Hits Home: “K-Ajussi” Takes Over the Living Room

A Cooling Fantasy for Middle-Aged Guys, Action Hits Home: “K-Ajussi” Takes Over the Living Room

Was the pathetic breadwinner secretly a special agent? The thrilling twist and box-office formula behind “middle-age” heroes from webtoon-based dramas including “Kim Bu-jang”
Power in the living room is shifting. Those who had been weighed down by the burden of an ordinary breadwinner responsible for the household are now waking the savage instincts they had buried when a crisis hits, and reinventing themselves as “middle-aged heroes”.
3 Apple TV Soccer Picks to Watch Before the World Cup Ends

3 Apple TV Soccer Picks to Watch Before the World Cup Ends

The world’s festival of football — and, for South Koreans, a somewhat bittersweet one — the 2026 FIFA World Cup in North America has reached its final stages. The global tournament, featuring national teams from 32 countries, opened in June 2026 and has delivered high-stakes showdowns among the...
Park Bo-gum Returns to a Rural Hair Salon! “Bogum Magical 2” Featuring Go Kyung-pyo Joins the “Reply 1988” Best Friend Club for a November Debut

Park Bo-gum Returns to a Rural Hair Salon! “Bogum Magical 2” Featuring Go Kyung-pyo Joins the “Reply 1988” Best Friend Club for a November Debut

tvN’s healing variety show “Bogum Magical” Season 2 is set to premiere this November, with Park Bo-gum and Lee Sang-yi appearing. Go Kyung-pyo, a longtime friend from “Reply 1988,” joins in anew, setting up fresh variety-show chemistry. Season 1’s popularity, which was released across about 200 countries worldwide and logged an IMDb rating of 9.5, targets global box-office-style success.
Actor Park Bo-gum is set to run a rural hair salon again. “Return” of a rural-town hair salon and record-breaking box-office-style momentum tvN announced on the 13th that it has confirmed a November broadcast for its new variety program 〈Bogum Magical〉 Season 2.
'Circle Chart' first-half roundup: HanRoro tops streaming with BTS’ 4.2204 million albums

'Circle Chart' first-half roundup: HanRoro tops streaming with BTS’ 4.2204 million albums

With BTS holding on to the No. 1 spot for the first half of the year, HanRoro and virtual girl group Huntrix each take the No. 1 position on the music charts and global charts.
A prelude to a shake-up: the indie revolt sparked by 'Reverse-Charting Myth' In the first half of 2024, South Korea’s popular music industry faced a sweeping shift in its landscape. Amid the unshakable fortress-like hold of artists affiliated with major agencies, a sharp gust from up-and-coming...