IVE member Jang Won-young topped Korea’s June 2026 individual girl-group brand reputation rankings, with the group’s overall brand data volume climbing 23.16 percent month-on-month, extending IVE’s run as one of …
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Webtoons & Comics
Kakao Webtoon’s Wuxia Hit ‘Red Storm’ Returns After Five Years, and Fans Have Not Moved On
by Mina Choby Mina Cho“Red Storm: Return of the King,” a wuxia-genre action webtoon on Kakao Webtoon, made a comeback after roughly five years away, and the response suggests the wait did little to …
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K-pop & Fandom
Stray Kids Set a New Billboard Record No K-Pop Act Has Matched
by Joon-ho Baekby Joon-ho BaekStray Kids extended their run atop Billboard’s Billboard 200 albums chart to eight consecutive No. 1 debuts, a streak reports describe as the most consecutive chart-topping album debuts by any …
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MAMAMOO Reunites as a Full Group After Nearly Four Years With ‘4WARD’
by Grace Limby Grace LimSolar, Moonbyul, Wheein and Hwasa are, once again, MAMAMOO. On June 4, 2026, the group released its special single “4WARD” across major music platforms, marking its first release as a …
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Naver Webtoon’s Wuxia Hit ‘Return of the Blossoming Blade’ Comes Back for Part 3
by Hana Suhby Hana SuhOne of Naver Webtoon’s flagship wuxia titles is back after a year-long hiatus, and the platform is throwing a genuinely elaborate promotional campaign behind it. “Return of the Blossoming Blade” …
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BTS Just Became the First K-Pop Act Ever to Hold Billboard 200’s No. 1 Spot for Two Weeks Running
by Mina Choby Mina ChoBTS’s fifth studio album, “ARIRANG,” held the top spot on Billboard’s main albums chart, the Billboard 200, for a second consecutive week — the first time any K-pop act has …
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MAMAMOO Just Reunited as a Full Group for the First Time in Four Years
by Daniel Yoonby Daniel YoonMAMAMOO returned as a complete four-member group in June 2026 with a special single, “4WARD,” marking the act’s first full-group comeback in four years after a stretch dominated by solo …
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Stray Kids Gave Fans Three Days’ Notice. They Hit #1 on iTunes in 41 Countries Anyway.
by Mina Choby Mina ChoNo big teaser campaign. No months of hype. Just three days’ notice — and Stray Kids still took over the world’s charts. That’s the whole story of “RUN IT,” and …
