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Welcome to K-Buzz, your daily source for the latest Korean entertainment news.

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We're your hosts, bringing you all the hottest updates from the K-pop and K-drama world.

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Today is April 13th, 2026, and we've got some incredible stories to share with you.

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Let's dive right in.

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Stray Kids continues to dominate global charts as their music video for Do It has officially surpassed 100 million views on YouTube, marking their 19th music video to reach this milestone. This achievement solidifies their position as the fourth generation Homework K-pop boy group, with the most music videos exceeding 100 million views, a record they continue to extend. The track, which is one of the double-title songs from their mixtape, Stray Kids It Tape Do It, features reggaeton-inspired production with a catchy main riff and cool attitude. The music video showcases the group transforming a dystopian soul into a vibrant landscape filled with light and energy, utilizing unique spatial direction and striking visual aesthetics that captivated viewers worldwide.

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This marks an exceptional achievement for a Korean male solo artist, demonstrating social media influence comparable to full group acts. Taiman's stage featured a dramatic opening where he emerged from a giant egg-shaped sphere, and his performance of the English track, Parasite, included innovative projections of Korean-translated lyrics that created a unique visual experience. American fans praised the performance as the most artistic stage a K-pop solo artist can deliver, and called it a historic moment for Coachella's Mojave Stage, with Tamin set to return for a second performance on April 18th.

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Before delivering hits like Fantastic Baby, Sober, and their debut track Lies, reimagined with a live band arrangement. Daisung brought an unexpected and delightful surprise by performing Korean trot songs, Hando Chocho, and Nal Boa Guisun on the California desert stage, introducing the traditional Korean genre to international audiences with his signature charisma. The members expressed their gratitude for reaching this milestone moment and teased that they are preparing incredibly big things for their 20th anniversary celebrations, with a second Coachella performance scheduled for April 20th.

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The legendary actress, who passed away in October 2024, is owed approximately 150 million, one from the production company, Revite United, for her work in the musical My Dear Mother, which she performed from 2010 to 2024. Additionally, another production company, Suki Company, owes$210 million for the 2023 performances, bringing the total unpaid amount to nearly$360 million, one that remains outstanding nearly two years past the payment deadline. Both industry organizations have vowed to pursue strong regulatory measures, including potential industry expulsion for the production companies if the matter is not resolved, emphasizing that this represents not only a breach of contract, but also disrespect to the deceased actress.

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The thriller, which recently earned an official invitation to compete at the 79th Cannes Film Festival, marks the first Korean film to enter the competition section in approximately four years since Park Chan Wuk's Decision to Leave won the Best Director Award in 2022. Hope tells the story of events that unfold when the chief of an outpost in Hopoport, located in the demilitarized zone, hears reports of a tiger appearing from local youth. The film will have its world premiere at Cannes next month before opening in Korean theatres this summer, with Na Hong Jin returning to the festival for the first time in nearly 10 years since the wailing screened in the non-competition section in 2016.

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The 62nd Bekseng Arts Awards has unveiled its competitive nominee lineup with dramas Unknown Soul and Eyeon Jung and Sang Yun, leading with six nominations each across categories, including Best Drama and Best Director. Ru Song-ryong faces fierce competition for Best Actor for his role in the story of Kim Manager who lives in his own home in Seoul and works at a large company, going up against Ji Sung for Judge Lee Han Yang, Hyunbin for Made in Korea, Li Jun-ho for Taipung Trading Company, and Park Jin Young for Unknown Soul. The Best Actress category features Kim Goen and Park Ji-hyun both nominated for Unjung and Sengyin, alongside Park Boyung for Unknown Soul, Shin Hei-sun for Lady Duo, and Im Yun for The Tyrant's Chef. In the film categories, Drive My Car and The Man Who Lives With the King dominate with seven nominations each, while the award ceremony will take place on May 8th at COEX in Seoul, with simultaneous broadcasts across JTBC channels.

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BTS continues to make history on the Billboard charts as their fifth full-length album. Our Arra Rang holds the number one position on the Billboard 200 for a third consecutive week. This marks BTS as the only K-pop artist to achieve three consecutive weeks at the top of the main album chart, and represents the first time a group album has maintained the summit for three weeks since Mumford and Sons Babble in 2013. The album recorded 124,000 album units during the tracking period, comprising 71,000 physical sales, 50,000 streaming equivalent albums, and 3,000 track equivalent albums. Following their record-breaking Coachella performance, BTS announced they will return to Busan for a special concert on June 12th and 13th at Busan Asiad Main Stadium, marking their debut anniversary and their first performance at the venue since their pre-enlistment concert in October 2022.

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Tomorrow, Buy Together is opening a new chapter with their eighth mini album, seventh year, when the wind stopped briefly in the Thornbush, their first release following contract renewals with all five members. The group has shifted away from their signature, fictional, coming-of-age narratives to become the protagonists of their own stories, with members directly participating in songwriting and production to share honest emotions about their seven-year journey. The title track One More Day is an electropop dance song expressing the desperate desire to hold on to a love that's coming to an end, featuring addictive choreography, including a signature move using fingers to form the number one symbolizing the loop symbol. Member Tehun revealed that the group decided to renew their contracts within just one hour, emphasizing their strong teamwork and mutual understanding, while the members collectively expressed their ambitious goal of achieving a Billboard No.

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