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CJ ENM Shifts Autumn Music Week Indoors at Jamsil Olympic Hall as Storm Front Nears

CJ ENM moves its autumn music festival into Jamsil Olympic Hall as a coastal storm front threatens outdoor stages in southern Seoul parks.

Seoyeon Jung 정서연 Oct 8, 2026South Korea

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The Weeknd Wraps Goyang Stadium Run as Promoters Shift Fall Shows Indoors

The Weeknd played the second of two nights at Goyang Sports Complex on Wednesday as promoters pivot fall arena tours indoors ahead of cooler weather and tighter curfew rules.

Seoyeon Jung 정서연 Oct 7, 2026South Korea

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Netflix Korea Sets Live KBO Mic Special for Final Regular-Season Week

Netflix Korea scheduled a live mic-drop special during the KBO's final regular-season week, pairing clubhouse interviews with the Oct. 14 wild-card series buildup as the league races tighten.

Seoyeon Jung 정서연 Oct 5, 2026South Korea

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2026 Gangnam Festival Floats Rolled Past Apgujeong Rotary Saturday Evening

The 2026 Gangnam Festival closed its Foundation Day weekend with a Dosan-daero float parade past Apgujeong Rotary, drawing families even as central Seoul political rallies competed for attention.

Seoyeon Jung 정서연 Oct 4, 2026South Korea

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Imjingak GHOST Concert Books Rain and 2AM Closers on DMZ OST Bill

Organizers of the GHOST festival at Imjingak confirmed Rain and 2AM as closing-night headliners on the DMZ OST bill, capping a 30-act lineup for the Oct. 9-11 Hallyu soundtrack weekend in Paju.

Seoyeon Jung 정서연 Oct 3, 2026South Korea

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Odyssey Sits 101,148 Tickets Shy of 12 Million Admissions Ahead of October 5 Milestone

Christopher Nolan's Odyssey needs 101,148 more tickets to reach 12 million Korean admissions, a milestone analysts expect around October 5.

Seoyeon Jung 정서연 Oct 2, 2026South Korea

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Resurrection Man: The Red Opens Fourth as Beelzebub Tazza Sequel Tops One Million Tickets

Grey’s Anatomy spinoff Resurrection Man: The Red opened fourth on 1 October with 42,872 admissions while Tazza: The Song of Beelzebub crossed one million tickets, splitting holiday audiences between R-rated franchise sequels and imported anime leaders.

Seoyeon Jung 정서연 Oct 1, 2026South Korea

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Smilegate Kingdom Film Opens Nationwide After 420,000 Advance Tickets

Smilegate’s Kingdom live-action film opened nationwide Oct. 1 after selling 420,000 advance tickets, topping the October box-office chart ahead of horror holdovers.

Seoyeon Jung 정서연 Sep 30, 2026South Korea

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Reawaken Man: The Red Debuts in Theaters as Lotte Adds Opening-Weekend Stage Greetings

Lotte Entertainment opens Reawaken Man: The Red nationwide on Sept. 30, with Koo Kyo-hwan as a job seeker who revives 72 hours after death; the distributor added Oct. 4 stage greetings during the Chuseok holiday week.

Seoyeon Jung 정서연 Sep 29, 2026South Korea

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Coupang Play Streams Aichi-Nagoya Closing Ceremony Preview Before Wednesday Broadcast

Coupang Play will stream a preview of the Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games closing ceremony before KBS airs the full broadcast on Wednesday night.

Seoyeon Jung 정서연 Sep 28, 2026South Korea

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CJ ENM Pushes Five-Minute Holiday Dramas Onto TVING for Commuter Binge Windows

CJ ENM stacked five-minute holiday dramas on TVING for post-Chuseok commutes, testing whether bite-size episodes can retain subscribers after theatrical blockbusters dominated the break.

Seoyeon Jung 정서연 Sep 27, 2026South Korea

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Christopher Nolan's Odyssey Nears Historic Train to Busan Rank on Ticket Sales

Christopher Nolan's Odyssey is fewer than 20,000 admissions from Train to Busan's all-time Korean record, while Assassin(s) crosses 1.05 million during the Chuseok corridor.

Seoyeon Jung 정서연 Sep 26, 2026South Korea

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The Assassin(s) Leads Chuseok Box Office With 288,000 Admissions on Holiday Eve

The Assassin(s) topped Korea’s Sept. 24 daily box office with 288,485 admissions and a cumulative haul near 447,000, setting up a Chuseok holiday fight against the Tazza sequel.

Seoyeon Jung 정서연 Sep 25, 2026South Korea

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tvN Chuseok Special Drama Premiere Tops Family Viewing Blocks After Holiday Lunch

tvN's Chuseok special drama premiere averaged 8.2 percent nationwide in Nielsen Korea's holiday lunch block, beating terrestrial reruns among 40–59 households according to CJ ENM, as family viewing clusters returned after ancestral rites.

Seoyeon Jung 정서연 Sep 24, 2026South Korea

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tvN Leans on Chuseok Specials as Megabox Family Screenings Outpace Weekday Matinees

CJ ENM’s tvN stacked Chuseok special episodes and reunion marathons against Megabox family matinee screenings, betting living-room bundles beat weekday cinema traffic when multigenerational households stay home between highway trips.

Seoyeon Jung 정서연 Sep 23, 2026South Korea

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HYBE Delays Weverse Live Merch Drops After Concert Ticketing Server Glitches

HYBE pushed back timed Weverse Live merch drops after concert ticketing queues overloaded shared authentication servers, telling fan clubs that lightstick bundles will stagger by time zone to protect payment integrity.

Seoyeon Jung 정서연 Sep 22, 2026South Korea

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CJ ENM Schedules Physical 100 Finale Watch Parties at Megabox Locations Nationwide

CJ ENM booked Megabox auditoriums in 38 cities for a synchronized Physical: 100 season finale watch on Sept 24, selling numbered fan seats with live stunt-team intros after Netflix Korea confirmed the global drop time.

Seoyeon Jung 정서연 Sep 21, 2026South Korea

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MBC Archives Digitizes 1990s Drama Masters for Streaming Remaster Window

MBC’s archive unit is finishing AI-assisted HD masters of 1990s signature dramas for a fall streaming window on its Classic VOD hub, after SK Telecom co-developed upscaling cut per-episode remaster time from days to hours.

Seoyeon Jung 정서연 Sep 20, 2026South Korea

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tvN Schedules Chuseok Special Reruns as Streaming Originals Slip a Week

CJ ENM’s tvN stacked holiday special reruns and a two-night variety marathon after post-production delays pushed two TVING-first dramas a week past the Chuseok window advertisers had booked.

Seoyeon Jung 정서연 Sep 19, 2026South Korea

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CJ OnStyle Extends Live-Commerce Hours for Chuseok Gift-Set Cosmetics

CJ OnStyle added midnight live-commerce blocks for Chuseok cosmetic gift sets, bundling ampoule trios and cushion refills while tightening return windows on heat-sensitive SKUs shipped before the holiday gridlock.

Seoyeon Jung 정서연 Sep 18, 2026South Korea