G-Dragon's long-awaited return to music in 2025 delivered chart-topping success and historic awards-but the BIGBANG leader also faced his toughest criticism in years over live performance quality and concert management issues.
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Mnet Digital Studio M2's performance video series "MOVE TO PERFORMANCE" has earned recognition at four international creative competitions in 2025, demonstrating the growing global appeal of Korean entertainment content production.
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HYBE CEO Lee Jae-sang earns spot at number 117 on Variety's list of 120 most powerful entertainment executives for driving company's expansion beyond K-pop into global markets.
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Korean rock band FT Island held their third annual FTSODE year-end concert on December 27-28, 2025, at Kwangwoon University in Seoul, featuring an awards ceremony theme where members and fan club Primadonna celebrated the year together. The band will continue the FTSODE series in Taipei on January 24-25, 2026, as they approach their 18th anniversary since debuting in 2007.
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LE SSERAFIM will perform as the only K-pop act at Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve 2026 on ABC December 31, following their successful world tour that ranked eighth on Billboard's highest-grossing K-pop tours of 2025.
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ADOR terminated NewJeans member Danielle's contract on December 29 while confirming Hanni's return to the agency, threatening the K-pop group's future as a five-member act following their year-long legal dispute over former CEO Min Hee-jin's removal.
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JYP Entertainment takes firm legal action against Stray Kids malicious commenters with zero tolerance policy.
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Actor Kang You-seok successfully wrapped his first solo fan meeting "u:niverse" on December 27, 2025, showcasing dance performances from his breakout role as Um Jae-il in tvN's "Resident Playbook." The event capped a breakthrough year that saw Kang star in three hit dramas including Netflix's Baeksang-winning "When Life Gives You Tangerines" and legal series "Law and the City."
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IU topped Gallup Korea's 2025 year-end survey as the #1 singer among voters aged 13-39 with 20.1% and ranked second in the actress category with 11.3%, solidifying her status as South Korea's top dual-threat entertainer following her Netflix hit "When Life Gives You Tangerines" and May 2025 remake album release.
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The New York Times named NewJeans K-pop's most innovative group in a December 25 analysis, but warned that their 18-month hiatus from a legal battle with HYBE has silenced the act that was reshaping the genre's creative direction.
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