HYBE's Weverse says data tied to 422,584 accounts was exposed, including payment methods and amounts — five days before Korea's fine ceiling rose.

Musinsa applied for a Seoul listing on Monday. The valuation being discussed is about six times annual revenue, in the city's thinnest IPO year in four.

Police referred HYBE chairman Bang Si-hyuk and four others to prosecutors over 263.1bn won in alleged gains from its 2020 listing.

China's first dedicated micro-drama regulation took effect on Tuesday, requiring every series with episodes under twenty minutes to carry a licence, an approval document or a platform-issued number before it can be shown.

The Idol Labour Union Establishment Preparatory Committee had two members when he stopped: Bang, and Seo Min-seon, the Democratic Party policy researcher who proposed it. The pair filed a union establishment report with the Labour Ministry's Seongnam office in September. Nothing came of it.

BIGBANG opened its 20th-anniversary world tour at Goyang Stadium from 21 to 23 August, drawing more than 100,000 people across three nights, its first tour as a group in nine years. The Goyang stand was presented by Coupang Play, the streaming arm of the Korean e-commerce company, which also handled domestic ticket sales.