The Personal Information Protection Commission is investigating the four major ent. companies (SM, YG, JYP, HYBE) regarding excessive identity verification and personal info collection at K-pop concert, and to check whether any legal violations in the collection, use, and management of personal info. The commission aims to complete the investigation by the end of the year. In recent years, companies have strengthened their identity verification procedures to prevent ticket scalpting and fraud. The excessice demands for personal info have been pointed out as an issue. There have been allegations where the venue staff made the audience recite the last digits of their resident registration numbers or photographed their ID to share in group chat rooms during verifying. m.edaily.co.kr/News/Read?new… #KoreanUpdates VF

Naver announced that they has signed an arena naming rights and strategic partnership agreemet with Inspire Resorts. Starting from Dec 2026, Inspire Arena will change to "NAVER Arena at Inspire" (NAVER Arena), for 3 years. The 2 companies plan to collaborate in various areas: hosting performances, on-site entry with Npay's facial recognition, Npay Wallet-bsed NFTs, and Augmented Reality. biz.chosun.com/it-science/ic… #KoreanUpdates VF

TVING drops teaser of its upcoming crime school drama, #TheSubstitute. Premiering on 23 November, the drama stars #BaeHyeonseong #ChaKangyoon #ParkYoonho #UhmJiwon #ParkHyukkwon and #BaekJiwon #KoreanUpdates RZ

#BabyDONTCry drops teaser for digital single #Replay, ahead of 4 November release #KoreanUpdates RZ

Ahead of 28 October release of 6th mini album, #k_pop, #JUSTB drops #PartyTime MV teaser #KoreanUpdates RZ

Sub-unit of #ZEROBASEONE, #ZEROBASEONE_EMP to drop digital single #OFFscript on 10 November! Pre-release song #RUN (feat. #DynamicDuo) will be out on 4 November #KoreanUpdates RZ

tvN regarding the premiere of #Signal2 on 7 December 2026: "Nothing is confirmed". Earlier, MyDaily report the drama will air on 7 Dec 2026. Ep 1-2 will air on the first day and one episode will be released each week after. m.entertain.naver.com/home/a… #KoreanUpdates VF

mydaily reports that #KangHanna will be leading upcoming fantasy romcom, <The Embassy of Foreign Creatures in Korea>, along with #LeeJunho #HongHwayeon and #THEBOYZ #Juyeon (all in talks). She'll play as a deputy ambassador naver.me/xPYXWn2K #KoreanUpdates RZ

#SongHyekyo signed an exclusive contract with STAND. m.entertain.naver.com/now/ar… #KoreanUpdates VF

Both #KooKyohwan and #LeeJungjae also confirmed that they have been offered to star in dir. #ChoiDonghoon (Assassination, The Thieves) upcoming movie, <Sparrow>, and are currently reviewing the offers naver.me/xKybFU9N maxmovie.com/news/articleVie… #KoreanUpdates RZ

Are #JangNara and #KimHyeyoon going to be good partners, or....? SBS drops first teaser of #GoodPartner2 ahead of its premiere on 20 November #KoreanUpdates RZ

New teaser of #GIFT shows bits of our team, including coach #KimWoobin and club president #SeoEunsoo, ahead of 5 December premiere broadcast #KoreanUpdates RZ

Squad of #Crash2_FuryRoad are back in action in new teaser ahead of 16 November premiere broadcast. #LeeMinki #KwakSunyoung #HeoSungtae #LeeHocheol and #MoonHee are returning as leads, joined by #NCT #Jisung #KoreanUpdates RZ

Rookie group #UNCHILD drops #TiNGTiNG announcement for 5 November comeback #KoreanUpdates RZ

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Responding the board of audit regarding the 23 deformed/bent steel frames in Gocheok Dome, the Seoul Metropolitan Government has reinforced total 97 steel frames at the roof of Gocheok Dome, including the 23 deformed frames and 74 affected frames by adding steel plates. They also installed 29 AI measurement system last August to monitor the deformation of roof steel frames in real time. and requested the Korean Society of Steel and Construction in November to verify the adequate reinforcement methods and taking into account disaster situations such as heavy snowfall. biz.heraldcorp.com/article/1… #KoreanUpdates VF

#MunKayoung reportedly will star in director ChoiDonghoon's (The Thieves, Assasination) new film <Sparrow>. Director Choi is currently working on the final script while simultaneously casting the lead actors. m.entertain.naver.com/now/ar… #KoreanUpdates VF