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  Chef Park Eun-young Says She Will Marry in May; Choi Hyun-seok to Sing at Wedding Park Eun-young, a chef who appears on JTBC’s “Please Take Care of My Refrigerator,” has announced she will marry in May. On the April 5 broadcast, Park said she will hold her wedding ceremony in Seoul in May. “Because I’m a chef, a lot of people ask me to cook for them, but I was drawn to him because he was the only one who said he would cook for me first,” she said. Asked whether her fiancé had commented on her dancing, Park said he did not say much, but asked if her restaurant was s April 6, 2026
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  Jang Hang-jun’s ‘A Man Living With the King’ Tops 16 Million Admissions, Eyes No. 2 All Time The film ‘A Man Living With the King’ has surpassed 16 million admissions, becoming the third release in Korea to reach that mark after ‘The Admiral: Roaring Currents’ and ‘Extreme Job.’ According to the Korean Film Council’s integrated box office database on the 6th, the movie drew 270,274 viewers from April 3 to 5, bringing its cumulative total to 16,000,697. It opened Feb. 4, crossed 10 million admissions on its 31st day of release on March 6, and topped 15 million on its 6 April 6, 2026
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  BTS’ ‘ARIRANG’ tops Billboard 200 for second straight week, a K-pop first BTS’ “ARIRANG” held the No. 1 spot on the U.S. Billboard 200 for a second consecutive week, setting another milestone. According to Billboard’s chart preview posted on its official website on the 6th, BTS’ fifth full-length album “ARIRANG” ranked No. 1 on the April 11-dated Billboard 200. Billboard said BTS is the first Korean act to remain atop the chart for two straight weeks. Billboard reported that “ARIRANG” logged 187,000 album-equivalent units for the week, including 114,000 in t April 6, 2026
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  BTS’ 'ARIRANG' Tops Billboard 200 for Second Straight Week, a K-pop First BTS’ fifth album, “ARIRANG,” has topped Billboard’s main albums chart, the Billboard 200, for a second consecutive week — the first time a K-pop act has held the No. 1 spot for two straight weeks. Billboard said in a chart preview article on April 5 (local time) that the album remained at No. 1 after finishing ahead of hip-hop star Kanye West (Ye)’s new release “BULLY” at No. 2 and Melanie Martinez’s “HADES” at No. 3. It is the first time a K-pop artist’s album has led the Billboard 200 f April 6, 2026
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  Oral Obesity Drug Race Intensifies as Efficacy and Convenience Shape Choices Novo Nordisk’s move into oral obesity drugs is now being matched by Eli Lilly, widening competition in a market long dominated by injections. As pills gain ground, analysts expect patients and prescribers to weigh results against ease of use more sharply. Industry officials said the U.S. Food and Drug Administration on April 1 approved Lilly’s oral glucagon-like peptide-1, or GLP-1, obesity drug Foundayo (active ingredient: orforglipron). The agency’s decision came 50 days a April 5, 2026
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  Ko Ji-won Wins Inaugural The Siena Open for Third KLPGA Title Ko Ji-won captured the Korean Ladies Professional Golf Association Tour’s 2026 domestic season opener on Saturday. Ko shot a 1-over 73 in the final round of the The Siena Open at The Siena Belluto Country Club (par 72) in Yeoju, Gyeonggi Province, with two birdies and three bogeys. She finished at 13-under 275, edging runner-up Seo Gyo-rim, last year’s rookie of the year, by one stroke (12-under 276). Ko became the inaugural champion of the newly created event and earned 180 million w April 5, 2026
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  Ko Ji-won wins inaugural The Siena Open for third KLPGA Tour title Ko Ji-won won the KLPGA Tour’s 2026 domestic season opener, capturing the inaugural The Siena Open title for her third career victory. Ko shot a 1-over 73 on April 5 in the final round at The Siena Belluto Country Club (par 72) in Yeoju, Gyeonggi Province, with two birdies and three bogeys. She finished at 13-under 275 to edge runner-up Seo Gyo-rim, last year’s rookie of the year, by one stroke (12-under 276). The newly created event carried a total purse of 1 billion won, and Ko earned 1 April 5, 2026
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  GS Caltex beats Korea Expressway Corp. to win fourth V-League women’s title, first in five years GS Caltex won its fourth women’s V-League championship title on Saturday, beating Korea Expressway Corp. in the best-of-five finals. GS Caltex defeated Korea Expressway Corp. 3-1 (25-15, 19-25, 25-20, 25-20) in Game 3 of the 2025-2026 V-League women’s championship series at Jangchung Gymnasium in Seoul. After winning Games 1 and 2 at Gimcheon Gymnasium, GS Caltex clinched the title in its first home match of the series, completing a three-game sweep over the regular-season champion. It w April 5, 2026
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  Plan to Cut Fintech Fees on Savings Bank Loan Referrals Stalls Amid Dispute The government’s push to lower referral fees that fintech platforms charge savings banks for arranging loans is running into resistance. The plan is aimed at easing borrowers’ interest burdens, but fintech firms say higher fee caps are unavoidable given the risk profile of their customers, many of whom have credit scores of 700 or below. As of April 5, the financial sector said the Financial Services Commission had planned to pursue fee cuts in the first half of this year, but has slowed i April 5, 2026
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  Mideast Tensions Stoke Korea’s Strong Dollar, Inflation Fears, Pressuring Banks Rising geopolitical risk tied to the Middle East is increasingly hitting South Korea’s financial markets with a double shock: a weaker won and higher inflation. With oil prices and the exchange rate climbing at the same time, pressure on consumer prices is building, raising concerns the path of the policy rate could shift and adding to strain across the financial sector. According to the Korea Center for International Finance on Saturday, the average 2026 consumer inflation forecast from April 5, 2026