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- π°π· KoreaΒ·August 8, 2026Β·8 min read52.7% of K-pop Album Buyers Want the GoodsKorea Consumer Agency: 52.7% bought an album to collect the goods; 5.7% listen on CD. An album carries 7.8 goods, 2.9 of them random. The discs get binned.
- π°π· KoreaΒ·August 8, 2026Β·10 min readWhat Is a Homma? Inside K-pop's Fansite EconomyMost high-res idol photos come from fans, not agencies. What a slogan towel and 500 photobooks earn, and three unsolved problems: rights, tax, privacy.
- π°π· KoreaΒ·August 8, 2026Β·9 min readK-pop Photocards: Why One Card Can Cost $2,000A BTS Jimin card traded at 3 million won. Secondhand trades rose 93% in a year, 830,000 to 1.6 million, with about 610,000 listed on one Korean app alone.
- π°π· KoreaΒ·August 8, 2026Β·9 min readKorea's Colour Contact Lens Boom: What to CheckHapa Kristin's operator posted 58.8 billion won and a first profit after three losing years β Japan up 45%, the US up 81%. How stage eyes became a market.