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Script Reading for Handsome Guy and Jung Eum Brings Back Can You Hear My Heart Feels

A Koala's Playground Posted on April 25, 2018 by ockoalaApril 24, 2018
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Gosh darn it this is just the right kind of nostalgia feels I need right now. Script reading took place last week at the SBS studios for upcoming Wed-Thurs drama Handsome Guy and Jung Eum, which I’m sure SBS will saddle with a hilarious English title down the road. The leads Namgong Min and Hwang Jung Eum are reuniting 7 … Continue reading →

Posted in K-dramas | Tagged Handsome Guy and Jung Eum, Hwang Jung Eum, Namgong Min

Kim Jae Wook Offered Male Lead in Fall 2018 OCN Supernatural Police Drama Hand: The Guest

A Koala's Playground Posted on April 24, 2018 by ockoalaApril 24, 2018
Man in blue sweater at promotional event.

It’s fantastic news Tuesday as K-ent is reporting on something I’m so glad I’ve stuck with watching K-dramas long enough to see. K-actor Kim Jae Wook has finally FINALLY been offered a leading man role in a drama and goodness gracious has it taken ten years too long. He’s in talks to headline the upcoming supernatural/mystical/procedural drama Hand: The Guest, … Continue reading →

Posted in K-dramas | Tagged Hand, Kim Dong Wook, Kim Jae Wook

Yoon Eun Hye in Talks for Rom-com Drama Love Watch Opposite Chun Jung Myung

A Koala's Playground Posted on April 24, 2018 by ockoalaApril 24, 2018
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I’ll believe this when it happens but the optimism meter is back up on news this week that Yoon Eun Hye is considering an offer to star in an upcoming rom-com called Love Watch. The leading man is reportedly Chun Jung Myung which I am so fine with except he’s also attached to the K-remake of Zettai Kareshi called Rom-com … Continue reading →

Posted in K-dramas | Tagged Yoon Eun Hye

Park Seo Joon Looks Every Inch the Part of Chaebol President in First Stills of Why Secretary Kim

A Koala's Playground Posted on April 24, 2018 by ockoalaApril 23, 2018
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K-actor Park Seo Joon looks so impeccably cast as the cheabol company president in upcoming drama Why Secretary Kim I actually needed to check that he hasn’t played this role before. Not only that, he typically plays the underdog or normal guy type of role rather than the rich and powerful so it’s good that he’s been playing against type … Continue reading →

Posted in K-dramas | Tagged Park Seo Joon, Why Secretary Kim

Han Ye Seul Posts Further Update of Terrible Scarring on Botched Surgery

A Koala's Playground Posted on April 23, 2018 by ockoalaApril 25, 2018
Person in stylish outfit on the street.

A word of warning not to click to read further if you’re the easy to get quesy type, especially over wounds and injuries. K-actress Han Ye Seul posted another picture update of her recovering surgical wound and it’s even more gruesome and horrific than the first. The doctor who operated on her should be sued for straight up medical malpractice … Continue reading →

Posted in Miscellaneous | Tagged Han Ye Seul

Park Shin Hye Confirmed as Hyun Bin’s Leading Lady in tvN Romance Drama Memories of Alhambra

A Koala's Playground Posted on April 23, 2018 by ockoalaApril 23, 2018
Smiling woman and man in dark suit

Well folks, we officially have the most anticipated K-drama of 2018 confirmed. Park Shin Hye will be joining Hyun Bin in the upcoming tvN fantasy romance weekend drama Memories of Alhambra. Filming starts in May with an extended location shoot in Spain, with the PD of Secret Forest and the screenwriter of W: Two Worlds, Nine: 9 Times Time Travel, … Continue reading →

Posted in K-dramas | Tagged Hyun Bin, Memories of Alhambra, Park Shin Hye

Jung So Min Works the Retro Style at Brand Event in Seoul

A Koala's Playground Posted on April 23, 2018 by ockoalaApril 21, 2018
Person wearing sunglasses and white blouse.

K-actress Jung So Min has really grown into her real life fashion style in what I enviably would describe as warmcool. Yes those adjectives are opposites but she really does essay this chic cool vibe coupled with the warmth of the girl next door aura. It’s like she’s chic without trying too hard to be and that’s what makes it … Continue reading →

Posted in Miscellaneous | Tagged Jung So Min

High Cut Captures the Jang Dong Gun and Park Hyung Sik Bromance for K-drama Suits

A Koala's Playground Posted on April 22, 2018 by ockoalaApril 21, 2018
Two men posing together against a red background.

The male leads of the upcoming KBS drama remake of US legal show Suits definitely are all in in developing the onscreen bromance. It doesn’t hurt that younger lead Park Hyung Sik totally reminds me of a young Jang Dong Gun, so it’s a doppleganger-esque situation with two actors I like. The two leads are featured in the current edition … Continue reading →

Posted in Fashion | Tagged Jang Dong Gun, Park Hyung Sik, Suits

Han Ye Seul Shares Medical Surgery Gone Awry in SNS Update

A Koala's Playground Posted on April 22, 2018 by ockoalaApril 21, 2018
Celebrity image next to surgical stitches.

K-actress Han Ye Seul has my prayers today for a full recovery from what should have been a routine surgery which unfortunately went awry. She posted on her SNS this weekend an update accompanied by a picture of her surgery scars from a procedure two weeks ago to remove a lipoma, which is a fat tumor under the skin. From … Continue reading →

Posted in Musings | Tagged Han Ye Seul

Lee Seung Gi is All Branded Out Leaving Incheon Airport for Taiwan

A Koala's Playground Posted on April 22, 2018 by ockoalaApril 21, 2018
Person wearing sunglasses and a red sweater.

My no longer a baby but still my boy Lee Seung Gi was what I could called “branded to fly” last week leaving Incheon airport headed to Taipei. He was head-to-tie wearing whatever conspicuous brands he was paid to hawk and lucking out that it was comfortable clothing for flying. I wouldn’t call it an unattractive outfit but it definitely … Continue reading →

Posted in K-dramas | Tagged Lee Seung Gi

Yoo Seung Ho Pulls Off a Red Turtleneck Sweater and His First Rom-com Drama Role for I am Not a Robot

A Koala's Playground Posted on April 21, 2018 by ockoalaApril 22, 2018
Three portraits of a young man in sweaters.

Leave it to Yoo Seung Ho to look simultaneously like a cute little boy and a very accomplished young actor. It’s a testament to his depth of acting and life experience, with a full child actor resume and having completed his two years of active duty military service all before turning 23 years old. He’s now 24 years old (25 … Continue reading →

Posted in My Loves | Tagged Yoo Seung Ho

Second Teaser for About Time Reveals the Lee Sung Kyung’s Time Clock Ability in Digital Form

A Koala's Playground Posted on April 21, 2018 by ockoalaApril 21, 2018
Two people sitting in a vintage train.

The vast majority of the time when K-drama stylists effectively deliver an awful hairstyle it’s on the female lead. Upcoming tvN romance About Time had me visually triggered a bit in the first teaser and now in the second teaser it’s clear why. Male lead Lee Sang Yoon has been saddled with an awful hairstyle, maybe the style itself isn’t … Continue reading →

Posted in K-dramas | Tagged About Time, Lee Sang Yoon, Lee Sung Kyung

Shin Se Kyung Gets a Head Start on Summer 2018 in Nylon Korea Pictorial

A Koala's Playground Posted on April 21, 2018 by ockoalaApril 18, 2018
Model in pink dress amidst green foliage.

Pretty is undeniable when it comes to K-actress Shin Se Kyung. She has that combination of innocent and sexy in a balance that Koreans seem to prize, too innocent gets lolita vibes and too sexy crosses into smutty. She’s been a busy bee the last two years with drama after drama but currently nothing is on her plate after finishing … Continue reading →

Posted in Fashion | Tagged Shin Se Kyung

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