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Still Dating Star Couple Sooyoung and Jung Kyung Ho Spotted on a Beautifully Normal Street Date

A Koala's Playground Posted on April 24, 2017 by ockoalaApril 23, 2017
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A great perk of adult stars going public with their relationships is the ability to date in openly without being swaddled in face masks and dodging into residences via the underground garage. Also does good for the world by depriving tabloid bottom feeders like Dispatch a source of income for staking them out. Idol-actress Sooyoung of SNSD and actor Jung … Continue reading →

Posted in Miscellaneous | Tagged Jung Kyung Ho, Sooyoung

Bazaar China Features Goddess Crystal Liu with Curious Bunny Accompaniment

A Koala's Playground Posted on April 24, 2017 by ockoalaApril 24, 2017
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After the impressively nuanced performance by Yang Mi as the female lead of fantasy romance novel Three Lives Three Worlds, Ten Miles Peach Blossoms, it’s now time to look forward to this summer’s condensed take by Crystal Liu playing the same character in movie length. Bazaar China is taking a first crack at featuring Crystal in a modern muse spread … Continue reading →

Posted in Fashion | Tagged Crystal Liu, Three Lives Three Worlds Ten Miles Peach Blossoms

Reports Claim that Weightlifting Fairy Kim Bok Joo Costars Nam Joo Hyuk and Lee Sung Kyung are Dating in Real Life

A Koala's Playground Posted on April 23, 2017 by ockoalaApril 24, 2017
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Leave it to themselves and to Dispatch for outing one of the more likely reel to real couplings in recent months. Netizen chatter has been crescendo-ing for the last week that Weightlifting Fairy Kim Bok Joo costars Nam Joo Hyuk and Lee Sung Kyung are dating in real life much like audiences of their cheerful romance drama have been shipping … Continue reading →

Posted in Miscellaneous | Tagged Lee Sung Kyung, Nam Joo Hyuk

Fifty Year Old K-actress Kim Sung Ryung Turns Back the Clock to Looking Like She’s in Her Twenties

A Koala's Playground Posted on April 23, 2017 by ockoalaApril 23, 2017
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This is legit aging goals right here, and its none other than former Miss Korea turned actress Kim Sung Ryung to show how it’s done. Most recognizable to international drama viewers as playing Lee Min Ho‘s adorable mom in Heirs, Kim Sung Ryung has been acting in K-dramas for three decades and played plenty of female lead roles during her … Continue reading →

Posted in Miscellaneous, Musings | Tagged Kim Sung Ryung

Eric Responds Like a True Leader of Shinwa to Fans Upset at His Marriage Announcement

A Koala's Playground Posted on April 23, 2017 by ockoalaNovember 10, 2019
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I can’t believe in this day and age in 2017 there is still the need for a male idol star to issue an apologetic statement after announcing an impending marriage. Eric of Shinhwa, who has long since his idol debut days transitioned into a legit actor and still managed to maintain his idol roots, recently announced his July 1st wedding to … Continue reading →

Posted in Miscellaneous | Tagged Dating, Eric, Married, Na Hye Mi

Cha Seung Won Coming Back with Romantic K-drama in Early Winter 2017

A Koala's Playground Posted on April 23, 2017 by ockoalaApril 22, 2017
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OMG this is the bestest drama news ever, now I just want to know what story this is going to be. K-actor Cha Seung Won revealed this weekend during his Japan fan meeting that he’s coming back to the small screen with a K-drama soon, and on top of that it’s going to be a romantic comedy. Win and win! … Continue reading →

Posted in K-dramas | Tagged Cha Seung Won

Taiwan Starts Filming Military Themed Romance Drama The Best Choice Modeled After Descendants of the Sun

A Koala's Playground Posted on April 22, 2017 by ockoalaApril 21, 2017
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Filming has commenced for what is being billed as Taiwan’s adaptation of hit K-drama Descendants of the Sun, but really I think that’s a stretch and more of a marketing ploy. DotS has been referred to as a homage and glorification of military service in Korea, turning what is a mandatory two year purgatory of sorts of all able bodied … Continue reading →

Posted in TW & C dramas | Tagged Allen Chen, Descendants of the Sun, The Best Choice, Yuan Ai Fei

Jung Eun Ji and Kim Ji Hoon Join Season 3 of jTBC Who-Dun-It Variety Show Crime Scene

A Koala's Playground Posted on April 22, 2017 by ockoalaApril 21, 2017
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I still rarely watch K-variety shows and the ones I do check out are invariably due to the cast consisting of an actor or actress I like. Cable network jTBC is celebrating the biggest drama hit to date with Strong Woman Do Bong Soon but apparently it’s variety show Crime Scene is also doing well enough to head into the … Continue reading →

Posted in K-dramas | Tagged Crime Scene, Jung Eun Ji, Kim Ji Hoon

Lee Seung Gi Has Six Months Left of Military Service Before October 2017 Discharge

A Koala's Playground Posted on April 22, 2017 by ockoalaApril 21, 2017
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The best part of being ahead of the curve is getting done with something before all your peers. I’ve always been a go-getter and it’s great to see born in 1987 Lee Seung Gi do his mandatory military service earlier thann many of his born the same year entertainment industry colleagues. Notable ’87ers enlisting now or later this year include … Continue reading →

Posted in My Loves | Tagged Lee Seung Gi

Nam Ji Hyun and Ji Chang Wook Introduce Suspicious Partner with Election Dance Spoof

A Koala's Playground Posted on April 21, 2017 by ockoalaApril 24, 2017
Promotional poster for a Korean drama series.

An election themed dance off on the beautiful balmly spring streets of Seoul is a creative intro for upcoming SBS Wed-Thurs drama Suspicious Partner. I’m sufficiently entertained by how earnest and into it the entire cast gamely participates in this goofy bit, wringing comedy by committing to the silly. The drama arrives in two weeks after Saimdang: Light’s Diary finally … Continue reading →

Posted in K-dramas | Tagged Ji Chang Wook, Nam Ji Hyun, Suspicious Partner

Additional Shots of the Exquisite Yoon Eun Hye for Marie Claire Korea

A Koala's Playground Posted on April 21, 2017 by ockoalaApril 20, 2017
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The April edition of Marie Claire Korea features the first major Korean fashion magazine pictorial of actress Yoon Eun Hye in quite some time. It didn’t disappoint in the first released pictures and continues to satisfy in the recently made available additional shots. This wasn’t a location shoot with the focus being solely on the model and her outfits and … Continue reading →

Posted in Fashion | Tagged Yoon Eun Hye

Yoona Happily Single and Vibrant in Red for Grazia Magazine

A Koala's Playground Posted on April 21, 2017 by ockoalaApril 19, 2017
Woman in red dress on magazine cover.

I can’t help but simultaneously chuckle and cringe at the massive cover tagline for Yoona‘s May Grazia Magazine pictorial. The all caps “I am single and happy” is fine and dandy as the refrain for the empowered single lady as beautiful and successful as the singer-actress, but knowing that she dated Lee Seung Gi for over a year and it … Continue reading →

Posted in Fashion | Tagged Yoona

So Ji Sub Models Eclectic Fashion Tastes for Marie Claire May Edition

A Koala's Playground Posted on April 20, 2017 by ockoalaApril 19, 2017
Profile of a man in patterned shirt.

The career of So Ji Sub hit the 20th anniversary milestone this year, and in many ways he’s remained a man who prefers his own beat than one clamoring for a piece of the Hallyu pie. His arguably buzziest drama was The Master’s Sun with Gong Hyo Jin, but he really rocketed to the top actor tier a decade earlier … Continue reading →

Posted in Fashion | Tagged So Ji Sub

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