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Pinocchio and I Hear Your Voice Writer Park Hye Ryun Prepping Fantasy Romance Drama for Early 2017

A Koala's Playground Posted on October 23, 2016 by ockoalaOctober 22, 2016
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There are a handful of famous name screenwriters, and two are coming out with high profile K-dramas in winter of 2016 in Kim Eun Sook‘s Goblin on tvN and Park Ji Eun‘s Legend of the Blue Sea airing on SBS. I quite enjoy both but its Park Hye Ryun who I have a deeper connection with thanks to Pinocchio and … Continue reading →

Posted in K-dramas | Tagged Lee Jong Seok, Park Hye Ryun

Elle Korea Highlights Four Sets of jTBC Upcoming Drama Leads in November Issue

A Koala's Playground Posted on October 23, 2016 by ockoalaOctober 23, 2016
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Which of these four upcoming jTBC onscreen couplings are you looking forward to this most? For me it’s the Park-Park couple, as in Park Bo Young and Park Hyung Shik in Strong Woman Do Bong Soon airing in January 2017. Elle Korea has photographed these two cuties along with three other sets of jTBC drama leads in the upcoming November issue. … Continue reading →

Posted in K-dramas | Tagged Jung Yong Hwa, Lee Seon Kyun, Lee Yeon Hee, Man to Man, My Wife's Having an Affair this Week, Park Bo Young, Park Hae Jin, Park Hyung Sik, Park Sung Woong, Song Ji Hyo, Strong Woman Do Bong Soon, The Package

Lee Jun Ki Bids Love and Fond Farewell to Baekhyun and Z.Hera’s Cute Couple from K-Bu Bu Jing Xin

A Koala's Playground Posted on October 23, 2016 by ockoalaOctober 23, 2016
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Lee Jun Ki has been a huge jokester on the set of Korean Bu Bu Jing Xin, taking levity when the drama has been mostly intense and bloody. The most recent picture from his SNS shows his Moon Lovers: Scarlet Heart: Ryeo 4th Prince character looming with a smile over the bodies of his poor deceased younger brother and sister-in-law. … Continue reading →

Posted in K-dramas | Tagged Baekhyun, Bu Bu Jing Xin, Lee Jun Ki, Moon Lovers, Scarlet Heart, Z.Hera

Kim Soo Hyun and Lee Hong Ki Intense and Sporty at the Professional Bowling Trials

A Koala's Playground Posted on October 22, 2016 by ockoalaOctober 22, 2016
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In what has turned into the most widely covered professional bowling trials in South Korean history, popular Korean star Kim Soo Hyun and Lee Hong Ki donned their bluest bowling shirts and hit the lanes this weekend before a packed media. KIm Soo Hyun and Lee Hong Ki are trying out to become professional bowlers, and their standing after the … Continue reading →

Posted in Miscellaneous | Tagged Kim Soo Hyun, Lee Hong Ki

Amber An Rocks the Ladylike Sex Appeal in New 4th Album Art

A Koala's Playground Posted on October 22, 2016 by ockoalaOctober 25, 2016
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Taiwanese singer-actress Amber An is prepping for her comeback music album, the fourth of her career which has really taken a big leap forward in the last two years. Her last three dramas You Are the Apple of My Eye, To the Dearest Intruder, and A Good Day all garnered good reviews and elevated her presence as leading lady with … Continue reading →

Posted in Music | Tagged Amber An

The Three Manly Leads of jTBC Drama Man to Man Grace the Pages of Elle Korea

A Koala's Playground Posted on October 22, 2016 by ockoalaOctober 21, 2016
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One of the hurdles to get over in in Park Hae Jin‘s last drama Cheese in the Trap was his decade older suitability to play a college student character. Yes, he did essay the feel and visuals of male lead Yoo Jung, but honestly he would have been Yoo Jung ten years out of college than being smack in it. … Continue reading →

Posted in K-dramas | Tagged Jung Man Shik, Man to Man, Park Hae Jin, Park Sung Woong

Kim Rae Won Hangs Out at Empty Roadside Los Angeles Motel for Marie Claire Korea Pictorial

A Koala's Playground Posted on October 21, 2016 by ockoalaOctober 19, 2016
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Dusty remote out skirts of Los Angeles roadside motels don’t exactly conjure up the requisite postcard settings for a photo shoot, but then again Heirs managed to send leads Park Shin Hye and Lee Min Ho to one and make it an early bonding moment for the drama. Sending Park Shin Hye’s latest costar Kim Rae Won there after wrapping … Continue reading →

Posted in Fashion | Tagged Kim Rae Won

Park Shin Hye and Lee Jong Seok to Cameo in SBS Weekend Drama Gogh: The Starry Night

A Koala's Playground Posted on October 21, 2016 by ockoalaOctober 21, 2016
Young woman in blue and yellow uniform.

The reunification of my cuties Park Shin Hye and Lee Jong Seok feels like a glass half something situation. On one hand they are going to be in the same drama and also back on television, but on the other hand they are merely making a cameo in said drama and not even in the same scene. Yay to the … Continue reading →

Posted in K-dramas | Tagged Gogh: The Starry Night, Lee Jong Seok, Park Shin Hye

Kim Soo Hyun and Park Bo Gum are Top K-stars Who Elicit Female Viewers Motherly Instincts

A Koala's Playground Posted on October 21, 2016 by ockoalaOctober 20, 2016
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I gotta give polling site Moolmong credit for even coming up with this particular poll topic, but then again it’s probably run out of more mainstream subjects to inquire about. Korean ladies were polled on which K-star elicited their most motherly instincts, which seems anathema that viewers would want to mother the hotties in question rather than dream of them … Continue reading →

Posted in Miscellaneous | Tagged Im Shi Wan, Kim Soo Hyun, Lee Jong Seok, Lee Min Ho, Nam Joo Hyuk, Park Bo Gum, Seo In Guk

Stone Henge CF Playfully Alludes to Jeon Ji Hyun’s Next Role a Mermaid in Legend of the Blue Sea

A Koala's Playground Posted on October 20, 2016 by ockoalaOctober 20, 2016
Woman in blue outfit by aquarium.

Casting Jeon Ji Hyun as the spoiled top star in You From Another Star turned out to be a match made in casting heaven, and even seemed that way from the outset when it was announced. Her turn as the centuries old last mermaid on earth in upcoming SBS drama Legend of the Blue Sea is way more of a … Continue reading →

Posted in Miscellaneous | Tagged Jeon Ji Hyun, Legend of the Blue Sea

Park Bo Gum and Kim Yoo Jung Attend Moonlight Drawn by Clouds Drama Wrap Fan Meeting

A Koala's Playground Posted on October 20, 2016 by ockoalaOctober 20, 2016

The supreme cuteness that is sageuk drama Moonlight Drawn by Clouds reversed the ratings bottom trend for KBS on Mon-Tues and delivered a much needed buzz for the viewing audience. I like dramas to get viewers hooked and excited, the more the merrier for the industry that’s seen overall ratings pie shrinkage in successive years. The leads of Moonlight held … Continue reading →

Posted in K-dramas | Tagged Jinyoung, Kim Yoo Jung, Kwak Dong Yeon, Moonlight Drawn by Clouds, Park Bo Gum

Posters, Stills, and New Teasers Develop the Rom-com Feel for KBS Drama The Man Living in Our House

A Koala's Playground Posted on October 20, 2016 by ockoalaOctober 19, 2016
Four friends posing in front of a house.

It’s goodbye adorable young love sageuk Moonlight Drawn by Clouds, which ended this week, and hello cohabitation rom-com The Man Living in Our House, which takes over the Mon-Tues time slot on KBS. Starring Su Ae as a bumpy in love flight attendant returning to her deceased mom’s house, Kim Young Kwang is her leading man as the young guy … Continue reading →

Posted in K-dramas | Tagged Jo Boa, Kim Ji Hoon, Kim Young Kwang, Lee Soo Hyuk, Su Ae, The Man Living in Our House

Gong Yoo Does Goblin Like a Eerie Walk in the Countryside in New Stills

A Koala's Playground Posted on October 19, 2016 by ockoalaOctober 19, 2016
Man in a field wearing a stylish outfit.

The arrival of Gong Yoo as the titular Goblin in the upcoming tvN drama continues to be an ad for bucolic fall fashion circa the countryside. New stills are out showing Gong Yoo wandering around the countryside some more in the same vein as the first set of stills, and this time he looks even more perplexed and concerned. I … Continue reading →

Posted in K-dramas | Tagged Goblin, Gong Yoo

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