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Netizens Disappointed that IU Turned Down The Queen of Tears as it Would be a Reunion with Kim Soo Hyun and the First Time as Drama OTP

A Koala's Playground Posted on April 8, 2022 by ockoalaApril 8, 2022
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So the casting around The Queen of Tears has definitely moved from rumors to front page news. Both IU and Kim Soo Hyun were already rumored to be attached to the project until this week when IU formally declined the role. The male lead remains Kim Soo Hyun in all likelihood, a third time reunion with screenwriter Park Ji Hyun … Continue reading →

Posted in K-dramas | Tagged IU, Kim Soo Hyun, The Queen of Tears

Ji Chang Wook, Choi Sung Hoon, and Hwang In Yeob Showcase Enchantment in Poster and Stills of The Sound of Magic

A Koala's Playground Posted on April 7, 2022 by ockoalaApril 7, 2022
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Magic is in the air in the first posters and stills for the upcoming Netflix drama The Sound Magic with Ji Chang Wook, Choi Sung Eun, and Hwang In Yeob. March and April does not have any Netflix K-dramas on deck so The Sound of Magic arriving on May 5th will be the first one in a few months and … Continue reading →

Posted in K-dramas | Tagged Choi Sung Hoon, Hwang In Yeob, Ji Chang Wook, The Sound of Magic

Ahn Hyo Seob and Jeon Yeo Bin Have Started Filming K-drama Into Your Time, the Remake of TW-drama Someday or One Day

A Koala's Playground Posted on April 7, 2022 by ockoalaApril 8, 2022
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The bystanders have struck again and the first glimpse is out of the upcoming K-drama remake of TW fantasy drama Someday or One Day. It’s called Into Your Time which obviously refers to the female lead traveling back in time as a another high school student and encounters her dead ex-boyfriend’s doppleganger. TW-drama remakes have been hit or miss in … Continue reading →

Posted in K-dramas | Tagged Ahn Hyo Seob, Into Your Time, Jeon Yeo Bin, Someday or One Day

Posters, Stills and First Teaser for KBS Drama Red Single Pill Show Sageuk Tension Mixed with Tentative Romance Between Leads Lee Joon and Kang Han Na

A Koala's Playground Posted on April 7, 2022 by ockoalaApril 10, 2022
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I felt like the classic K-drama sagueks were long drawn out Shakespearean dynasty founding, era changing court battles There was some fighting but it was mostly talking and plotting. Then youth sageuks made it all seem like high school but in Joseon garb, with little of the gritty can die at any moment tension. But in the last decade the … Continue reading →

Posted in K-dramas | Tagged Red Single Heart

Seo In Guk to Cameo in Latest Episode of Disney+ Drama Soundtrack #1 with Han So Hee and Park Hyung Sik

A Koala's Playground Posted on April 6, 2022 by ockoalaApril 6, 2022
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Music, friendship, and romance are the dishes on the menu for Disney+ drama Soundtrack #1, starring Park Hyung Sik as a photographer and Han So Hee as a songwriter as they navigate the slow pivot from long time platonic friends to maybe a couple. It’s a music themed drama so it’s nice to have a actor-singer also join in a … Continue reading →

Posted in K-dramas | Tagged Han So Hee, Park Hyung Sik, Seo In Guk, Soundtrack #1

IU Receives and Rejects Offer to Star in K-drama The Queen of Tears from the Screenwriter of Crash Landing on You

A Koala's Playground Posted on April 6, 2022 by ockoalaApril 7, 2022
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A successful project doesn’t guarantee the success of the subsequent but it does add leverage to getting big name casts signed on. Unfortunately for screenwriter Park Ji Eun coming off Crash Landing on You, and she also wrote Legend of the Blue Sea, Producer, and You From Another Star, her next leading lady will not be singer-actress IU. The offer … Continue reading →

Posted in K-dramas | Tagged IU, The Queen of Tears

MBC Schedules Dr. Lawyer for End of May 2022 and Sends Scathing Note to SBS for Suddenly Scheduling From Today We Are Also in May Since Both Dramas Have Im Soo Hyang as Female Lead

A Koala's Playground Posted on April 6, 2022 by ockoalaApril 5, 2022
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Looks like it will be double the Im Soo Hyang dosage coming in May, and honestly the channel bitch fight is way more interesting. On Tuesday MBC announced that K-drama Dr. Lawyer with So Ji Sub, Shin Sung Rok, Im Soo Hyang will air on May 27th, normal announcing stuff. Then it heard through the grapevine that SBS was suddenly … Continue reading →

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Episode 12 Wraps Up A Business Proposal with a Happy Bow as the Drama Reinvigorates that Satisfying of a Simple But Well-done Rom-com

A Koala's Playground Posted on April 5, 2022 by ockoalaApril 5, 2022
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Against all odds, SBS Mon-Tues drama A Business Proposal has been the shining-est student on the block for 2022 dramas so far. Contentious casting choices, terribly flat drama posters, all of it was just pre-premiere detritus now as the actual drama was just wonderful out of the gate and stayed that way throughout. Bravo to pulling off a daunting feat … Continue reading →

Posted in K-dramas | Tagged A Business Proposal, Ahn Hyo Seob, Kim Se Jung

Thirty Nine Gets Upstaged as Ending 12-episode Run on the Same Day as Female Lead Son Ye Jin’s Real Life Wedding

A Koala's Playground Posted on April 5, 2022 by ockoalaApril 4, 2022
Three friends smiling for a selfie together.

It’s was a super busy week in K-ent last week and one of the events was the conclusion of a high profile drama. jTBC Wed-Thurs leading ladies friendship drama Thirty Nine wrapped on Thursday with its highest rating to date at 8.122%, fantastic ratings having aired on a cable channel. But if there is something called un-buzz it would be … Continue reading →

Posted in K-dramas | Tagged Jeon Mi Do, Kim Ji Hyun, Son Ye Jin, Thirty Nine

A Business Proposal Episode 11 Soars with Sweet and Dips with Steamy in Equal Measure to Set the Stage for Satisfying Ending to Come

A Koala's Playground Posted on April 4, 2022 by ockoalaApril 4, 2022
Romantic scenes featuring multiple couples.

The howls of outrage over the ending of Twenty Five, Twenty One have turned into resignation and sadness, the usual stages of grief. For the same viewers also watching A Business Proposal this Monday’s episode 11 was just what the doctor ordered to get over the bitter tonic that was Twenty Five, Twenty One. This episode was all tasty tidbits, … Continue reading →

Posted in K-dramas | Tagged A Business Proposal

Yeo Jin Gu and Moon Ga Young Make an Emotional Connection in First Teaser for tvN Fantasy Drama Link

A Koala's Playground Posted on April 4, 2022 by ockoalaApril 4, 2022
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In a change of pace from this past weekend’s conclusion of two high profile romance dramas, tvN just dropped the first teaser for fantasy romance Link: Eat and Love to Kill. I dislike the recent trend to put a lot more words after a drama title, the worst recent offender is Forecasting Love and Weather which had the Korean title … Continue reading →

Posted in K-dramas | Tagged Link, Moon Ga Young, Yeo Jin Gu

Twenty Five, Twenty One Signs Off Breaking 11% Ratings with Frustrated Viewer Reception and Forecasting Love and Weather Gets Past 7% with Mellow Satisfying Ending

A Koala's Playground Posted on April 3, 2022 by ockoalaApril 3, 2022
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Once again the adage of live K-drama watching being a walk in landmines comes to fruition, and a new generation of ardent drama watchers will take away a lesson. Unfortunately it’s that rather than a satisfying conclusion for tvN drama Twenty Five, Twenty One, which got overwhelming hate for how it ended the drama despite record high ratings of 11.513%, … Continue reading →

Posted in K-dramas | Tagged Forecasting Love and Weather, Twenty Five Twenty One

tvN Drama Twenty Five, Twenty One Ends and Lights Up Online Chatter in Search and Commentary and Viewers Have Many Many Thoughts

A Koala's Playground Posted on April 3, 2022 by ockoalaApril 3, 2022
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Okay, this is a spoiler free poster above the cut but below proceed at your own risk. I woke up to tvN drama Twenty Five, Twenty One being a hot trending topic in many places – Korean search portals and Weibo in China – and knew that the ending clearly generated a lot of interest. I banked the drama for … Continue reading →

Posted in K-dramas | Tagged KIm Tae Ri, Nam Joo Hyuk, Twenty Five Twenty One

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