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New Stills for jTBC’s Good Boy with Park Bo Gum and Kim So Hyun as Drama Gets Wider Streaming Release

A Koala's Playground Posted on May 5, 2025 by ockoalaMay 4, 2025
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There is a first for everything and it looks like Good Boy is indeed the goodest of boys what with the broader than usual release. The jTBC airing K-drama will be available for streaming on both Netflix and Disney+ in Korea at the same time, the first that the competitor platforms have agreed to a simulstream situation. This will only … Continue reading →

Posted in K-dramas | Tagged Good Boy, Kim So Hyun, Park Bo Gum

Park Bo Gum is Intense and Locked in as Boxer and Cop in First Poster and Teaser for jTBC Drama Good Boy

A Koala's Playground Posted on May 1, 2025 by ockoalaMay 1, 2025
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It’s May, hurray! I hate the fast passage of time most of the time except when it harkens the arrival of a drama or movie I’m anticipating. And this end of May will see jTBC drop Good Boy finally, and with it hopefully kickstarting a good summer in K-drama land. The drama stars Park Bo Gum and Kim So Hyun … Continue reading →

Posted in K-dramas | Tagged Good Boy, Kim So Hyun, Park Bo Gum

Scandal Plagued Kim Soo Hyun Sued by Two Brands that Terminated CF Contracts and Another Brand Also Considering Lawsuit

A Koala's Playground Posted on April 30, 2025 by ockoalaApril 29, 2025
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The trickle is becoming a steadier stream and may portend the dam breaking soon. Last week it was reportedly that Disney+ told the production of K-drama Knock Off starring embattled K-actor Kim Soo Hyun that it would not resume filming and to go off and work on other projects and not be on standby anymore, basically indicating it was abandoning … Continue reading →

Posted in K-dramas, Miscellaneous | Tagged Kim Soo Hyun

Lee Seung Gi Severs All Ties with In-law Family After Father-in-law is Indicted Again for Stock Manipulation

A Koala's Playground Posted on April 29, 2025 by ockoalaApril 29, 2025
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A very public rebuke and distancing just happened in K-ent and is making huge headlines. Actor-singer Lee Seung Gi has announced that he and his actress wife Lee Da In have severed all ties with his in-law family (her family) on the heels of his father-in-law being indicted again for stock manipulation. The father-in-law is Lee Da In’s stepfather and … Continue reading →

Posted in K-dramas, Miscellaneous | Tagged Lee Da In, Lee Seung Gi

Jung Kyung Ho and Rising Actress So Joo Yeon Partner Up for Legal K-drama Pro Bono

A Koala's Playground Posted on April 29, 2025 by ockoalaApril 28, 2025
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Legal, medical, and procedural K-dramas are the tried and true three stalwart genres, when in doubt just bibimbap one of these with the usual elements but rejiggered. A new legal drama is coming titled Pro Bono which brings me back to my law school and early years of practice when I still had the fervor and energy for it. The … Continue reading →

Posted in K-dramas | Tagged Jung Kyung Ho, Pro Bono, So Joo Yeon

Disney+ Officially Pauses Filming for K-drama Knock Off Indefinitely in the Wake of Male Lead Kim Soo Hyun’s Scandal for Allegedly Dating Underage Kim Sae Ron

A Koala's Playground Posted on April 24, 2025 by ockoalaApril 23, 2025
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The quagmire of reveals and counter-reveals and even completely irrelevant reveals in the Kim Soo Hyun scandal for allegedly dating then underage K-actress Kim Sae Ron when she was underage at 15 years old until she was 21 has made it rather moot to cover the latest details. Until now, when it’s been confirmed that Disney+ has officially paused the … Continue reading →

Posted in K-dramas | Tagged Kim Soo Hyun, Knock Off

Baek Jin Hee Joins Time Travel Legal K-drama Judge Lee Han Young with Leads Ji Sung and Won Jin Ah

A Koala's Playground Posted on April 23, 2025 by ockoalaApril 24, 2025
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Now this is a name I haven’t heard in awhile. K-actress Baek Jin Hee is reportedly going to star as the second female lead in the upcoming legal plus time travel themed K-drama Judge Lee Han Young. The leads were earlier announced as Ji Sung and Won Jin Ah already. Baek Jin Hee’s last drama was in 2023 as a … Continue reading →

Posted in K-dramas | Tagged Baek Jin Hee, Ji Sung, Judge Lee Han Young, Won Jin Ah

Chae Soo Bin and Kim Young Kwang Cast as Leads of Romance K-drama Charge Me Up

A Koala's Playground Posted on April 22, 2025 by ockoalaApril 21, 2025
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A romance K-drama just announced its casting this week and from the one picture I saw of the webtoon cover it looks sexy lol. The K-drama Charge Me Up adapted from the same name webtoon will star Chae Soo Bin and Kim Young Kwang as the leads, with him playing a guy with an artificial heart that is losing electrical … Continue reading →

Posted in K-dramas | Tagged Chae Soo Bin, Charge Me Up, Kim Young Kwang

Netflix Dark Thriller K-drama Karma Reaches #2 on the Non-English Show Chart in Second Full Week of Premiere

A Koala's Playground Posted on April 19, 2025 by ockoalaApril 19, 2025
Dramatic poster of a suspenseful Netflix series.

Last month in March 2025 K-drama land was all about When Life Gives You Tangerines, the Netflix drama that spanned generations and delivered on tears of joy and sadness. Netflix this month went a totally different genre route and early in April premiered Karma, a thriller tale of greed, betrayal, and revenge that interwoven the lives of six people in … Continue reading →

Posted in K-dramas | Tagged Gong Seung Yeon, Karma, Kim Sung Kyun, Kwang Soo, Lee Hee Joon, Park Hae Soo, Shin Mina

First Posters and Stills for tvN Weekend Modern Romance Drama Our Unwritten Seoul with Park Bo Young and Jinyoung

A Koala's Playground Posted on April 18, 2025 by ockoalaApril 17, 2025
Woman leaning on bridge, city skyline background.

The weekend time slot for cable network tvN was much buzzier in the beginning of the year when When the Stars Gossip (Ask the Stars) premiered, though most of that was generated by befuddlement and negative criticism for how wildly awful it was lol. But buzz is still buzz and after that drama it’s been a series of mid K-dramas … Continue reading →

Posted in K-dramas | Tagged Jinyoung, Our Unwritten Seoul, Park Bo Young

MBC Reconsidering Decision to Air Disney+ 2022 K-drama Big Bet on its Network After Massive Protest From its Production Staff

A Koala's Playground Posted on April 17, 2025 by ockoalaApril 16, 2025
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All the talk has been current decade K-dramas being either exclusive and/or produced by a streaming platform like Netflix or Disney+ or still aired on terrestrial television such as the Big Three or cable and then the streaming rights sold to a streamer. This week K-ent reported that MBC had purchased/will purchase the rights to Disney+ produced K-drama Big Bet … Continue reading →

Posted in K-dramas | Tagged Big Bet, Casino

KBS Releases First Poster for Sageuk Romance First Night with the Duke Starring Taecyeon and Seohyun

A Koala's Playground Posted on April 16, 2025 by ockoalaApril 16, 2025
Historical drama couple embracing under moonlight.

It’s unfortunate that the first time I heard news about this drama after the initial casting was that the production pounded nails into a historical site during filming and understandably got into trouble with the authorities. But filming continued onwards and now KBS has confirmed the airing date of June 2025 in the Wed-Thurs timeslot for the sageuk romance First … Continue reading →

Posted in K-dramas | Tagged First Night with the Duke, Seohyun, Taecyeon

K-netizen Sentiment Continue to Turn Against Kim Soo Hyun After Latest Youtuber Lee Jin Ho Claim that Kim Sae Ron Dated Singer Woodz

A Koala's Playground Posted on April 14, 2025 by ockoalaApril 14, 2025
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It’s crazy how fast Kim Soo Hyun has fallen and it feels like from his side the responses and reveals continue to be more harmful to his position that he only dated Kim Sae Ron for one year after she became legally an adult. The latest salvo comes from Youtube Lee Jin Ho, the one who Kim Sae Ron’s family … Continue reading →

Posted in K-dramas, Miscellaneous | Tagged Kim Sae Ron, Kim Soo Hyun

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