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MBC Drama The Veil Revels in Torturing Buffed Up Namgoong Min in Newly Released Stills

A Koala's Playground Posted on July 2, 2021 by ockoalaJuly 1, 2021
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Woah, I cringe when looking at these drama stills but also can’t look away. It’s like disaster torture combined to inflict the most trauma on male lead Namgoong Min‘s character in the upcoming action thriller drama The Veil (Black Sun). His character is an elite NIS agent who suffers a betrayal and fall into pits of despair and returns to … Continue reading →

Posted in K-dramas | Tagged Black Sun, Namgoong Min, The Veil

Kim Woo Bin Offered Male Lead in Netflix Dystopian Future Drama Delivery Driver

A Koala's Playground Posted on July 1, 2021 by ockoalaJuly 1, 2021
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Yay, an awesome casting news today to end the work week. K-ent is reporting that Kim Woo Bin has been offered the male lead in his own headlining K-drama airing on Netflix. It’s an adaptation of the webtoon Delivery Driver and is set in a dystopian future and is action and intrigue driven. In the future pollution has made life … Continue reading →

Posted in K-dramas | Tagged Delivery Driver, Kim Woo Bin

Netflix Greenlights Another Kingdom Spinoff Called Kingdom: Crown Prince with Joo Ji Hoon

A Koala's Playground Posted on July 1, 2021 by ockoalaJune 30, 2021
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It’s good timing for Netflix to release more zombie sageuk drama Kingdom news right now what with the side-story Kingdom: Ashin of the North being released in a few weeks in July 2021. The streaming platform announced today that it has greenlighted another Kingdom side episode titled Kingdom: Crown Prince which deals with the life of Joo Ji Hoon‘s lead … Continue reading →

Posted in K-dramas | Tagged Joo Ji Hoon, Kingdom

SNSD Member Seohyun Cast as Female Lead Opposite Na In Woo in The Jinx’s Lover and Tiffany Takes Supporting Role in Song Joong Ki Drama The Youngest Son of Sunyang

A Koala's Playground Posted on July 1, 2021 by ockoalaJuly 1, 2021
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This has been a good year for SNSD member who have branched out into acting. Yuri is majorly impressing in sageuk Bossam: Stealing Fate and Sooyoung did her best in So I Married an Anti-fan, and Yoona has been cast in the drama Big Mouth with Lee Jong Seok. Two more ladies will join the acting return this year, the … Continue reading →

Posted in K-dramas | Tagged Seohyun, Tiffany

First Official Stills of Kim Go Eun in the K-drama Adaptation of Popular Webtoon Yumi’s Cells

A Koala's Playground Posted on June 30, 2021 by ockoalaJuly 1, 2021
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I was pleasantly surprised and enjoyed the first chapters of webtoon Yumi’s Cells, which I checked out when I heard it was getting a K-drama adaptation. There are so many webtoons out there that I don’t have time to wade through the detritus but the ones that get drama versions are usually pretty good. The unfortunate shades to the concept … Continue reading →

Posted in K-dramas | Tagged Yumi's Cells

Rising Young Actress Shin Do Hyun the Breakout Star Discovery in the Lackluster Doom at Your Service

A Koala's Playground Posted on June 30, 2021 by ockoalaJune 29, 2021
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I’m sure viewers who watched and/or stuck with the tvN Mon-Tues drama Doom at Your Service (One Day, Destruction Came to My Door) will take away their own worth it or not worth it conclusions. I watched enough to junk the entire series but what I did watch did pique my interest in one thing only – supporting actress Shin … Continue reading →

Posted in K-dramas | Tagged Shin Do Hyun

Son Ye Jin Confirmed for jTBC Female Friendship Drama Thirty Nine with Jeon Mi Do and Kim Ji Hyun

A Koala's Playground Posted on June 30, 2021 by ockoalaJune 29, 2021
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I know folks think this was already all set but clearly nothing is confirmed until it is. jTBC just announced that Son Ye Jin has signed on for its 2022 women-centric drama Thirty Nine, which will have her starring with Jeon Mi Do and Kim Ji Hyun as a trio of best friends and successful ladies navigating the loves and … Continue reading →

Posted in K-dramas | Tagged Son Ye Jin, Thirty Nine

Doom at Your Service Ends with Happy Ending with No Consequences of Either Terminal Illness or Human-God Separation

A Koala's Playground Posted on June 29, 2021 by ockoalaJune 29, 2021
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I will not forget to add Doom at Your Service (One Day, Destruction Came to My Door) to my ongoing list of worst drama of 2021, now that it has ended and indeed did not have a magical revival in the final episode in a final redemption hurrah. What it did have is apparently a writer still shitting rainbows and … Continue reading →

Posted in K-dramas | Tagged Doom at Your Service, Kang Tae Oh, Lee Soo Hyuk, Park Bo Young, Seo In Guk, Shin Do Hyun

K-ent Eyes Upcoming tvN Sat-Sun Drama The Devil Judge to See if it Continues the Breaking 10% Ratings of its 2021 Predecessors Mine, Vincenzo, and Queen Cheorin

A Koala's Playground Posted on June 29, 2021 by ockoalaJune 29, 2021
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Ooooh, actual pressure, I love it! tvN Sat-Sun female empowerment plus makjang rich people drama Mine ended its successful run this past weekend, with the final episode 16 getting 10.512% ratings. 2021 has been tvN’s year in the Sat-Sun time slot, in previous years they got competition from jTBC but this year every single weekend drama from tvN has been … Continue reading →

Posted in K-dramas | Tagged Mine, The Devil Judge

Penultimate Episode 15 of Doom at Your Service Drops to New Ratings Low of 2.334% as the Remaining Viewers Left Hoping for a Magical Happy Ending

A Koala's Playground Posted on June 28, 2021 by ockoalaJune 29, 2021
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At this point I applaud the remaining viewers sticking with Doom at Your Service (One Day, Destruction Came to My Door), though it isn’t a lot of people as the ratings dropped again in this Monday’s second to last episode 15 to 2.334%. That’s about half of the highest point ratings and perhaps the best part of this drama was … Continue reading →

Posted in K-dramas | Tagged Doom at Your Service, Park Bo Young, Seo In Guk

Netizens Agree with Song Joong Ki’s Own Choice of Yeorim in Sungkyunkwan Scandal as His Onscreen Visual Pinnacle

A Koala's Playground Posted on June 27, 2021 by ockoalaJune 28, 2021
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This is admitting a super shallow task but still worth polling what viewers think. Song Joong Ki recently finished hit drama Vincenzo where he got praise for acting and for his incredibly handsome visuals. He’s always been a looker since his debut and recently he was asked to pick the performance he believes to be his own visual pinnacle/top. Song … Continue reading →

Posted in K-dramas | Tagged Song Joong Ki

K-netizens Assemble the Grown Up and Glowed Up Top Drama Child Stars of the Last Two Decades with Yoo Seung Ho, Yeo Jin Gu, Kim Yoo Jung, Kim So Hyun, and More

A Koala's Playground Posted on June 27, 2021 by ockoalaJune 25, 2021
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It’s one of the mysteries of K-drama land where a precocious and adorable child star will after the time jump turn into the male or female lead who looks nothing alike. I mean, pre-teen Yeo Jin Gu turned into 25-year old Kim Soo Hyun in The Moon Embraces the Sun and today Yeo Jin Gu is himself 25-years old in … Continue reading →

Posted in K-dramas | Tagged Jin Ji Hee, Kim Hyang Gi, Kim Sae Ron, Kim So Hyun, Kim Yoo Jung, Seo Shin Ae, Yeo Jin Gu, Yoo Seung Ho

Jang Ki Yong is Going the Nam Joo Hyuk Route and Primed to Win My Heart Whenever Right Roles are Picked

A Koala's Playground Posted on June 27, 2021 by ockoalaJune 27, 2021
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The list of models turned actor in the last decade in South Korea is aplenty but the top undoubtedly remains Kim Woo Bin followed by Ryu Jun Yeol. Towards the bottom there are quite a few more conventionally handsome tall hunks who are less nuanced and adept at acting, and yet I just have a soft spot for them. I … Continue reading →

Posted in K-dramas | Tagged Jang Ki Yong

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