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First Mood Setting Snippet Teaser for tvN Drama Start-Up with Suzy, Nam Joo Hyuk, Kim Sun Ho, and Kang Hana

A Koala's Playground Posted on August 27, 2020 by ockoalaAugust 27, 2020
Two characters engaged in tech discussions.

This teaser is too short to fully excite or deflate but used as a glimpse of the four leads it does the job proficiently. Upcoming tvN drama Start-Up focuses on the lives and loves of the young South Koreans chasing their own start up tech dreams in their version of Silicon Valley. Nam Joo Hyuk is a wunderkind with his … Continue reading →

Posted in K-dramas | Tagged Kang Hana, Kim Sun Ho, Nam Joo Hyuk, Start Up, Suzy

Awkward Marriage Couple Powwow in Store for Episode 9 of Flower of Evil, tvN Will Preempt Episode 12 Next Week Due to Filming Interruption

A Koala's Playground Posted on August 25, 2020 by ockoalaAugust 27, 2020
Group of people having a serious conversation.

The new stills are out for tomorrow’s episode 9 of Flower of Evil and it’s one of the most exciting sneak peeks because it bring all four leads into the same scene. Detective wifey Cha Ji Won manages to track sleuthing husband Do Hyun Soo to his scooby gang meeting with sister Hae Soo and high school nemesis turned ally … Continue reading →

Posted in K-dramas | Tagged Flower of Evil, Jang Hee Jin, Lee Jun Ki, Moon Chae Won, Seo Hyun Woo

Son Ye Jin and Kang Ha Neul in Talks for Princess and Fool Characters in Sageuk K-drama Cut By the Heart

A Koala's Playground Posted on August 25, 2020 by ockoalaAugust 25, 2020
Two smiling young adults at an event.

There is so much subtext going on when I read the synopsis for upcoming sageuk drama Cut By the Heart. The lead offers are out to Son Ye Jin and Kang Ha Neul, which brings together the leads from the two biggest romance based K-dramas in the last two years with Crash Landing on You and When the Camellia Blooms. … Continue reading →

Posted in K-dramas | Tagged Cut By the Heart, Kang Ha Neul, Son Ye Jin

Private Life Leads Go Kyung Pyo and Seohyun Complement Well on Sleek Marie Claire Korea Pictorial

A Koala's Playground Posted on August 24, 2020 by ockoalaAugust 25, 2020
Four stylish individuals posing in contrasting colors.

I always like seeing drama leads do a fashion pictorial prior to the drama premiere, early promos add more flavor on what to expect in terms of chemistry. I’ve been noncommittal with Go Kyung Pyo and Seohyun‘s upcoming drama Private Life but am adding interest seeing them in the September 2020 edition of Marie Claire Korea. Go Kyung Pyo is … Continue reading →

Posted in K-dramas | Tagged Go Kyung Pyo, Private Life, Seohyun

Jung Hae In in Talks for jTBC Drama Snowdrop with Leading Ladies Kim Hye Yoon and Jisoo of Blackpink

A Koala's Playground Posted on August 24, 2020 by ockoalaAugust 24, 2020
Three smiling individuals at a special event.

Nothing is known about this drama (substantively) so all the attention is on the background stuff including casting and production. Upcoming jTBC drama Snowdrop is hot to trot on casting, first casting Jisoo of Blackpink, then Kim Hye Yoon which would reunite her with the Sky Castle production team who is doing Snowdrop, and lasting offering the male lead to … Continue reading →

Posted in K-dramas | Tagged Jisoo, Jung Hae In, Kim Hye Yoon, Snowdrop

First Drama Stills of Tale of Gumiho with Lots of Staring From Lee Dong Wook, Jo Boa, and Kim Bum

A Koala's Playground Posted on August 22, 2020 by ockoalaAugust 23, 2020
Three stylish individuals in black turtlenecks.

I don’t know when we’re seeing the new dramas premiere as basically all K-drama filming has been halted now due to the sudden resurgence of COVID-19 in South Korea. With that said, anything new feels even more special and tvN released the first stills for fantasy K-drama Tale of Gumiho with leads Lee Dong Wook, Jo Boa, and Kim Bum. … Continue reading →

Posted in K-dramas | Tagged Jo Boa, Kim Bum, Lee Dong Wook, Tale of Gumiho

CJ E&M Halts Filming for One Week on All Shows Including Dramas Flower of Evil and Missing: The Other Side

A Koala's Playground Posted on August 22, 2020 by ockoalaAugust 22, 2020
Korean drama series promotional posters collage.

If there are enough footage in the can then maybe a week off from filming will not result in episode pre-emptions in the coming weeks but we should get ready for some breaks in our currently airing fave dramas. Due to a spike again in COVID-19 in South Korea, a handful of dramas earlier in the week have already announced … Continue reading →

Posted in K-dramas | Tagged Flower of Evil, Missing: The Other Side, Record of Youth, Secret Forest

MBC to Reassemble Epic Cast of 2007 K-drama Coffee Prince for Remembrance Documentary to Air in September 2020

A Koala's Playground Posted on August 21, 2020 by ockoalaAugust 21, 2020
Cafe scene with five smiling baristas.

Hold my beer because I have to both squeeeeeee and then down the beer with fist bumps because this news is so unexpected and so awesome I can’t even contain myself. The mega hit 2007 K-drama Coffee Prince, further launching and cementing the careers of leads Gong Yoo and Yoon Eun Hye, has also with time also proven to be … Continue reading →

Posted in K-dramas | Tagged Chae Jung Ahn, Coffee Prince, Gong Yoo, Kim Chang Wan, Kim Dong Wook, Kim Jae Wook, Lee Eon, Lee Seon Kyun, Yoon Eun Hye

Flower of Evil Rocking and Rolling with Secrets and Sleuthing in Episodes 7-8 as Ratings Stay Higher at 3.526% and 3.863%

A Koala's Playground Posted on August 20, 2020 by ockoalaAugust 21, 2020
Two people discussing in a cozy cafe.

There is no mid-week hump for me, at least not while Flower of Evil is airing in the tvN Wed-Thurs time slot. This drama is the best type of modernized melodrama crack, the classic tropes redefined and elevated to sleek modern mores. The stakes are high for EVERYONE which is why the tense terseness works, we know characters are invested … Continue reading →

Posted in K-dramas | Tagged Flower of Evil, Lee Jun Ki, Moon Chae Won

Filming Halted on Five K-dramas Due to COVID-19 Outbreak: Men are Men, Private Life, Do Do Sol Sol La La Sol, Run On, and More Than Friends

A Koala's Playground Posted on August 20, 2020 by ockoalaAugust 20, 2020
Collage of Korean television personalities and drama.

I feel like this new COVID-19 outbreak in South Korea could have 100% been prevented as the country did such a good job in February-April in containing the first wave. Alas the relaxation of restrictions and the crazies pushing for normalcy have come to roost as the nation is hitting new daily highs in infections. A few K-dramas, some currently … Continue reading →

Posted in K-dramas | Tagged Do Do Sol Sol La La Sol, Men are Men, More Than Friends, Private Life, Run On

jTBC Drama Run On Filming with Two Sets of Drama Couples Im Shi Wan with Shin Se Kyung and Kang Tae Oh Paired with Sooyoung

A Koala's Playground Posted on August 19, 2020 by ockoalaAugust 19, 2020
Four portraits of young adults in various poses.

Cable network jTBC hit a grand slam home run this year with The World of the Marriage but the magic didn’t continue with successor drama Graceful Friends. The weekend time slot feels like the new Wed-Thurs prime time days, where the competition is at, and I won’t be surprised if the network schedules currently filming K-drama Run On for that … Continue reading →

Posted in K-dramas | Tagged Im Shi Wan, Kang Tae Oh, Run On, Shin Se Kyung, Sooyoung

Park Bo Gum, Park So Dam, and Byun Woo Seok Work Hard at Modeling and Makeup in New Stills for Record of Youth

A Koala's Playground Posted on August 19, 2020 by ockoalaAugust 19, 2020
Two people interacting outside, surrounded by others.

It’s now the back end of August so the clock is ticking for Park Bo Gum to enlist in the military but also means we’re getting closer to the premiere of tvN drama Record of Youth. The drama released new stills this week showing the leads hard at work in the modeling and makeup artist roles. Park Bo Gum is … Continue reading →

Posted in K-dramas | Tagged Byun Woo Seok, Park Bo Gum, Park So Dam, Record of Youth

Lee Jun Ki is Beautifully Tortured in tvN Drama Flower of Evil Delivering Yet Another Gripping Character

A Koala's Playground Posted on August 18, 2020 by ockoalaAugust 17, 2020
Three images of a young man in various poses.

Lee Jun Ki fans all have their “moment” story, and there is quite a diverse array of his K-dramas which have hooked a casual viewer into a convert. Mine is of course the still perfect and very re-watchable Time Between Dog and Wolf, one of his first K-dramas though I watched it a few years after it came out. It’s … Continue reading →

Posted in K-dramas, My Loves | Tagged Flower of Evil, Lee Jun Ki

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