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Kim Jae Wook is Art Himself and Park Min Young Prefers Pants Suits in New Stills From Her Private Life

A Koala's Playground Posted on March 20, 2019 by ockoalaMarch 20, 2019
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It’s not like I want Touch Your Heart to end quickly….oh who am I kidding Touch Your Heart please end immediately so I can start injection the next tvN Wed-Thurs drama Her Private Life into my drama blood veins. The solo drama stills are out for the main leads Kim Jae Wook and Park Min Young and both are quite … Continue reading →

Posted in K-dramas | Tagged Her Private Life, Park Min Young

jTBC Drama The Light in Your Eyes Wraps with High 9.731% Ratings and Resounding Viewer Praise

A Koala's Playground Posted on March 20, 2019 by ockoalaMarch 20, 2019
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The bar has been set for the best K-drama of 2019 and it’s jTBC Mon-Tues offering The Light in Your Eyes (Dazzling). Everyone else, to the left, to the left please. Starting with 3.185% ratings, the drama has gone up up and up in viewers to end with this Tuesday’s final episode 12 ratings of 9.731%. It’s officially jTBC’s third … Continue reading →

Posted in K-dramas | Tagged Ahn Nae Sang, Dazzling, Han Ji Min, Kim Ga Eun, Kim Hye Ja, Nam Joo Hyuk, Son Ho Jun, The Light in Your Eyes

Shin Mina Makes TV Comeback as Lee Jung Jae’s Leading Lady in Political K-drama Aide

A Koala's Playground Posted on March 20, 2019 by ockoalaMarch 20, 2019
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The name recognition and experience upgrade in the female lead in K-drama is like switching from JV to varsity overnight. K-actress Shin Mina is confirmed to make a return to the small screen as the leading lady in the political drama Aide. It would her first K-drama in 2 years since Tomorrow With You, which was meh for me and … Continue reading →

Posted in K-dramas | Tagged Lee Jung Jae, Shin Mina

Byun Yo Han Drops Out of Sci-fi K-drama City of Stars, Search for Male Lead Begins Anew

A Koala's Playground Posted on March 19, 2019 by ockoalaMarch 19, 2019
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Seems like no one wants to live in the City of Stars. The big budget sci-fi K-drama just lost its male lead Byun Yo Han, which speaks volumes since it’s his first big drama male lead role and still he passed. City of Stars first got on the radar in early 2018 with talks of having Hyun Bin and Jang … Continue reading →

Posted in K-dramas | Tagged Byun Yo Han, City of Stars

Kim Sa Rang Turns into Park Bo Young in tvN Fantasy Drama Abyss

A Koala's Playground Posted on March 18, 2019 by ockoalaMarch 17, 2019
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This isn’t going to be as absurd as seeing Tae Hang Ho turn into Choi Jin Hyuk in An Empress’s Dignity after merely working out very hard to get revenge but it’s still a stretch in a different way. Upcoming tvN drama Abyss has cast bombshell K-actress Kim Sa Rang as the “other” female lead in the drama, being the … Continue reading →

Posted in K-dramas | Tagged Abyss, Kim Sa Rang

Alleged victim From 2016 Sexual Assault Allegation Against Yoochun Files Civil Lawsuit Against Him for 100 Million Won

A Koala's Playground Posted on March 18, 2019 by ockoalaMarch 18, 2019
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Hey, guess who is back in the news this week, one of the OGs of the misbehaving and/or criminal act committing names in the last three years Park Yoo Chun is getting limelight during a very bad week in K-ent. A civil lawsuit has been filed by a woman who accused Yoochun of sexual assault back in 2016 when his … Continue reading →

Posted in K-dramas | Tagged Park Yoo Chun

Park Min Young and Kim Jae Wook Introduce Their Dual Sides in New Teaser for Her Private Life

A Koala's Playground Posted on March 18, 2019 by ockoalaMarch 18, 2019
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I know everyone has a professional side for the external world and a personal side for their private life just as the title says for the upcoming tvN drama. Her Private Life isn’t just about female lead Park Min Young‘s capable museum curator and secret idol fangirl duality, it’s also about male lead Kim Jae Wook‘s two sides where he’s … Continue reading →

Posted in K-dramas | Tagged Her Private Life, Kim Jae Wook, Park Min Young

Chris Wu Reminisces on the 10th Year Anniversary of Hit TW-drama Autumn’s Concerto as Leading Lady Ady An Announces First Pregnancy

A Koala's Playground Posted on March 17, 2019 by ockoalaMarch 16, 2019
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2009 was still in the aughts and still in the heyday of idol dramas in Taiwan and Hallyu dramas in South Korea. The biggest ratings hit TW-drama that year was Autumn’s Concerto, which was the launching point to a new level of fame for leads Ady An and Vanness Wu, and also the first drama for second male lead Chris … Continue reading →

Posted in K-dramas | Tagged Ady An, Autumn's Concerto, Chris Wu

First Look at Lee Yo Won and Yoo Ji Tae as Korean Independence Fighters in MBC Period Drama Different Dreams

A Koala's Playground Posted on March 16, 2019 by ockoalaMarch 16, 2019
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MBC is borrowing a theme from last year 2018’s highest rated K-drama Mr. Sunshine, going back in history to the days of fighting for independence and Korean pride. Upcoming period drama Different Dreams (Yimong) is getting closer to its May premiere so time to check it out. I initially heard about this drama as a potential Lee Young Ae vehicle … Continue reading →

Posted in K-dramas | Tagged Different Dreams, Im Joo Hwan, Nam Gyu Ri

Song Joong Ki Wraps Brunei Overseas Filming for Asadal Chronicles and Takes Lots of Pictures with Fans

A Koala's Playground Posted on March 15, 2019 by ockoalaMarch 14, 2019
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While K-ent is immolating from within this past week, K-actor Song Joong Ki was pretty darn far away doing his job out in Brunei filming the overseas location shoot portion of upcoming sageuk drama Asadal Chronicles. It looked quite rustic indeed as the production team snapped a group picture after wrap and everyone schlepped back to South Korea for more … Continue reading →

Posted in K-dramas | Tagged Asadal Chronicles, Song Joong Ki

Nam Joo Hyuk Matches at Dior Event and Accepts K-drama School Nurse Ahn Eun Young Opposite Jung Yumi

A Koala's Playground Posted on March 15, 2019 by ockoalaMarch 13, 2019
Young man posing in stylish patterned shirt.

I think it’s adorkable how fashionably goofy K-actor Nam Joo Hyuk looks at the Christian Dior event in Seoul. The two shirts layered on top of one another hastily buttoned, the wide waisted chinos turning into too short cuffed hems, finished off with dad sneakers. It’s like he hand picked the most random individual items from Dior like a kid … Continue reading →

Posted in Fashion, K-dramas | Tagged Nam Joo Hyuk, School Nurse Ahn Eun Young

Kim Dong Wook Loves Jackets and Fighting Injustice in First Stills From KBS Drama Special Labor Inspector

A Koala's Playground Posted on March 14, 2019 by ockoalaMarch 14, 2019
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Time for an eyeball cleansing break courtesy of K-actor Kim Dong Wook in the first stills from upcoming MBC drama Special Labor Inspector (Jo Jang Poong). Unfortunately Item is turning out to be rather disjointed so that’s a bummer but the first week of April the next Mon-Tues drama will be cutie patootie earnest to a fault Kim Dong Wook transforming … Continue reading →

Posted in K-dramas | Tagged Kim Dong Wook, Special Labor Inspector

First Stills of Kim Jae Wook and Park Min Young in tvN Rom-com Her Private Life

A Koala's Playground Posted on March 13, 2019 by ockoalaMarch 13, 2019
Stylish duo posing in a bright setting.

I’m probably inordinately excited for tvN rom-com Her Private Life but honestly it’s been awhile since I’m so genuinely stoked. Male lead Kim Jae Wook has never done a rom-com leading man role, despite kinda stealing half the show of Marry Stayed Out All Night even when I was an OTP stan in that drama. Park Min Young is on … Continue reading →

Posted in K-dramas | Tagged Her Private Life, Kim Jae Wook, Park Min Young

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