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SBS Fri-Sat Legal Drama Good Partner with Jang Nara and Nam Ji Hyun Rockets to 17% Ratings by Episode 7

A Koala's Playground Posted on August 19, 2024 by ockoalaAugust 19, 2024
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So there is a hit K-drama airing right now and it hasn’t gotten as much international buzz but with the fast rising ratings should be enough to pique interest. SBS Fri-Sat family law centered legal drama Good Partner has quietly hit 17% ratings in the most recent episode 7 that aired this past weekend. The drama premiered with 7.8% and … Continue reading →

Posted in K-dramas | Tagged Good Partner, Jang Nara, Kim Joo Han, Nam Ji Hyun, P.O.

Rom-com Love Next Door with Jung Hae In and Jung So Min Premieres to Average 5% Ratings and Mixed Reviews

A Koala's Playground Posted on August 19, 2024 by ockoalaAugust 18, 2024
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This weekend was the premiere of new tvN rom-com Love Next Door (Mom’s Best Friend’s Son) and I went in with exception but also tempered expectations. Starring Jung Hae In and Jung So Min, the drama started with 4.899% and went up to 5.977% in episode 2 so that is a good sign. I watched the first two episodes and … Continue reading →

Posted in K-dramas | Tagged Jung Hae In, Jung So Min, Love Next Door

Lee Jae Wook and Choi Sung Eun in Talks for Romance K-drama Last Summer

A Koala's Playground Posted on August 18, 2024 by ockoalaAugust 18, 2024
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The summer of 2024 is ending and could become the titular Last Summer of this drama title. K-ent is reporting that Lee Jae Wook and Choi Sung Eun are in talks for a romance K-drama called Last Summer. It’s about a woman who hates summer and a man who is always waiting for summer to come and their romance after … Continue reading →

Posted in K-dramas | Tagged Choi Sung Eun, Last Summer, Lee Jae Wook

Jung Hae In and Jung So Min Bring the Couple Chemistry in Elle Korea Pictorial Promoting jTBC Drama Love Next Door

A Koala's Playground Posted on August 16, 2024 by ockoalaAugust 16, 2024
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We are hours away from the premiere of new rom-com K-drama Love Next Door (Mom’s Best Friend’s Son) and I am so ready for it! Leads Jung Hae In and Jung So Min are in the latest edition of Elle Korea in a couple’s pictorial that isn’t anything new when it comes to K-drama OTP pictorials but once again they … Continue reading →

Posted in K-dramas | Tagged Jung Hae In, Jung So Min, Love Next Door

Kim Hye Yoon the New Female Lead in Talks for Fantasy Romance K-drama Human Starting From Today

A Koala's Playground Posted on August 16, 2024 by ockoalaAugust 16, 2024
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There is a new development with fantasy romance drama Human Starting From Today. It was originally offered to Shin Se Kyung but it appears that will not happen and K-ent is reporting that Kim Hye Yoon is now considering the role of the loving life gumiho female lead. The male lead remains Park Solomon (Lomon) and I like this pairing … Continue reading →

Posted in K-dramas | Tagged Kim Hye Yoon, Park Solomon

Kim Sun Ho in Talks to Join Suzy in Period K-drama Hypnosis in Reunion Four Years After Start-Up

A Koala's Playground Posted on August 14, 2024 by ockoalaAugust 14, 2024
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It’s funny how timing changes everything, if this casting had happened shortly after K-drama Start-Up finished aired it would have caused such excitement and shockwaves. Now it just feels like a shrug moment, but still one that I would be curious to see if it ends up producing a good drama. Suzy has been signed on for the period K-drama … Continue reading →

Posted in K-dramas | Tagged Delusion, Hypnosis, Kim Sun Ho, Suzy

Park Shin Hye and Kim Jae Young Lead Script Reading for K-drama The Judge From Hell

A Koala's Playground Posted on August 13, 2024 by ockoalaAugust 13, 2024
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Filming has already started for SBS K-drama The Judge From Hell and it’s slated to arrive on the small screen at the end of September. Starring Park Shin Hye and Kim Jae Young, I love that the drama isn’t trending buzzy and instead just seems to be an interesting topic with a solid cast. The drama is primed as the … Continue reading →

Posted in K-dramas | Tagged Kim Jae Young, Park Shin Hye, The Judge From Hell

Go Hyun Jung and Ryeo Un Lead the Cast of Upcoming ENA Music Drama The Starry Night

A Koala's Playground Posted on August 9, 2024 by ockoalaAugust 8, 2024
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A new ENA drama caught my attention this week when it confirmed the earlier rumored cast. The Starry Night will star Go Hyun Jung and Ryeo Un with Yoon Sang Hyun and idol-actor Lee Jin Woo in supporting roles. Go Hyun Jung is a music executive who takes one last gamble on Ryeo Un’s trainee singer to sell his contract … Continue reading →

Posted in K-dramas | Tagged Go Hyun Jung, Lee Jin Woo, Ryeo Un, The Starry Night, Yoon Sang Hyun

Lee Bo Young Cast in K-drama Mary Kills People and Joining Her are Lee Min Ki and Kang Ki Young

A Koala's Playground Posted on August 9, 2024 by ockoalaAugust 9, 2024
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Every time Ji Sung finishes a drama I just know Lee Bo Young is coming back soon haha, the married couple make it known they alternate filming on projects so one parent is always home with their kids. She’s confirmed her next project as the medical K-drama Mary Kills People, an adaptation of the same name Canadian show centered on … Continue reading →

Posted in K-dramas | Tagged Kang Ki Young, Lee Bo Young, Lee Min Ki, Mary Kills People

jTBC Sports and Police Drama Good Boy Releases Great First Stills of Leads Park Bo Gum and Kim So Hyun

A Koala's Playground Posted on August 7, 2024 by ockoalaAugust 7, 2024
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jTBC must be thanking their lucky stars that the start of its promos for upcoming sports and police procedural drama Good Boy coincidences with the Paris Olympics, what with the leads all being Olympic gold medalists turned cops. The first drama stills are out showing Park Bo Gum in action and winning his boxing gold medal and also Kim So … Continue reading →

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

K-ent Article Discusses Lee Jong Seok’s Last Minute Drop Out of 2018 Netflix Drama See You Again with Kim Ji Won and Since Then He Has Not Done Any Streaming Dramas

A Koala's Playground Posted on August 6, 2024 by ockoalaAugust 6, 2024
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So this was so long ago I forgot about it but it’s back in the news again. K-actor Lee Jong Seok was supposed to do Netflix romance drama See You Again with Kim Ji Won in 2018, and now an entertainment reporter is revealing that Lee Jong Seok dropped out of the drama the day before script reading was scheduled. … Continue reading →

Posted in K-dramas | Tagged Lee Jong Seok

A Pumpkin Anchors the Promos for Coupang Play Romance Drama Cinderella at 2am with Shin Hyun Bin and Moon Sang Min

A Koala's Playground Posted on August 4, 2024 by ockoalaAugust 4, 2024
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The promos are picking up for upcoming Coupang Play drama Cinderella at 2am. I am fine with noona-dongsaeng romances if the chemistry is there but I have strong reservations with female lead Shin Hyun Bin, not because she can’t act but because she has never shown any romantic or sexual chemistry onscreen in any drama I have watched of hers. … Continue reading →

Posted in K-dramas | Tagged Cinderella at 2 am, Moon Sang Min, Shin Hyun Bin

First Look at the Olympians Turned Police Officers in jTBC Drama Good Boy with Park Bo Gum and Kim So Hyun

A Koala's Playground Posted on August 2, 2024 by ockoalaAugust 2, 2024
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What perfect timing for jTBC to release its first still of upcoming sports and procedural drama Good Boy. It’s a drama revolving around medal winning retired South Korean Olympians who have become police officers and their intersecting stories. Park Bo Gum is a boxer and Kim So Hyun a sharpshooter so both have the athletic skills in the drama to … Continue reading →

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

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