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Janine Chang Does Damage Control After C-netizens Accuse Her of Being Pro-Taiwan Independence Based on Past Statements

A Koala's Playground Posted on September 8, 2021 by ockoalaSeptember 8, 2021
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I’m really tired from so much ado about what is so small of quibbles and issues, but then again I do have a job and a life and better things to do. TW-actress Janine Chang is this week’s target of C-netizen pitchfork mob after someone found her college BA thesis where she wrote about “Our Country’s Entertainer Management Legal Issues”. … Continue reading →

Posted in Miscellaneous | Tagged Janine Chang

China’s Tightening of Citizenship Starts as HK-actor Nicholas Tse Applied to Relinquish His Dual Citizenship with Canada and Same with Young Actor Chen Fei Yu With His US Citizenship to Continue Working in China

A Koala's Playground Posted on September 5, 2021 by ockoalaSeptember 5, 2021
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I write about dramas and industry not just in Korea but also covering Taiwan, Japan, and Mainland China so the recent uptick in articles on the latter is solely because so much wild stuff is happening there some of which are just alarming. In addition to the recent 8-points memo from the Chinese broadcasting authorities to reorganize C-ent on television, … Continue reading →

Posted in Miscellaneous | Tagged Chen Fei Yu, Nicholas Tse

Jung Hae In Returns to K-netizen Good Graces After the Critical and Popular Success of Netflix Drama D.P.

A Koala's Playground Posted on September 1, 2021 by ockoalaSeptember 1, 2021
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I track how long I’ve been blogging at times by how many actors I’ve seen go to military service and then come back. I also can track it by both the rise and fall and then maybe rise and fall again, ergo the cyclical nature of some star popularity moments. K-actor Jung Hae In is a great study, he was … Continue reading →

Posted in Miscellaneous | Tagged Jung Hae In

C-actress Zhao Wei Rumored to Have Taken Private Jet Overnight to France to Reunite with Her Singaporean Husband After Being Erased from All C-ent

A Koala's Playground Posted on August 30, 2021 by ockoalaAugust 30, 2021
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The rumor is spreading wild and fast that formerly top C-actress and producer Zhao Wei (Vicki Zhao) has flown the coop, and cue all the Little Sparrow jokes. The tabloids and various online news portals are all saying that Zhao Wei was spotted landing in France on a private jet and she reportedly fled in the night from China. The … Continue reading →

Posted in Miscellaneous | Tagged Vicki Zhao, Zhao Wei

Both Lee Min Ho and Yeonwoo’s Friends Continue to Insist They are Dating Despite His Agency’s Denial and Assertion the Two are Just Friends

A Koala's Playground Posted on August 30, 2021 by ockoalaAugust 30, 2021
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Now this is what I call an even juicier development, it was already fun dating news that Lee Min Ho and newbie actress and former idol Yeonwoo are dating but now we have a he said-she said story, or maybe everyone says except for him. His agency denied the dating news immediately (like so fast, legit), saying the two are … Continue reading →

Posted in Miscellaneous | Tagged Dating, Lee Min Ho, Yeonwoo

Shin Hyun Bin Already on the Rise in 2020 Opposite Won Bin in Maxim Coffee CF

A Koala's Playground Posted on August 30, 2021 by ockoalaAugust 30, 2021
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Sometimes the ascendance of a star can be telegraphed even earlier and seeing Shin Hyun Bin currently in Hospital Playlist 2, about to be in Person Who Looks Like You soon to premiere, and cast in The Youngest Son of the Chaebol and Strange, I recall seeing her on a CF and took me awhile to place that she was … Continue reading →

Posted in Miscellaneous, Musings | Tagged Shin Hyun Bin, Won Bin

Dispatch Reveals Lee Min Ho and Idol-actress Yeonwoo are Dating, His Agency Swiftly Denies It Claiming They Are Just Friends

A Koala's Playground Posted on August 29, 2021 by ockoalaAugust 29, 2021
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Oh this is super juicy! Thank you K-ent for upping your mic drop to start the week, for awhile it looked like C-ent was having all the crazy fun. Dispatch is ending the month of August with a doozy of a breaking news item – it published a report that top Hallyu actor Lee Min Ho and newbie idol-actress Yeonwoo … Continue reading →

Posted in Miscellaneous | Tagged Dating, Lee Min Ho, Yeonwoo

Son Dambi and Jung Ryeo Won Alleged to Have Received Gifts and Had Relationship with Man Who Has Been Arrested for Fraudulently Bilking Rich and Powerful People Out of Nearly $10 Million USD

A Koala's Playground Posted on August 28, 2021 by ockoalaAugust 28, 2021
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Well this is kinda a shady story but honestly probably something that is quite common place in the entertainment industry. I mean the sponsorship part, not so much the fraud element. Actresses Son Dambi and Jung Ryeo Won, in the same agency, are alleged to have benefitted from the fraud committed by a middle aged businessman pretending to be a … Continue reading →

Posted in Miscellaneous | Tagged Jung Ryeo Won, Son Dambi

Park Yoochun to Hold September 2021 Japan Fan Meeting and Also in Dispute with Current Agency President

A Koala's Playground Posted on August 26, 2021 by ockoalaAugust 25, 2021
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Man, if there is a slang for the opposite of hitting the gym hard during quarantine COVID year then the opposite is what happened to disgraced idol-actor Park Yoochun. That he’s still in the news is just annoying because I think at this point he should use whatever savings he has to go open a restaurant or something that isn’t … Continue reading →

Posted in Miscellaneous | Tagged Park Yoochun

K-netizens and C-netizens So Over Fawning Han So Hee Entertainment Publication Articles

A Koala's Playground Posted on August 25, 2021 by ockoalaAugust 24, 2021
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Haha, I can’t believe one thing can unite C-netizens and K-netizens right now when it’s been the War of the Roses for a few years ongoing and only getting worse. But I guess everyone hates a tryhard and that’s the impression rising K-actress Han So Hee, or at least her agency, is giving off with how hard its trying to … Continue reading →

Posted in Miscellaneous | Tagged Han So Hee

IU Cosplays Three Popular US Show Concepts in New September 2021 Vogue Korea Pictorial

A Koala's Playground Posted on August 24, 2021 by ockoalaAugust 25, 2021
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I feel like this pictorial would have fit even better two years ago when IU was starring in Hotel Del Luna, there her character basically cosplayed rich eccentric along with various other creative touches as she resolutely performed her duties running a ghost hotel. I see so much Jang Man Wol here in the September 2021 Vogue Korea pictorial where … Continue reading →

Posted in Miscellaneous | Tagged IU

Idol Actress Joy of Red Velvet and R&B Singer Crush Confirm Dating Relationship

A Koala's Playground Posted on August 23, 2021 by ockoalaAugust 23, 2021
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Oh this is a cute real life coupling, and seems so uneventful and sweet in a month full of wildly negative news in the entertainment world. Idol and actress Joy from the SM group Red Velvet is a taken girl as the lucky guy is none other than popular R&B singer Crush. I know they both have real names but … Continue reading →

Posted in Miscellaneous | Tagged Crush, Dating, Joy

All of Wu Yi Fan’s Movies, Variety Shows, MVs, and Videos Removed From All Chinese Streaming Sites After His Arrest, Fans of Zhang Zhe Han’s Dramas Scrambling to Download Before His Are Deleted

A Koala's Playground Posted on August 18, 2021 by ockoalaAugust 19, 2021
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It’s funny that international viewers can enjoy Chinese entertainment and the forget that it’s still a one party communist country where any perceived freedom of expression is a leeway and not a right. The social contract that binds each person to his/her community and country is even more absolute in China and ergo the consequences more severe where there is … Continue reading →

Posted in Miscellaneous | Tagged Kris Wu, Wu Yi Fan, Zhang Zhe Han

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