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Yeo Jin Gu Offered Male Lead in Romance Sageuk K-drama Serenade

A Koala's Playground Posted on January 23, 2024 by ockoalaJanuary 22, 2024
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So this is a step up in all ways for me and I hope he accepts the role. Yeo Jin Gu is up for the male lead of K-drama Serenade (Saraenaedae) and if that drama title sounds familiar it’s the sageuk that was in talks with Jo Byung Gyu and he ended up not signing on for. It’s a lighter … Continue reading →

Posted in K-dramas | Tagged Serenade, Yeo Jin Gu

tvN Mon-Tues Drama Marry My Husband Keeps Rising in Ratings as Episode 7 Jumps to 9.359%

A Koala's Playground Posted on January 22, 2024 by ockoalaJanuary 22, 2024
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Dayum, Park Min Young deserves a you go girl but from all accounts the success of this K-drama is a group effort. tvN Mon-Tues drama Marry My Husband is a bona fide hit and deserves all the accolades as not going are the ratings continuing to go up there is a lot of buzz around it as well. Park Min … Continue reading →

Posted in K-dramas | Tagged Marry My Husband, Na In Woo, Park Min Young

Jo Jung Seok and Shin Se Kyun Start Their Cat and Mouse Intrigue in Newly Premiered tvN Sageuk Drama Captivating the King

A Koala's Playground Posted on January 22, 2024 by ockoalaJanuary 23, 2024
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So last week wasn’t just a some K-dramas ending, it was also the premiere of tvN weekend sageuk drama Captivating the King. The drama stars Jo Jung Seok as the King and Shin Se Kyung as the spy captivating him if we take the drama title literally but as cheesy as the title is the drama itself is a classic … Continue reading →

Posted in K-dramas | Tagged Captivating the King, Jo Jung Seok, Shin Se Kyun

Modern Romance C-drama As Beautiful as You with Tan Song Yun and Xu Kai Releases New Poster and MV of the Ending Theme

A Koala's Playground Posted on January 22, 2024 by ockoalaJanuary 21, 2024
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So I think this one is coming soon as well and who knows we may have two currently airing Xu Kai dramas at the same time. I don’t mind, love this boy but I could do with spacing his dramas out more so I have more time to enjoy. The modern workplace romance C-drama As Beautiful as You with Tan … Continue reading →

Posted in TW & C dramas | Tagged As Beautiful As You, Tan Song Yun, Xu Kai

jTBC Weekend Drama Welcome to Samdalri Ends Highly Successful Run at 12.399% But Oddly Not a Lot of Buzz

A Koala's Playground Posted on January 21, 2024 by ockoalaJanuary 21, 2024
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The K-dramas that started before the holidays season are one by one wrapping up and this weekend on jTBC the slice of life seaside drama Welcome to Samdalri ended with the final episode 16 getting a super high 12.399%. It’s definitely on the list of highest rated jTBC dramas of all time now but the weird thing is this drama … Continue reading →

Posted in K-dramas | Tagged Ji Chang Wook, Shin Hye Sun, Welcome to Samdalri

C-actress Mao Xiao Hui Apologizes to Viewers After Complaints on Her Visuals in Sword and Fairy 4 Being Totally Lacking Compared to Photoshopped Promos

A Koala's Playground Posted on January 21, 2024 by ockoalaJanuary 21, 2024
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What’s new C-netizens? Apparently it’s the same old, same old, with newly premiered xianxia C-drama Sword and Fairy 4 (Chinese Paladin 4) getting the first major non billing order complaint since it was released. The netizen backlash is against supporting actress Mao Xiao Hui who is being criticized for her lacking visuals onscreen and made worse by the photoshopped promo … Continue reading →

Posted in TW & C dramas | Tagged Chinese Paladin, Mao Xiao Hui, Sword and Fairy 4

SBS Fantasy Romance Drama My Demon with Song Kang and Kim Yoo Jung Wraps Entertaining But Ultimately Trifling Run

A Koala's Playground Posted on January 21, 2024 by ockoalaJanuary 21, 2024
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When I first went into My Demon I noticed it’s weak spots and gaps but found the drama as a whole really engaging and worth watching. But as K-dramas are wont to do, as it went along it never got better and the weak parts started to weigh down the show to the point I FF-d the last few episodes … Continue reading →

Posted in K-dramas | Tagged Kim Yoo Jung, My Demon, Song Kang

Modern C-drama Love Endures with Yang Zi and Fan Cheng Cheng Premieres on Jiangsu Television and Streaming on Youku January 20th

A Koala's Playground Posted on January 20, 2024 by ockoalaJanuary 21, 2024
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So while I love Yang Zi this is not one of her C-dramas that I am all that interested in watching. The drama is called Love Endures (Stories of Love and Youth) and filmed last year with Yang Zi and Fan Cheng Cheng as her male lead and with a broad supporting cast as it’s based on an anthology structure … Continue reading →

Posted in TW & C dramas | Tagged Fan Cheng Cheng, Love Endures, Yang Zi

Knight Flower with Honey Lee Hit 10.8% Ratings in Third Episode on Way to Another Hit for MBC

A Koala's Playground Posted on January 20, 2024 by ockoalaJanuary 20, 2024
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K-actress Honey Lee had a good week last week with the premiere of her sageuk drama Knight Flower which got solid ratings and good reviews, buoyed by the ratings going up from the first to the second episode. This weekend she’s really off to the races as the third episode on Friday went up yet again and crossed the double … Continue reading →

Posted in K-dramas | Tagged Honey Lee, Knight Flower, Lee Jong Won

Lee Min Ho and Greg Hsu Double Up the Asian Actor Good Looks at Winter Menswear 2024 Fendi Show in Milan

A Koala's Playground Posted on January 20, 2024 by ockoalaJanuary 19, 2024
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January isn’t a huge fashion show season but there are couture houses and designers that kick off the year with events. Fendi held a show in Milan last week for its menswear collection and in attendance from K-ent was Lee Min Ho and Greg Hsu was there from T-ent. It’s a fitting crossing of the streams as each is also … Continue reading →

Posted in Fashion | Tagged Greg Hsu, Lee Min Ho

New Romance K-drama Romance Movie Confirms Cast of Park Bo Young, Choi Woo Shik, Lee Jun Young, and Jeon So Ni

A Koala's Playground Posted on January 19, 2024 by ockoalaJanuary 19, 2024
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A great new K-drama is now cast and on deck for 2024 and has a cute punny name as well. It’s called Romance Movie (or Melo Movie) and the female lead has the name Kim Moo Bi and the drama is set in the world of K-movies. The leads are Choi Woo Shik and Park Bo Young with him playing … Continue reading →

Posted in K-dramas | Tagged Choi Woo Shik, Jeon So Ni, Lee Jun Young, Melo Movie, Park Bo Young

Yu Zheng Kicks Off Filming for 5 Couple C-drama Perfect Match and Goes Off the Rails Saying His Drama Will be a Huge Success and Anyone Who Didn’t Come Should Go Die

A Koala's Playground Posted on January 19, 2024 by ockoalaJanuary 19, 2024
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OMG, this is like baaaaaad even for Yu Zheng level shenanigans. Filming has kicked off for Perfect Match, a 5 couple drama about a mom trying to marrying off her 5 daughters in one Northern Song dynasty family and their respective 5 actors playing their beaus. It’s basically Yu Zheng taking Pride and Prejudice and knocking off the premise set … Continue reading →

Posted in TW & C dramas | Tagged Chen He Yi, Dong Si Cheng, Huang Sheng Chi, Huangyang Tian Tian, Ke Ying, Liang Yong Qi, Lu Yu Xiao, Perfect Match, Wang Xing Yue, Wu Xuan Yi

Shin Hye Sun Continues to Challenge Herself with Interesting Roles as She Signs on Next Drama Playing a Woman with Dissociative Identity Disorder

A Koala's Playground Posted on January 19, 2024 by ockoalaJanuary 18, 2024
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K-actress Shin Hye Sun is really going to back-to-back-to-back on K-dramas, not that I am complaining. She did See You in My 19th Life rolling right into Welcome to Samdalri and now has signed on for her next K-drama before Samdalri has ended. The drama is called To My Haeri (literal translation) and is from the screenwriter of Twenty Five, … Continue reading →

Posted in K-dramas | Tagged Shin Hye Sun

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