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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

New K-pop Couple Alert as Hyuna and Yong Jun Hyung Self Announce Dating Relationship

A Koala's Playground Posted on January 18, 2024 by ockoalaJanuary 19, 2024
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So no one can accuse K-pop star Hyuna of moving on too fast after the end of a long relationship. The songstress dated fellow K-pop-er E’Dawn (or just Dawn now) for 6 years before the couple announced their break up last year in December of 2022. Now to kick off the new year in 2024, Hyuna has debuted a new … Continue reading →

Posted in Miscellaneous | Tagged Dating, Hyuna, Yong Jun Hyung

Song Joong Ki Offered Male Lead Role in Romance K-drama My Youth

A Koala's Playground Posted on January 18, 2024 by ockoalaJanuary 18, 2024
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I feel like it’s been so long since Song Joong Ki did a romance based drama or movie it almost felt like he wasn’t going back to that era in his career. But now it looks like while he enjoyed the successful genre jumping it looks like he will be doing a melo this year in 2024. He’s in talks … Continue reading →

Posted in K-dramas | Tagged My Youth, Song Joong Ki

Xu Kai and Yu Shu Xin Go on Memory Loss Adventure in New Poster and Preview for Chinese Paladin 6 Drama Sword and Fairy Premiering Jan 18th

A Koala's Playground Posted on January 18, 2024 by ockoalaJanuary 18, 2024
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So this drama synopsis may seem wonky off the bat calling leads Xu Kai and Yu Shu Xin of Sword and Fairy, the Chinese Paladin 6 adaptation, as siblings but it’s not cuz they are actually blood related. The story kicks off when both awaken at the same time in some random town with no memories and set off on … Continue reading →

Posted in TW & C dramas | Tagged Chinese Paladin, Sword and Fairy, Xu Kai, Yu Shu Xin

SBS Confirms New Legal Drama Good Partner with Jang Nara and Nam Ji Hyun

A Koala's Playground Posted on January 17, 2024 by ockoalaJanuary 17, 2024
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A new legal drama is coming on SBS in early 2024, the directly titled Good Partner centered around attorneys at a divorce firm. My fave divorce attorney K-drama remains Love and Marriage which feels like multiple lifetimes ago. Good Partner pairs the veteran partner with a pragmatic attitude to divorce law with the younger rookie who remains morally righteous, who … Continue reading →

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

Chinese Paladin 4 Titled Sword and Fairy 4 with Ju Jing Yi and Chen Zhe Yuan Air Drops Today January 17th

A Koala's Playground Posted on January 17, 2024 by ockoalaJanuary 17, 2024
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So those of us on a C- or K-drama lull starting this new year in 2024 get ready for dramas galore to drop now and through lunar new year. The first to arrive is the adaptation of the Chinese Paladin 4 video game and the drama is titled Sword and Fairy 4 and stars Ju Jing Yi and Chen Zhe … Continue reading →

Posted in TW & C dramas | Tagged Chen Zhe Yuan, Chinese Paladin, Ju Jing Yi, Sword and Fairy 4

tvN Mon-Tues Drama Marry My Husband Stays High in 7% Ratings Despite Dispatch Article on Park Min Young

A Koala's Playground Posted on January 17, 2024 by ockoalaJanuary 17, 2024
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I remember many times K-netizens claiming to be outraged by a star and wanting to boycott this and that but it almost always ends up being decided on quality. Last year some thought Jo Byung Kyu‘s bullying allegations were never resolved and didn’t want to watch The Uncanny Counter 2, but it turns out the drama ratings never met the … Continue reading →

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

Producer Yu Zheng Rips C-actress Zhu Xu Dan for Dropping Out His Drama Right Before Filming After She Gets a Female Lead Role

A Koala's Playground Posted on January 16, 2024 by ockoalaJanuary 16, 2024
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So while one is technically right the other one seems more on the moral high ground, and unfortunately it’s the normally bad one. C-drama producer Yu Zheng this week announced his new drama Perfect Match which has a four actress four actor pairing in what is described as a cute period romance comedy. The two main female leads were supposed … Continue reading →

Posted in TW & C dramas | Tagged Perfect Match, Wu Xuan Yi, Zhu Xu Dan

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