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K-actor Kwak Si Yang Confirms Relationship with Heart Signal 2 Star Im Hyeon Joo

A Koala's Playground Posted on September 20, 2023 by ockoalaSeptember 20, 2023
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So a bit of dating news to liven up the mid-week hump. K-actor Kwak Si Yang is off the bachelor market and he’s confirmed the rumor that he’s dating Heart Signal 2 star Im Hyeon Joo. She was already working as an actress before doing the dating game show so clearly she found love a different way in real life. … Continue reading →

Posted in Miscellaneous | Tagged Dating, Im Hyeon Joo, Kwak Si Yang

C-viewers of Sunshine by My Side with Xiao Zhan and Bai Bai He Overwhelmingly Upset with the Added Screen Time for the Ice Hockey Young Supporting OTP

A Koala's Playground Posted on September 20, 2023 by ockoalaSeptember 19, 2023
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So modern workplace and romance C-drama Sunshine by My Side ended recently and I feel like it’s the same with so many of Xiao Zhan‘s recent dramas – praise and positivity for his performance with no impact on his popularity but a mixed bad of complaints with the overall drama. This one got okay ratings, I actually think The Longest … Continue reading →

Posted in TW & C dramas | Tagged Sunshine by my Side

Fall 2023 K-dramas Drops Lots of Posters Running Gamut of Stunning to Standard

A Koala's Playground Posted on September 19, 2023 by ockoalaSeptember 19, 2023
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Summer 2023 K-dramas have been just okay except for the breakout hit Moving on Disney+ but it’s time for the spate of fall 2023 K-dramas to arrive. A bunch of posters have been released in the recent week so it’s more fun to showcase all the upcoming dramas in one post. Old school KBS sageuk Goryeo-Khitan War dropped the desolate … Continue reading →

Posted in K-dramas | Tagged A Good Day to be a Dog, Evilive, Goryeo-Khitan War, Moon in the Day, My Dearest, Strong Woman Kang Nam Soon, The Worst of Evil, Twinkling Watermelon

Song Joong Ki and His Dog are Eye Catching in Return to Korea at Incheon Airport

A Koala's Playground Posted on September 19, 2023 by ockoalaSeptember 19, 2023
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New daddy and less new newlywed Song Joong Ki returned to South Korea this week from Europe and was snapped at the airport with his dog Nala. He totally balanced the loads of luggage and carrying the sweet and curious pup in his arm. It’s cute that Nala has a body harness with a lacey section that makes her look … Continue reading →

Posted in My Loves | Tagged Song Joong Ki

Idol-actor Ro Woon Pens Handwritten Letter Announcing His Departure From Boy Group SF9

A Koala's Playground Posted on September 19, 2023 by ockoalaSeptember 18, 2023
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There are waves to kick off this new week with confirmed news that idol-actor Ro Woon is now becoming an actor only. He announced to his fans that he is leaving the boy group SF9 with a handwritten letter. K-netizens are split to his response, some are fine that he is sharing his reason for leaving which is a desire … Continue reading →

Posted in Miscellaneous | Tagged Ro Woon

My Journey to You Likely to NOT Have a Second Season with Leads Yu Shu Xin and Zhang Ling He Reportedly Mad at Director Guo Jingming After Script and Directing Makes the Second Leads More Popular

A Koala's Playground Posted on September 18, 2023 by ockoalaOctober 24, 2023
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Ooooh, melon and behind the scenes cattiness, I love it! Melons are of course rumors so take it with a grain of salt. C-drama My Journey to You can be summed up as a mixed bag, it got viewership and buzz but was split down the middle in terms of likes and dislikes. It didn’t hurt the careers of director … Continue reading →

Posted in TW & C dramas | Tagged My Journey to You, Yu Shu Xin, Zhang Ling He

Seoul Prosecutors Re-submit Arrest Warrant to Court for Yoo Ah In Claiming Additional Investigation Unearthed Coercing Accomplice Testimony and Assistance with Fleeing Jurisdiction

A Koala's Playground Posted on September 18, 2023 by ockoalaSeptember 18, 2023
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I feel like the big hammer has come down on K-actor Yoo Ah In after his drug arrest and investigation earlier this year but he hasn’t yet really felt the brunt of his criminal ways. At most he was summoned for long interrogations but an earlier request for detention was not granted by the court. This week Seoul prosecutors submitted … Continue reading →

Posted in K-dramas | Tagged Yoo Ah In

Tan Song Yun Returns to Period C-dramas After 2 Years with Shu Brocade Family Costarring Zheng Ye Cheng

A Koala's Playground Posted on September 18, 2023 by ockoalaSeptember 17, 2023
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The word brocade in Chinese will be further associated with C-actress Tan Song Yun, after her hit C-drama The Sword and the Brocade a few years ago she’s back in period land as filming just started for the C-drama Shu Brocade Family (literal translation of 蜀锦人家). Her male lead will be Zheng Ye Cheng which means she’s top billing as … Continue reading →

Posted in TW & C dramas | Tagged Tan Song Yun, Zheng Ye Cheng

C-actor Wu Lei’s Recent Answers Including Being with the Person I Love Has C-ent Expecting His Dating Life to be Revealed

A Koala's Playground Posted on September 17, 2023 by ockoalaSeptember 17, 2023
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So Wu Lei has been in the industry for nearly 20 years as a baby baby child actor and has been managing his career so well with nary a scandal and plenty of praise for his hard working attitude and healthy sporty big boy image. Recently his dating life is back in the news as he was attending an event … Continue reading →

Posted in Miscellaneous | Tagged Wu Lei

The Emperor’s Love Almost Got Close to Airing After Cutting Episode Down and Reducing Female Lead Yuan Bing Yan to 6-episodes Only Focusing on the Male Lead and Second Female Lead Story

A Koala's Playground Posted on September 17, 2023 by ockoalaSeptember 17, 2023
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Dang, I’ve heard this in a few places (see here for one) and it goes to show that there is always a lot of attempt to salvage projects to air and recoup some money even when shit hits the fan. C-drama The Emperor’s Love with Wallace Chung and Yuan Bing Yan has been in limbo for over a year since … Continue reading →

Posted in TW & C dramas | Tagged The Emperor's Love, Wallace Chung, Yuan Bing Yan

Fifteen Year Old C-actress Ai Mi is Another Gorgeous Breakout From the Visually Stacked Cast of My Journey to You

A Koala's Playground Posted on September 17, 2023 by ockoalaSeptember 16, 2023
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So the Easter Eggs in My Journey to You are aplenty and even early characters who seemingly are offed get further fleshing out whether in flashbacks or not yet dead returns. Teen actress Ai Mi, who plays Yun Que the younger sister of Yu Shu Xin‘s assassin character Yun Wei Shan, is one of those unexpected and heart breaking returns. … Continue reading →

Posted in TW & C dramas | Tagged Ai Mi, My Journey to You

Bai Lu and Dylan Wang’s Modern Romance C-drama Only For Love Stuck in Limbo After Producer Allegedly Under Investigation for Embezzlement and Fraud

A Koala's Playground Posted on September 16, 2023 by ockoalaSeptember 16, 2023
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So this is a bit of older news but I didn’t report on it then so now is a good time because it does explain by romance C-drama Only For Love with Bai Lu and Dylan Wang has not aired yet. The drama filmed last year in 2022 during Dylan’s hit summer drama Love Between Fairy and Devil was airing … Continue reading →

Posted in TW & C dramas | Tagged Bai Lu, Dylan Wang, Only for Love

C-actress Yuan Bing Yan Confirmed Personal Tax Evasion, Fined Close to 3 Million RMB, and Official Weibo Account Muted as a Ban

A Koala's Playground Posted on September 16, 2023 by ockoalaSeptember 16, 2023
Young woman in a striped skirt, sitting.

Welp, this is absolutely a case of play stupid games, win stupid prizes. It’s also a case of getting a second chance and just giving the authorities the middle finger. C-actress Yuan Bing Yan is basically banned and cancelled in C-ent after news broke from the Chongqing province tax authorities that she has been investigated, found to have broke the … Continue reading →

Posted in TW & C dramas | Tagged Yuan Bing Yan

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