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Woo Do Hwan Transforms into the Joseon Lawyer in First Promos for the MBC Sageuk Costarring Bona

A Koala's Playground Posted on February 28, 2023 by ockoalaFebruary 28, 2023
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Keeping expectations low so this one actually looks not bad. MBC Fri-Sat drama is currently Kokdu: Season of Deity which has neither ratings nor buzz and when it ends at the end of March will be succeeded by Joseon Lawyer starring Woo Do Hwan and Bona in what looks like a comedic romp about seeking justice in olden days using … Continue reading →

Posted in K-dramas | Tagged Bona, Cha Hak Yeon, Joseon Lawyer, Woo Do Hwan

Long Languished on Shelf BL Novel Adapted C-drama Winner is King with Tan Jian Ci and Chen Zhe Yuan Reportedly to Drop March 2023

A Koala's Playground Posted on February 28, 2023 by ockoalaFebruary 28, 2023
Two characters from "Feng Huo Liu Jin."

C-novelist Priest is well known for being prolific and also having a subset of BL novels that are wildly popular. Her BL novels have been adapted into dramas Word of Honor and Guardian and a third Sha Po Lang was filming in 2020 into the drama Winner is King (烽火流金) but has languished on the shelf due to the soft … Continue reading →

Posted in TW & C dramas | Tagged Chen Zhe Yuan, Tan Jian Ci, Winner is King

Cold Water Dumped on Love Like the Galaxy Fanshippers with New BTS Video of Frightened Zhao Lu Si Cursing Out Wu Lei During Filming of Horseback Riding Scene

A Koala's Playground Posted on February 27, 2023 by ockoalaFebruary 27, 2023
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This is certainly not the kind of real life interaction viewers and fans of Love Like the Galaxy want to see whether during airing or now months later. It’s not egregious but just a tad disappointing to actual watch the video. This week a BTS video of the horseback riding scene filming in LLTG had Zhao Lu Si crying and … Continue reading →

Posted in TW & C dramas | Tagged Love Like the Galaxy, Wu Lei, Zhao Lu Si

Lee Bo Young’s Agency Ends with Super High 16.044% Ratings Becoming 5th Highest jTBC Drama of All Time

A Koala's Playground Posted on February 27, 2023 by ockoalaFebruary 27, 2023
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The Queen came confidently and quietly and then slayed all the way from beginning to end. While tvN‘s Crash Course in Romance has been buzzier and also has high ratings nearly equivalent, Agency premiered a week earlier and has been not just getting the ratings but also consistently high audience feedback on the plot and acting development. Lee Bo Young … Continue reading →

Posted in K-dramas | Tagged Agency, Lee Bo Young

Korean Big Three Networks Announce Ban on Yoo Ah In and Police Investigation Reveals His Propofol Injections were 10 Times More Volume Per Shot than Normal Dosage

A Koala's Playground Posted on February 27, 2023 by ockoalaFebruary 27, 2023
Young man in black shirt, serious expression.

I was thinking that Yoo Ah In‘s arrest and investigation into propofol abuse was probably the wake up call he needed but now I think it probably saved his life. K-ent is reporting that his propofol use was 73 times over the course of one year and the volume was 4400 milliliters worth. They have averaged that out to around … Continue reading →

Posted in K-dramas | Tagged Yoo Ah In

Episode 14 of Crash Course on Romance Hits New Ratings High of 14.296% and Looks Set to Wrap Up Plot Points Nicely Next Week

A Koala's Playground Posted on February 26, 2023 by ockoalaFebruary 26, 2023
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It’s funny how a rom-com like Crash Course in Romance is actually more impactful as an indictment of South Korea’s oppressive educational system and obsessively controlling parents participating in it. The drama hit a new ratings high of 14.296% and can probably break 15% or more next week with the finale but it’s not going to be one of those … Continue reading →

Posted in K-dramas | Tagged Crash Course in Romance

HK Media Goes Wall-to-Wall Coverage Over the Horrific Murder and Dismemberment of Socialite Abby Choi By Her Ex-husband and His Family

A Koala's Playground Posted on February 26, 2023 by ockoalaFebruary 26, 2023
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I remember when this story broke two days ago I was like “who?” before going “OMG this is horrific and so so sad!” after reading the details. HK front page news including wall-to-wall coverage in the entertainment/society pages are all about the murder of socialite Abby Choi. She was 28-years old and the mother of four kids ages 10, 8, … Continue reading →

Posted in Miscellaneous | Tagged Abby Choi

Kim Dong Wook Surprises Moon Ga Young as Guest at Her Fan Meeting Continuing the Most Candy-strewn Drama CP Streak for Find Me in Your Memory

A Koala's Playground Posted on February 26, 2023 by ockoalaFebruary 25, 2023
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This sweetness could not have come at a better time to wash away the acrid taste that was The Interest of Love from my palette. Moon Ga Young did her best with a thoroughly frustrating character who created her own misery time and again and I’m glad to bounce back to what is my favorite character and performance from her … Continue reading →

Posted in My Loves | Tagged Find Me in Your Memory, Kim Dong Wook, Moon Ga Young

Crash Course in Romance Episode 13 Gets 11.359% as the Plot Meanders in All the Various Threads

A Koala's Playground Posted on February 25, 2023 by ockoalaFebruary 26, 2023
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Its exceptionally hard to sustain a good drama plot and I was merely hoping Crash Course in Romance could do it since it’s ratings were so incredible I just wanted a rom-com to be good til the very end. Alas the final stretch feels like this drama’s undoing much like others before it, the romance of the OTP now gotten … Continue reading →

Posted in K-dramas | Tagged Crash Course in Romance

Yoo Ah In Reportedly Tests Positive for 3rd Drug and Took Propofol 73 Times During the Year in 2021 Averaging 6 times a Month

A Koala's Playground Posted on February 25, 2023 by ockoalaFebruary 25, 2023
Young man in black shirt, serious expression.

I’m sorry but the drug use story around Yoo Ah In continues to get worse and it’s both shocking and heartbreaking as someone who watched him go from a young promising rookie over ten years ago to an A-list movie star. K-ent is reporting that the punishment for Yoo Ah In is likely going to be severe due to the … Continue reading →

Posted in Miscellaneous | Tagged Yoo Ah In

Jeon Ji Hyun Continues Her Classic Style Unchanging Beauty at Burberry February 2023 Fashion Show

A Koala's Playground Posted on February 25, 2023 by ockoalaFebruary 25, 2023
Model in beige dress among green plants.

Perhaps K-actress Jeon Ji Hyun is the human embodiment of the classic Burberry trench, never changing but always in fashion. 2022 was a quiet year for her after Jirisan (Mount Jiri) in 2021 and earlier her Kingdom spinoff for Netflix in 2021 so it’s nice to see her kick off 2023 back in the limelight even if at a fashion … Continue reading →

Posted in Fashion | Tagged Jeon Ji Hyun

C-actress Zhang Jing Yi in Talks for First Period Romance Drama Based on Novel First Complementary Development Manual 

A Koala's Playground Posted on February 24, 2023 by ockoalaFebruary 25, 2023
Illustration from the 2023 drama "".

It’s wild to think that C-actress Zhang Jing Yi built up such a strong resume without doing the most popular genre of C-dramas the period work. Whether wuxia or xianxia, the heightened stakes and swoony expanse of the period drama always helps young actresses breakout in the right now. But Zhang Jing Yi doesn’t need any breaking out so now … Continue reading →

Posted in K-dramas | Tagged Long Life Long Street, Zhang Jing Yi

Wu Lei and Yang Chao Yue Tapped for Fox Spirit Matchmaker: Wang Quan Chapter to go Into Production Later in the Year

A Koala's Playground Posted on February 24, 2023 by ockoalaFebruary 23, 2023
Young woman and man in stylish attire.

So the casting wheel changed up one rumored lead but kept the other and I’m meh with the change TBH. There are three chapters of the Fox Spirit Matchmaker ( 塗山小紅娘) stories to be turned into dramas, the first is the one we see promos for Fox Spirit Matchmaker is the Yue Hong chapter (月红篇) with Yang Mi and Gong … Continue reading →

Posted in TW & C dramas | Tagged Fox Spirit Matchmaker, Wu Lei, Yang Chao Yue

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