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Audience Divided with Alchemy of Souls Season 2 as it Heads to Final Weekend Still Unable to Answer Basic World Building Questions

A Koala's Playground Posted on January 2, 2023 by ockoalaJanuary 3, 2023
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I checked out of Alchemy of Souls after the first season but continued to watch season 2 as a casual bystander. Nothing that happens will upset me but I am curious to see what the Hong Sisters have in store and also whether the still loyal cadre of viewer fans are enjoying this season with the switched up female lead … Continue reading →

Posted in K-dramas | Tagged Alchemy of Souls, Go Yoon Jung, Lee Jae Wook

Supporting Actor Jung Sung Il Playing Antagonist Lim Ji Yeon’s Husband is the Breakout Star of Kim Eun Sook’s Praised Revenge Drama The Glory

A Koala's Playground Posted on January 2, 2023 by ockoalaJanuary 2, 2023
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Talk about great casting choice and the right moment for a break out for actor Jung Sung Il. After the first weekend of airing of Netflix drama The Glory, he is unanimously the breakout and what K-netizens are all buzzing about. A combination of manly charisma onscreen and an unexpectedly great chemistry with female lead Song Hye Kyo in their … Continue reading →

Posted in K-dramas | Tagged Jung Sung Il, The Glory

Kim Hye Yoon Keeps Winning 2022 Best New Actress Awards in the Film Category Thanks to Movie Girl on a Bulldozer

A Koala's Playground Posted on January 1, 2023 by ockoalaDecember 31, 2022
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Some viewers were perplexed why already female lead status young actress Kim Hye Yoon would take a second female lead role in jTBC drama Snowdrop but I always thought she was aiming to keep challenging herself first and foremost. She’s poised to really breakout in Chungmuro this year following her cult favorite breakout in television three years ago for Extraordinary … Continue reading →

Posted in Awards | Tagged Kim Hye Yoon

KBS 2022 Year End Drama Awards Makes Lemonade Out of Lemons with Joint Daesang Winners in Joo Sang Wook and Lee Seung Gi

A Koala's Playground Posted on January 1, 2023 by ockoalaJanuary 1, 2023
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Alirghty Airens, please explain what the heck is going on with Lee Seung Gi and his shaved head look? Is it a bout of lice, a second go-around in military service, for a new acting projects, or most likely heralding a new year new start? I was mostly interested in how round is head looked (so cute!) to care about … Continue reading →

Posted in K-dramas | Tagged Joo Sang Wook, Lee Seung Gi

Kim Eun Sook Penned K-drama The Glory with Song Hye Kyo Debuts to #9 Worldwide Netflix Chart and Positive Reviews

A Koala's Playground Posted on January 1, 2023 by ockoalaDecember 31, 2022
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Oh what a relief for the entire production involved for ambitious revenge K-drama The Glory, written by Kim Eun Sook and starring A-list actress Song Hye Kyo. The drama premiered it’s first season 8-episode drop on Netflix last Friday December 31st and over the weekend got to #9 on the Netflix worldwide rankings. Earlier in the week debut J-dorama Alice … Continue reading →

Posted in K-dramas | Tagged Lee Do Hyun, Song Hye Kyo, The Glory

Kim Nam Gil Takes Home the Daesang at the 2022 SBS Year End Drama Awards as All Major Hit Drama Leads Win Other Prizes

A Koala's Playground Posted on December 31, 2022 by ockoalaDecember 31, 2022
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A lot of Year End Awards thunder was stolen thanks to MBC doing theirs the night before and Lee Jong Seok winning the Daesang where he thanked a special someone who turned out to be real life girlfriend IU. Like, that’s drama writing in a K-ent themed drama haha. New Year’s Eve saw SBS which had the most hits hold … Continue reading →

Posted in Awards | Tagged Ahn Hyo Seob, Kim Nam Gil, Kim Se Jung, Lee Jun Ki, Namgoong Min, Seo Hyun Jin

SBS Drops First Teaser for 2023 Horror K-drama The Devil with Kim Tae Ri and Oh Jung Se

A Koala's Playground Posted on December 31, 2022 by ockoalaDecember 31, 2022
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K-actress Kim Tae Ri has managed to make her more arthouse picks in dramas and movies into hits and that’s a double feat. She gets award winning cred and popular appeal. It’ll be cool if she can pull that off again for her next project the SBS horror drama The Devil. The network released the first teaser today to cap … Continue reading →

Posted in K-dramas | Tagged KIm Tae Ri, The Devil

Good Data Releases the Buzziest K-dramas in 2022 Per Network with the Longest Time on the #1 Spot Being tvN’s Twenty Five, Twenty One and ENA’s Extraordinary Attorney Woo

A Koala's Playground Posted on December 31, 2022 by ockoalaDecember 30, 2022
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Terrestrial ratings are one thing but online buzz is different but also quite important metric in popularity and reach these days. Good Data released the buzziest K-dramas of 2022 per each network and showed how many weeks it spent in the #1 spot. Leading the way are Twenty Five, Twenty One on tvN and ENA‘s Extraordinary Attorney Woo, each spent … Continue reading →

Posted in K-dramas | Tagged A Business Proposal, Big Mouth, Extraordinary Attorney Woo, Gentleman and Young Lady, My Liberation Notes, Reborn Rich, Twenty Five Twenty One

Lee Jong Seok and IU are Dispatch’s 2023 New Year’s Couple After Being Spotted Spending Christmas Together in Japan and Confirm Dating

A Koala's Playground Posted on December 31, 2022 by ockoalaDecember 31, 2022
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OMG it’s been years since Dispatch has dropped a New Year’s couple dating reveal as BIG as this one. The tabloid dropped an early present for gossip eager fans today on the 31st with news that Lee Jong Seok and IU are dating. They were spotted spending Christmas last week together in Japan, at the uber exclusive Aman resort near … Continue reading →

Posted in Miscellaneous | Tagged Dating, IU, Lee Jong Seok

MBC 2022 Year End Drama Awards Hands Lee Jong Seok the Daesang and Big Mouth Takes Home the Top Awards

A Koala's Playground Posted on December 30, 2022 by ockoalaDecember 30, 2022
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The first year end awards show took place the night of the 30th over at MBC which didn’t have a lot of dramas to work with in 2022 to fete but still managed to pull off the night. Winning Daesang was Lee Jong Seok for Big Mouth which was as expected. The drama also won Best Drama and Top Excellence … Continue reading →

Posted in Musings | Tagged Jung Chae Yeon, Kim Young Dae, Lee Jong Seok, Lee Jung Won, Park Joo Hyun, Yeonwoo, Yook Sung Jae, Yoona

jTBC Social Class Divide Workplace Romance Drama The Interest of Love Premieres to Slow Burn Pace Buoyed by Simmering Chemistry Between Leads Yoo Yeon Seok and Moon Ga Young

A Koala's Playground Posted on December 30, 2022 by ockoalaDecember 31, 2022
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So I checked out new jTBC Wed-Thurs drama The Interest of Love (Understanding of Love) and my impression changed a heck ton between the first and second week. The first two episodes were just okay, slow and not that engaging, but I like the leads and am in need of a good romance drama so I decided to keep tuning … Continue reading →

Posted in K-dramas | Tagged The Interest of Love, Understanding of Love

C-drama Forbidden Love Pours Cold Water on the Warm Early Excitement with Terrible Reviews on the Acting of Both Leads Dylan Wang and Chen Yu Qi

A Koala's Playground Posted on December 30, 2022 by ockoalaDecember 29, 2022
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The last C-drama to premiere before year end 2022 is unfortunately an early reviews dud. Sure it can get better but Forbidden Love (also called Unchained Love) with Dylan Wang and Chen Yu Qi (Yukee Chen) takes the former back to the poorly reviews days prior to his hit drama Love Before Fairy and Devil and puts the latter squarely … Continue reading →

Posted in TW & C dramas | Tagged Chen Yu Qi, Dylan Wang, Forbidden Love, Unchained Love

K-ent Discusses How the Big Three Network Year End Drama Daesang Awards Look Meaningless in Light of the Best Performances in 2022 Come in Cable Dramas with Lee Sung Min and Park Eun Bin

A Koala's Playground Posted on December 29, 2022 by ockoalaDecember 29, 2022
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Frank honestly is the best policy here and hopefully it buoys production companies to keep improving to create better quality dramas. K-ent and K-netizens both agree that the coming 2022 Year End Drama Awards held by the Big Three networks feel rather pointless since the best performances came from cable dramas. The consensus goes to Park Eun Bin in Extraordinary … Continue reading →

Posted in K-dramas | Tagged Extraordinary Attorney Woo, Lee Sung Min, Park Eun Bin, Reborn Rich

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