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Lovers of the Red Sky Memorable Bodyguard Song Won Seok Rejoins with Ahn Hyo Seob in Upcoming Rom-com Office Blind Date

A Koala's Playground Posted on October 31, 2021 by ockoalaOctober 28, 2021
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The “mysterious and reticent warrior bodyguard” is such a K-drama sageuk trope especially for this younger lead romance centric sageuks. There have been countless rising K-actor that got their a memorable step up playing this role – Song Jae Rim in The Moon Embraces the Sun, Kwak Dong Yeon in Moonlight Drawn by Clouds, Hwang In Yeop in Tale of … Continue reading →

Posted in K-dramas | Tagged Office Blind Date, Song Won Seok | 14 Replies

The OTP Relationship Deepens Meaningfully as the Big Bad Plot Coalesces to Break them Apart in Episodes 11-12 of Dali and the Cocky Prince

A Koala's Playground Posted on October 31, 2021 by ockoalaOctober 31, 2021
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This week’s episodes 11-12 of Dali and the Cocky Prince is eating a meal with half good dishes and half awful dishes but together its thematically coherent. We need the bad in order to appreciate the good, though this drama romance doesn’t need to put the leads through the ringer in order for them to love and cherish each other, … Continue reading →

Posted in Musings | Tagged Dal Li and Gamja Tang, Dali and the Cocky Prince, KIm Min Jae, Park Kyu Young | 3 Replies

tvN Mountain Action Drama Jirisan Has Surprising Steep 3% Ratings Drop in Episode 3 to 7.850%

A Koala's Playground Posted on October 30, 2021 by ockoalaOctober 30, 2021
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Well this isn’t good news for the cast and crew of tvN high profile big budget action thriller Jirisan (Mount Jiri). Yesterday was the third episode airing for the drama and coming off a big premiere weekend prior where both episodes set new cable ratings record, the first for being the highest premiere rating and the second for being the … Continue reading →

Posted in K-dramas | Tagged Jeon Ji Hyun, Jirisan, Joo Ji Hoon | 89 Replies

Lee Joon Hyuk and Lee Kyu Hyung to Cameo in Inspector Joy and Happiness, Respectively, Adding More Mature Sexy to the Upcoming Dramas

A Koala's Playground Posted on October 30, 2021 by ockoalaOctober 29, 2021
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I was already planning to watch these two upcoming dramas but this just raises the interest level like exponentially. I love me some super underrated gems in K-ent and these two dudes fit the bill exactly. Lee Joon Hyuk will be doing a guest starring turn in upcoming comedic sageuk Inspector Joy with Taecyeon and Kim Hye Yoon, while over … Continue reading →

Posted in K-dramas | Tagged Happiness, Inspector Joy, Lee Joon Hyun, Lee Kyu Hyung | 4 Replies

Shin Sung Rok Joins MBC Drama Doctor Lawyer with So Ji Sub and Im Soo Hyang

A Koala's Playground Posted on October 30, 2021 by ockoalaOctober 29, 2021
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Looks like MBC is bringing in the big guns for this drama and it definitely has the scope for doubling down on leading men. Shin Sung Rok will be returning to the network next year with Doctor Lawyer, starring So Ji Sub as a doctor who gets his medical license revoked and becomes a lawyer specializing in medical malpractice litigation. … Continue reading →

Posted in K-dramas | Tagged Doctor Lawyer, Im Soo Hyang, Shin Sung Rok, So Ji Sub | 3 Replies

Kim Soo Hyun Teams Up with Cha Seung Won for His Last Chance in Tense Legal Thriller One Ordinary Day

A Koala's Playground Posted on October 29, 2021 by ockoalaOctober 30, 2021
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Online streaming platform Coupang Play hasn’t been a player yet but it’s clear it’s investing in the streaming K-drama market and the biggest offer to date will be next month’s legal drama One Ordinary Day (original title That Night). This drama looks and conceptually sounds high brow, based on the BBC series Criminal Justice and of course going from intense … Continue reading →

Posted in K-dramas | Tagged Cha Seung Won, Kim Soo Hyun, One Ordinary Day | 24 Replies

Shin Mina Arrives in Jeju to Join Lee Byung Hun to Start Filming Their Segment of the Omnibus Noh Hee Kyung Penned Drama Our Blues

A Koala's Playground Posted on October 29, 2021 by ockoalaOctober 28, 2021
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It’s not much rest for K-actress Shin Mina as K-ent is reporting that this week she’s headed to Jeju Island to start filming her section of the upcoming K-drama Our Blues. She sure has an affinity with beach locales this year in her dramas but there are way worse places to be. It’s written by award winning writer Noh Hee … Continue reading →

Posted in K-dramas | Tagged Our Blues, Shin Mina | 11 Replies

Han So Hee Cast in Vincenzo PD’s 2022 Musical Romance Drama Why Did You Come to My House

A Koala's Playground Posted on October 29, 2021 by ockoalaOctober 28, 2021
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The strong positive reaction to K-actress Han So Hee‘s headlining Netflix revenge action drama My Name absolutely validates now her rise to among the top of the casting food chain for roles in her age group in record time. K-ent has brushed aside the underwhelming reception to jTBC romance Nevertheless as outside of her control while seeing the good reviews … Continue reading →

Posted in K-dramas | Tagged Han So Hee, Why Did You Come to My House | 38 Replies

TW-actress Ariel Lin Delivers Healthy Baby Girl, Her First Child with Husband of 6-years

A Koala's Playground Posted on October 28, 2021 by ockoalaOctober 29, 2021
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This news is a week late but still worth posting especially since its such good news. TW-actress Ariel Lin delivered her first child on October 20th in Taipei, a healthy baby girl. Her husband of 6-years a non-celeb typically resides in the US with the two of them traveling back and forth but for this year he’s been in Taiwan … Continue reading →

Posted in Miscellaneous | Tagged Ariel Lin | 19 Replies

Kim Yoo Jung Stunning in Youthful Couture in Vogue Korea November 2021 Fashion Spread

A Koala's Playground Posted on October 28, 2021 by ockoalaOctober 28, 2021
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There is something indelible about Kim Yoo Jung that I’m always enchanted by whatever she’s doing onscreen or posing offscreen. She simultaneously looks young, looks her age, but also has this softly mature vibe. Her most recent drama Lovers of the Red Sky (Hong Chun Gi) she only looked young though which suited her character as she basically was a … Continue reading →

Posted in Fashion | Tagged Kim Yoo Jung | 90 Replies

Kim So Yeon Offered the Female Lead in the Second Season of tvN Drama Tale of Gumiho Opposite Lee Dong Wook and Kim Bum

A Koala's Playground Posted on October 28, 2021 by ockoalaOctober 28, 2021
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Hhhmmm, this drama offer seems totally not worthy of her but if she accepts she can only make the drama better. K-actress Kim So Yeon has been tapped as the female lead of the second second of tvN fantasy horror drama Tale of Gumiho, and her agency says she is still considering it. I still can’t imagine anyone other than … Continue reading →

Posted in K-dramas | Tagged Kim So Yeon, Tale of Gumiho | 23 Replies

Yumi’s Cells Episodes 11-12 Explore Sweet Cohabitation and Set Up Yumi and Woong Needing to Decide on Their Future Together

A Koala's Playground Posted on October 27, 2021 by ockoalaOctober 30, 2021
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This coming weekend is the finale of Yumi’s Cells, it’s a bit short with the drama ending on episode 14 but the original production intended for the drama to be multi-seasons to coincide with the webtoon. Whether that will happen has not been announced as the drama has been getting mid-2% ratings, not the success tvN would have liked to … Continue reading →

Posted in K-dramas | Tagged Yumi's Cells | 7 Replies

Official Preview for Netflix Drama Hellbound with Yoo Ah In, Kim Hyun Joo, Park Jung Min, and Won Jin Ah Explodes with Supernatural and Psychological Terror

A Koala's Playground Posted on October 27, 2021 by ockoalaOctober 27, 2021
"Dark fantasy series poster featuring monstrous figures."

Get ready to be scared, but maybe not of what’s out of this world but what’s even scarier in this world. The official preview is here for the next Netflix Kdrama Hellbound (To Hell), adapted from the same name manhwa. The first teaser I loved for legit showing the demons from Hell appearing on the announced day and time to … Continue reading →

Posted in K-dramas | Tagged Hellbound, Kim Hyun Joo, Park Jung Min, Won Jin Ah, Yoo Ah In | 4 Replies

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