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Park Seo Joon Takes the First Rate Route in the May 2022 Edition of Bazaar Taiwan Pictorial

A Koala's Playground Posted on April 28, 2022 by ockoalaApril 27, 2022
Male model posing for Harper's Bazaar cover.

The Chinese title for K-drama Fight My Way is The Third Rate Route, which refers to the path taken by losers. But for male lead Park Seo Joon‘s most recent pictorial in Bazaar Taiwan, the magazine titled that he was taking The First Rate Route which is absolutely fitting. Even as new male leads are cemented in K-drama land with … Continue reading →

Posted in My Loves | Tagged Park Seo Joon

Seo Ye Ji is a Striking Lady Revenge in First Poster for tvN Wed-Thurs Drama Eve Premiering May 2022

A Koala's Playground Posted on April 27, 2022 by ockoalaApril 28, 2022
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At this point I wouldn’t even say K-actress Seo Ye Ji is attempting a “comeback” after her being a manipulative gaslighter girlfriend to Kim Jung Hyun scandal from February 2021 last year. It feels like she merely passed on one project and landed on another and next month she’s back on the small screen with Eve in the Wed-Thurs time … Continue reading →

Posted in K-dramas | Tagged Seo Ye Ji

Mon-Tues Drama Military Prosecutor Doberman with Ahn Bo Hyun and Jo Boa is tvN’s Second Biggest Hit in 2022 Thus Far with Final Episode Breaking 10% Ratings

A Koala's Playground Posted on April 27, 2022 by ockoalaApril 27, 2022
Courtroom drama featuring military and legal themes.

The question in the next few weeks is whether just finished tvN Mon-Tues drama Military Prosecutor Doberman will remain in the 2nd spot or drop to 3rd with the similar high ratings of still airing tvN weekend drama Our Blues. Military Prosecutor Doberman concluded this week and this drama actually had really high ratings for tvN but remains quite underrated … Continue reading →

Posted in K-dramas | Tagged Ahn Bo Hyun, Jo Boa, Military Prosecutor Doberman

Im Soo Hyang is Radiant in All Three Official Drama Posters for SBS Drama Woori the Virgin with Baby Daddy Sung Hoon and Boyfriend Shin Dong Wook

A Koala's Playground Posted on April 27, 2022 by ockoalaApril 27, 2022
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It’s not a bad place to be Im Soo Hyang as the titular Woori the Virgin in the upcoming SBS drama, but for the fact that she’s going to be a mom and hasn’t even had sex haha. It’s the remake of the show Jane the Virgin which has broad awareness and seems like a perfect fit for a K-drama … Continue reading →

Posted in K-dramas | Tagged Im Soo Hyang, Shin Dong Wook, Sung Hoon, Woori the Virgin

Lee Jun Young in Talks for K-drama Ildangbaek Butler Opposite Hyeri After Yoon Do Joon Declines the Male Lead

A Koala's Playground Posted on April 26, 2022 by ockoalaApril 26, 2022
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This is another one of those 1-for-1 swaps that I’m good with either way. K-ent is reporting that Lee Jun Young (Jun) has been offered the male lead in the upcoming K-drama Ildangbaek Butler, the role that last month was in talks with Yoon Do Joon but he’s now passed on the offer. The female lead is going to be … Continue reading →

Posted in K-dramas | Tagged Hyeri, Ildangbaek Butler, Lee Jun Young

D.O. Catches COVID and Filming Halted on Upcoming Legal Drama True Sword Battle with Lee Se Hee

A Koala's Playground Posted on April 26, 2022 by ockoalaApril 26, 2022
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Oops, another blip in the filming radar but these are becoming commonplace and may even be built into production time lines from now on. D.O. (Do Kyung Soo) has joined the ranks of the COVID-19 positives and he’s currently asymptomatic and at home in quarantine. He’s been filming the legal drama True Sword Battle which despite the title is not … Continue reading →

Posted in K-dramas | Tagged D.O., Do Kyung Soo, Lee Se Hee, True Sword Battle

Namgoong Min Transforms into the One Thousand Won Lawyer in First Look from the SBS Drama

A Koala's Playground Posted on April 26, 2022 by ockoalaApril 25, 2022
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Filming is underway for the upcoming SBS legal drama One Thousand Won Lawyer (1000 Won Lawyer) which has a script that won the network’s contest in 2015 but has been in pre-production until securing the cast late last year. Headlining is award winning actor Namgoong Min who once again proves he’s not just a thespian but has the method actor … Continue reading →

Posted in K-dramas | Tagged Namgoong Min, One Thousand Won Lawyer

Ha Ji Won, Kang Ha Neul, and Jung Hae In Confirmed for Big Budget K-drama Curtain Call Formerly Titled Tree Dies on Their Feet

A Koala's Playground Posted on April 25, 2022 by ockoalaApril 26, 2022
Woman in white top making hand gesture.

Well this new drama title certainly captures the “hire an actor to play a fake grandson” central plot a whole lot more. The K-drama formerly titled Tree Dies on Their Feet is now called Curtain Call and has secured the actors and actress who will be taking their curtain call once the drama is all over. Ha Ji Won has … Continue reading →

Posted in K-dramas | Tagged Curtain Call, Ha Ji Won, Jung Hae In, Kang Ha Neul

Seol In Ah Takes the Spotlight in New CF Pictorial Post A Business Proposal Success

A Koala's Playground Posted on April 25, 2022 by ockoalaApril 25, 2022
Woman in stylish coat holding a handbag.

It’s not fair for the men to get all the attention from the A Business Proposal so this is second female lead Seol In Ah‘s turn to shine. She’s in a new CF pictorial today and it’s a simple elegant khaki colored chic spread. I noticed that her early days she looked much more classic young woman K-beauty with the … Continue reading →

Posted in Miscellaneous | Tagged Seol In Ah

Kim Min Kyu Delivers Eclectic Vibes in May 2022 Elle Korea Pictorial

A Koala's Playground Posted on April 25, 2022 by ockoalaApril 24, 2022
Black and white profile portrait of a man.

The speed at which K-ent and the ancillary media moves always impresses me. It’s definitely not lugubrious at a dinosaur pace, whenever there is a breakout or even the inklings of on the casting agents descend from both film to print. A Business Proposal delivered second male lead Kim Min Kyu the exposure he’s been missing until now and the … Continue reading →

Posted in Fashion | Tagged Kim Min Kyu

First Poster for jTBC Legal Thriller Drama Insider with Kang Ha Neul and Lee Yoo Young

A Koala's Playground Posted on April 24, 2022 by ockoalaApril 24, 2022
Two faces merging with contrasting expressions.

All this talk around the casting of K-drama Tree Dies on Their Feet made me forget that male lead Kang Ha Neul will be back on the small screen before then first with jTBC drama Insider. The drama released the first poster today and it shows the male lead juxtaposed as a judicial intern and a prisoner but both looking … Continue reading →

Posted in K-dramas | Tagged Insider, Kang Ha Neul, Lee Yoo Young

Ahn Hyo Seob Flexes His Model Muscles in May 2022 Dazed Korea Pictorial for Calvin Klein

A Koala's Playground Posted on April 24, 2022 by ockoalaApril 23, 2022
Young man reclining in denim attire.

When there is a breakthrough it’s always so fun to watch the star in question embrace that exposure. For K-actor Ahn Hyo Seob, he’s actually able to strike while the A Business Proposal success iron is still hot as he’s already filming his next drama the Korean remake of Someday or One Day which will air later this year. I … Continue reading →

Posted in Fashion | Tagged Ahn Hyo Seob

jTBC Sat-Sun Drama My Liberation Diary Ratings are in the Mid 2% Range But Gains Traction as a Quality Offering with a Cult Following

A Koala's Playground Posted on April 24, 2022 by ockoalaApril 23, 2022
People sitting in a train, looking thoughtful.

Ratings are important for recouping production investment and ensuring more K-dramas are made, but sometimes there are gems that don’t get the broader reception but linger as an asset to the genre. Such is the trajectory of jTBC Sat-Sun drama My Liberation Diary, it took over the time slot from Forecasting Love and Weather but is bringing in less than … Continue reading →

Posted in K-dramas | Tagged Kim Ji Won, Lee El, Lee Min Ki, My Liberation Diary, Son Seok Gu

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