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Daniel Choi Joins Kim Se Jung in K-drama Remake of J-dorama Tomorrow’s Webtoon

A Koala's Playground Posted on April 9, 2022 by ockoalaApril 8, 2022
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Okay this casting sounds a lot more aligned with the original work. K-ent is reporting that Daniel Choi is in talks to be the male lead in the upcoming K-drama remake of J-dorama Tomorrow’s Webtoon. It’s already confirmed to star Kim Se Jung who is coming off two successful dramas in a row with The Uncanny Counter and now A … Continue reading →

Posted in K-dramas | Tagged Daniel Choi, Kim Se Jung, Tomorrow's Webtoon

Tom Ford Showcases All the Exceptionally Tailored Suits Worn by Hyun Bin at his Wedding to Son Ye Jin

A Koala's Playground Posted on April 9, 2022 by ockoalaApril 10, 2022
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For weddings the majority of the attention is always on the bride but for celebrity weddings with star groom the attention is equally on his presence. K-actor Hyun Bin shared a few pre-wedding pictorial pictures with now wife Son Ye Jin with the public and in each he’s sporting a different suited look. There is a casual white suite, a … Continue reading →

Posted in K-dramas | Tagged Dating, Hyun Bin, Married, Son Ye Jin, Wedding

C-actor Gong Jun Issues Stern Denial on Recent Personal Life Rumors and Send Complaint to Police

A Koala's Playground Posted on April 8, 2022 by ockoalaApril 9, 2022
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Rumors can start so quickly so it’s good that the impacted star can respond just as quickly. C-actor Gong Jun was in the cross hairs of the C-netizen rumor mill this week claiming that he was secretly a father, that he used to work as a male escort, and that he mocked another male star Xiao Zhan. It stemmed from … Continue reading →

Posted in TW & C dramas | Tagged Gong Jun

Ahn Hyo Seob and Park Ji Hyun Caught Up in Dating Rumors After Netizens Spot Similarities in Social Media

A Koala's Playground Posted on April 8, 2022 by ockoalaApril 7, 2022
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The eagle-eyed K-netizens have struck again and this time connecting together two Korean stars who before now no one thought of as even a potential couple. K-netizens are saying actor Ahn Hyo Seob and actress Park Ji Hyun have been dating for the past 5 years, ever since they did a modeling shoot for the jeans brand Edwin. Apparently they … Continue reading →

Posted in Miscellaneous | Tagged Ahn Hyo Seob, Dating, Park Ji Hyun

Netizens Disappointed that IU Turned Down The Queen of Tears as it Would be a Reunion with Kim Soo Hyun and the First Time as Drama OTP

A Koala's Playground Posted on April 8, 2022 by ockoalaApril 8, 2022
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So the casting around The Queen of Tears has definitely moved from rumors to front page news. Both IU and Kim Soo Hyun were already rumored to be attached to the project until this week when IU formally declined the role. The male lead remains Kim Soo Hyun in all likelihood, a third time reunion with screenwriter Park Ji Hyun … Continue reading →

Posted in K-dramas | Tagged IU, Kim Soo Hyun, The Queen of Tears

Ji Chang Wook, Choi Sung Hoon, and Hwang In Yeob Showcase Enchantment in Poster and Stills of The Sound of Magic

A Koala's Playground Posted on April 7, 2022 by ockoalaApril 7, 2022
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Magic is in the air in the first posters and stills for the upcoming Netflix drama The Sound Magic with Ji Chang Wook, Choi Sung Eun, and Hwang In Yeob. March and April does not have any Netflix K-dramas on deck so The Sound of Magic arriving on May 5th will be the first one in a few months and … Continue reading →

Posted in K-dramas | Tagged Choi Sung Hoon, Hwang In Yeob, Ji Chang Wook, The Sound of Magic

Ahn Hyo Seob and Jeon Yeo Bin Have Started Filming K-drama Into Your Time, the Remake of TW-drama Someday or One Day

A Koala's Playground Posted on April 7, 2022 by ockoalaApril 8, 2022
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The bystanders have struck again and the first glimpse is out of the upcoming K-drama remake of TW fantasy drama Someday or One Day. It’s called Into Your Time which obviously refers to the female lead traveling back in time as a another high school student and encounters her dead ex-boyfriend’s doppleganger. TW-drama remakes have been hit or miss in … Continue reading →

Posted in K-dramas | Tagged Ahn Hyo Seob, Into Your Time, Jeon Yeo Bin, Someday or One Day

Posters, Stills and First Teaser for KBS Drama Red Single Pill Show Sageuk Tension Mixed with Tentative Romance Between Leads Lee Joon and Kang Han Na

A Koala's Playground Posted on April 7, 2022 by ockoalaApril 10, 2022
Back-to-back couple in Joseon attire

I felt like the classic K-drama sagueks were long drawn out Shakespearean dynasty founding, era changing court battles There was some fighting but it was mostly talking and plotting. Then youth sageuks made it all seem like high school but in Joseon garb, with little of the gritty can die at any moment tension. But in the last decade the … Continue reading →

Posted in K-dramas | Tagged Red Single Heart

Seo In Guk to Cameo in Latest Episode of Disney+ Drama Soundtrack #1 with Han So Hee and Park Hyung Sik

A Koala's Playground Posted on April 6, 2022 by ockoalaApril 6, 2022
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Music, friendship, and romance are the dishes on the menu for Disney+ drama Soundtrack #1, starring Park Hyung Sik as a photographer and Han So Hee as a songwriter as they navigate the slow pivot from long time platonic friends to maybe a couple. It’s a music themed drama so it’s nice to have a actor-singer also join in a … Continue reading →

Posted in K-dramas | Tagged Han So Hee, Park Hyung Sik, Seo In Guk, Soundtrack #1

IU Receives and Rejects Offer to Star in K-drama The Queen of Tears from the Screenwriter of Crash Landing on You

A Koala's Playground Posted on April 6, 2022 by ockoalaApril 7, 2022
Young woman in black dress and earrings.

A successful project doesn’t guarantee the success of the subsequent but it does add leverage to getting big name casts signed on. Unfortunately for screenwriter Park Ji Eun coming off Crash Landing on You, and she also wrote Legend of the Blue Sea, Producer, and You From Another Star, her next leading lady will not be singer-actress IU. The offer … Continue reading →

Posted in K-dramas | Tagged IU, The Queen of Tears

MBC Schedules Dr. Lawyer for End of May 2022 and Sends Scathing Note to SBS for Suddenly Scheduling From Today We Are Also in May Since Both Dramas Have Im Soo Hyang as Female Lead

A Koala's Playground Posted on April 6, 2022 by ockoalaApril 5, 2022
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Looks like it will be double the Im Soo Hyang dosage coming in May, and honestly the channel bitch fight is way more interesting. On Tuesday MBC announced that K-drama Dr. Lawyer with So Ji Sub, Shin Sung Rok, Im Soo Hyang will air on May 27th, normal announcing stuff. Then it heard through the grapevine that SBS was suddenly … Continue reading →

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Episode 12 Wraps Up A Business Proposal with a Happy Bow as the Drama Reinvigorates that Satisfying of a Simple But Well-done Rom-com

A Koala's Playground Posted on April 5, 2022 by ockoalaApril 5, 2022
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Against all odds, SBS Mon-Tues drama A Business Proposal has been the shining-est student on the block for 2022 dramas so far. Contentious casting choices, terribly flat drama posters, all of it was just pre-premiere detritus now as the actual drama was just wonderful out of the gate and stayed that way throughout. Bravo to pulling off a daunting feat … Continue reading →

Posted in K-dramas | Tagged A Business Proposal, Ahn Hyo Seob, Kim Se Jung

C-actor Zhang Zhe Han Emerges From Cancellation with First Instagram Update Sharing New Pictures and Message to Fans

A Koala's Playground Posted on April 5, 2022 by ockoalaApril 5, 2022
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The tendency to discuss things in extremes continues to obscure actual substantive subject matter. In the last decade there emerged this idea of “cancellation” when someone did something wholly objectionable or personally distasteful. There are two separate things, the former objectively a valid reason and the latter a personal choice. The swift and wholesale cancellation last year in 2021 of … Continue reading →

Posted in TW & C dramas | Tagged Zhang Zhe Han

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