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New Mom Ariel Lin Posts Glowing Birthday Pic to Thank Fans and Shares First Look at Daughter’s Cute Hand in Hers

A Koala's Playground Posted on November 1, 2021 by ockoalaNovember 3, 2021
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It was hard enough to imagine perennially baby-faced TW-actress Ariel Lin as a mom already but then seeing her first post-delivery picture it’s even harder to believe she just gave birth. The radiant new mom shared a picture over the weekend thanking fans for their well-wishes on her becoming a mom. She also thanked her new daughter for making her … Continue reading →

Posted in Miscellaneous | Tagged Ariel Lin

K-netizens Have Positive First Impression of the Complementary Visuals of Song Hye Kyo and Jang Ki Yong in New Stills for Now, We Are Breaking Up

A Koala's Playground Posted on November 1, 2021 by ockoalaNovember 1, 2021
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This drama is hard to predict the Korean domestic viewer reaction to it before it airs. I don’t think it’s a given that upcoming romance drama Now, We are Breaking Up is guaranteed any type of ratings just because the female lead is Song Hye Kyo, so it’s really going to come down to story and directing, and then the … Continue reading →

Posted in K-dramas | Tagged Jang Ki Yong, Now We Are Breaking Up, Song Hye Kyo

2021 Blue Dragon Film Award Nominations Led by Leads and Films Escape From Mogadishu, The Book of Fish, and Space Sweepers

A Koala's Playground Posted on November 1, 2021 by ockoalaOctober 31, 2021
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The nominations are out for the 2021 year end Blue Dragon Film Awards, which only fetes the big screen works and remains the most prestigious of the cinematic only prizes in South Korea. This year the nominations are a mix of young talented stars and the usual established lauded veterans. Starting with Best Actor, the nominations are Kim Yoon Seok … Continue reading →

Posted in Awards, Films | Tagged Byun Yo Han, Escape From Mogadishu, Hostage: Missing Celebrity, Jeon Jong Seo, Jeon Yeo Bin, Jo In Sung, Kim Hye Soo, Kim Yoon Seok, Moon So Ri, Sol Kyung Gu, Song Joong Ki, Space Sweepers, The Book of Fish, The Day I Died, Yoona

Jirisan Episode 4 Jumps Back to 9.384% Rating and Better Yet Audience Reviews are Positive and Say This Should Have Been Episode 1 as the Directing Problems are Gone and the Script is Tight

A Koala's Playground Posted on October 31, 2021 by ockoalaOctober 31, 2021
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This has been a see-saw weekend for tvN weekend drama Jirisan (Mount Jiri) so it’s once again hard to see where this drama is headed for the long run in terms of ratings and audience reception. This Sunday’s episode 4 brought in an increase to 9.384% ratings which isn’t as high as the breaking 10% episode 2 but the better … Continue reading →

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

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

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

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

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

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

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
Two men shaking hands in a jail cell.

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

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

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
Young woman in stylish outfit, facing sideways.

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

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

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