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Park Seo Joon Sues Korean Restaurant for Unauthorized Image Use Stemming From Crab Eating Scene in K-drama Why Secretary Kim

A Koala's Playground Posted on July 3, 2025 by ockoalaJuly 3, 2025
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I loved Why Secretary Kim but legit do not even remember this scene this is how random and minor it is. The drama starred Park Seo Joon as an uptight and controlled CEO with a very emotionally scarring backstory and aired to great popularity back in 2018. In the drama his character goes to a popular soy sauce raw crab … Continue reading →

Posted in K-dramas | Tagged Park Seo Joon, Why Secretary Kim

SBS to Broadcast C-drama Legend of Zang Hai Becoming Second C-drama Ever Broadcast on Korean Television in Two Decades After Drama My Fair Princess

A Koala's Playground Posted on July 3, 2025 by ockoalaJuly 2, 2025
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Add another success to the already incredibly successful run of period revenge C-drama Legend of Zang Hai. The drama premiered in May and went on to dominate the month during its entire run across all the major buzz and viewership metrics. It’s male lead Xiao Zhan‘s biggest hit since his breakthrough with The Untamed and he carried the entire drama. … Continue reading →

Posted in TW & C dramas | Tagged Legend of Zang Hai, Xiao Zhan

Han Hyo Joo Offered Female Lead Role in K-drama Your Ground Set in the World of Baseball

A Koala's Playground Posted on July 2, 2025 by ockoalaJuly 2, 2025
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The baseball themed K-dramas have traditionally done well with the biggest critical and commercial hit in recent years being Hot Stove League of course. Fans have asked for a second season of HSL but that’s not happening. What is happening is a new baseball themed K-drama Your Ground that is in the news this week with an offer out to … Continue reading →

Posted in K-dramas | Tagged Han Hyo Joo, Your Ground

C-actor Hu Yi Tian in News as His Fans Upset that He Hasn’t Been on a Film Set in Over Two Years

A Koala's Playground Posted on July 2, 2025 by ockoalaJuly 1, 2025
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So this is the same thing that happened to C-actor Deng Wei in recent two years, that he went over a year without being on a filming set. He ended up breaking the drought earlier this year as he got cast and started filming Days of Seclusion and Love, so now the same concern has been moved over to fellow … Continue reading →

Posted in TW & C dramas | Tagged Hu Yi Tian

First Look at Lee Bo Young as a Doctor on a Mission in MBC Fri-Sat Drama Mary Kills People

A Koala's Playground Posted on July 1, 2025 by ockoalaJuly 1, 2025
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So I love the dark as hell drama title Mary Kills People and also love amazing as heck female lead Lee Bo Young. But I have rarely been this triggered by a godawful hairstyle in a drama as whatever unholy in her eyes frizzy shit is on her head in these first stills. Yes, she plays a very good doctor … Continue reading →

Posted in K-dramas | Tagged Kang Ki Young, Lee Bo Young, Lee Min Ki, Mary Kills People

Main Cast Confirmed for K-drama Miss Undercover Boss with Leads Park Shin Hye, Go Kyung Pyo, Ha Yoon Kyung, and Cho Han Gyeol with Eye to Early 2026 Release

A Koala's Playground Posted on July 1, 2025 by ockoalaJuly 1, 2025
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The cast of tvN K-drama Miss Undercover Boss has been finalized but the drama won’t arrive until early 2026. That sounds far but not really since we’re now officially in the second half of 2025 already. The leads will be Park Shin Hye as the titular miss undercover boss with a reunion with her Flower Boy Next Door third male … Continue reading →

Posted in K-dramas | Tagged Cho Han Gyeol, Go Kyung Pyo, Ha Yoon Kyung, Miss Undercover Boss, Park Shin Hye

iQiyi Confirms Bai Lu’s Character in Xianxia C-drama Topped 500 Million Heat Index for the First Time in Platform History

A Koala's Playground Posted on July 1, 2025 by ockoalaJuly 1, 2025
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Congrats to Bai Lu for coming out of xianxia C-drama Feud smelling like roses. The drama was polarizing in reviews and audience feeling towards it and was widely accused of watering its buzz online. But organically there was plenty of chatter that I could see so while it may not be as big of a hit as fans of the … Continue reading →

Posted in TW & C dramas | Tagged Bai Lu, Feud

Park Bo Young Earns Accolades as tvN Drama Our Unwritten Seoul Wraps Hit Run

A Koala's Playground Posted on June 30, 2025 by ockoalaJune 30, 2025
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Cable network tvN started off 2025 with a giant turkey that was mega budget sci-fi drama When the Stars Gossip, but has now found redemption with what is being called the best reviewed terrestrial K-drama of this year so far midway through. When Life Gives You Tangerines was the critical and audience fave banger on streaming platform Netflix but now … Continue reading →

Posted in K-dramas | Tagged Our Unwritten Seoul, Park Bo Young

K-actor Song Kang Set to Return From Military Service with Offer to Star in K-drama Four Hands

A Koala's Playground Posted on June 30, 2025 by ockoalaJune 29, 2025
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So Song Kang being in the military has totally been out of sight out of mind for me. He was ubiquitous in drama after drama for the three years prior to enlisting and most of them with Netflix, garnering him the nickname of Netflix’s Son. He was always serviceable for me but I agree that he’s not a strong actor, … Continue reading →

Posted in K-dramas | Tagged Four Hands, Song Kang

Dilraba Dilmurat and Chen Xing Xu Partner Up for Investigative Hijinks in Preview for Modern C-drama Love on the Turquoise Land

A Koala's Playground Posted on June 29, 2025 by ockoalaJune 29, 2025
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Top C-actress Dilraba Dilmurat has been in the news a lot for the will she-won’t she big decision whether to renew her contract with her long time agency Jaywalk or head for new pastures. She has three completed C-dramas under Jaywalk on deck, Sword Rose which is the one longest on the shelf, the most recently completed Love Beyond the … Continue reading →

Posted in TW & C dramas | Tagged Chen Xing Xu, Dilraba Dilmurat, Love on the Turquoise Land

Zhang Ling He and Wang Chu Ran Bring the Opulent Republic Era Visuals in First Character Posters for Romance C-drama Overdo

A Koala's Playground Posted on June 28, 2025 by ockoalaJune 28, 2025
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A new big budget high profile C-drama has kicked off filming and it’s the Tencent and iQiyi joint production of Overdo (Chinese title 这一秒过火 Zhe Yi Miao Guo Huo or This Second Overheat). It’s a Republic era period drama adapted from a popular romance novel by writer Fei Wo Si Cun and will star Zhang Ling He and Wang Chu … Continue reading →

Posted in TW & C dramas | Tagged Overdo, Wang Chu Ran, Zhang Ling He

Squid Game 3 Premieres on Netflix to Likely High Viewership But a Comparative Lack of Buzz to First Two Seasons

A Koala's Playground Posted on June 28, 2025 by ockoalaJune 28, 2025
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It’s the end of Squid Game, or is it? You’ll have to watch to find out as Squid Game 3 premiered this Friday on Netflix to wrap up the internationally popular K-drama. SG3 is really part 2 to Squid Game 2 rather than a standalone season, and the 6-month gap between the two may have played a part in how … Continue reading →

Posted in K-dramas | Tagged Im Shi Wan, Kang Ha Neul, Lee Byung Hun, Lee Jung Jae, Park Gyu Young, Park Sung Hoon, Squid Game, Wi Ha Joon

Eerie Tinged Xianxia C-drama Love Beyond the Grave with Dilraba Dilmurat and Chen Fei Yu Release Striking First Teaser

A Koala's Playground Posted on June 28, 2025 by ockoalaJune 27, 2025
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Last weeks Tencent Drama Festival showcased over a dozen to-come C-dramas so it’s taking me awhile to catch up and post about the ones that interest me. I’ll get to it one by one, and the next one that looks good to me is xianxia C-drama Love Beyond the Grave. It’s the first high profile big budget xianxia that doesn’t … Continue reading →

Posted in TW & C dramas | Tagged Chen Fei Yu, Dilraba Dilmurat, Love Beyond the Grave

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