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Lee Sung Kyung Returns to the Small Screen after Two Years with tvN Entertainment Industry Rom-com Shooting Star

A Koala's Playground Posted on March 14, 2022 by ockoalaMarch 13, 2022
Woman in different work scenarios with expressions.

I remember K-actress Lee Sung Kyung working nonstop with at least a drama a year after her debut and breakout right off the bat in It’s Okay, It’s Love. She did a few memorable stints in second lead territory before her first lead in Weightlifting Fairy Kim Bok Joo in 2016. After that it was lead land permanently but she … Continue reading →

Posted in K-dramas | Tagged Lee Sung Kyung, Shooting Star

SBS Criminal Profiler Drama Through the Darkness with Kim Nam Gil Ends Averaging 7.2% Ratings with Rave Reviews from Critics and Audiences

A Koala's Playground Posted on March 13, 2022 by ockoalaMarch 13, 2022
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This weekend saw the conclusion of the short but to the heart SBS 12-episode criminal investigative drama Through the Darkness (Those Who Read Hearts of Evil). This was one of the dramas that got its airing bisected by the Winter Olympics so the first half and second half had a month gap. Overall the average ratings was 7.2% and the … Continue reading →

Posted in K-dramas | Tagged Kim Nam Gil, Through the Darkness

K-ent Critics and K-netizens Finally Validate Nam Joo Hyuk Calling His Character and Performance in Twenty Five, Twenty One a Career Making Turn

A Koala's Playground Posted on March 13, 2022 by ockoalaMarch 13, 2022
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Sometimes timing is everything and I would rather that his time came now than wonder why it isn’t earlier. K-ent is calling Nam Joo Hyuk‘s turn in Twenty Five, Twenty One a career defining one, in that despite his year in the industry with many male leads under his belt this is the role and performance that will afford him … Continue reading →

Posted in K-dramas | Tagged Nam Joo Hyuk, Twenty Five Twenty One

Episode 9 of Twenty Five, Twenty One Stays at 10.622% Ratings While Forecasting Love and Weather Dips to 6.421% to Widen the Gap

A Koala's Playground Posted on March 13, 2022 by ockoalaMarch 12, 2022
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This Saturday starts the second half of the story and episode airings for tvN drama Twenty Five, Twenty One and jTBC drama Forecasting Love and Weather. Its the time to see if the drama truly has legs as the back half of the marathon and of any good story is always harder. Twenty Five, Twenty One remarkably remained about 10% … Continue reading →

Posted in K-dramas | Tagged Forecasting Love and Weather, Twenty Five Twenty One

C-ent to Produce C-drama Remake of Classic Hallyu Rom-com Hit My Name is Kim Sam Soom

A Koala's Playground Posted on March 12, 2022 by ockoalaMarch 12, 2022
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On the scale of yay to oh hells no this is definitely on the terrible idea end of that spectrum. A top C-ent producer has purchased the official remake rights to MBC hit drama My Name is Kim Sam Soon, which actually got 50% ratings on its final episode which tells you that this one was among the biggest hits … Continue reading →

Posted in K-dramas, TW & C dramas | Tagged My Name is Kim Sam Soon

KBS Readies Next Weekend Family Drama with It’s Beautiful Now Starring Yoon Shi Yoon, Oh Min Suk, and Seo Bum June as Three Brothers Looking for Love

A Koala's Playground Posted on March 12, 2022 by ockoalaMarch 14, 2022
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Well this is like Ojakkyo Brothers but with one less brother, that hit drama had four marriage age brothers and this one just has three. KBS is winding down the airing of hit weekend long drama Young Lady and Gentlemen and the next on deck is It’s Beautiful Now. It follows a family with three sons played by Yoon Shi … Continue reading →

Posted in K-dramas | Tagged Bae Da Bin, Choi Ye Bin, It's Beautiful Now, Oh Min Suk, Seo Bum June, Shin Dong Mi, Yoon Shi Yoon

Lee Jun Ki and Kim Ji Eun are Focused to Fight for Justice in New Poster and Stills for SBS Drama Again My Life

A Koala's Playground Posted on March 12, 2022 by ockoalaMarch 11, 2022
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I think Lee Jun Ki really stretched himself in his last drama Flower of Evil, as the maybe serial killer and also maybe loving husband, and perhaps both. It was subtle, nuanced, and exceedingly nerve tingling. This isn’t necessarily a step back for his next drama Again My Life but seeing the posters and stills is reminds me of his … Continue reading →

Posted in K-dramas | Tagged Again My Life, Kim Ji Eun, Lee Jun Ki

Elle Korea Presents Four Different Sides of Jung Ho Yeon in Diverse April 2022 Pictorial

A Koala's Playground Posted on March 11, 2022 by ockoalaMarch 11, 2022
Model in stylish outfit lying on marble floor.

I feel like Jung Ho Yeon could be over saturated by now but I don’t think that’s the case. Her overseas explosion of popularity appears greater than the domestic increased awareness so she definitely has much more room to conquer. Plus a natural acting aura helps when she’ll need to pick new acting projects to prove that her debut stardom … Continue reading →

Posted in Fashion | Tagged Jung Ho Yeon

Lee Min Ho Pulls Off Shiny Dark Green Fendi Suit and Briefcase Look in New Pictorial

A Koala's Playground Posted on March 11, 2022 by ockoalaMarch 11, 2022
Person in stylish attire holding a briefcase.

Ooooh, I really dig this whole look on K-actor Lee Min Ho. Top to bottom it’s my jam even though individually it’s all no bueno if you asked me to style a guy. He’s still rocking the long slightly curly messy hair with a middle part which is both a different hairstyle than the one he’s been wearing for years … Continue reading →

Posted in Fashion | Tagged Lee Min Ho

TW-star Couple Annie Chen and George Hu Make First Couple Event Appearance Since Engagement Announcement at Cartier in Taipei

A Koala's Playground Posted on March 11, 2022 by ockoalaMarch 11, 2022
Couple posing at a jewelry display event.

This couple appearance in a public event would have made more waves but for all of TW-ent waiting for the fireworks to start 10 days from now when Korean singer DJ Koo leaves quarantine to go pick up his new wife Barbie Hsu and maybe encounter Barbie’s enraged mom with a raised pan waiting outside her apartment. Yes, TW-ent does … Continue reading →

Posted in Miscellaneous | Tagged Annie Chen, Dating, George Hu

Lee Sung Kyung and Kim Young Dae are Opposites Bicker and Fall in Love in First Teaser for tvN Entertainment Industry Drama Shooting Star

A Koala's Playground Posted on March 10, 2022 by ockoalaMarch 10, 2022
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Wow, this drama actually looks good! Or maybe just the teaser looks good, but it looks enough that I’m suddenly sitting up and fully taking note of upcoming tvN Sat-Sun drama Shooting Star. It’s set in the entertainment industry but takes the caper approach rather than the more drab and minutiae take of Record of Youth. There is hijinks galore … Continue reading →

Posted in K-dramas | Tagged Kim Young Dae, Lee Sung Kyung, Shooting Star

Suzy in Talks for Netflix K-drama The Girl Downstairs Adapted from Popular Webtoon About an Idol and a College Student Romance

A Koala's Playground Posted on March 10, 2022 by ockoalaMarch 10, 2022
Young woman in pink sweater, posing thoughtfully.

Is Suzy just playing herself here, heh! If so then there is plenty to look forward to for sure. Suzy is in talks for the Netflix drama The Girl Downstairs, which is adapted from a popular Naver webtoon titled Lee Du Na. The titular Lee Du Na is the center spot of an idol group who suddenly retires and started … Continue reading →

Posted in K-dramas | Tagged Lee Du Na, Suzy

Chaumet Jewelry Complements Song Hye Kyo in New Elegant Pictorial

A Koala's Playground Posted on March 10, 2022 by ockoalaMarch 10, 2022
Female character in various scenes and settings.

Now that the underwhelming Now, We are Breaking Up has been broken up with for us viewers that stuck with it to the end, it’s time to look forward for Song Hye Kyo‘s next drama The Glory. I think it was smart of her to announce the two dramas in close succession so while I was increasingly despondent over how … Continue reading →

Posted in Fashion | Tagged Song Hye Kyo

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