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Love Alarm 2 with Kim So Hyun, Jung Ga Ram, and Song Kang Confirms Premiere Date of March 12th on Netflix

A Koala's Playground Posted on February 14, 2021 by ockoalaFebruary 14, 2021
Two couples having meaningful conversations outdoors.

Last year Joo Ji Hoon had a prime time drama airing with Hyena at the same time he was dominating Netflix K-dramas with the streaming release of Kingdom 2. This time it’s Kim So Hyun‘s turn and the sageuk/drama genres are switched for her, the television airing will be period drama River Where the Moon Rises this Monday on February … Continue reading →

Posted in K-dramas | Tagged Jung Ga Ram, Kim So Hyun, Love Alarm, Song Kang

Kim Sun Ho Seamlessly Merges Winter with Spring in New Elle Korea Pictorial

A Koala's Playground Posted on February 14, 2021 by ockoalaFebruary 14, 2021
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If I can get a happy ending I’m going to go for it. Second lead shipping only happens when I don’t like the male lead but when I do then I’m all in for the OTP and put the second male lead in my back pocket to to take care of. That’s how I feel about Kim Sun Ho and … Continue reading →

Posted in Fashion | Tagged Kim Sun Ho

Queen Cheorin Episode 19 Heads into Finale with 14.227% Ratings Along with Reunion and Death

A Koala's Playground Posted on February 13, 2021 by ockoalaFebruary 13, 2021
Dramatic emotional moments between two characters.

It’s finale weekend for tvN weekend hit sageuk Queen Cheorin, and I’m filled with sadness of what this drama could have been with it’s record breaking debut ratings and two firing-on-all-cylinders leads Shin Hye Sun and Kim Jung Hyun. Alas it won’t set ratings records for tvN beyond the premiere and probably won’t have the longevity of viewers since it … Continue reading →

Posted in K-dramas | Tagged Queen Cheorin

Lee Jae Wook Declines Male Lead Role in Rom-com Drama Dal Li and Gamja Tang

A Koala's Playground Posted on February 13, 2021 by ockoalaFebruary 13, 2021
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The casting carousel continues for this drama it appears. K-actor Lee Jae Wook will not be the male lead after all in upcoming 2021 rom-com K-drama Dal Li and Gamja Tang. He was offered the role opposite Park Gyu Young who is currently not confirmed either so this may end up with two totally different stars. Lee Jae Wook’s name … Continue reading →

Posted in K-dramas | Tagged Dal Li and Gamja Tang, Lee Jae Wook

Kim Soo Hyun Exudes Positive Casual Vibes in New Agency Pictorial

A Koala's Playground Posted on February 13, 2021 by ockoalaFebruary 13, 2021
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I get angsty when it goes too long without a new Kim Soo Hyun update, lol I have no idea how I got through his two years away in military service. He came back with the well received It’s Okay to Not be Okay but it wasn’t the runaway ratings hits that he garnered in the pre-military days. He was … Continue reading →

Posted in K-dramas | Tagged Kim Soo Hyun

K-ent Insider Discloses All Reporters Know Which Celebs are Secretly Dating But Cannot Get Photo Evidence Like Dispatch Does so Cannot Report on It

A Koala's Playground Posted on February 12, 2021 by ockoalaFebruary 13, 2021
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Korean entertainment online news journal Dispatch News Group has made of a name for itself thanks to breaking celebrity dating news the most and frequently on New Year’s Day to make it almost like an annual thing to wonder which unlikely or surprise couple will get outed. This week an anonymous K-ent reporter shared the background of celeb dating reporting … Continue reading →

Posted in Miscellaneous | Tagged Dating, Dispatch

School 2017 Continues the KBS Hit Tradition of Casting Rising Stars Who Later Go on to Major Stardom with Kim Jung Hyun, Jang Dong Yoon, and Kim Se Jung

A Koala's Playground Posted on February 12, 2021 by ockoalaFebruary 11, 2021
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I confess to skipping the last installment of the KBS drama School franchise, namely School 2017. Four years ago I looked at the cast and didn’t know anyone and thought it was a bunch of randos so passed. Now I’m ready to find time for a watch thanks to the incredible success of the cast in the intervening years, and … Continue reading →

Posted in K-dramas | Tagged Jang Dong Yoon, Kim Jung Hyun, Kim Se Jung, School 2017

Netflix Apologizes for Error in Mistaking Love Alarm 2 Male Lead Song Kang for Award Winning Veteran Song Kang Ho

A Koala's Playground Posted on February 12, 2021 by ockoalaFebruary 12, 2021
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Okay, this is funny and super harmless in the long run so totally worth blogging about. Whomever is in charge of online media at Netflix needs Korean lessons or at least better Googling comprehension skills. Upcoming Netflix drama Love Alarm 2 got male lead Song Kang mixed up with Song Kang Ho, he of award winning fame and movies including … Continue reading →

Posted in K-dramas | Tagged Love Alarm, Song Kang

Sports Seoul Article Discusses the Upcoming 2021 Sageuk Dramas of Child Actress Turned Adult Female Leads Kim Yoo Jung and Kim So Hyun

A Koala's Playground Posted on February 11, 2021 by ockoalaFebruary 11, 2021
Two portraits of a young woman.

When I read this article this week I hoped that the reporter knew there was a crazy underbelly that likes to pit these two against each other when really the majority loves having double the talent and styles in K-ent young leading ladies. Sports Seoul newspaper released an article this week discussing the return of child turned adult actresses Kim … Continue reading →

Posted in K-dramas | Tagged Kim So Hyun, Kim Yoo Jung

Kim Hee Ae Heads to The Moon in New K-movie Opposite Sol Kyung Gu and D.O. From the Director of Along With the Gods

A Koala's Playground Posted on February 11, 2021 by ockoalaFebruary 10, 2021
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The two-part (so far) fantasy K-movies Along With the Gods broke box office records and is among my personal faves for how well it adapted the expansive source manhwa into a thrilling big screen romp. The director’s next film is confirmed to be The Moon, trading fantasy for sci-fi and feels a bit like Gravity. The male leads are D.O. … Continue reading →

Posted in Films | Tagged D.O., Kim Hee Ae, Sol Kyung Gu

L Redeems Himself with Success of KBS Sageuk Royal Secret Inspector One Year After Meow: The Secret Boy

A Koala's Playground Posted on February 10, 2021 by ockoalaFebruary 10, 2021
Korean drama poster featuring two different shows.

The Secret Royal Inspector (or Royal Secret Agent) is retiring with fanfare as the KBS Mon-Tues drama wrapped up this week to a really admirable ratings run. It started off the usual low 5.0% and ended with the final episode 16 having both segments in double digits with 10.2% and 14.0%. Overall the drama headlined by L (Kim Myung Soo), … Continue reading →

Posted in K-dramas | Tagged Kwon Nara, Lee Yi Kyung, Secret Royal Inspector

jTBC Drama Sunbae Please Don’t Put on That Lipstick Stays Steady in Sweet Romance and Averaging 1.762% Ratings Midway Through

A Koala's Playground Posted on February 10, 2021 by ockoalaFebruary 9, 2021
Group of four people in a modern setting.

My hot and heavy swooning over Ro Woon‘s performance and character in jTBC drama Sunbae Please Don’t Put on That Lipstick (She Would Never Know) has cooled which is good because that was all hormones talking and the most recent batch of episodes I can focus on the plot. It’s actually not as wack as I thought it would go, … Continue reading →

Posted in K-dramas | Tagged Ro Woon, She Would Never Know, Sunbae Please Don't Put on That Lipstick, Won Jin Ah

tvN Detective Serial Killer Drama Mouse Continues with Gritty Character Posters and Tense New Preview

A Koala's Playground Posted on February 10, 2021 by ockoalaFebruary 9, 2021
Dramatic character portraits with red string connections.

Upcoming tvN drama Mouse is certainly marching in a no-nonsense way into its early March premiere, with none of the shiny glitzy promos and an overwhelming sense of dread. The first drama poster was pretty plain featuring male leads Lee Seung Gi and Lee Hee Joon staring at something with a police gaze and now the individual posters take the … Continue reading →

Posted in K-dramas | Tagged Kyung Soo Jin, Lee Hee Joon, Lee Seung Gi, Mouse, Park Joo Hyun

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