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Zhao Li Ying Reportedly Axes Her Stylist Team After Wearing Same Outfits After Angelababy Did

A Koala's Playground Posted on August 17, 2020 by ockoalaAugust 18, 2020
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Change isn’t a bad thing and wearing the same outfit as a female celebrity is a dime a dozen but some coincidences could be one too many. C-actress Zhao Li Ying is swinging back to her acting career full blast after getting married in 2018 and having a baby in 2019, and one of the changes to come may be … Continue reading →

Posted in Miscellaneous | Tagged Angelababy, Zhao Li Ying

Kang Sora Announces August 29th Wedding to Non-celeb Boyfriend

A Koala's Playground Posted on August 17, 2020 by ockoalaAugust 17, 2020
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Well this news came totally out of the blue. K-actress Kang Sora is getting married! Her agency released the news this week that the 30 year old actress will be tying the knot at the end of the month, August 29th to be exact. The wedding has been pared down to family and friends in a simple affair due to … Continue reading →

Posted in Miscellaneous | Tagged Dating, Kang Sora, Married, Wedding

Ro Woon and Won Jin Ah Start Filming jTBC Drama Sunbae, Please Don’t Put on That Lipstick

A Koala's Playground Posted on August 17, 2020 by ockoalaAugust 17, 2020
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I haven’t read the source material but I am wondering whether the title is literal and what the male lead has against the titular liptsick. Script reading has taken place and filming commenced for upcoming jTBC drama adaptation of manhwa Sunbae, Please Don’t Put on That Lipstick. Initially Jang Dong Yoon was offered the male lead but he picked horror … Continue reading →

Posted in K-dramas | Tagged Ro Woon, Sunbae Please Don't Put on That Lipstick, Won Jin Ah

Train Thrills with Two Times the Yoon Shi Yoon Intensity and Ends with a Neato Twist in the Parallel Worlds Concept

A Koala's Playground Posted on August 16, 2020 by ockoalaAugust 16, 2020
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It’s finale weekend and I’m going to be sad there is no more Train to board next weekend. The OCN drama ended with a sweet and to the point 12-episodes of tightly written narrative, the sci-fi parallel worlds bit never really made sense beyond being a conceit since the story was so small in scale. Like all parallel worlds it … Continue reading →

Posted in K-dramas | Tagged Kyung Soo Jin, Train, Yoon Shi Yoon

Cha Eun Woo, Moon Ga Young, and Hwang In Yeop Confirmed for K-drama Adaptation of Webtoon True Beauty

A Koala's Playground Posted on August 16, 2020 by ockoalaAugust 15, 2020
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If there was a pitch perfect casting of manga/manhwa/webtoon character to real live actor/actress then True Beauty (Goddess as Descended) wins the prize off the bat. The drama adaptation of the same name webtoon is heading into production and the leads are confirmed as Cha Eun Woo, Moon Ga Young, and rising newcomer Hwang In Yeob. To say each looks … Continue reading →

Posted in K-dramas | Tagged Cha Eun Woo, Hwang In Yeop, Moon Ga Young, True Beauty

Mark Chao and Gao Yuan Yuan Welcome Second Baby in July 2020

A Koala's Playground Posted on August 16, 2020 by ockoalaAugust 16, 2020
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I can imagine both how relaxing it is for a female star to be pregnant during quarantine days since there is no pressure to go out, attend events, and look good, but then again there is always the worry of getting COVID-19 which is majorly no. Plus and minuses aside, it is much easier to keep a bun under wraps … Continue reading →

Posted in Miscellaneous | Tagged Baby, Gao Yuan Yuan, Mark Chao

Secret Forest 2 Gets Third Highest tvN K-drama Premiere as Episode 1 Received Ratings of 7.627% AGB Nationwide

A Koala's Playground Posted on August 15, 2020 by ockoalaAugust 15, 2020
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Wow, imaging winning and also leaving the first season in the dust right off the bat. This Saturday tvN premiered Secret Forest 2 (Stranger 2), the sequel to the critically acclaimed police legal procedural drama of 2018 with the same cast back led by Jo Seung Woo and Bae Doo Na. The first episode got ratings of 7.627% AGB nationwide, … Continue reading →

Posted in K-dramas | Tagged Bae Doo Na, Jo Seung Woo, Secret Forest

Netflix Releases First Posters for K-drama The School Nurse Files with Jung Yumi and Nam Joo Hyuk

A Koala's Playground Posted on August 15, 2020 by ockoalaAugust 14, 2020
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Streaming giant Netflix got into K-dramas 4 years ago and with it the company has produced exclusive content that can only be watched on the platform along with co-produced works that air on television channels and then Netflix. K-drama The School Nurse Files falls into the former category, it’s produced solely by Netflix and premieres on the platform for streaming … Continue reading →

Posted in K-dramas | Tagged Jung Yumi, Nam Soo Hyuk, The School Nurse Files

New CF Stills Featuring Gong Yoo Elicit Additional FOMO with Longing for a Countryside Retreat

A Koala's Playground Posted on August 15, 2020 by ockoalaAugust 13, 2020
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One reason Korean variety shows set in a more rustic back to nature setting such as Three Meals a Day series or the current House on Wheels is that it gives people living their daily drudgery a taste and dream of going back to simpler days. That seems even more alluring during the year of COVID so far, when many … Continue reading →

Posted in My Loves | Tagged Gong Yoo

Thrilling OCN Weekend Drama Train with Yoon Shi Yoon and Kyung Soo Jin Barrels Towards Tense Final Two Episodes

A Koala's Playground Posted on August 14, 2020 by ockoalaAugust 15, 2020
Two men standing on train tracks.

My dates with OCN dramas tends to happen only when said drama stars one of my baes. For example, the scary The Guest was a can’t miss for me thanks to Kim Jae Wook, and now I’m onboard the runaway Train for my Yoon Shi Yoon love. It’s so worth it and the drama is so well written (in terms … Continue reading →

Posted in K-dramas | Tagged Kyung Soo Jin, Train, Yoon Shi Yoon

Ong Seung Woo and Shin Ye Eun Want to be More Than Friends in Poster and Preview for jTBC Drama

A Koala's Playground Posted on August 14, 2020 by ockoalaAugust 14, 2020
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When I look at Shin Ye Eun I’m just glad this time around she has a real man to fall in love with and not a cat turned man like her last drama lol. jTBC has released the first poster and preview for upcoming romance drama More Then Friends (Number of Cases) which centers around two very good looking close … Continue reading →

Posted in K-dramas | Tagged More Than Friends, Number of Cases, Ong Seung Woo, Shin Ye Eun

Things are Pretty Awkward in New Stills and Teaser for When I Was Most Beautiful as Im Soo Hyang Wins the Hearts Brotherly Affections of Ji Soo and Ha Suk Jin

A Koala's Playground Posted on August 14, 2020 by ockoalaAugust 13, 2020
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A love triangle involving two family members can’t end well, even if one conveniently dies of a terminal illness at the end and frees up the other two to be together. With Ha Suk Jin being a race car driver, I could see him perishing in a fiery crash and then younger brother Ji Soo and female lead Im Soo … Continue reading →

Posted in K-dramas | Tagged Ha Suk Jin, Hwang Seung Eon, Im Soo Hyang, Ji Soo, When I Was the Most Beautiful

Flower of Evil Continues to Deliver Melodrama Perfection as Wifey Learns the Truth in Episode 6 with Ratings of 3.615%

A Koala's Playground Posted on August 13, 2020 by ockoalaAugust 13, 2020
Doctor and patient in serious conversation.

There is so much going on in Flower of Evil and also so much to look forward to. This is textbook K-drama melodrama expertise in scriptwriting, tight and pulls no punches. Episode 6 peeled back the why is Hyun Soo pretending to be Hee Sung layer, not the full backstory but an intriguing glimpse. Just knowing if Hee Sung woke … Continue reading →

Posted in K-dramas | Tagged Flower of Evil, Lee Jun Ki, Moon Chae Won

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