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Kim Yoo Jung and Ji Chang Wook Turn Convenience Store Drudgery into Romance in New Stills for SBS Drama Backstreet Rookie

A Koala's Playground Posted on June 13, 2020 by ockoalaJune 12, 2020
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I’ll say that if upcoming SBS Fri-Sat drama Backstreet Rookie is at least good then it’s already a winner. The expectations are low and this is a low budget drama anyways, at least compared to its time slot predecessor world building fantasy quest The King: Eternal Monarch. BR is a webtoon adaptation, and a crappy original source material if you … Continue reading →

Posted in K-dramas | Tagged Backstreet Rookie, Ji Chang Wook, Kim Yoo Jung

Changmin of DBSK Announces September 2020 Wedding to Non-celeb Girlfriend

A Koala's Playground Posted on June 13, 2020 by ockoalaJune 12, 2020
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There’s happy relationship news to share on the K-ent front this week, Changmin of the idol group DBSK is getting married! The maknae is a youngster no more, being 32 years old now and served his military duty and is back in business of promoting successfully with zero scandal under his belt. It’s sad to see what paths some of … Continue reading →

Posted in Miscellaneous | Tagged Changmin, Dating, Married

Kim Da Mi and Jeon So Ni Play Best Friends in the K-movie Remake of Award Winning C-movie Soulmate

A Koala's Playground Posted on June 13, 2020 by ockoalaJune 13, 2020
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Newly minted Best New Actress award winner at this year’s 2020 Baeksang Arts Awards Kim Da Mi has her next role lined up and it’s a high profile one. Kim Da Mi will be the female lead in the official Korean movie adaptation of the award winning and box office hit Chinese movie Soulmate (Qi Yue and An Sheng). The … Continue reading →

Posted in Films | Tagged Jeon So Nee, Kim Da Mi, Soulmate

Past and Present is Rewritten in Final Episode 16 of The King: Eternal Monarch Ending with 5.8%, 8.1% Ratings

A Koala's Playground Posted on June 12, 2020 by ockoalaJune 13, 2020
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It’s weird how time tempers disappointment. I’ll likely remember The King: Eternal Monarch fondly now that it’s over, the earlier episodes were just so inexplicably terrible and made for drastic expectation rewritting but as the episodes went on I settled into a nice rhythm with it. Each week I hoped it would make better sense and it never did but … Continue reading →

Posted in K-dramas | Tagged Jung Eun Chae, Kim Go Eun, Kim Kyung Nam, Lee Min Ho, The King: Eternal Monarch, Woo Do Hwan

J-ent Rocked by Scandal as Comedian Watabe Ken Exposed as Cheating on Multiple Women Despite Married to Top Actress Beauty Sasaki Nozomi

A Koala's Playground Posted on June 12, 2020 by ockoalaJune 12, 2020
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Dang, another cheating trash exposed but goodness it just makes me nauseous to read the details. Comedian 49-year old Watabe Ken was exposed by a tabloid doing detailed investigation that he had been cheating on his wife of three years 33-year old actress and model Sasaki Nozomi who is widely considered always among the lists of most beautiful Japanese entertainers … Continue reading →

Posted in Miscellaneous | Tagged Cheating, Married, Nozomi Sasaki, Watabe Ken

Kim Soo Hyun and Seo Ye Ji Deliver Warm Hopes at Press Conference for tvN Drama It’s Okay to Not be Okay

A Koala's Playground Posted on June 12, 2020 by ockoalaJune 11, 2020
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The press conference for tvN drama It’s Okay to Not be Okay seemed to arrive super early, seeing as the drama doesn’t premiere for another week on June 20th. Or perhaps I’m used to the last minute scramble and do appreciate how on top of things this production seems to be. The cast got the black and white dress code … Continue reading →

Posted in K-dramas | Tagged Its Okay to Not be Okay, Kim Soo Hyun, Oh Jung Se, Seo Ye Ji

TW-actor Ming Dao Announces Birth of Baby Son and Married Since Last Year 2019

A Koala's Playground Posted on June 11, 2020 by ockoalaJune 11, 2020
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Well, another surprise not quite surprise marriage and baby announcement. In 2020 you would think celebs would be fine just living openly as fans have long since moved past caring about their perceived “single and eligible” status. This week TW-actor Ming Dao revealed that he was married and now the father to a newborn baby son. Congrats dude, but what’s … Continue reading →

Posted in Miscellaneous | Tagged Baby, Dating, Married, Ming Dao

The King: Eternal Monarch Releases Spoilery Stills with Kim Go Eun in Danger Ahead of Tomorrow’s Final Episode

A Koala's Playground Posted on June 11, 2020 by ockoalaJune 11, 2020
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I’ve been rewatching the best bits of both Lee Min Go and Kim Go Eun‘s last dramas, to remind myself of what could have been better and actually elicited emotion from me. I didn’t much care for the OTP in either drama but in Legend of the Blue Sea I really needed to see Lee Min Ho’s character find his … Continue reading →

Posted in K-dramas | Tagged The King: Eternal Monarch

Yoon Kye Sang and Honey Lee Confirm Breakup After 7 Year Dating

A Koala's Playground Posted on June 11, 2020 by ockoalaJune 10, 2020
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Awwww, I loved this couple! At least as much as I could from afar as simply a fan and wishing for happy endings. K-actor Yoon Kye Sang and actress Honey Lee have broken up, confirmed by their agencies today after weathering earlier rumors of breakups which were denied. They have been dating for 7 years and it’s always low key, … Continue reading →

Posted in Miscellaneous | Tagged Breakup, Dating, Honey Lee, Yoon Kyun Sang

Ji Sung, Woo Do Hwan, Jang Ki Yong, and L Each Considering New K-dramas for Later in 2020

A Koala's Playground Posted on June 10, 2020 by ockoalaJune 10, 2020
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It’s a busy week with K-drama casting dropping like candy from the sky. First up is veteran Ji Sung who takes on dramas when wifey Lee Bo Young isn’t working as the two top stars switch on and off to be home with their little daughters. She’s almost done with her drama When My Love Blooms but hubby is going … Continue reading →

Posted in K-dramas | Tagged Jang Ki Yong, Woo Do Hwan

Duality is the Core of the Character Poster for tvN Drama Flower of Evil with Lee Jun Ki and Moon Chae Won

A Koala's Playground Posted on June 10, 2020 by ockoalaJune 10, 2020
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I was hoping Lee Jun Ki would be playing a wrongfully accused baddie in Flower of Evil running from his past but from all the posters including this latest one it just looks certain like he’s really the evil one. Sigh, there goes my happy ending but at least the angst will be through the roof since Moon Chae Won … Continue reading →

Posted in K-dramas | Tagged Flower of Evil, Jang Hee Jin, Lee Jun Ki, Moon Chae Won, Seo Hyun Woo

Lee Seung Gi and Liu Yi Hao’s Netflix Travel Show Together Premieres June 26th

A Koala's Playground Posted on June 10, 2020 by ockoalaJune 10, 2020
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I don’t even know how to book flights nowadays because of quarantine restrictions for arrivals at so many places. Sigh, the looming dream of travel must continue to wait. But viewers can live vicariously with K-actor Lee Seung Gi and TW-actor Liu Yi Hao (Jasper Liu) as the two similar personality bright smile sunny disposition young men partner up for … Continue reading →

Posted in Miscellaneous | Tagged Jasper Liu, Lee Seung Gi, Liu Yi Hao

Born Again Ends with Low Ratings and Complete and Utter Narrative Crap as Jang Ki Yong and Lee Soo Hyuk Swan Through the Crazy

A Koala's Playground Posted on June 9, 2020 by ockoalaJune 10, 2020
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If you give Patrick Stewart or Ian McKellen the phone book to read the consummate thespians would make it sound interesting. That’s the true test of an actor or actress, to rise above crap and still come out smelling like roses in a terribly written or filmed drama/movie. Such is the case for Born Again, the recently ended KBS Mon-Tues … Continue reading →

Posted in K-dramas | Tagged Born Again, Jang Ki Yong, Jin Se Yeon, Lee Soo Hyuk

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