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Gong Yoo and Bae Doo Na Confirmed for Netflix 8-episode Drama The Sea of Silence Directed by Jung Woo Sung with the Screenwriter of Mother

A Koala's Playground Posted on May 27, 2020 by ockoalaMay 27, 2020
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Holy awards pancakes, talked about a stacked deck, and in all the right ways in terms of critical acclaim. Confirming the news earlier this month, Gong Yoo and Bae Doo Na will be working together on the small screen this year for the Netflix produced K-drama The Sea of Silence. It’s a sci-fi tale of a dystopian future where Earth … Continue reading →

Posted in K-dramas | Tagged Bae Doo Na, Gong Yoo, Sea of Silence

Jang Geun Seok to Have Quiet Military Service Discharge at the End of May 2020

A Koala's Playground Posted on May 27, 2020 by ockoalaMay 26, 2020
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Goodness I totally lost track of this young man but it’s nice to have a surprise positive news about him. K-ent is reporting that actor-singer Jang Geun Seok will be discharged from the military at the end of the month, completing his nearly 2 years of mandatory service. Due to COVID-19 it’ll be a quiet discharge no public or fans … Continue reading →

Posted in Miscellaneous | Tagged Jang Geun Seok

May 2020 Korean Gallup Poll Results on Top 20 Favorite Shows Includes Dramas The World of the Married, Hospital Playlist, and Born Again

A Koala's Playground Posted on May 26, 2020 by ockoalaMay 26, 2020
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May 2020 felt like such an active month, with hits and flops and plenty in between. What felt fun was the renewed interest in K-dramas rather than a blase and bored attitude. Gallup Poll Korea released its May 2020 list of the top 20 most popular currently airing shows in South Korea. Only 6 are K-dramas and the majority are … Continue reading →

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Seo Ye Ji is a Classy Children’s Book Writer in First Drama Stills for It’s Okay to Not be Okay

A Koala's Playground Posted on May 26, 2020 by ockoalaMay 28, 2020
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Sure, all eyes are on tvN drama It’s Okay to Not be Okay due it being Hallyu superstar Kim Soo Hyun‘s first post military discharge acting project. No pressure, right? His female lead is Seo Ye Ji and I think he must’ve have a say in her casting because she’s now part of his new agency and he commands the … Continue reading →

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

Solo Survival is the Key in Movie Trailer for Zombie K-movie #Alive with Yoo Ah In and Park Shin Hye

A Koala's Playground Posted on May 26, 2020 by ockoalaMay 26, 2020
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The genre of zombie shows is like the zombies themselves, every time a pundit declares the genre dead the is yet another one waiting in the wings to pop out. I skipped what is now being called the interminable The Walking Dead so I’m not yet tired of this genre, and the Korean production teams have been doing their own … Continue reading →

Posted in Films | Tagged #Alive, Park Shin Hye, Yoo Ah In

MBC Mon-Tues Romance Drama Dinner Mate Premieres to 4.8%, 6.1% Ratings with All the Hallmarks of Classic Boy Meets Girl Hijinks and Cuteness

A Koala's Playground Posted on May 25, 2020 by ockoalaMay 25, 2020
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My Monday picked up majorly and a new 8-week addiction has formed. MBC premiered new Mon-Tues drama Dinner Mate (Shall We Have Dinner Together) and it’s basically tailored made to hit every one of my rom-com happy nodes. There’s handsome but still has a nice personality Song Seung Heon and ordinarily pretty and warmly confident Seo Ji Hye hitting the … Continue reading →

Posted in K-dramas | Tagged Dinner Mate, Kim Jung Hyun, Seo Ji Hye, Song Seung Heon

First Character Stills of Kim Soo Hyun for tvN Healing Drama It’s Okay to Not be Okay

A Koala's Playground Posted on May 25, 2020 by ockoalaMay 28, 2020
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K-actor Kim Soo Hyun has two modes for me – sincere young man and ACTIVATE mode when he acts. When he activates he just becomes another person, whatever character it’s that’s character and not Kim Soo Hyun. That’s why I remember the names – Song Sam Dong, Baek Seung Chan, Do Min Joon, he takes a well-written role and makes … Continue reading →

Posted in K-dramas | Tagged Its Okay to Not be Okay, Kim Soo Hyun

Won Jin Ah and Ro Woon Confirmed for jTBC Rom-com Drama Sunbae Please Don’t Put on That Lipstick

A Koala's Playground Posted on May 25, 2020 by ockoalaMay 24, 2020
Two portraits of young adults, one woman and one man.

It’s confirmed now so let’s hope for the best. Won Jin Ah and Ro Woon will be the leads of the upcoming jTBC K-drama adaptation of webtoon Sunbae, Please Don’t Put on That Lipstick. I don’t blame solely Won Jin Ah for the inexorable mess that was her last drama Melting Me Softly but it’s hard to shudder when I … Continue reading →

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

Shit I Won’t Ever Buy Thanks to the Excessive and Heavy Handed PPL Insertion in The King: Eternal Monarch

A Koala's Playground Posted on May 24, 2020 by ockoalaMay 24, 2020
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Because the production of The King: Eternal Monarch decided to give all viewers the giant middle finger in the way it inserted product placement into the drama, imma give it right back and NEVER EVER buy any of the brands or items promoted in it. Okay, except for one but I’ll get to that in the end. There have been … Continue reading →

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

Yang Kyung Won Poses with Song Joong Ki Filming Space Sweeper Movie and Having Best Career Year After Crash Landing on You and Baeksang Nomination

A Koala's Playground Posted on May 24, 2020 by ockoalaMay 23, 2020
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One of the best parts of hit drama Crash Landing on You was the North Korean soldier squad supporting male lead Hyun Bin, and the best of that bunch was by far gruff and proud Yang Kyung Won. He got a deserving Baeksang Award Best Supporting Actor nomination out of it and will know in two weeks whether he’s taking … Continue reading →

Posted in Miscellaneous | Tagged Crash Landing on You, Space Sweepers, Yang Kyung Won

New MBC Wed-Thurs Drama Kkondae Intern with Park Hae Jin Does a Bollywood CF that is Upsetting Some Viewers for Being a Stereotypical Parody

A Koala's Playground Posted on May 24, 2020 by ockoalaMay 23, 2020
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MBC premiered a new Wed-Thurs K-drama this week called Kkondae Intern starring Park Hae Jin and Kim Eun Soo but all the media attention has been on maybe problematic commercial within the drama sequence that brings back the similar issues from another MBC drama The Man Who Dies to Live. Park Hae Jin plays a product advertising executive who comes … Continue reading →

Posted in K-dramas | Tagged Kkhondae Intern, Park Hae Jin

Mysteries Continue to be Doled Out in Dribbles as the Tepid OTP Romance Dominates into Episode 12 of The King: Eternal Monarch with 6.1% and 8.1% Ratings

A Koala's Playground Posted on May 23, 2020 by ockoalaMay 24, 2020
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Let’s get it out of the way, the ratings for episode 12 of The King: Eternal Monarch is 6.1% and 8.1%. This drama with the big name screenwriter, cast, and budget is an unequivocal flop domestically, which is the most important barometer of a drama’s success because it’s the ruler by which advertisers assess whether to buy ads and how … Continue reading →

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

Suzy on the Cover of Vogue June 2020 Edition and Achieves All Kill of Being on Cover of All 6 Top Women’s Fashion Magazines in Korea

A Koala's Playground Posted on May 23, 2020 by ockoalaMay 22, 2020
Model showcasing fashion on Vogue Korea cover.

I don’t think Suzy is the only K-actress to have landed the cover of all 6 of South Korea’s top women’s fashion magazines but she’s likely the youngest (25 years old) to have achieved this feat. Magazines don’t put top stars on their covers close to each other, there’s an unspoken scheduling rule to rotate so that for example Jeon … Continue reading →

Posted in Fashion | Tagged Suzy

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