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tvN Starts Promos for Medical K-drama Resident Playbook with Go Yoon Jung with Release of Poster and First Teaser

A Koala's Playground Posted on March 15, 2025 by ockoalaMarch 15, 2025
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I think the safe best is to soft launch the promos of Resident Playbook and gauge the public appetite for a medical drama. It should be fine seeing as The Trauma Code: Heroes on Call was a big hit, but that drama was about ER type cases but this is more the slice-of-life of a med school student in residency … Continue reading →

Posted in K-dramas | Tagged Go Yoon Jung, Resident Playbook, Shin Shi A

TW-star Barbie Hsu Laid to Rest with Husband, Family, and Friends Beside Her on a Pouring Rain Day in Taipei

A Koala's Playground Posted on March 15, 2025 by ockoalaMarch 15, 2025
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Chinese superstition has it that on the day of a funeral if it’s raining out it means even the Heavens and Gods are mourning the passing of a good person, so rainy day funerals are an auspicious sign for the deceased not that it makes anyone feel any better. This Saturday March 15th, the family and friends of top Taiwanese … Continue reading →

Posted in TW & C dramas | Tagged Barbie Hsu, Da S

C-netizens Overwhelmingly Turn Against Kim Soo Hyun for Dating Underage Kim Sae Ron and C-ent Gossip Columnist Claims Insiders Have Known About the Relationship and He Broke Up with Her the Day Before Her 21st Birthday

A Koala's Playground Posted on March 14, 2025 by ockoalaMarch 14, 2025
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K-actor Kim Soo Hyun isn’t just a top star domestically in South Korea, he’s also a top Hallyu star around almost all of East Asia and Southeast Asia with so many popular K-dramas of his that exported over to those countries for airing. He’s been consistently popular in Mainland China, but C-netizens unlike other groups have nearly immediately and collectively … Continue reading →

Posted in K-dramas, Miscellaneous | Tagged Dating, Kim Sae Ron, Kim Soo Hyun

Kim Yoo Jung Embodies the Epitome of Balmain Haute Couture at Paris Fashion Show

A Koala's Playground Posted on March 14, 2025 by ockoalaMarch 13, 2025
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Talk about back-to-back fashion homeruns for my girl Kim Yoo Jung. She look fantastic at Incheon airport jetting to Paris for fashion week and then one upped herself actually attending the fashion show for Balmain. From the blunt bangs onward to her dramatic makeup and strong yet fun outfit, the whole look worked so well for me, especially since it’s … Continue reading →

Posted in Fashion | Tagged Kim Yoo Jung

Gold Medalist Releases Official Statement Admitting Kim Soo Hyun Dated Kim Sae Ron But Claims it Happened in 2019 After She was Legally an Adult and Denies Trying to Collect Debt that Contributed to Her Stress

A Koala's Playground Posted on March 13, 2025 by ockoalaMarch 13, 2025
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So the public won’t need to wait until next week as today Kim Soo Hyun and his agency Gold Medalist released its official statement on the allegations Kim Soo Hyun dated Kim Sae Ron when she was still underage. The statement is very long (translations will abound) but here I’ll just do the TL:DR: the statement admitted Kim Soo Hyun … Continue reading →

Posted in K-dramas, Miscellaneous | Tagged Dating, Kim Sae Ron, Kim Soo Hyun

Garo Sero Institute Posts Another Cozy Picture of Kim Soo Hyun and Kim Sae Ron on Fourth Day of Scandal Reveal and Threatens Three More Even More Scandalous Pictures and Video Depending on His Statement Next Week if He Doesn’t Admit and Apologize

A Koala's Playground Posted on March 13, 2025 by ockoalaMarch 13, 2025
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This is a David v. Goliath battle where even if David is a sleazy tabloid Youtube scandalmonger if this is all true then it’s doing God’s work in revealing the dark underbelly of top Korean star Kim Soo Hyun. Garo Sero Institute responded on this fourth day of the Kim Soo Hyun dated underaged Kim Sae Ron scandal to Gold … Continue reading →

Posted in K-dramas, Miscellaneous | Tagged Dating, Kim Sae Ron, Kim Soo Hyun

Netflix Four Seasons of Family, Love, and Struggle K-drama When Life Gives You Tangerines Premieres to Glowing Reviews, Viewership, and Online Buzz

A Koala's Playground Posted on March 13, 2025 by ockoalaMarch 12, 2025
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This past weekend big budget Netflix exclusive K-drama When Life Gives You Tangerines premiered the first four episodes, with three more four episode drops on the subsequent Fridays to come. The theme is love, family, adversity, and life through the four seasons, literally and figuratively. The first poster of leads IU and Park Bo Gum they are school students in … Continue reading →

Posted in K-dramas | Tagged IU, Park Bo Gum, When Life Gives You Tangerines

Kim Soo Hyun’s Agency Gold Medalist Announces that It Will Provide Factual Statement Response to the Current Kim Sae Ron Allegations Next Week

A Koala's Playground Posted on March 12, 2025 by ockoalaMarch 12, 2025
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Hahahaha, OMG I’m dying at the ballsy and shameless response from Gold Medalist on behalf of Kim Soo Hyun. In the face of three days worth of mounting allegations and evidence that he dated now deceased actress Kim Sae Ron when she was still underaged and also contributed to her stress and worries with a debt collection notice after her … Continue reading →

Posted in K-dramas, Miscellaneous | Tagged Dating, Kim Sae Ron, Kim Soo Hyun

Dispatch Confirms Kim Soo Hyun and Kim Sae Ron Did Date and Garo Sero Institute Releases Two More Intimate Photos and Kim Soo Hyun’s Handwritten Love Letter During His Military Enlistment and a Postcard From Paris

A Koala's Playground Posted on March 12, 2025 by ockoalaMarch 12, 2025
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I’ve covered so many wild fall from graces – drug use, prostitution, drunk driving, bullying, assault, tax evasion, and more – and cannot believe that the top drama actor from South Korea will also top the list for one of the grossest violations in pedophilia, i.e. romantically intimate with an underage person. I don’t know if those two actually had … Continue reading →

Posted in K-dramas, Miscellaneous | Tagged Dating, Kim Sae Ron, Kim Soo Hyun

Modern C-drama The Best Thing with Zhang Ling He and Xu Ruo Han Ends Run with 6.5 Douban Ratings and More Coverage About the 60 Kisses and Male Lead’s Swollen Lips than the Plot

A Koala's Playground Posted on March 11, 2025 by ockoalaMarch 12, 2025
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I don’t know which title is blander for this modern C-drama, the Chinese title of 爱你 (Ai Ni) or Love You/Loving You or the English title of The Best Thing. It’s like creativity and originality took a nap during naming session. To be fair to the drama, its adapted from the novel Loving You Is the Best Thing I Have … Continue reading →

Posted in TW & C dramas | Tagged The Best Thing, Xu Ruo Han, Zhang Ling He

Garo Sero Institute Releases New Picture Allegedly of Kim Soo Hyun Cheek Kissing Kim Sae Ron and Text Message From Her Pleading for Help on the Debt Repayment Demand

A Koala's Playground Posted on March 11, 2025 by ockoalaMarch 11, 2025
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Well, unless Kim Soo Hyun and his agency Gold Medalist sues all the parties involved and gets a full retraction and apology, its hard to believe this was all made up and nothing happened with him and now deceased young actress Kim Sae Ron. Just saying it’s all lies is not enough with so much information out there and now … Continue reading →

Posted in K-dramas, Miscellaneous | Tagged Dating, Kim Sae Ron, Kim Soo Hyun

Korean Singer Wheesung Found Deceased in His Home in Another Tragic Passing in the Industry

A Koala's Playground Posted on March 10, 2025 by ockoalaMarch 10, 2025
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There is another sad news out of K-ent this week and its the passing of a singer that I remember his OST songs so well is some of my favorite K-dramas. R&B and ballad singer Wheesung has passed away, having been found deceased in his home and the cause of death is under investigation though it’s being initially identified as … Continue reading →

Posted in Miscellaneous, Music | Tagged Wheesung

Youtube Gossip Site Alleges Top Actor Kim Soo Hyun and Late Actress Kim Sae Ron Dated for Six Years Starting When She was 15 Years Old

A Koala's Playground Posted on March 10, 2025 by ockoalaMarch 10, 2025
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Well this may be the biggest scandal of 2025 in the making, if true and goodness so much to unpack. Youtube K-ent gossip channel Garo Sero Institute released a video today alleging that top actor Kim Soo Hyun dated late young actress Kim Sae Ron for six years starting when she was 15 years old (16 in Korean age) and … Continue reading →

Posted in Miscellaneous | Tagged Dating, Kim Sae Ron, Kim Soo Hyun

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