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Suzy is the Girl Idol with Most Expensive Home in Seoul at $3.2 Million Followed by Krystal, IU, and Yoona

A Koala's Playground Posted on May 1, 2020 by ockoalaMay 1, 2020
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First off, I hope salty commenters will stop and just think of how incredible and commendable it is for these young women to earn their money from their own hard work whether by singing, acting, or doing CFs because of their popularity from singing and acting. This week K-ent variety ran a segment on the girl idol with the most … Continue reading →

Posted in Miscellaneous | Tagged IU, Krystal, Suzy, Yoona

K-actor Yang Se Jong to Enlist in the Military Next Month May 2020

A Koala's Playground Posted on May 1, 2020 by ockoalaApril 30, 2020
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I really make an effort to post enlistment news because it’s always weird if casual drama viewers suddenly don’t hear about an actor and it’s because that guy has gone off for two years for mandatory military service. It’s Yang Se Jong‘s time next month, he’s enlisting in the army on May 12th so godspeed and be safe young man. … Continue reading →

Posted in Miscellaneous | Tagged Yang Se Jong

New Stills for Episode 5 of The King: Eternal Monarch Preview Heightened Tension and Forced Romance

A Koala's Playground Posted on April 30, 2020 by ockoalaApril 30, 2020
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I need a reason to like either lead characters in The King: Eternal Monarch and 4-episodes I can’t find a reason and the story is so convoluted to boot. The new stills for episode 5 still make me annoyed, it’s the same cool, calm, handsome beautific smile from Lee Min Ho and Kim Go Eun alternatively is looking dumbstruck, then … Continue reading →

Posted in K-dramas | Tagged Kim Go Eun, Lee Min Ho, The King: Eternal Monarch

HK-actor Jackson Lai Cheats on 8-month Pregnant Wife After Caught Making Out and Eating Cake in a Car with Costar Ashley Chu

A Koala's Playground Posted on April 30, 2020 by ockoalaApril 30, 2020
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Okay, after last year 2019’s epically sordid taxi makeout cheating between top singer Andy Hui with starlet Jacqueline Wong and later forgiven by Andy’s also top singer wife Sammi Cheng, it’s like the entire HK ent should be scared straight on like maybe NOT CHEATING and definitely not in public. But a year later and here we go again – … Continue reading →

Posted in Miscellaneous | Tagged Ashley Chu, Cheating, Jackson Lai

tvN Mon-Tues Drama A Piece of Your Mind with Jung Hae In and Chae Soo Bin Wraps Up Early in 12th Episode with 1.214% Ratings

A Koala's Playground Posted on April 30, 2020 by ockoalaApril 30, 2020
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I feel like tvN Mon-Tues drama A Piece of Your Mind was the similar cousin to jTBC also Mon-Tues drama When the Weather is Good. Both were quietly paced and warmly emotional, and neither got high ratings or buzz during its run. I watched all of When the Weather is Good, really powering through almost because I wanted so much … Continue reading →

Posted in K-dramas | Tagged A Piece of Your Mind, Chae Soo Bin, Jung Hae In

Variety Show Host Kai Le Confesses to Being One of the Third Wheels in Show Luo and Grace Chow’s Cheating Scandal

A Koala's Playground Posted on April 29, 2020 by ockoalaApril 30, 2020
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It’s been a few days and the public attention has dropped from 100000000% to like 90% heh. Still a whole lot and who can blame the Chinese-speaking media and rubbernecking fans for keeping the spotlight on Chinese instagram star and fashionista Grace Chow putting ex-boyfriend top idol and host Show Luo on blast for cheating on her during their 9 … Continue reading →

Posted in Miscellaneous | Tagged Cheating, Grace Chow, Kai Le, Scandal, Show Luo

Jang Dong Yoon Considers Joseon Exorcist Drama and Ro Woon Now in Talks for Rom-com Sunbae, Please Don’t Put on that Lipstick

A Koala's Playground Posted on April 29, 2020 by ockoalaApril 29, 2020
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It’s crazy that K-actor Jang Dong Yoon‘s name is attached to so many dramas in 2020 already. His new thriller action drama Search will premiere soon on OCN, a great pick for him to totally change up from his last drama The Tale of Nokdu. He was also considering the jTBC rom-com adaptation of the manhwa Sunbae, Please Don’t Put … Continue reading →

Posted in K-dramas | Tagged Jang Dong Yoon, Ro Woon, Sunbae Please Don't Put on That Lipstick

Gong Hyo Jin Discusses Style and Acting in May 2020 Dazed Pictorial

A Koala's Playground Posted on April 29, 2020 by ockoalaApril 28, 2020
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It’s nice to see Gong Hyo Jin active in promotions this spring, probably capitalizing on the great momentum from 2019 when she won awards and ratings with her hit drama When the Camellia Blooms. It was a tad schizophrenic for me, like two totally unrelated dramas being Franken-stitched into one. Gong Hyo Jin remains always watchable with a down to … Continue reading →

Posted in Fashion | Tagged Gong Hyo Jin

C-media Critiques Why The King: Eternal Monarch Ratings are Dropping with Both South Koreans and Chinese Viewer Interest

A Koala's Playground Posted on April 28, 2020 by ockoalaApril 28, 2020
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C-ent was hyping up The King: Eternal Monarch as well as rightfully so. Lee Min Ho dramas always do well in Chinese-speaking regions and same with all prior Kim Eun Sook penned dramas. But 4-episodes in even the notoriously fawning C-media is posting incisive analyses for why The King hasn’t been the hit it was built up to be. On … Continue reading →

Posted in K-dramas | Tagged Kim Go Eun, Lee Min Ho, The King: Eternal Monarch

KBS Mon-Tues Reincarnation Drama Born Again Gets Low Ratings Opposite to High Level of Story Stupidity

A Koala's Playground Posted on April 28, 2020 by ockoalaApril 28, 2020
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I can’t believe Jang Ki Yong passed on Record of Youth for this drama Born Again, because even if Youth fails and isn’t that good it cannot be as totally and wholly stupid as Born Again hahahah. This drama is so awful and yet it’s awful enough that its entertaining to watch, I can’t explain why logically just that I … Continue reading →

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

jTBC Mon-Tues Slow Romance When the Weather is Nice with Park Min Young and Seo Kang Joon Ends After Quiet Run

A Koala's Playground Posted on April 28, 2020 by ockoalaApril 28, 2020
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There is nothing wrong per se with jTBC Mon-Tues drama When the Weather is Nice (I’ll Come By When the Weather is Good) but there was also nothing really riveting about it. This is a drama equivalent of a warm oversized sweater, there is nothing stylistically worth noting but it serves a functional purpose. Weather was all about emotional growth … Continue reading →

Posted in K-dramas | Tagged Park Min Young, Seo Kang Joon, When the Weather is Fine

New SBS Mon-Tues Drama Good Casting with Choi Kang Hee and Lee Sang Yeob Impresses with Premiere Ratings of 9.5% and 12.3%

A Koala's Playground Posted on April 27, 2020 by ockoalaApril 27, 2020
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Wowser, consider me surprised but also believing that this could have happened. New SBS Mon-Tues drama Good Casting, which takes over from Nobody Knows, rather impressed with a nobody could have expected surprising ratings. Episode 1 notched 9.5% and 12.3%, making it easily the time slot ratings leader over low single digit competitors Born Again and 365: Repeat the Year. … Continue reading →

Posted in K-dramas | Tagged Choi Kang Hee, Good Casting, Lee Sang Yeob, Yoo In Young

Park Shin Hye Accessorizes With Flowers in S/S 2020 Mojo S. Phine CF Pictorial

A Koala's Playground Posted on April 27, 2020 by ockoalaApril 27, 2020
Young woman making a playful pout outdoors.

In the last month I haven’t so much as put on an outfit that resembles anything Park Shin Hye is modeling in this just released CF stills for ladies clothing brand Mojo S. Phine. Remote working means no need for office clothing and it’s both a blessing and a curse. I miss looking put together but I love not having … Continue reading →

Posted in Fashion | Tagged Park Shin Hye

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