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TW-actor Darren Wang Detained for Allegedly Paying Doctor to Forge Medical Condition to Evade Military Duty and Will Now Serve One Year Enlisting Next Month in March

A Koala's Playground Posted on February 18, 2025 by ockoalaFebruary 18, 2025
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Well this is a blast from the past, and mostly from K-ent where military service is an onerous two years and countless male celebs have tried to evade it in various schemes big and small. And when I say big I mean there was a method of pulling out lots of teeth to create a dental condition and OMG is … Continue reading →

Posted in TW & C dramas | Tagged Darren Wang, Wang Da Lu

Chen Xiao and Michelle Chen Officially Confirm They are Divorced by Posting the Same Message Wishing Each Other Well and Vowing to Coparent Going Forward

A Koala's Playground Posted on February 18, 2025 by ockoalaFebruary 18, 2025
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Well this was a long goodbye, in the sense that C-ent and TW-ent has been loudly discussing these two being estranged and divorced/heading for divorce for over a year now. Cross-border married couple C-actor Chen Xiao and TW-actress Michelle Chen (the Chens are no more) have formally announced they are divorced after 8-years of marriage. The two share a young … Continue reading →

Posted in TW & C dramas | Tagged Chen Xiao, Dating, Divorce, Marriage, Michelle Chen

Honey Lee Confirmed to Have Paid 6 Billion Won in Back Taxes to the Government After Routine Audit

A Koala's Playground Posted on February 17, 2025 by ockoalaFebruary 17, 2025
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Well this is a doozy and from one of the most loved K-actresses in the industry. This week kicked off with K-ent reporting that top actress Honey Lee recently was found to have underreported her taxes after the government undertook an irregular tax audit of agency Saram Entertainment, and in the process found that she owed 6 billion won (about … Continue reading →

Posted in K-dramas | Tagged Honey Lee

Actress Kim Sae Ron’s Memorial Hall Brings Mourners Including Her Most Famous Role The Man From Nowhere Costar Won Bin and Wife Lee Na Young

A Koala's Playground Posted on February 17, 2025 by ockoalaFebruary 17, 2025
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The memorial process in South Korea moves very fast, within a day the family will set up a memorial hall and usually the funeral is also very soon thereafter, there is no long drawn out mourning process. K-actress Kim Sae Ron‘s memorial tablet has been set up the following day after her passing and her family, friends, and costars have … Continue reading →

Posted in K-dramas | Tagged Kim Sae Ron

Kim Sae Ron Recently Changed Her Name to Kim Ah Rim in Preparation for a Comeback and Her Posthumous Final Project Will Be the Completed Filming Movie Guitar Man

A Koala's Playground Posted on February 16, 2025 by ockoalaFebruary 16, 2025
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The investigation into K-actress Kim Sae Ron’s passing remains ongoing so I don’t want to speculate on cause of death or reason behind it. But her friends are speaking out and one told a news outlet that Kim Sae Ron was upbeat in recent months, she had changed her name to Kim Ah Rim in preparation for a comeback in … Continue reading →

Posted in TW & C dramas | Tagged Kim Sae Ron

K-actress Kim Sae Ron Passes Away at 24 Years Old After Being Discovered Deceased in Her Home

A Koala's Playground Posted on February 16, 2025 by ockoalaFebruary 16, 2025
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It’s always with a heavy heart I need to write a post about a celeb passing away and this one is both shocking and also probably not wholly impossible that it happened. Young K-actress Kim Sae Ron has passed away this weekend, she was only 24-years old and 25 in Korean age. If it feels like she’s been around forever … Continue reading →

Posted in TW & C dramas | Tagged Kim Sae Ron

Japan Media Reports that Kim Ji Won’s New SBS Drama Doctor X: Age of the White Mafia is a Remake of the 2012 J-dorama Doctor X

A Koala's Playground Posted on February 16, 2025 by ockoalaFebruary 15, 2025
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So this news helps put Kim Ji Won and her likely next drama the SBS medical series Doctor X: Age of the White Mafia in more context and background. Japanese ent reported this week on her being offered the lead role and said that the drama is a remake of the J-dorama Doctor-X: Surgeon Michiko Daimon starring Yonekura Ryoko. The … Continue reading →

Posted in K-dramas | Tagged Doctor X, Kim Ji Won

Li Qin and Deng Wei Cast in Period C-drama The Days of Love and Seclusion

A Koala's Playground Posted on February 15, 2025 by ockoalaFebruary 15, 2025
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So this drama has been discussed for over two years and multiple actors and actresses attached at different times. But reportedly this time is it as the drama will start filming at the end of February 2025 at Hendian Studios so this casting should be it. The Days of Love and Seclusion adapted from the same name novel will star … Continue reading →

Posted in TW & C dramas | Tagged Deng Wei, Li Qin, The Days of Seclusion and Love

Upcoming Romance C-dramas From Youku, Tencent, and iQiyi Release New Posters for Valentine’s Day 2025

A Koala's Playground Posted on February 15, 2025 by ockoalaFebruary 14, 2025
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There are soooooo many new posters out in C-drama land so hold your horses and see if any pique or increase your interest in an upcoming period or modern romance drama. All the main platforms released new CP posters for fans in celebration of Valentine’s Day 2025 and it’s a whole lotta cute or sweetness. I’ll name all the dramas … Continue reading →

Posted in TW & C dramas | Tagged A Dream Within a Dream, A Pillow of Flowers, A Sudden Love, Be Passionately in Love, Chasing Dreams, Eat Love Run, Feud, Fight for Love, How Dare You, Love Grows, Moonlit Reunion, Our Generation, Peace and Joy, Ran Shuang Wei Zhou, San Xian Mi Hui, Shao Hua Ruo Jin, Ski Into Love, Speed and Love, The Best Thing, The Imperial Coroner 2, The Princess's Gambit, Yummy Yummy Yummy

Kim Ji Won in Talks for SBS Medical Drama Doctor X: Age of the White Mafia

A Koala's Playground Posted on February 14, 2025 by ockoalaFebruary 14, 2025
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This year 2025 might see a full reversal of last year’s K-netizen dislike of the medical profession and medical dramas getting delayed airing or fewer made. With the success of The Trauma Code: Heroes on Call and the soon to air Resident Playbook with the same production team behind Hospital Playlist, it’s no wonder SBS is getting on the medical … Continue reading →

Posted in K-dramas | Tagged Kim Ji Won

Young C-actor Li Ming De’s Latest Scandal Adds More Concerns Over the Ability to Air Two Anticipated C-dramas Legend of the Female General and Moonlit Reunion

A Koala's Playground Posted on February 14, 2025 by ockoalaFebruary 13, 2025
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Gosh I just want to slap this kid upside the head for his serious of shenanigans in the last two months. C-actor Li Ming De this week has reportedly been detained by police after being investigated for drunkenly getting violent and vandalizing a car. This is on top of early January when he caused an industry stir by alleging a … Continue reading →

Posted in TW & C dramas | Tagged Legend of the Female General, Li Ming De, Moonlit Reunion

Netflix Hit K-drama The Trauma Code: Heroes on Call Hits #2 on Top Non-English Shows as Squid Game 2 Drops to #7

A Koala's Playground Posted on February 13, 2025 by ockoalaFebruary 12, 2025
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Dang, the Joo Ji Hoon method really did pay off. And by that I mean star in as many dramas as he can possibly/physically film and one of them is bound to be a hit thanks to the law of probability. Lol, I’m kidding of course but his medical K-drama The Trauma Code: Heroes on Call has absolutely paid off … Continue reading →

Posted in K-dramas | Tagged Joo Ji Hoon, Squid Game, The Trauma Code: Heroes on Call

Yu Shu Xin’s Next Project is Reportedly the Female Lead Centric Period Drama Adapted from the Novel Born in the Purple

A Koala's Playground Posted on February 13, 2025 by ockoalaFebruary 12, 2025
Woman in traditional attire holding a sword.

The C-drama casting net keeps pulling in new rumors and possibilities to kick off 2025. C-actress Yu Shu Xin probably had the best end of 2024 among all her same generation lead actresses thanks to the success of Love Game in Eastern Fantasy. She has Ski into Love on deck and is currently filming modern drama Speed in Love (or … Continue reading →

Posted in TW & C dramas | Tagged Born in the Purple, Yu Shu Xin

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