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Kim So Hyun Trendy in All Black with a Winter White Teddy Jacket at Movie Premiere for The Man Standing Next

A Koala's Playground Posted on January 21, 2020 by ockoalaJanuary 21, 2020
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K-actress Kim So Hyun is naturally beautiful and with the advantages of youth can pull off any hairstyle and still look fantastic. Clothes are less unanimous as there are still outfits that no one would look good in, but her choice of attire this week attending the VIP movie premiere for political thriller film The Man Standing Next (Chiefs of … Continue reading →

Posted in Fashion, Films | Tagged Kim So Hyun, The Man Standing Next

OTP Reunited in South Korea in Episode 10 of Crash Landing on You With Another Two Week Airing Break Ahead

A Koala's Playground Posted on January 20, 2020 by ockoalaJanuary 19, 2020
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Being addicted to Crash Landing on You hurts so good. Perhaps I should be thankful next week’s airing will be preempted due to lunar new year festivities and programming, otherwise how can I concentrate and cook all the meals I need to whip up in real life. This Sunday’s episode 10 took what seemed like a permanent separation of OTP … Continue reading →

Posted in K-dramas | Tagged Crash Landing on You

Seo Kang Joon Slides into the Role of a Country Bookshop Owner in First Stills for I’ll Come Find You When the Weather is Good

A Koala's Playground Posted on January 20, 2020 by ockoalaJanuary 19, 2020
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I’ve skipped Seo Kang Joon‘s last two dramas but am totally pumped up to see him in upcoming tvN melancholy romance I’ll Come Find You When the Weather is Good. I tend to like him more when I like his leading lady and in this case I adore Park Min Young who has been rocking a streak of cute rom-coms … Continue reading →

Posted in K-dramas | Tagged Seo Kang Joon

Cast of K-movie Parasite Wins Best Performance by a Cast at 2020 Screen Actor’s Guild Awards

A Koala's Playground Posted on January 20, 2020 by ockoalaJanuary 19, 2020
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All of South Korea must be and should rejoice at the latest earned honor bestowed on award winning 2019 movie Parasite. The cast just won the Best Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture award at the 2020 Screen Actor’s Guild Awards, which is equivalent to Best Picture because SAG is about the actors so that award is the … Continue reading →

Posted in Films | Tagged Parasite

Kim Soo Hyun Reprises North Korean Spy From Secretly, Greatly in Cameo For Episode 10 of Crash Landing on You as Ratings Shoots Up to 14.633%

A Koala's Playground Posted on January 19, 2020 by ockoalaJanuary 20, 2020
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tvN weekend drama Crash Landing on You keeps soaring higher and one upping itself. This Sunday’s episode 10 jumped 3% in ratings to hit 14.633% with still 6 more episodes to go. This could reach Goblin, Mr. Sunshine, and Answer Me 1988 territory for the network which would be exciting to see. I’ll save the actual plot developments for later … Continue reading →

Posted in K-dramas | Tagged Crash Landing on You

Lee Min Jung, Lee Sang Yeob, and Oh Yoon Ah Headline Cast for KBS Weekend Drama I’ve Returned After One Marriage

A Koala's Playground Posted on January 19, 2020 by ockoalaJanuary 18, 2020
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Weekend dramas have been quiet on the big three network front as cable networks have been really on fire in that time slot. But when the prime time dramas faltered in recent years the big three always had their weekend stalwarts and I’m just waiting for something to stir my interest and bring me back to the world of big … Continue reading →

Posted in K-dramas | Tagged Lee Min Jung, Lee Sang Yeob

Poster, Stills and Preview for MBC Thriller Drama The Game: Towards Zero with Taecyeon, Lee Yeon Hee, and Im Joo Hwan

A Koala's Playground Posted on January 19, 2020 by ockoalaJanuary 20, 2020
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Start counting down to 1-22-20 because that’s the starting line for The Game: Towards Zero. The MBC drama takes over the Wed-Thurs time slot from quirky romance drama People With Flaws and marks the return to acting for Taecyeon after serving his military enlistment. He plays a prophet who can see the moment a person dies when he looks into … Continue reading →

Posted in K-dramas | Tagged The Game: Towards Zero

Episode 9 of Crash Landing on You Maintains 11% Ratings and Finally Gets Son Ye Jin Back to South Korea So Hyun Bin Can Pine Beautifully

A Koala's Playground Posted on January 18, 2020 by ockoalaJanuary 19, 2020
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I don’t think this is anything remotely worth spoiling about tvN drama Crash Landing on You because every single plot point has been cribbed from something before yet stitched together in such an addicting way. This Saturday’s episode 9 continued the high ratings of last week taking in 11.516% as the OTP was reunited from a brief separation only to … Continue reading →

Posted in K-dramas | Tagged Crash Landing on You

Song Min Ho of WINNER is the First So Weird its Winning Airport Fashion of 2020

A Koala's Playground Posted on January 18, 2020 by ockoalaJanuary 17, 2020
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Who is that unabashedly fashion loud grandma that all the K-paps are snapping pictures of at Incheon airport this week? It’s none other than rapper Song Min Ho of idol group WINNER, deciding that he was going to kick off the new year with new fashion leanings. His outfit is so out there it doesn’t even register on the good … Continue reading →

Posted in Fashion | Tagged Song Min Ho

Ruby Lin, Vicky Zhao, Alex Su, and Leo Ku Reunite for 2020 Lunar New Year Celebrations 20 Years After Hit Drama Romance in the Rain

A Koala's Playground Posted on January 18, 2020 by ockoalaJanuary 17, 2020
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It’s hard to say stars age better with time since being young and fresh faced pretty is the primary selling point of actors and actresses. But for the cast of popular period C-drama Romance in the Rain filmed in 2000 and airing in 2001, twenty years later leads Vicky Zhao, Leo Ku, Ruby Lin, and Alec Su can definitively take … Continue reading →

Posted in Miscellaneous | Tagged Alec Su, Leo Tu, Ruby Lin, Vicky Zhao

Striking Poster and Sneak Peek at SBS Drama Hyena with Kim Hye Soo and Joo Ji Hoon as Lawyers to the Uber Rich

A Koala's Playground Posted on January 17, 2020 by ockoalaJanuary 17, 2020
Dramatic poster for the show "Hyena."

SBS is off to a good start with Hot Stove League doing well in Fri-Sat ratings so the stage is set for it’s successor drama Hyena when it takes over in late February. We already have a Shark and a Wolf in K-drama land so of course a Hyena wouldn’t be out of place especially as the predator that scavenges … Continue reading →

Posted in K-dramas | Tagged Hyena, Joo Ji Hoon

Hyun Bin’s Four North Korean Soldier Subordinates in Crash Landing on You Each Create Memorable Roles

A Koala's Playground Posted on January 17, 2020 by ockoalaJanuary 17, 2020
Three soldiers sharing food in rural setting.

One reason why I’m enjoying Crash Landing on You so much is the rich and layered characterizations of the supporting and even ancillary characters. Even the small roles are memorable and even better perfectly cast, case in point North Korean military officer Hyun Bin’s four subordinate soldiers in his border squad Company Five. There’s Yang Kyung Won as the ornery but … Continue reading →

Posted in K-dramas | Tagged Crash Landing on You

Another Top Star A Also Threatened by Same Hacker Who Released Joo Jin Mo Texts

A Koala's Playground Posted on January 17, 2020 by ockoalaJanuary 19, 2020
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Get ready for the second wave to come of likely more depressing reveals about another K-star. K-ent is reporting that a Top Star A is also among the stars hacked by the recent blackmailer of Joo Jin Mo, whose texts with Jang Dong Gun from 2013 were released after he refused to pay up. Good for him, bad for his … Continue reading →

Posted in Miscellaneous | Tagged Joo Jin Mo

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