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Lee Bo Young and Yoo Ji Tae Confirmed for K-drama The Most Beautiful Moment in Life with Jinyoung and Jeon So Ni Playing Their College Age Counterparts

A Koala's Playground Posted on January 3, 2020 by ockoalaJanuary 3, 2020
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Another 2020 K-drama has confirmed the lead cast and it sounds so much like hit movie Introduction to Architecture. Yoo ji Tae and Lee Bo Young are signed on for upcoming drama The Most Beautiful Moment in Life with youngsters Jinyoung and Jeon So Ni playing their college-age versions. The drama is about first loves who reunite twenty years later … Continue reading →

Posted in K-dramas | Tagged Jeon So Ni, Jinyoung, The Most Beautiful Moment in Life, Yoo Ji Tae

Park Bo Young Denies Dating Rumors with Veteran Actor Park Hee Won

A Koala's Playground Posted on January 3, 2020 by ockoalaJanuary 3, 2020

Okay this is a super weird maybe dating story but it’s even funnier because this January 1, 2020 didn’t come with super shocking dating news so this may make up for it. This weekend Park Bo Young is fending off dating rumors with her and veteran actor Park Hee Won. She’s 29 and he’s 48 and genuinely old enough to … Continue reading →

Posted in Miscellaneous | Tagged Park Bo Young, Park Hee Won

First Posters for tvN Drama Hi Bye Mama! Focuses on the Luminous Faces of Leads Kim Tae Hee and Lee Kyu Hyung

A Koala's Playground Posted on January 3, 2020 by ockoalaJanuary 2, 2020
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When I first saw the just released drama posters for upcoming tvN bittersweet family drama Hi Bye Mama! it just felt like woah such a HUGE face of leading lady Kim Tae Hee. Don’t get me wrong, she’s radiant and so beautiful after getting married and having two kids since her last drama Yongpal in 2015. It’s just that the … Continue reading →

Posted in K-dramas | Tagged Hi Bye Mama!, Kim Tae Hee, Lee Kyu Hyung

J-ent Big News to Start 2020 as Top Idol Ayumi Hamasaki Announces She Had a Baby Boy at the End of Last Year

A Koala's Playground Posted on January 2, 2020 by ockoalaJanuary 2, 2020
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While K-ent had a dating confirmation, J-ent went a different direction with the first big star news of 2020. Top selling solo idol singer Ayumi Hamasaki posted a personal note on her official fan site first wishing her fans a happy new year and then revealing that she’s actually a mom! The 41-year old songstress shared that she had a … Continue reading →

Posted in J-doramas | Tagged Ayumi Hamasaki, Baby

Script Reading for tvN 2020 Drama Hi Bye Mama with Kim Tae Hee and Lee Kyu Hyung

A Koala's Playground Posted on January 2, 2020 by ockoalaJanuary 2, 2020
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I think K-actress Kim Tae Hee is living such a winning life and hopefully picked the right drama for her post-baby comeback. She had baby #2 with husband Rain last year and is ready to go back to work with tvN drama Hi Bye Mama lucking out with a great costar in Lee Kyu Hyung. She plays a devoted mom … Continue reading →

Posted in K-dramas | Tagged Hi Bye Mama!, Kim Tae Hee, Lee Kyu Hyung

Jtbc Itawon Class Drops Contrasting Underdog and Rich Asshole Drama Posters

A Koala's Playground Posted on January 2, 2020 by ockoalaJanuary 2, 2020
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Alrighty, I appreciate the new year new vibes but it’s hilarious to see such contrasting drama posters. jTBC released official posters for Itaewon Class and all I can say is that two different set of graphic designers worked on the end product. On one hand there is the underdog poster with Park Seo Joon leading a ragtag bunch of folks … Continue reading →

Posted in Miscellaneous | Tagged Itaewon Class, Park Seo Joon

Heechul and TWICE’s Momo Confirm Dating as First K-couple of 2020

A Koala's Playground Posted on January 1, 2020 by ockoalaJanuary 2, 2020
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Netizens were eagerly awaiting the first Dispatch dating news reveal for New Year’s Day since it’s turned into a tradition by now. This year 2020 will welcome a new couple in Heechul and TWICE‘s Momo. The two have been caught up in dating rumors for months now and when this news first broke yesterday both sides once again denied it. … Continue reading →

Posted in Miscellaneous | Tagged Dating, Heechul, Momo

Kim Woo Bin Manly and Sexy with Long Hair in First Pictorial Since Resuming Entertainment Career

A Koala's Playground Posted on January 1, 2020 by ockoalaDecember 31, 2019
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This is a belated Christmas present for me, so thank you photographer and stylist for this great shoot. K-actor Kim Woo Bin is in his first official pictorial since his return to work after a two plus year medical health hiatus. It’s a black and white photo shoot and the more striking visual is his loooooong hair look. It looks … Continue reading →

Posted in Musings | Tagged Kim Woo Bin

Crash Landing on You Will Not Air Episodes 7-8 Next Week for Better Drama Quality, Resuming Weekend of January 11th

A Koala's Playground Posted on January 1, 2020 by ockoalaDecember 31, 2019
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Man, tvN is either trolling me or genuinely want to do its darndest to make the best drama possible. The network announced that it will skip a weekend of airing new episodes of Crash Landing on You, next weekend January 4th it will not air episodes 7 and 8 which will instead air the following weekend of the 11th. The … Continue reading →

Posted in K-dramas | Tagged Crash Landing on You

Kim Soo Hyun Officially Leaves Key East After 10 Years and Forms New Agency Gold Medalist Signing Seo Ye Ji and Kim Sae Ron

A Koala's Playground Posted on December 31, 2019 by ockoalaDecember 31, 2019
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There’s a lovely symmetry to this but goodness am I a tad bit concerned. K-actor Kim Soo Hyun has officially left Key East, the agency that found him in 2010 and launched his incredibly successful acting career. He signed a 10 year exclusive contract and followed through it with so his departure is simply not renewing another contract with Key … Continue reading →

Posted in My Loves | Tagged Kim Soo Hyun

Kim Dong Wook, Gong Hyo Jin, and Kim Nam Gil Win 2019 Daesang For Respective Network Dramas

A Koala's Playground Posted on December 31, 2019 by ockoalaDecember 31, 2019

Okay, the netizen pundits got two out of three right so that’s not bad. The Big Three network year end Drama Awards took place last night for MBC and tonight on the 31st for both SBS and KBS. I’ll do a separate post on the fashion and attendees which were pretty packed this year but on the top award winning … Continue reading →

Posted in K-dramas | Tagged Gong Hyo Jin, Kim Dong Wook, Kim Nam Gil

Gong Hyo Jin Flirty and Playful for the January 2020 Issue of Elle Korea

A Koala's Playground Posted on December 31, 2019 by ockoalaDecember 31, 2019
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Gong Hyo Jin is on a much deserved promotional tour after finishing the successful KBS drama When the Camellia Blooms, first with this lovely Elle Korea spread. Mark my words, she’s getting the Daesang at the KBS Drama Awards and will be her first drama awards Daesang after winning plenty of Top Excellence and Excellence Actress awards for dramas including … Continue reading →

Posted in K-dramas | Tagged Gong Hyo Jin

SM Entertainment Confirms Idol Changmin Dating Non-celeb Girlfriend

A Koala's Playground Posted on December 30, 2019 by ockoalaDecember 30, 2019
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The last dating news of 2019 came on the 30th of December with rumors swiftly confirmed that DBSK duo member Changmin was no longer a bachelor. SM Entertainment admitted that Changmin has been dating a non-celeb girlfriend who he met through mutual friends. This would have been massive news like ten years ago during the DBSK heyday with fangirls collectively … Continue reading →

Posted in Miscellaneous | Tagged Changmin, Dating

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