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First Look at Lee Bo Young and Yoo Ji Tae in tvN Romance When My Love Blooms

A Koala's Playground Posted on March 9, 2020 by ockoalaMarch 8, 2020
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I’m such a sucker for second chance romances and especially when it stars an actress as versatile and sincere as Lee Bo Young. This will be her first drama in two years and the first since she had her second child with actor husband Ji Sung. She did the terrific but somber Mother in 2018 and is coming back with … Continue reading →

Posted in K-dramas | Tagged Lee Bo Young, When My Love Blooms, Yoo Ji Tae

K-netizens Discuss South Korea’s Top 10 Beauties Which Remain Unchanged Since the Early Hallyu Days

A Koala's Playground Posted on March 9, 2020 by ockoalaMarch 7, 2020
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A poll and post has been making its way through K-netizen ranks and it’s relatively consensus driven on who is considered one of South Korea’s top 10 beauties here in 2020. It’s like the same list since 2005 if you ask me, and honestly probably justified considering these ladies were each considered a top in some way when they debuted … Continue reading →

Posted in Miscellaneous | Tagged Han Ga In, Han Ji Min, Han Ye Seul, Jeon Ji Hyun, Kim Hee Sun, Kim Tae Hee, Lee Na Young, Lee Young Ae, Son Ye Jin, Song Hye Kyo

Acclaimed Director Choi Dong Hoon Starts Filming K-movie Alien with Kim Woo Bin, Ryu Jun Yeol, So Ji Sub, and Kim Tae Ri

A Koala's Playground Posted on March 8, 2020 by ockoalaMarch 9, 2020
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Woah momma is the first big cast movie slated for 2021 looking jam packed and exciting. Director Choi Dong Hoon of Assassination, The Thieves, Tazza, and Jeon Woo Chi will start filming the movie titled Alien at the end of March his highly anticipated new movie. The plot and characters are still under wraps but will star Ryu Jun Yeol, … Continue reading →

Posted in Films | Tagged Alien, KIm Tae Ri, Kim Woo Bin, Ryu jun Yeol, So Ji Sub

Ratings Rise of jTBC Drama Itaewon Peters Out in Episodes 13-14 at Steady 13% Range

A Koala's Playground Posted on March 8, 2020 by ockoalaMarch 8, 2020
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Sky Castle can remain sky high for a good while longer as it’s perch on top of being the highest rated cable drama and highest rated jTBC drama won’t be challenged by underdog success story Itaewon Class. Itaewon is still one of the most successful cable dramas EVER and second highest rated on jTBC, even more impressive considering it’s comparatively … Continue reading →

Posted in K-dramas | Tagged Itaewon Class, Park Seo Joon

Wu Zun Attends Event with Long Time Wife and Shares Adorable High School Picture as First Loves

A Koala's Playground Posted on March 8, 2020 by ockoalaMarch 6, 2020
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It’s still incredible to know that TW-actor Wu Zun has been with his first love for 24 years, since they met as high school students in their native Brunei. They got married over a decade ago and have two kids, an older girl and a younger boy and by all accounts are super duper happy in life. Looks like Wu … Continue reading →

Posted in Miscellaneous | Tagged Wu Zun

SBS Fantasy Romance Drama The King: Eternal Monarch Releases Character Stills for Main Cast

A Koala's Playground Posted on March 7, 2020 by ockoalaMarch 11, 2020
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Let’s get this out of the way, all the leads for upcoming SBS fantasy drama The King: Eternal Monarch looks great. Why wouldn’t they, with the big budget and also their natural visuals namely Lee Min Ho, Kim Go Eun, and Woo Do Hwan. I also think screenwriter Kim Eun Sook heard all the criticism lobbed at her writing of … Continue reading →

Posted in K-dramas | Tagged Jung Eun Chae, Kim Go Eun, Lee Min Ho, The King: Eternal Monarch, The King: Eternal Sovereign, Woo Do Hwan

Park Shin Hye and the Leads of Thriller Movie Call Guest on jTBC Variety Ask Us Anything

A Koala's Playground Posted on March 7, 2020 by ockoalaMarch 7, 2020

Promotions are underway for upcoming Korean horror thriller movie Call albeit probably understated due to the health concerns South Korea is dealing with. Movie leads Park Shin Hye, Kim Sung Ryung, and Jeon Jong Seo were guests on the jTBC variety show Ask Us Anything! and donned high school uniforms for the classroom themed segment. Seeing Park Shin Hye with … Continue reading →

Posted in Films | Tagged Jeon Jong Seo, Kim Sung Ryung, Park Shin Hye

Kim Dong Wook and Moon Ga Young are Opposites Attract in New Teaser for MBC Romance Find Me in Your Memory

A Koala's Playground Posted on March 7, 2020 by ockoalaMarch 5, 2020
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K-actor Kim Dong Wook always does edgy or oddball selections so it’s surprising to see that his next project feels like old school throwback Hallyu melodrama romance. Find Me in Your Memory pairs Kim Dong Wook with Moon Ga Young falling in love despite him having photographic memory and her not remembering her past. I guess going forward he can … Continue reading →

Posted in K-dramas | Tagged Find Me in Your Memory, Kim Dong Wook, Moon Ga Young

K-stars Release Denials of Being Members of Shincheonji Church at the Center of South Korea’s Coronavirus Outbreak

A Koala's Playground Posted on March 6, 2020 by ockoalaMarch 5, 2020

This is totally a witch hunt if anyone thinks there is anything to dig into here. This week an anonymous netizen posted a list of Korean celebrities reportedly members of the cultish Shincheonji Church that is at the origin and center of the massive outbreak of the novel coronavirus COVID19 in the country. Church members went to Wuhan in December … Continue reading →

Posted in Miscellaneous | Tagged Gummy, Ivy, Lee Dong Wook, Lee Na Young, Won Bin

Kim Da Mi Shines in Peachy Joy for Cosmopolitan Korea Pictorial

A Koala's Playground Posted on March 6, 2020 by ockoalaMarch 5, 2020
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I find Kim Da Mi a revelation. She is so so good as an actress for someone so young and with so few projects on her resume. But what she has done she’s picked smartly, with her most current drama the incredibly successful Itaewon Class. She’s the new face of Benefit cosmetics in the latest Cosmopolitan Korea pictorial and I … Continue reading →

Posted in Fashion | Tagged Kim Da Mi

Ha Jung Woo’s Alleged Propofol Abuse Came From the Same Investigation of Hacker Who Blackmailed Joo Jin Mo Over Sleazy Texts

A Koala's Playground Posted on March 6, 2020 by ockoalaMarch 5, 2020
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Welp, now this makes sense. Turns out the investigation over whether K-actor Ha Jung Woo used a false name at a Gangnam beauty clinic last year to get administered propofol came out of the police investigating the hacker that tapped into the phones of many rich and famous people and started blackmailing them. One was K-actor Joo Jin Mo who … Continue reading →

Posted in K-dramas | Tagged Ha Jung Woo, Joo Jin Mo

Rain and Kim Tae Hee Decrease Rent by 50% for Lessors in Buildings Hit by Coronavirus Drop in Business

A Koala's Playground Posted on March 5, 2020 by ockoalaMarch 4, 2020
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Okay, I believe people shouldn’t get kudos for being a good person, that should be the baseline and not a “good to have”. With that said, it continues to be worth noting that married K-stars Rain and Kim Tae Hee really do put their money where their mouth is in terms of doing good. K-ent is reporting that lessees in … Continue reading →

Posted in Miscellaneous | Tagged Kim Tae Hee, Rain

Seo Yeo Ji, Park Gyu Young, and Oh Jung Se Confirmed for I’m a Psycho But It’s Okay with Kim Soo Hyun

A Koala's Playground Posted on March 5, 2020 by ockoalaMarch 4, 2020
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This drama was supposed to premiere in June and let’s keep finger crossed that it will be on schedule. K-actor Kim Soo Hyun‘s comeback drama I’m a Psycho But It’s Okay has confirmed three additional cast members – rumored female lead Seo Ye Ji is onboard along with Oh Jung Se and Park Gyu Young. It’s the story of a … Continue reading →

Posted in K-dramas | Tagged I'm a Psycho But It's Okay, Kim Soo Hyun, Oh Jung Se, Seo Ye Ji

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