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The Tale of Nokdu Leaps Forward in Emotional Revelations and Twisty Plot Development in Fourth Week Episodes

A Koala's Playground Posted on October 23, 2019 by ockoalaOctober 25, 2019
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KBS drama The Tale of Nokdu is seriously way better than it projected on the premise alone and I was good with a silly and fun cross-dressing tale. Now we have double palace and royal family male descendants intrigue and feelings so strong and bursting forth Kim So Hyun‘s Dong Joo feels the need to physically get herself away from … Continue reading →

Posted in K-dramas | Tagged Jang Dong Yoon, Kang Tae Oh, Kim So Hyun, The Tale of Nokdu

First Look at Hyun Bin and Son Ye Jin in Official Still from tvN Romance Crash Landing on You

A Koala's Playground Posted on October 23, 2019 by ockoalaOctober 22, 2019
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The attrition in K-drama viewers may have led production companies to dig deep into the original well of Hallyu addiction to find something to bring them back. How else to explain upcoming tvN drama Crash Landing on You (or Crash Landed Love) where the female lead parachutes onto the male lead and love ensues, because wasn’t that Successful Story of … Continue reading →

Posted in K-dramas | Tagged Crash Landed Love, Crash Landing on You, Hyun Bin, Son Ye Jin

Jeon Ji Hyun Exquisite in Nudes and Blacks for Fall Jewelry Pictorial in Marie Claire Korea

A Koala's Playground Posted on October 22, 2019 by ockoalaOctober 22, 2019
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It’s been over 20 years since Jeon Ji Hyun debuted but she still makes everything she does seem fresh and captivating. This fall Marie Claire Korea jewelry pictorial is supposed to be about the baubles but it’s really all eyes on her. She poses so alive whether it’s an eyebrow arch, an extra stare in her eye, the way her … Continue reading →

Posted in My Loves | Tagged Jeon Ji Hyun

First Stills of Ha Ji Won and Yoon Kye Sang in Upcoming jTBC Romance Drama Chocolate

A Koala's Playground Posted on October 22, 2019 by ockoalaOctober 22, 2019
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I love chocolate and I know this upcoming K-drama Chocolate is exactly my taste bud. It stars two of my faves Ha Ji Won and Yoon Kye Sang, in a sure to be warm and weepy romance drama, penned by one of my favorite screenwriters Lee Kyung Hee. Sure I dislike half of what she wrote but the other half … Continue reading →

Posted in K-dramas | Tagged Ha Ji Won, Yoon Kye Sang

Drama Stills for the Leads of People With Flaws Starring Ahn Jae Hyun, Oh Yeon Seo, and Kim Seul Gi

A Koala's Playground Posted on October 21, 2019 by ockoalaOctober 21, 2019
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The premise of MBC drama People With Flaws is solely predicated on the acting and chemistry. It’s basically opposites attract and insert profession/situation/coincidence to bring them together. I don’t know how the mixture of Ahn Jae Hyun and Oh Yeon Seo will turn out but he underacts and she overacts so maybe together they will be just right. I’m more … Continue reading →

Posted in K-dramas | Tagged Ahn Jae Hyun, Kim Seul Gi, Oh Yeon Seo, People With Flaws

Press Conference for tvN Drama Catch the Ghost as Moon Geun Young and Kim Sun Ho Ride the Subways and Dispense Justice

A Koala's Playground Posted on October 21, 2019 by ockoalaOctober 21, 2019
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The scheduled press conference for K-drama Catch the Ghost was postponed due to ill tidings in K-ent and a sad passing so the drama held its press conference today hours before the drama premiered as the new Mon-Tues tvN offering. Starring Moon Geun Young and Kim Sun Ho as partner subway cops investigating a larger conspiracy but solving daily transit … Continue reading →

Posted in K-dramas | Tagged Catch the Ghost, Kim Sun Ho, Moon Geun Young

Melodrama Graceful Family Ends with 8.5% Record Ratings for Small Cable Network MBN, Cast Gets Vietnam Reward Vacation

A Koala's Playground Posted on October 21, 2019 by ockoalaOctober 20, 2019
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Congrats to the dark horse hit drama of 2019, small cable network MBN‘s unexpected surprise Graceful Family ended it’s record setting run last week with 8.5% ratings. If you want to know how impressive that is the highest rating for cable network tvN‘s highly promoted and most expensive drama ever produced Arthdal Chronicles was 7.705% and tvN’s real hit drama … Continue reading →

Posted in K-dramas | Tagged Graceful Family, Im Soo Hyang, Lee Jang Woo

Gong Yoo Promotes New Movie After 2-Year Acting Break Since Goblin, Content to Play Supporting Role to Jung Yumi

A Koala's Playground Posted on October 20, 2019 by ockoalaOctober 20, 2019
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The K-movie adaptation of hit feminist novel 1982 Born Kim Ji Young opens next week in Korea and all eyes are on whether mainstream audiences will embrace it and whether the fringe right will successfully stifle a story that highlights all the minor and micro injustices Korean women have faced culturally. The movie is 100% about Jung Yumi‘s Kim Ji … Continue reading →

Posted in Films | Tagged 1982 Born Kim Ji Young, Gong Yoo

Vagabond Finally Gives Lee Seung Gi the Upper Hand But Episodes 9-10 Continue the Action Over Engaging Narrative Development

A Koala's Playground Posted on October 20, 2019 by ockoalaOctober 19, 2019
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There is a reason that summer Hollywood movies are called popcorn flicks, it’s brainless fun and the emphasis is on FUN. tvN action drama Vagabond has been no fun so far, earlier on it had to be serious and sad because an entire plane full of passengers including a bunch of kids died because of a greedy government and corporate … Continue reading →

Posted in K-dramas | Tagged Lee Seung Gi, Shin Sung Rok, Suzy, Vagabond

K-ent Reports that IU Spent 3 Days at the Memorial for Good Friend Sulli and Cancelled Promos for Her Own Upcoming Album Release in November

A Koala's Playground Posted on October 19, 2019 by ockoalaOctober 19, 2019
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The last major entertainment activity that Sulli participated in prior to her untimely passing was doing a cameo for her very good friend IU‘s summer supernatural drama Hotel Del Luna. That will remain Sulli’s departing work and I’m so happy she got to do it in support of IU and also spend time together. IU’s name hasn’t been publicly in … Continue reading →

Posted in Miscellaneous | Tagged IU, Sulli

Yoo Seung Ho to Return to the Small Screen with tvN Mystery Drama Memorist

A Koala's Playground Posted on October 19, 2019 by ockoalaOctober 18, 2019
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There feels like a lot of drama casting news into 2020 now with the remainder of the 2019 K-dramas either cast or filming already. K-actor Yoo Seung Ho will be making his drama comeback in early 2020 with tvN‘s drama adaptation of popular webtoon Memorist. He seems to have an affinity with playing characters that have good memory, let’s not … Continue reading →

Posted in K-dramas | Tagged Memorist, Yoo Seung Ho

K-netizen Found Guilty of Spreading Malicious Rumors About Lee Seo Jin and Sunny, Gets Jail Time and Community Service

A Koala's Playground Posted on October 19, 2019 by ockoalaOctober 18, 2019
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This news feels particularly timely this week and a good place to set future standards. The Korean court has handed down a guilty sentence to a 24-year old K-netizen who was found to have spread unfounded and malicious rumors about Lee Seo Jin and Sunny of SNSD. The person commented on a website of over 1 million users that Lee … Continue reading →

Posted in Miscellaneous | Tagged Sunny

Kim Tae Hee in Talks for Warm Family tvN Drama Goodbye Mom

A Koala's Playground Posted on October 18, 2019 by ockoalaOctober 17, 2019
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Goodness is this a surprise drama land return. K-actress Kim Tae Hee is reportedly in talks as the female lead of 2020 tvN drama Goodbye Mom, billed as a tearful yet heartwarming family ghost drama. She just had her second child, another daughter with husband Rain so I legit was not expecting her to resume acting anytime soon. At least … Continue reading →

Posted in K-dramas | Tagged Goodbye Mom, Kim Tae Hee

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