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K-actor Yoo Yeon Seok Hit with Largest Ever Tax Audit Owed Amount of 7 Billon Won

A Koala's Playground Posted on March 19, 2025 by ockoalaMarch 18, 2025
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Well this is becoming a case of which star can top the next tax audit bill for unpaid amounts in South Korea. Last month Honey Lee was hit with a 6 billion won of owed taxes after an audit that started with her agency, and not a month later we have Yoo Yeon Seok topping that amount with a 7 … Continue reading →

Posted in K-dramas | Tagged Yoo Yeon Seok

K-actress Lee Shi Young Announces Divorce From Businessman Husband After 8-years of Marriage

A Koala's Playground Posted on March 19, 2025 by ockoalaMarch 18, 2025
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It happens more often that I want to see, covering the marriage of a celeb only to years later cover the dissolution of said marriage. Another K-star is joining the ranks of tried it but couldn’t make it work, with news this week that actress Lee Shi Young and her businessman husband of 8-years are getting a divorce. They have … Continue reading →

Posted in Miscellaneous | Tagged Lee Shi Young

Tencent Airdrops Period C-drama The Glory with Chen Du Ling and Xin Yun Lai Formerly Titled Noble Lady

A Koala's Playground Posted on March 18, 2025 by ockoalaMarch 18, 2025
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Talk about a big surprise on a random middle of March courtesy of Tencent, the platform released C-drama The Glory with zero announcement today so start your binge if this is on your bingo list of to-watch dramas. The same title unfortunate aspect to the hit Netflix K-drama The Glory aside, the Chinese title also changed from Gui Nu (貴女 … Continue reading →

Posted in TW & C dramas | Tagged Chen Du Ling, Gui Nu, The Glory, Xin Yun Lai

Autumn Arrives in Third Week of Netflix K-drama When Life Gives You Tangerines as Kim Sun Ho’s Reportedly Guest Appearance is Revealed to be the Daughter’s Husband

A Koala's Playground Posted on March 18, 2025 by ockoalaMarch 17, 2025
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Oh this is so going to get K-netizens goat up lol, but a bit of controversy of this nature is fine. Two weeks in Netflix K-drama When Life Gives You Tangerines continues to rack up views, accolades, and online buzz for a generational story anchored by IU and Park Bo Gum as Jeju countryside kids turned married young adults trying … Continue reading →

Posted in K-dramas | Tagged Kim Sun Ho, When Life Gives You Tangerines

Kim Sae Ron’s Family Files Lawsuit Against Youtuber Lee Jin Ho for Defamation and Harassment and Plans to Sue Kim Soo Hyun Unless He Admits to Dating Kim Sae Ron When She was a Minor and Apologizes for the Denial Lies

A Koala's Playground Posted on March 17, 2025 by ockoalaMarch 17, 2025
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When a tourniquet keeps tightening at a point something is going to give and it’s looking more and more like top actor Kim Soo Hyun will not be able to sustain the claim that he dated now deceased actress Kim Sae Ron after she legally became an adult in 2019. Her family has filed a lawsuit against Youtuber Lee Jin … Continue reading →

Posted in K-dramas, Miscellaneous | Tagged Kim Soo Hyun

Zhao Lu Si’s Female Lead Period C-drama Ask Dan Zhu Reportedly Gets Wang Zi Qi as the Male lead

A Koala's Playground Posted on March 17, 2025 by ockoalaMarch 16, 2025
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There remains a lot of potential dramas that claim Zhao Lu Si has been offered the female lead role (usually true) or has accepted (rarely true), but among this current group as she picks her next project it’s looking more and more like it will be period C-drama Ask Dan Zhu (Wen Dan Zhu 问丹朱). It’s from the same novelist … Continue reading →

Posted in TW & C dramas | Tagged Ask Zhu Dan, Wang Zi Qi, Zhao Lu Si

Disney+ Picks Up K-drama Adaptation of Webtoon Remarried Empress with Shin Mina, Lee Jong Seok, Joo Ji Hoon, and Lee Se Young

A Koala's Playground Posted on March 16, 2025 by ockoalaMarch 16, 2025
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So this is really happening and with this main foursome cast, I never could have fantasy cast this lol. K-ent is reporting that the K-drama adaptation of webtoon Remarried Empress will air on Disney+ and is slated to be a 10-episode drama. Please drop it all at once Disney+ rather than one episode or a few episodes a week, pretty … Continue reading →

Posted in K-dramas | Tagged Joo Ji Hoon, Lee Jong Seok, Lee Se Young, Remarried Empress, Shin Mina

Top Fashion Brand Prada Officially Terminates Contract with Kim Soo Hyun as Netizens Note a String of Disaster Asian Star Spokesperson Selections Calling it the Prada Curse

A Koala's Playground Posted on March 16, 2025 by ockoalaMarch 16, 2025
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K-actor Kim Soo Hyun is sitting in 19 brand endorsements, one of the most in K-ent so in the fallout of the allegations that he dated deceased K-actress Kim Sae Ron when she was a minor will of course have fallouts for his CFs. To date, some have quietly removed his pictures from online and posters in stores and a … Continue reading →

Posted in Miscellaneous | Tagged Kim Soo Hyun

tvN Starts Promos for Medical K-drama Resident Playbook with Go Yoon Jung with Release of Poster and First Teaser

A Koala's Playground Posted on March 15, 2025 by ockoalaMarch 15, 2025
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I think the safe best is to soft launch the promos of Resident Playbook and gauge the public appetite for a medical drama. It should be fine seeing as The Trauma Code: Heroes on Call was a big hit, but that drama was about ER type cases but this is more the slice-of-life of a med school student in residency … Continue reading →

Posted in K-dramas | Tagged Go Yoon Jung, Resident Playbook, Shin Shi A

TW-star Barbie Hsu Laid to Rest with Husband, Family, and Friends Beside Her on a Pouring Rain Day in Taipei

A Koala's Playground Posted on March 15, 2025 by ockoalaMarch 15, 2025
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Chinese superstition has it that on the day of a funeral if it’s raining out it means even the Heavens and Gods are mourning the passing of a good person, so rainy day funerals are an auspicious sign for the deceased not that it makes anyone feel any better. This Saturday March 15th, the family and friends of top Taiwanese … Continue reading →

Posted in TW & C dramas | Tagged Barbie Hsu, Da S

C-netizens Overwhelmingly Turn Against Kim Soo Hyun for Dating Underage Kim Sae Ron and C-ent Gossip Columnist Claims Insiders Have Known About the Relationship and He Broke Up with Her the Day Before Her 21st Birthday

A Koala's Playground Posted on March 14, 2025 by ockoalaMarch 14, 2025
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K-actor Kim Soo Hyun isn’t just a top star domestically in South Korea, he’s also a top Hallyu star around almost all of East Asia and Southeast Asia with so many popular K-dramas of his that exported over to those countries for airing. He’s been consistently popular in Mainland China, but C-netizens unlike other groups have nearly immediately and collectively … Continue reading →

Posted in K-dramas, Miscellaneous | Tagged Dating, Kim Sae Ron, Kim Soo Hyun

Kim Yoo Jung Embodies the Epitome of Balmain Haute Couture at Paris Fashion Show

A Koala's Playground Posted on March 14, 2025 by ockoalaMarch 13, 2025
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Talk about back-to-back fashion homeruns for my girl Kim Yoo Jung. She look fantastic at Incheon airport jetting to Paris for fashion week and then one upped herself actually attending the fashion show for Balmain. From the blunt bangs onward to her dramatic makeup and strong yet fun outfit, the whole look worked so well for me, especially since it’s … Continue reading →

Posted in Fashion | Tagged Kim Yoo Jung

Gold Medalist Releases Official Statement Admitting Kim Soo Hyun Dated Kim Sae Ron But Claims it Happened in 2019 After She was Legally an Adult and Denies Trying to Collect Debt that Contributed to Her Stress

A Koala's Playground Posted on March 13, 2025 by ockoalaMarch 13, 2025
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So the public won’t need to wait until next week as today Kim Soo Hyun and his agency Gold Medalist released its official statement on the allegations Kim Soo Hyun dated Kim Sae Ron when she was still underage. The statement is very long (translations will abound) but here I’ll just do the TL:DR: the statement admitted Kim Soo Hyun … Continue reading →

Posted in K-dramas, Miscellaneous | Tagged Dating, Kim Sae Ron, Kim Soo Hyun

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