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Taecyeon and Lee Yeon Hee Cast in MBC Wed-Thurs Drama The Game

A Koala's Playground Posted on August 2, 2019 by ockoalaAugust 2, 2019
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There’s a reunion coming on MBC with two very pretty and hard working actors with differing levels of acting improvement over the years. Recently returned from military service Taecyeon will be joined by Lee Yeon Hee in a supernatural police procedural drama called The Game. He plays a guy with special vision who see death in others while she’s a … Continue reading →

Posted in K-dramas | Tagged Lee Yeon Hee, Taecyeon, The Game

Ariel Lin Takes Break From Acting to Try and Get Pregnant After Four Years of Marriage

A Koala's Playground Posted on August 2, 2019 by ockoalaAugust 1, 2019
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TW-actress Ariel Lin was in Taipei this week to promote her hit C-drama I Will Never Let You Go (Xiao Nu Hua Bu Qi) which will premiere on the small screen in Taiwan next week. It’s great to see her out and looking so happy and healthy, and turns out she’s been turning down acting offers left and right for … Continue reading →

Posted in My Loves | Tagged Ariel Lin

Jo Jung Seok and Yoona Win at the Box Office with Disaster Comedy Movie Exit

A Koala's Playground Posted on August 2, 2019 by ockoalaAugust 1, 2019
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This is a surprise, super duper surprise hit of the summer, with disaster comedy movie Exit premiering top of the box office this week. Watching the trailer after I heard about how well the movie did made me realize it was totally primed to succeed, Jo Jung Seok and Yoona are hitting all the right comedy and scared buttons as … Continue reading →

Posted in K-dramas | Tagged Exit, Jo Jung Seok, Yoona

New Stills From Netflix Drama Love Alarm with Kim So Hyun and Song Kang

A Koala's Playground Posted on August 1, 2019 by ockoalaAugust 1, 2019
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I love how Netflix is all over the map with the genres of K-dramas it picks up, with upcoming Love Alarm doing the classic high school romance love triangle that can be so sweetly angsty when done right. Starring Kim So Hyun with two rising male actors Song Kang and Jung Ga Ram, I’m the first to say she’s the … Continue reading →

Posted in K-dramas | Tagged Jung Ga Ram, Kim So Hyun, Love Alarm, Song Kang

tvN Switches Airing Schedule Moving Great Show with Song Seung Heon Next then Catch the Ghost with Moon Geun Young in October

A Koala's Playground Posted on August 1, 2019 by ockoalaAugust 1, 2019
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There’s a switcheroo with the tvN Mon-Tues K-drama airing time slot. The network is delaying subway police drama Catch the Ghost until October rather last minute and and will family political drama Great Show first in August after Designated Survivor. So Moon Geun Young and Song Seung Heon are switching spots and I’m good with that. The reason given is … Continue reading →

Posted in K-dramas | Tagged Catch the Ghost, Great Show, Moon Geun Young, Song Seung Heon

Hyun Bin and Son Ye Jin to Film K-drama Crashed Landed Love in Switzerland

A Koala's Playground Posted on August 1, 2019 by ockoalaJuly 31, 2019

Hyun Bin and Son Ye Jin are getting their passports ready as they are headed to Switzerland to film the overseas portion of their upcoming K-drama Crash Landed Love (Love’s Crash Landing). I’m not sure what Switzerland is supposed to play in the drama – it’s either going to actually be Switzerland or the Swiss countryside a stand in for … Continue reading →

Posted in K-dramas | Tagged Hyun Bin, Son Ye Jin

K-ent Reporting that Lee Jong Seok is Dating Former Hello Venus Member Turned Actress Kwon Nara

A Koala's Playground Posted on July 31, 2019 by ockoalaAugust 1, 2019
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This is an unexpected mid-summer surprise dating news! K-ent is reporting that actor Lee Jong Seok, who is currently enlisted in the military doing public service duty due to a prior physical injury, is dating idol-turned-actress Kwon Nara. I had to Google her and found out that she was formerly a member of sexy idol girl group Hello Venus and … Continue reading →

Posted in Miscellaneous | Tagged Dating, Kwon Nara, Lee Jong Seok

Jung So Min Joins Blossom Entertainment Same Agency with Song Joong Ki and Park Bo Gum

A Koala's Playground Posted on July 31, 2019 by ockoalaJuly 31, 2019
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Korean acting agency Blossom Entertainment is best known for a strong male actor roster led by the dual Hallyu popular leading men Song Joong Ki and Park Bo Gum. Blossom will get a much needed boost of female talent this week with news that Jung So Min will be joining the agency. She started with SM C&C and then with … Continue reading →

Posted in Miscellaneous | Tagged Jung So Min

K-actor Choi Tae Joon to Enlist in the Military on August 1st

A Koala's Playground Posted on July 31, 2019 by ockoalaJuly 30, 2019
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Posted in Miscellaneous | Tagged Choi Tae Joon

Kim Hye Soo Courted for KBS Legal Drama Hyena Opposite Joo Ji Hoon

A Koala's Playground Posted on July 30, 2019 by ockoalaJuly 30, 2019
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Dang, KBS is aiming for the big guns as K-ent is reporting that the network is eagerly wooing Kim Hye Soo for the female lead of its upcoming legal drama Hyena. The drama has signed on male lead Joo Ji Hoon and reached out to Song Hye Kyo for the female lead early on. She was interested but ultimately passed … Continue reading →

Posted in K-dramas | Tagged Hyena, Kim Hye Soo

Hyun Bin Considering K-movie Bargaining Opposite Hwang Jung Min

A Koala's Playground Posted on July 30, 2019 by ockoalaJuly 29, 2019
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Two bigwigs are working together soon, with box office champ Hwang Jung Min already confirmed talks are ongoing with Hyun Bin to make this pairing happen. The movie in question is a political thriller called Bargaining, not to be confused with Binnie’s last movie The Negotiation despite the similar titles. He was the antagonist in The Negotiation but in Bargaining … Continue reading →

Posted in Films | Tagged Bargaining, Hwang Jung Min, Hyun Bin

Creepy as Hell Posters and Stills for tvN Drama Strangers From Hell with Im Shi Wan and Lee Dong Wook

A Koala's Playground Posted on July 30, 2019 by ockoalaJuly 29, 2019
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The shit is creepy as hell, totally pun intended. The posters and first stills are out for upcoming tvN drama Strangers From Hell (Hell is Other People) adapted from a popular and creepily drawn webtoon of the same name. It’s idol-turned-actor Im Shi Wan‘s first drama post military discharge and joining him is Lee Dong Wook, Lee Jung Eun, Lee … Continue reading →

Posted in K-dramas | Tagged Im Shi Wan, Lee Dong Wook

Han Ji Min and Shin Mina in Talks to Join Jo In Sung and Nam Joo Hyuk in New Screenwriter Noh Hee Kyung Drama

A Koala's Playground Posted on July 29, 2019 by ockoalaJuly 29, 2019
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Holy two leading actresses of the same generation for the price of one, one critically acclaimed screenwriter that it. Probably only Noh Hee Kyung can lure both Han Ji Min and Shin Mina to join her drama and it’s going to be a toss up which lady I want to have a love line with the two male leads Jo … Continue reading →

Posted in K-dramas | Tagged Han Ji Min, Shin Mina

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