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Korean Veteran Actress Jeon Mi Sun Found Deceased in Hotel Room in Jeonju

A Koala's Playground Posted on June 28, 2019 by ockoalaJune 29, 2019
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There’s even more bad news to share in a week full of bad news from K-ent. Veteran actress Jeon Mi Sun has passed away at the age of 48 years old. Those unfamiliar with her name will surely be familiar with her face as she has over 30 K-dramas and 20 K-movies under her belt. I can’t even name her … Continue reading →

Posted in Miscellaneous | Tagged Jeon Mi Sun

Suzy at Lancome Event and in Talks for Director Late Autumn’s Next Movie

A Koala's Playground Posted on June 28, 2019 by ockoalaJune 27, 2019
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Movies may be K-actress Suzy‘s next stop and she’s got one success and one failure in that medium. She hit it big as the younger role for Architecture 101 but flopped hard when she headlined the sageuk The Sound of a Flower. Today came reports that she’s been offered the female lead in Late Autumn director Kim Tae Yong‘s next … Continue reading →

Posted in Films | Tagged Suzy

OTP Attraction Spills Over in Episode 4 of Before We Get Married with Annoying Exes Even more Annoying

A Koala's Playground Posted on June 28, 2019 by ockoalaJune 28, 2019
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I don’t think TW-drama Before We Get Married is making any statement about cheating being wrong or okay in certain cases. It’s purely about letting two beautiful people wildly attracted to each other try to keep apart and failing miserably, because there isn’t the right reasons to stay with their current partners. Ke Huan’s girlfriend manages to out-cray cray herself … Continue reading →

Posted in TW & C dramas | Tagged Before We Get Married, Jasper Liu, Puff Guo

Tabloids Say the Song Joong Ki-Song Hye Kyo Split Happened Last Year When He Moved Out of Shared Home in September 2018, Divorce was a Long Time Coming

A Koala's Playground Posted on June 27, 2019 by ockoalaJune 27, 2019
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Now that the cat is out of the bag, everyone can pick their jaws off the ground on the shocking Song-Song couple divorce. Song Joong Ki filed for divorce and asked for court mediation, likely to resolve any open issues, and Song Hye Kyo is claiming personality differences led to the end of their 1 year 8 month marriage. Now … Continue reading →

Posted in Miscellaneous | Tagged Dating, Married, Song Hye Kyo, Song Joong Ki

C-stars Li Chen and Fan Bing Bing Announce End of Engagement and Break Up

A Koala's Playground Posted on June 27, 2019 by ockoalaJune 27, 2019
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Bad news either comes in pairs, or everyone in Asian entertainment is about to drop what would be big news but suddenly seems small thanks to the shocker of all shocker divorce announcement from K-ent this week. On the heels of Song Joong Ki and Song Hye Kyo getting divorced after less than 2 years of marriage, over in C-ent … Continue reading →

Posted in Miscellaneous | Tagged Dating, Fan Bing Bing, Li Chen

Jung Hae In Cast in Early 2020 Artificial Intelligence Drama Half of Half

A Koala's Playground Posted on June 27, 2019 by ockoalaJune 26, 2019
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The title of this upcoming drama makes me think of milk, the half and half variety, but alas the K-drama Half of Half (which is like a quarter, right?) is not about dairy products and is totally about artificial intelligence. The drama has cast back in demand young male lead Jung Hae In in the lead role, great news for … Continue reading →

Posted in K-dramas | Tagged Jung Hae In

Song Joong Ki Files for Divorce From Song Hye Kyo and Her Side Releases Statement Saying It’s Due to Personality Differences

A Koala's Playground Posted on June 26, 2019 by ockoalaJune 26, 2019
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Oh. My God. I’m legit rendered speechless. I hate when tabloids are right but tabloids are so often right in dating gossip and also breakup gossip. For the past 6 months the Chinese rags have been saying that something is amiss in the high profile marriage of the Song-Song couple, namely Song Joong Ki and Song Hye Kyo who met … Continue reading →

Posted in Miscellaneous | Tagged Dating, Divorce, Marriage, Song Hye Kyo, Song Joong Ki

IU and Yeo Jin Gu are Opposites Under the Moonlight in Character Posters for Hotel Del Luna

A Koala's Playground Posted on June 26, 2019 by ockoalaJune 26, 2019
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When I see a full moon shot I get the urge to breakout into Memory from Cats, dating myself of course lol. The upcoming Hotel Del Luna is all about the moon motif from the title to the supernatural beings that run, work at, and inhabit the titular hotel for the ghostly. They can only come out at night so … Continue reading →

Posted in Musings | Tagged Hotel Del Luna, IU

Park Min Young Fashionably Adventurous in LA for Marie Claire Korea

A Koala's Playground Posted on June 26, 2019 by ockoalaJune 26, 2019
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Keeping pictorials fresh and pretty must get old for stylists, photographers, and the stars alike, not counting trying to never age. I’m finding actress Park Min Young really on top of her game in visuals these days, whatever she’s done to get and now maintain her whole package is the right sauce I want some of. After wrapping tvN drama … Continue reading →

Posted in Fashion | Tagged Park Min Young

Kim Jae Wook Models Three Different Dunhill Outfits Attending the Paris Fashion Show

A Koala's Playground Posted on June 25, 2019 by ockoalaJune 26, 2019
Two men in stylish gray suits.

I’m not greedy, I’ve hit the jackpot once with my bae Kim Jae Wook and I will forever be satisfied. If I ever need a hit like an addict I’ll just re-watch Her Private Life and Wookie can continue on picking challenging, weird, villainous, artsy roles all he wants to keep his acting experiences varied. This weekend he was in … Continue reading →

Posted in My Loves | Tagged Kim Jae Wook

Teaser and Script Reading Stills for SBS Drama Doctor John with Ji Sung and Lee Se Young

A Koala's Playground Posted on June 25, 2019 by ockoalaJune 24, 2019
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It’s been over ten years but the wait was worth it to see Ji Sung don his white coat and scrubs again. I became a Ji Sung fan after his New Heart and that’s still one of my fave medical dramas. He’s playing a different kind of doctor this time in the upcoming SBS drama Doctor John, with him and … Continue reading →

Posted in K-dramas | Tagged Doctor John, Ji Sung, Lee Se Young

Park Seo Joon and Kang Sora are the Face of New Skincare Product Cell Return

A Koala's Playground Posted on June 25, 2019 by ockoalaJune 25, 2019
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I love an event that is coordinated to the T and such is the launch of a new and weird looking skin care device this week in Seoul. The brand Cell Return hawking what appearances to be a technologically updated Man in the Iron Mask device brought together former Dream High 2 costars Park Seo Joon and Kang Sora as … Continue reading →

Posted in Miscellaneous | Tagged Kang Sora, Park Seo Joon

Lee Min Ho and Eddie Peng Double the Eye Visuals at Berlutti Fashion Show in Paris

A Koala's Playground Posted on June 24, 2019 by ockoalaJune 24, 2019
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Men in suits are my weakness and there are two reasons to get weak at the knees from last weekend’s Berlutti fashion show in Paris. TW-actor Eddie Peng and K-actor Lee Min Ho were in attendance and wearing clothing from the fashion house. Eddie went with uber tailored, the European skinny suit in a fresh dark aubergine with a bit … Continue reading →

Posted in Fashion | Tagged Eddie Peng, Lee Min Ho

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