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Zhao Lu Si Reportedly Resolves Potential Penalty for Not Finishing Filming Almost Lover by Re Signing Another Five Year Contract with Agency

A Koala's Playground Posted on April 13, 2025 by ockoalaApril 12, 2025
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So this is the latest industry gossip but if her fans are taking is seriously and vocally lodging their displeasure and complaint it’s probably likely happening. This week the word is that C-actress Zhao Lu Si has resolved a potential penalty issue with the production of modern romance C-drama Almost Lover. She left the set abruptly last December for a … Continue reading →

Posted in TW & C dramas | Tagged Zhao Lu Si

KBS Reports that Government Authorities are Looking into Stock Manipulation for Tutoring Company Siwon School with Agency Gold Medalist One of the Largest Shareholders

A Koala's Playground Posted on April 12, 2025 by ockoalaApril 12, 2025
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When it rains it pours for embattled top actor Kim Soo Hyun and his agency Gold Medalist, which he started with his cousin years ago when he left longtime agency SM Entertainment. After a pause on back-and-forth new details being revealed by either side in the scandal concern him allegedly dating deceased actress Kim Sae Ron when she was still … Continue reading →

Posted in Miscellaneous | Tagged Kim Soo Hyun

Period Horror Mystery Romance K-drama Delusion Finalizes Main Cast of Suzy, Kim Sun Ho, Choi Hyun Wook, and Heo Jun Ho and Reveals Massive 45 Billion Won Budget

A Koala's Playground Posted on April 12, 2025 by ockoalaApril 11, 2025
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One set of leads misstep is another set of leads opportunity it seems for the K-drama Delusion (also known as Deception). In early 2024 Ryu Jun Yeol and Han So Hee was cast in the movie adaptation of this story which is a Naver webtoon, but then the two were caught in Hawaii while dating and it became a small … Continue reading →

Posted in K-dramas | Tagged Choi Hyun Wook, Delusion, Heo Jun Ho, Kim Sun Ho, Suzy

iQiyi Reportedly Swapping Dramas and Will Airdrop The Demon Hunter’s Romance with Allen Ren and Song Zu Er on April 13th Instead of Originally Scheduled Love in Pavilion with Liu Shi Shi and Zhang Yun Long

A Koala's Playground Posted on April 11, 2025 by ockoalaApril 11, 2025
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There is a twist in the iQiyi weekend drama release schedule but take it with a grain of salt. But it’s spreading across C-ent broader than the usual melon so I am hoping this time it does happen. The platform reportedly will air drop The Demon Hunter’s Romance, the long finished and shelved supernatural period drama with Allen Ren and … Continue reading →

Posted in TW & C dramas | Tagged Allen Ren, Love in Pavilion, Song Zu Er, The Demon Hunter's Romance

Tencent Thrilled with Chen Du Ling’s Success with Period C-drama The Glory Which Broke 30,000 Heat Index Before Wrapping Run

A Koala's Playground Posted on April 11, 2025 by ockoalaApril 10, 2025
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It’ll be an interesting next few weeks to see what scripts are given to Chen Du Ling and the increase in her CFs and magazine spreads on the heels of the unexpected hit that is The Glory on Tencent. The platform is beyond please with this drama’s results, which broke 30,000 heat index and the most recent Tencent drama to … Continue reading →

Posted in TW & C dramas | Tagged Chen Du Ling, The Glory

Period C-drama The Days of Seclusion and Love Lowers Budget as it Finalizes Cast of Deng Wei, Rising Actress Vanda Margraf, and Second Male Lead Wang You Shuo

A Koala's Playground Posted on April 10, 2025 by ockoalaApril 9, 2025
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C-actor Deng Wei is finally going back to the filming set after a year and a half not having an actively filming project. His next role will be the male lead of period C-drama The Days of Seclusion and Love, and if that title sounds familiar its because the project has been in works for over two years and has … Continue reading →

Posted in TW & C dramas | Tagged Deng Wei, The Days of Seclusion and Love, Vanda Margraf, Wang You Shuo

K-actress Kim Min Hee Gives Birth to Baby Boy with Director Partner Hong Sang Soo Welcoming Their First Child Together

A Koala's Playground Posted on April 10, 2025 by ockoalaApril 9, 2025
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Spring is here and there is a new spring arrival baby in K-ent. Movie actress Kim Min Hee welcomed a healthy baby boy this week, the father being her director partner Hong Sang Soo. She’s 43 years old and he’s 65 years old but they have been together close to a decade, though he remains legally married to his wife … Continue reading →

Posted in Miscellaneous | Tagged Hong Sang Soo, Kim Min Hee

Public Petition to Raise the Age of Statutory Rape in South Korea to 19 Years Old Called The Kim Soo Hyun Prevention Act Gains Required 50K Signatures and Moves to Next Phase

A Koala's Playground Posted on April 9, 2025 by ockoalaApril 9, 2025
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The South Korean netizens on the scandal with Kim Soo Hyun allegedly dated then underaged Kim Sae Ron has definitely put up rather than shut up. In the past week, there was a public petition to raise the age of statutory rape from the current age bracket of 13-16 to 13-19 so basically raising the top age to 19. In … Continue reading →

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

C-actress Zhao Lu Si Returns From Winter 2024 Healing Hiatus in Mango TV Variety Show Be Myself

A Koala's Playground Posted on April 9, 2025 by ockoalaApril 8, 2025
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There is a new travel/variety show on terrestrial Hunan TV and streaming on Mango TV titled Be Myself and stars Zhao Lu Si. She created the concept and is not receiving a salary for it though Mango is paying the costs for the filming, and it’s described as her own healing journey. Last December she took about two months off, … Continue reading →

Posted in TW & C dramas | Tagged Be Myself, Zhao Lu Si

Period C-drama Mo Li Adapted From Novel Starts Filming May 2025 with Leads Bai Lu and Cheng Lei

A Koala's Playground Posted on April 8, 2025 by ockoalaApril 9, 2025
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The new period C-drama is about to kick off filming and the leads are basically confirmed though not yet formally announced. The drama is titled Mo Li (莫离) and is adapted from the Feng Qing novel titled Golden Age Legitimate Fei (盛世嫡妃 Sheng Shi Di Fei). The leads are going to be Bai Lu and Cheng Lei and production will … Continue reading →

Posted in TW & C dramas | Tagged Bai Lu, Cheng Lei, Mo Li

Yang Yang and Zhang Ruo Nan in Talks for Modern Romance C-drama Making a Second Time Paired Up

A Koala's Playground Posted on April 8, 2025 by ockoalaApril 7, 2025
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The biggest winner so far of the C-drama 2025 is undoubtedly Zhang Ruo Nan with First Frost, she’s got the most bounce from the hit drama and also the drama itself being the biggest surprise hit in Q1 of this year. She’s got plenty of dramas already inked but her next pick may likely be a modern C-drama that would … Continue reading →

Posted in TW & C dramas | Tagged Yang Yang, Zhang Ruo Nan

Hong Sisters Next K-drama with Lee Do Hyun and Go Min Si Reveals Title of Grand Galaxy and Will Air on Netflix

A Koala's Playground Posted on April 7, 2025 by ockoalaApril 7, 2025
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Oh I love this so much! We now have a title for the next Hong Sisters drama and it’s called Grand Galaxy, and even better we have a brief snippet about it and the drama is described as a male lead version of Hotel Del Luna whatever that means. I take it as fantasy genre, maybe sci-fi with the galaxy … Continue reading →

Posted in K-dramas | Tagged Go Min Si, Grand Galaxy, Lee Do Hyun

2025 Baeksang Awards Nominations Out with When Life Gives You Tangerines Leading the Pack with Most Nominations Followed by Lovely Runner

A Koala's Playground Posted on April 7, 2025 by ockoalaApril 7, 2025
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With so much distraction the last few weeks in K-ent it’s nice to get back to regular business and none bigger than the 2025 Baeksang Awards nominations which came out this week. On the drama side, When Life You You Tangerines led the pack with the most nominations across Best Drama, Best Actor and Actress, Best Supporting Actor and Actress, … Continue reading →

Posted in Awards | Tagged Byun Woo Seok, Go Min Si, Han Suk Kyu, IU, Jang Nara, Joo Ji Hoon, Kim Hye Yoon, KIm Tae Ri, Lee Joon Hyuk, Lovely Runner, Park Bo Gum, When Life Gives You Tangerines

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