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Lee Jun Ki Peeks into Fall in New Elle Men Hong Kong Pictorial

A Koala's Playground Posted on August 4, 2018 by ockoalaAugust 3, 2018
Portrait of a person with stylish haircut.

The Lee Jun Ki career wave continues and it’s truly incredible to see him sustain and maintain a healthy vibrant acting (and singing) career for over fifteen years. Let’s never forgot that he was blacklisted by disgraced former South Korean president Lee Myung Bak and still managed to be as successful as he is. His latest pictorial for Elle Men … Continue reading →

Posted in Fashion | Tagged Lee Jun Ki

Park Min Young Jets Off for Overseas Photo Shoot with Bright Smile and Big Hair

A Koala's Playground Posted on August 4, 2018 by ockoalaAugust 3, 2018
Smiling woman waving with a black handbag.

It’s been a whirlwind week and a half past for K-actress Park Min Young with treble the news articles on her than normal thanks to the conclusion of hit rom-com Why Secretary Kim followed by tabloid reports that she’s been dating costar Park Seo Joon for the past three years. The two has thus far denied the reports, whether due … Continue reading →

Posted in Miscellaneous | Tagged Park Min Young

Gong Hyo Jin Shows Off Her Quirky Spirit in Vogue Taiwan Pictorial

A Koala's Playground Posted on August 3, 2018 by ockoalaAugust 2, 2018
Smiling woman in stylish fashion photo.

I like the top picture of K-actress Gong Hyo Jin in the August edition of Vogue Taiwan so so much. It’s from the BTS shots of the beautiful eclectic star doing her pictorial and she looks like she’s looking at the test shots and liking what she’s seeing. As she should, with nearly two decades in K-ent she continues to … Continue reading →

Posted in Fashion | Tagged Gong Hyo Jin

KBS Drama Lovely Horribly Releases Creatively Spooky Official Posters

A Koala's Playground Posted on August 3, 2018 by ockoalaAugust 3, 2018
Two people sitting with shadowy hands behind them.

The dichotomy in the title of upcoming KBS drama Lovely Horribly extends to the drama itself not just within the narrative but in real life. Some aspects are quite lovely, like these creative and eye catching official drama posters, while others darn horrible such as the PD using the Sewol family victim’s tearful pain as tool to criticize the acting … Continue reading →

Posted in K-dramas | Tagged Lovely Horribly, Park Shi Hoo, Song Ji Hyo

Two J-ent Acting Couples Announce Marriages – Kiritani Mirei with Miura Shohei and Maeda Atsuko with Katsuji Ryo

A Koala's Playground Posted on August 3, 2018 by ockoalaAugust 2, 2018
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It’s a big end to the month of July in J-ent as two big name acting couples suddenly announced marriages. First was Miura Shohei (30) and Kiritani Mirei (28) getting married after dating for two years since doing the drama Suki na Hita ga Iru Kuto in 2016. Five days later Katsuji Ryo (31) and Maeda Atsuko (27), actress and … Continue reading →

Posted in Miscellaneous | Tagged Dating, Katsuji Ryo, Kiritani Mirei, Maeda Atsuko, Married, Wedding

Knowing Wife Premieres Around 5% Ratings But Dear Judge Still Leads the Wed-Thurs Time Slot

A Koala's Playground Posted on August 2, 2018 by ockoalaAugust 2, 2018
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The new arrival in the Wed-Thurs time slot is tvN time-traveling or do-over drama Knowing Wife (Familiar Life) with Ji Sung and Han Ji Min, and the two veteran leads with a spotty drama ratings track record managed to debut with very solid ratings for cable. Knowing Wife premiered with 4.680% and then rose to 5.535% in episode 2. Leading … Continue reading →

Posted in K-dramas | Tagged Dear Judge, Knowing Wife, Time, Your House Helper

First Trailer for tvN Romantic Sageuk Dear Husband of 100 Days with Nam Ji Hyun and D.O.

A Koala's Playground Posted on August 2, 2018 by ockoalaAugust 2, 2018
Historic drama featuring characters in traditional attire.

Ooooh me likey, me likey very much! The first teaser trailer is out for tvN sageuk drama Dear Husband of 100 Days (Hundred Days Husband or 100 Days My Prince) and it looks so cute and pretty thanks to the palpable chemistry of leads D.O. (Do Kyung Soo) and Nam Ji Hyun. Both are very good at generating charisma onscreen, … Continue reading →

Posted in K-dramas | Tagged Dear Husband of 100 Days, DO, Nam Ji Hyun

Won Bin Poses to Perfection in New Menswear CF Pictorial

A Koala's Playground Posted on August 2, 2018 by ockoalaJuly 31, 2018
Gentleman in gray sweater, seated pose.

If all Won Bin does now is be a CF model, there is nothing wrong with it other than a fans opinion he’s wasting all that acting talent. But then he is also so so good as a CF model as evidenced by these simple yet striking pictures for menswear brand Olzen. He doesn’t have to do much other than … Continue reading →

Posted in Fashion | Tagged Won Bin

K-ent News Program Reports that Park Seo Joon and Park Min Young Plan on Getting Married Soon

A Koala's Playground Posted on August 1, 2018 by ockoalaAugust 1, 2018
Actors at a press event, smiling and posing.

All I can say is that Why Secretary Kim drama costars Park Seo Joon and Park Min Young‘s denial of last week’s dating gossip has a chance to backfire spectacularly on them if they turn out to have really been dating and lied directly about it. With news breaking after the drama wrapped last week that the two have been … Continue reading →

Posted in Miscellaneous | Tagged Dating, Park Min Young, Park Seo Joon

Lee Min Jung Models Fall 2018 Fashions for 1st Look Pictorial

A Koala's Playground Posted on August 1, 2018 by ockoalaJuly 31, 2018
Profile of woman with flowing hair.

K-actress Lee Min Jung has a suitably melancholy vibe for her latest fall 2018 fashion pictorial in 1st Look magazine. Her next drama is scheduled to be a reunion with her Sly and Single Again (Cunning Single Woman) costar Joo Sang Wook for the weekend melodrama Fate and Fury, a very apt name for the very definition of Korean drama … Continue reading →

Posted in Fashion | Tagged Lee Min Jung

Movie Child Actress Kim Sae Ron turns 18 Years Old

A Koala's Playground Posted on August 1, 2018 by ockoalaAugust 1, 2018
Happy birthday celebration for Kim Sae Ron.

It’s her birthday and I don’t think Kim Sae Ron will be crying even if she wanted to. The youngest of the three Kim child actresses dominating the last decade of K-dramas and movies turned 18 on July 31st, with a 2000 birth year following in the footsteps of oldest Kim So Hyun born in June of 1999 and then … Continue reading →

Posted in Miscellaneous | Tagged Kim Sae Ron

SBS Airport Drama Fox Star Bride Confirms Cast of Lee Je Hoon, Chae Soo Bin, Lee Dong Gun, and Kim Ji Soo

A Koala's Playground Posted on July 31, 2018 by ockoalaJuly 31, 2018
Four smiling individuals in separate portraits.

Screenwriter Kang Eun Kyung has finally melded her 2018 bipolar drama switcheroos into one drama with a now confirmed cast. Her upcoming SBS drama will be called Fox Star Bride but the story will be about people working at Incheon Airport. First she announced Fox Star as a healing romance, then decided to do a slice-of-life workplace drama called People … Continue reading →

Posted in K-dramas | Tagged Chae Soo Bin, Fox Star Bride, Kim Ji Soo, Lee Dong Gun, Lee Je Hoon

Rising Young Actress Ahn Ji Hyun Confirmed as Kim Hyun Joong’s Female Lead in K-drama When Time Stopped

A Koala's Playground Posted on July 31, 2018 by ockoalaJuly 30, 2018
Two young adults posing for a portrait.

Those worried that a favorite K-actress will sign on to be disgraced but angling for a comeback idol-actor Kim Hyun Joong‘s next leading lady can breath a sigh of relief. The female lead has been cast for his upcoming KBS W cable network drama When Time Stopped and honestly the name didn’t ring a bell at all until I saw … Continue reading →

Posted in K-dramas | Tagged Ahn Ji Hyun, Kim Hyun Joong, When Time Stopped

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