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Park Seo Joon and Son Ye Jin Voted Best Drama Stars in First Half of 2018

A Koala's Playground Posted on July 26, 2018 by ockoalaJuly 26, 2018
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The votes are in for a big audience poll assessing how South Koreans view the drama and pop stars of 2018 thus far. The Best Actress list starts with Son Ye Jin at the top, followed by Jung Yumi, Kim Nam Joo, and IU. Best Actor sees Park Seo Joon on top, then Jung Hae In and Jo Jing Woong. … Continue reading →

Posted in K-dramas | Tagged Park Seo Joon, Son Ye Jin

Meteor Garden 2018 Male Lead Dylan Wang is the Breakout Star of Otherwise Mediocre Adaptation

A Koala's Playground Posted on July 25, 2018 by ockoalaJuly 25, 2018
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I don’t know if the character of Domyouji Tsukasa (Dao Ming Si in Chinese) is what attracts the most unique and charismatic of male actors or its said actors elevating what would otherwise be an average role. Once again the breakout star of a Hana Yori Dango adaptation is the actor playing the male lead role, this time Dylan Wang … Continue reading →

Posted in TW & C dramas | Tagged Dylan Wang, Meteor Garden

W Korea Pairs Park Shin Hye and Spain for Picturesque Fashion Spread

A Koala's Playground Posted on July 25, 2018 by ockoalaJuly 24, 2018
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Normally I’m not a stickler for posing inasmuch as if it looks good to me then it’s a thumbs up. For some reason I totally noticed that Park Shin Hye‘s latest high fashion picture for W Korea has her with the exact same facial expression in every single shot. She looks incredibly beautiful and her outfits are all to-die-for boho … Continue reading →

Posted in Fashion | Tagged Park Shin Hye

Ji Sung and Han Ji Min Convincingly Return to College First Love Days in Drama Stills for Knowing Wife

A Koala's Playground Posted on July 25, 2018 by ockoalaJuly 25, 2018
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I have to commend the production team of tvN late summer drama Knowing Wife (Familiar Wife) for really capturing the warm close vibe of a married couple. Whether it’s the drama posters of leads Ji Sung and Han Ji Min to their latest pre-married college day first love stills, the sincere aura of a couple in for the long haul … Continue reading →

Posted in K-dramas | Tagged Familiar Wife, Han Ji Min, Ji Sung, Knowing Wife

Park Seo Joon Gets Nearly All the High Kick Ladies in Recent Drama Pairings

A Koala's Playground Posted on July 24, 2018 by ockoalaJuly 25, 2018
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K-netizens have noticed that the latest 2018 hot male drama star Park Seo Joon has a certain affinity for the ladies of the hit MBC sitcom series High Kick. Among the High Kick female leads, he’s only missing Shin Se Kyung to complete the collection. He’s worked with Baek Jin Hee in the hilarious weekend makjang I Summon You, Gold!, … Continue reading →

Posted in K-dramas | Tagged Park Seo Joon

PD of K-drama Lovely Horribly Makes Wholly Insensitive Remark Comparing Bad Acting to Sewol Ferry Grieving Parents

A Koala's Playground Posted on July 24, 2018 by ockoalaJuly 24, 2018
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Sometimes what’s said is so so bad it’s hard to apologize enough to walk back the permanent impression of how awful a person must be to have said it. The PD of upcoming drama Lovely Horribly is in hot water for a remark that was made on the filming of the drama where he was criticizing an unnamed female actress … Continue reading →

Posted in K-dramas | Tagged Lovely Horribly

CNBlue Members Kang Min Hyuk and Lee Jung Shin in Last Pictorial Before July 31st Enlistment

A Koala's Playground Posted on July 24, 2018 by ockoalaJuly 23, 2018
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If I had my way all boy band members would enlist at the same time and keep their group careers on the same time line. For CNBlue band mates Kang Min Hyuk and Lee Jung Shin, they are doing that as both sign in for military service on July 31, 2018, a few months after lead Jung Yong Hwa enlisted. … Continue reading →

Posted in Music | Tagged CNBlue, Kang Min Hyuk, Lee Jung Shin

Good Audience Feedback for all New Mon-Tues K-drama Life, Risky Romance, and Thirty But Seventeen

A Koala's Playground Posted on July 23, 2018 by ockoalaJuly 23, 2018
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This Monday has three new K-drama premieres which caught me off guard since I’ve been on a Wed-Thurs Why Secretary Kim haze the last few weeks. First ups is major props to smaller cable network jTBC for breaking it’s own premiere record as medical drama Life  with Lee Dong Wook and Jo Seung Woo which brought 4.334% which broke the … Continue reading →

Posted in K-dramas | Tagged Life, Risky Romance, Thirty But Seventeen

Park Bo Young and Kim Young Kwang are Manga OTP Visuals for Movie On Your Wedding Day

A Koala's Playground Posted on July 23, 2018 by ockoalaJuly 23, 2018
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Lovers of shoujo manga will really get a kick out of seeing Park Bo Young and Kim Young Kwang at the press conference for this upcoming rom-com film On Your Wedding Day. He is easily two feet taller than her and their chemistry is straight out of shouja manga he looks down adoringly and she gazes at him sweetly type. … Continue reading →

Posted in Films | Tagged Kim Young Kwang, On Your Wedding Day, Park Bo Young

Jung Hae In Graces W Korea with Fashionably Pensive Pictorial

A Koala's Playground Posted on July 23, 2018 by ockoalaJuly 21, 2018
Fashion magazine cover featuring model in water.

I think K-actor Jung Hae In will come to regret how he capped off an incredible acting year of projects and accolades with one final blip on his image. No one stays on top forever, or even for a prolonged period of time as plenty of popular then and now stars have experience once time moved on to next and … Continue reading →

Posted in K-dramas | Tagged Jung Hae In

Song Ji Hyo Rages and Park Shi Hoo Reigns as Top Star in Drama Stills for Lovely Horribly

A Koala's Playground Posted on July 22, 2018 by ockoalaJuly 23, 2018
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For some reason I feel like KBS drama Are You Human Too has been airing for a long time in the Mon-Tues slot but it still has a few more weeks of run time before creepy rom-com successor Lovely Horribly arrives on August 13th. K-dramas usually has a creepy genre offering every August during the traditional lunar new year ghost … Continue reading →

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

Jeon Ji Hyun Radiates Beautiful Confidence at Hera CF Event in Seoul

A Koala's Playground Posted on July 22, 2018 by ockoalaJuly 21, 2018
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At this point Jeon Ji Hyun has moved the needle on flawless, she even looks good when I don’t like her entire outfit lol! The actress and mother of two made a CF appearance this week looking like she swanned perfectly made up without a hair out of place. Of course she has an entire team of handlers to shellack … Continue reading →

Posted in K-dramas | Tagged Jeon Ji Hyun

Black Pink Members are the K-ent Girls of Summer 2018 at Sprite CF Event

A Koala's Playground Posted on July 22, 2018 by ockoalaJuly 21, 2018
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K-pop idol are a dime-a-dozen but the latest YG Entertainment foursome girl group Black Pink truly deserve the moniker of the Girls of Summer 2018. They are the face of Sprite in South Korea this year and the ladies Jennie, Lisa, Ji Soo, and Rose were absolutely refreshing decked out in short shorts and cute green tops for the CF … Continue reading →

Posted in Musings | Tagged Blackpink, Jennie, Ji Soo, Lisa, Rose

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