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Jeon Ji Hyun Takes New York Like a Fashion Boss in New Sportwear CF

A Koala's Playground Posted on August 24, 2018 by ockoalaAugust 23, 2018
Model in stylish coat on Brooklyn Bridge.

The juxtaposition between covered and exposed, broad and lithe, are so well photographed in the latest CF pictorial featuring top Korean actress Jeon Ji Hyun. The woman slays as a fashion goddess in how she just knows how to deliver a shot. Even modeling puffy winter down coats she reminds us that chubby outerwear doesn’t necessarily make the wearer look … Continue reading →

Posted in Fashion | Tagged Jeon Ji Hyun

Park Bo Gum Ready for the Fall in Attire and Mood in New TNGT Pictorial

A Koala's Playground Posted on August 23, 2018 by ockoalaAugust 22, 2018
Young man with shoulder-length hair in black attire.

The fall colors and textures are out in full fashion force in Park Bo Gum‘s latest pictorial for menswear brandĀ TNGT (Today N’ Going On Tomorrow). The outfits are nothing special, classic fall line of pretty menswear in check, dark colors, wool and all completed with a sweater, coat, or jacket. He make the outfits look great with boyish charm with … Continue reading →

Posted in Fashion | Tagged Park Bo Gum

Two K-dramas You From Another Star and Boys Before Flowers Make Netflix Top 5 Most Watched Shows Worldwide Ranking

A Koala's Playground Posted on August 23, 2018 by ockoalaAugust 22, 2018
Four stylish young adults against starry backdrop

High Speed Internet organization ran a poll of the most watched Netflix shows around the world this last July and aggregated the findings to list the top 5 most watched shows on Netflix, and to no surprise two K-dramas made the list. The dystopian show 3% from Brazil takes number 1 as the world Netflix viewers most popular show. Second … Continue reading →

Posted in K-dramas | Tagged Boys Before Flowers, You From Another Star

Sageuk Romance 100 Days My Prince Releases Warm Loving Drama Posters of Leads D.O. and Nam Ji Hyun

A Koala's Playground Posted on August 23, 2018 by ockoalaAugust 22, 2018
Two characters in a rustic interior setting.

Gosh darn it, these two look so cute and it doesn’t even negate all the previous times they’ve individually looked cute with other onscreen costars. The drama posters are out for tvN romantic sageuk 100 Days My Prince (Dear Husband of 100 Days or Dear My Husband) and I totally melted at the poster on top where D.O perches in … Continue reading →

Posted in K-dramas | Tagged 100 Days My Prince

Subway Quadruples Stores and Sales in Four Years Thanks to K-drama Product Placement

A Koala's Playground Posted on August 22, 2018 by ockoalaAugust 21, 2018
Soldier ordering at a Subway restaurant.

The strategy has paid off so that’s the upsize for a sandwich brand that has bedeviled my K-drama watching experience for the past few years. I remember the first K-drama when Subway first showed up excessively and prominently, it was Prime Minister and I in 2013 and since then it’s been the most glaring PPL offender around. There are lots … Continue reading →

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Yoon Doo Joon to Enlist in the Military on August 24th and Let’s Eat 3 Will Be Cut Short to End at 14-episodes

A Koala's Playground Posted on August 22, 2018 by ockoalaAugust 22, 2018
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The third iteration in the Let’s Eat drama universe started with controversy with how it dispatched the leading lady from the second season, and is now ending with controversy for how the leading man is about to depart in real life. Yoon Doo Joon announced rather abruptly that he was leaving for military service on August 24th, basically the end … Continue reading →

Posted in K-dramas | Tagged Let's Eat, Yoon Doo Joon

Song Seung Heon Exudes Player Charm in New Drama Opposite Tough Girl Krystal

A Koala's Playground Posted on August 22, 2018 by ockoalaAugust 22, 2018
Man in suits, diverse poses and settings.

I have this feeling that upcoming OCN heist baddies-stealing-from-baddies K-drama Player is going to be a hoot. Maybe not straight up comedy but enough intentional and unintentional comedic moments to be worth my while. Starring Song Seung Heon, Krystal, and Lee Si Un, the drama has a ragtag team of thieves stealing hidden ill-gotten gains from criminals, making us root … Continue reading →

Posted in K-dramas | Tagged Krystal, Player, Song Seung Heon

K-ent News Program Discusses More Dating Signs with Park Min Young and Park Seo Joon Including Living Proximity

A Koala's Playground Posted on August 21, 2018 by ockoalaAugust 21, 2018
Actors posing with heart and news map overlay

I think K-media has it out for Park Seo Joon and/or Park Min Young, at least has hunkered down in an attempt to get the two to admit they were/are dating. It’s disingenuous to say other than as a loyal fan that the two are straight up not dating based on the forthright reporting being done on the two since … Continue reading →

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

Posters, Preview, and Press Conference for Jo In Sung and Nam Joo Hyuk Historical Epic Movie The Great Battle

A Koala's Playground Posted on August 21, 2018 by ockoalaAugust 21, 2018
Archer preparing for battle in historical setting.

South Koreans love their culturally significant or historically proud events dramatized and coming to theaters next month in September 2018 will be a cinematic take on the famed Seige of Ansi Fortress in 645. The Siege of Ansi was part of the first Tang dynasty attack campaign to invade and conquer Goguryeo, but in this case Ansi held strong through … Continue reading →

Posted in Films | Tagged Ansi Fortress, Jo In Sung, Nam Joo Hyuk, Park Sung Woong, Seolhyun, The Great Battle

tvN Drama Mr. Sunshine Breaks 15% Ratings in Episode 14 with 10 More Episode Left to Air

A Koala's Playground Posted on August 20, 2018 by ockoalaAugust 20, 2018
Collage of six diverse characters in costumes.

Currently airing tvN period drama Mr. Sunshine doesn’t have the international drama fan buzz nearly as much as screenwriter Kim Eun Seok‘s last dramas Goblin, Descendants of the Sun, or even Heirs. But it certainly is bringing in the top ratings as the other predecessors, a slow and steady churn towards potentially setting a new record for cable network tvN. … Continue reading →

Posted in K-dramas | Tagged Mr. Sunshine

Jin Se Yeon in Talks for K-drama Item Opposite Joo Ji Hoon

A Koala's Playground Posted on August 20, 2018 by ockoalaAugust 20, 2018
Smiling woman in casual black and pink outfit.

There are actually tons of K-dramas produced each year especially with the added competition of cable channels. That means there is too many to honestly keep track of other than for the obsessive completist, which I may have been at one point but no longer. As such I totally thought these two names had never crossed paths before only to … Continue reading →

Posted in K-dramas | Tagged Item, Jin Se Yeon, Joo Ji Hoon

Hyun Bin is Insanely Good Looking as the Psychotic Hostage Taker in K-movie The Negotiation

A Koala's Playground Posted on August 20, 2018 by ockoalaAugust 20, 2018
Film poster featuring a woman and abstract visuals.

I don’t know if the production even tried to make Hyun Bin actually look hate-able as the straight up villain antagonist in upcoming K-movie The Negotiation, or it was simply an impossible task. Plenty of top Korean actors have played against grain and done evil roles and actually gave off the veneer of sinister degeneration, but here all I see … Continue reading →

Posted in Films | Tagged Hyun Bin, Son Ye Jin, The Negotiation

Ji Sung and Jo Seung Woo Promote Upcoming Sageuk Movie Feng Shui Premiering September 2018

A Koala's Playground Posted on August 19, 2018 by ockoalaAugust 19, 2018
Historical confrontation with swords at night.

It’s a double leading man treat in upcoming sageuk movie Feng Shui (Myung DangĀ  also known as Grave Site), the third film in a so-called trilogy of superstition films starting with The Face Reader with the second being Marital Harmony (The Princess and the Matchmaker). Feng Shui ells the tale of a court battle and conspiracy over finding the best … Continue reading →

Posted in Films | Tagged Feng Shui, Ji Sung, Jo Seung Woo, Moon Chae Won

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