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Ji Sung Turns into a Campaigning Husband in First Stills for K-drama Knowing Wife

A Koala's Playground Posted on June 28, 2018 by ockoalaJune 28, 2018
Man in suit wearing campaign sash

It’s the return of dorky Ji Sung! The first stills are out for Ji Sung in upcoming K-drama Knowing Wife (Familiar Wife), and he’s seen with a campaign sash handing out flyers. I say dorky is the vibe he gives off because of how they saddled him with the slightly ruffled modified bowl haircut. He looks so earnest and adorable, … Continue reading →

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

Nam Sang Mi Looks Prettily Confused in First Stills for SBS Weekend Drama About Her

A Koala's Playground Posted on June 28, 2018 by ockoalaJune 27, 2018
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I’m glad that I can still get excited for a K-drama based on casting, I was feeling burnt out a few years ago but then found a new balance on how to keep watching dramas and write about it without it turning into a monotonous chore. That reset has kept the fire alive and it feels like a throwback to … Continue reading →

Posted in K-dramas | Tagged About Her, Jo Hyun Jae, Kim Jae Won, Nam Sang Mi

Nam Gyu Ri Films Guest Appearance with So Ji Sub on the Set of K-drama Terius Behind Me

A Koala's Playground Posted on June 27, 2018 by ockoalaJune 27, 2018
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K-actor So Ji Sub has always skewed older to me, even when he was just starting out there was this more mature vibe likely due to his looks and an aura of sensitive melancholy. That makes the pairing for his next drama Terius Behind Me with rising young actress Jung In Sun all that more incongruous, unless he plays the … Continue reading →

Posted in K-dramas | Tagged Nam Gyu Ri, So Ji Sub, Terius Behind Me

Charismatic Tropical Themed Official Character Posters for Meteor Garden 2018

A Koala's Playground Posted on June 27, 2018 by ockoalaJune 26, 2018
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The good promo trend continues as pretty official character posters are out for the soon-to-arrive 2018 Chinese and Taiwanese joint production remake of Meteor Garden from 2001. I love these tropical colored posters with the vibrant green and everyone looking their most darnest in portraying their iconic characters from the well known shoujo manga Hana Yori Dango (Boys Before Flowers). … Continue reading →

Posted in TW & C dramas | Tagged Caesar Wu, Dylan Wang, Guan Hong, Liang Jing Kang, Meteor Garden, Shen Yue

K-netizens Vote Park Seo Joon, Yoo Seung Ho, and Jung Hae In Smartest Decision to Enlist Early

A Koala's Playground Posted on June 27, 2018 by ockoalaJune 26, 2018
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K-actor Park Seo Joon is on a career high right now thanks to the popular ratings hit tvN drama Why Secretary Kim. But his career has been on the upswing for years and he doesn’t even need to worry about a two year break interrupting the momentum because he’s already done his mandatory military service. This week a new poll … Continue reading →

Posted in Miscellaneous | Tagged Army, Jung Hae In, Park Seo Joon, Yoo Seung Ho

Kim Hyun Joong to Return with Fantasy Romance K-drama Three Years After Domestic Violence and Paternity Scandal

A Koala's Playground Posted on June 26, 2018 by ockoalaJune 26, 2018
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In the history of bad K-drama casting decisions this is going to rank as one of top three no bueno ideas. K-ent is reporting that disgraced but planning an entertainment career comeback idol-actor Kim Hyun Joong has been cast in an upcoming cable drama. It’s a 12-episode fantasy story called You Whose Time Has Stopped and will be Kim Hyun … Continue reading →

Posted in K-dramas | Tagged Kim Hyun Joong

Lee Seung Gi Updates SNS with News that Pre-produced K-drama Vagabond Has Started Filming

A Koala's Playground Posted on June 26, 2018 by ockoalaJune 26, 2018
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So it really is happening, Lee Seung Gi–Suzy 2.0 has started with filming kicking off for fully pre-produced action thriller drama Vagabond. Lee Seung Gi posted an update on his Instagram account with a picture of him from the recent fan meeting, and the announcement that filming for Vagabond has started on June 25th with poster shoots and is scheduled … Continue reading →

Posted in K-dramas | Tagged Lee Seung Gi, Suzy, Vagabond

Next SBS Wed-Thurs Drama Dear Judge with Yoon Shi Yoon and Lee Yoo Young Holds Script Reading

A Koala's Playground Posted on June 26, 2018 by ockoalaJune 26, 2018
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Another week another K-drama starts filming. The upcoming SBS legal drama Dear Judge is basically mashing up recent dramas Switch with the lookalikes and masquerading identities with other dramas like Miss Hammurabi and Judge v. Judge with all that hotblooded judges fighting for justice angle. I wonder when this genre will burn out and the answer is probably never considering … Continue reading →

Posted in K-dramas | Tagged Dear Judge, Lee Yoo Young, Yoon Shi Yoon

Top J-actresses Ishihara Satomi, Ueno Juri and Ayase Haruka All Have Big Summer 2018 Doramas Coming

A Koala's Playground Posted on June 25, 2018 by ockoalaJune 25, 2018
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I’m triply stoked for the summer 2018 J-dorama season, and in general have enjoyed the last three dorama seasons with always one show I get hooked on to watch. Summer ’18 has three high profile top actresses with anticipated series coming – Ishihara Satomi gets to play the cultured straight woman in Takane no Hana as the refined ikebana (flower … Continue reading →

Posted in J-doramas | Tagged Ayase Haruka, Gibo to Musume no Blues, Good Doctor, Ishihara Satomi, Takane no Hana, Ueno Juri

Mr. Sunshine Releases First Hand-to-face Drama Poster Featuring Lee Byung Hun and Kim Tae Ri

A Koala's Playground Posted on June 25, 2018 by ockoalaJune 25, 2018
Romantic scene from Mr. Sunshine drama series.

It’s a rare miss for poster making of a Kim Eun Sook penned high profile drama. Upcoming tvN period drama Mr. Sunshine released the first official poster today and it’s just awful. Featuring leads Lee Byung Hun and Kim Tae Ri, the poster captures the two placing a hand over the other person’s lower face clearly to ascertain their identity … Continue reading →

Posted in K-dramas | Tagged KIm Tae Ri, Lee Byung Hun, Mr. Sunshine

Janine Chang Lovely in Fashionably Wonky Valentino Dress at Tencent Event

A Koala's Playground Posted on June 25, 2018 by ockoalaJune 25, 2018

I love the picture of TW-actress Janine Chang above, she posted the black and white shot along with others of her attending the Tencent Streaming Awards this weekend. She’s hitting her stride in C-drama land with a succession of successful drama hits some of the most popular include The Empress of China, The Four, Tribes and Empires, and the recently … Continue reading →

Posted in K-dramas | Tagged Janine Chang

First Poster for tvN Do-over Drama Knowing Wife with Ji Sung and Han Ji Min

A Koala's Playground Posted on June 24, 2018 by ockoalaJune 24, 2018
Couple embracing with sparkles and clouds.

The older we get the more likely there’s been a moment of “I wish” about an event in the past, a what if thought that our lives could have been different if we made a different choice. Ji Sung will get to dramatize that in upcoming tvN drama Knowing Wife (Familiar Wife) as an ordinary man married for 5 years … Continue reading →

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

Gong Yoo in Taiwan for Asus Special Edition Zenfone Launch Featuring His Likeness

A Koala's Playground Posted on June 24, 2018 by ockoalaJune 24, 2018
Person with cake celebrating Zenfone launch.

Taiwanese electronic maker Asus has tapped K-actor Gong Yoo for its cellphone campaign and this weekend unveiled a new Zenfone 5 Gong Yoo special edition. He was in Taipei for the CF event and also got to celebrate his upcoming July 10th birthday early with a cake topped with a cute chibi Yoo figurine. He looked great other than his … Continue reading →

Posted in My Loves | Tagged Gong Yoo

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