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Kimura Takuya’s Model Daughter Koki Racks Up 700,000 Instagram Followers One Week After Debut

A Koala's Playground Posted on June 6, 2018 by ockoalaJune 6, 2018
Smiling young woman wearing a decorative top.

The apple didn’t even fall from the tree, or if it did then it looped the heck up around and landed back on top because that’s where newly debuted Japanese teen model Koki is at in one short week. Since Elle Japan published the pictures of top Japanese actor-singer Kimura Takuya’s second daughter Koki’s high fashion pictorial (real name Kimura … Continue reading →

Posted in Fashion | Tagged Kimura Takuya, Koki

Are You Human Too, Partners for Justice, and Greasy Melo Collectively Bring in Low Mon-Tues Ratings

A Koala's Playground Posted on June 6, 2018 by ockoalaJune 7, 2018
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With this week’s premiere of a new Mon-Tues drama, the gang is set for the coming few weeks in terms of dramas airing and with it comes a sense of ennui and low ratings. I’ll call it the 7-6-5 group as Partners for Justice is averaging 7%, Greasy Melo (Wok of Love) rose a bit this week to 6%, and … Continue reading →

Posted in K-dramas | Tagged Are You Human Too, Greasy Melo, Miss Hammurabi, Partners for Justice, Wok of Love

Yoon Eun Hye Updates Beautiful Pictures from Skincare Brand Event in China

A Koala's Playground Posted on June 6, 2018 by ockoalaJune 5, 2018
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I’m trained to accept that my favorite male actors have to serve nearly two years of military duty and be away from the screen during, but the hiatus of an actress rare nowadays especially when married ones keep on working and even the mommy ones come back after maternity leave. It really makes Yoon Eun Hye the outlier in taking … Continue reading →

Posted in My Loves | Tagged Yoon Eun Hye

Good Doctor Screenwriter’s Next Drama a Police Procedural Called Hot-blooded Priest

A Koala's Playground Posted on June 5, 2018 by ockoalaJune 5, 2018
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The K-drama Good Doctor has stayed in the news cycles for the past year thanks to a successful US show adaptation and again now as Japan prepares to remake it into a J-dorama. The screenwriter really hit it big with the GD script and now has announced his next project a police procedural with a religious element called Hot-blooded Priest. … Continue reading →

Posted in Musings | Tagged Blood, Chief Kim, Good Doctor, Hot-blooded Priest

Kim Go Eun Glows in Coral Brick Flowy Dress at Movie Press Conference

A Koala's Playground Posted on June 5, 2018 by ockoalaJune 5, 2018
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K-actress Kim Go Eun is starting to trend as a sensible dress who also looks good. Case in point her casual but perfectly put together airport outfit heading to the Chanel fashion show, and now this coral brick peach flowing dress number at the press conference for upcoming movie Sunset in My Hometown. It’s her first movie in two years … Continue reading →

Posted in Films | Tagged Kim Go Eun

Song Ji Hyo and Park Shi Hoo Confirmed for KBS Mon-Tues Drama Lovely Horribly

A Koala's Playground Posted on June 5, 2018 by ockoalaJune 4, 2018
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This drama setup actually sounds interesting in that K-drama fated and full of coincidences sort of way, and yet the casting just grinds it all to a near halt for me. The next KBS Mon-Tues drama premiering in early August will be Lovely Horribly, following Are You Human?. It’s described as a scary elements romance, with a top star played … Continue reading →

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

Moon Chae Won and Yoon Hyun Min Start Filming Tale of the Gyeryong Fairy

A Koala's Playground Posted on June 4, 2018 by ockoalaJune 4, 2018
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The summer is upon us and so starts the filming for upcoming fantasy romance with a light fairy touch that is Tale of Gyeryong Fairy (Gyeryong Goddess). Starring Moon Chae Won, Yoon Hyun Min, Seo Ji Hoon, and Goo Do Shim, the drama takes the legend of the fairy with the lost wings and adds a modern twist. Moon Chae … Continue reading →

Posted in K-dramas | Tagged Moon Chae Won, Seo Ji Hoon, Tale of the Gyeryong Fairy, Yoon Hyun Min

Why Secretary Kim Keeps on Releasing Pretty Promos Leading Up to Premiere This Wednesday

A Koala's Playground Posted on June 4, 2018 by ockoalaJune 3, 2018
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I feel like the production of upcoming tvN Wed-Thurs drama Why Secretary Kim really knows the goldmine it has thanks to the casting. The overflow of cute promos featuring the pretty of female lead Park Min Young and the handsome of male lead Park Seo Joon is quite obvious but I’m not complaining. The drama premieres this week and even … Continue reading →

Posted in K-dramas | Tagged Park Min Young, Park Seo Joon, Why Secretary Kim

Park Yoochun Resumes Entertainment Career After Scandal with Japan Fan Meeting

A Koala's Playground Posted on June 4, 2018 by ockoalaJune 3, 2018
Man wearing sunglasses and a mask.

It’s so awkward to watch singer-actor Yoochun formerly of DBSK and JYJ resume his public events two years after a very messy and public accusation of rape and subsequent revelations of his salacious personal life. A requirement for star appeal is the public persona projects that fans like and that is impossible to maintain once the curtain falls to reveal … Continue reading →

Posted in Music | Tagged Yoochun

Ha Ji Won Means Brand Business in Beautiful All White Outfit at Event in Seoul

A Koala's Playground Posted on June 3, 2018 by ockoalaJune 3, 2018
Smiling woman holding signed photo at event.

It’s been a rough 2018 for K-actress Ha Ji Won but life goes on and I am so so happy to see her out and about at a brand event in Seoul this week looking absolutely drop dead gorgeous. She lost her younger brother actor Jeon Tae Soo earlier this year from depressed induced suicide and took a few months … Continue reading →

Posted in Fashion | Tagged Ha Ji Won

Mark Chao and Bai Jing Ting Start Filming C-remake of Critically Acclaimed K-drama Misaeng

A Koala's Playground Posted on June 3, 2018 by ockoalaJune 3, 2018
Two men in stylish sweaters posing.

This is one remake that I have confidence will do justice to the original, if only because of the leading man attached. Filming has started on the C-drama remake of Misaeng, itself a popular Korean novel which was adapted into an even more popular K-drama starring Im Shi Wan and Lee Sung Min as the male leads. The C-version male … Continue reading →

Posted in TW & C dramas | Tagged Mark Chao, Misaeng, Ordinary Glory

Song Hye Kyo Toggles Black and White at Omega Event in Hong Kong

A Koala's Playground Posted on June 3, 2018 by ockoalaJune 2, 2018
Woman in a short black dress, Omega backdrop.

The Hallyu superstar that is Song Hye Kyo was already bright presence at the airport arriving in Hong Kong, she’s added some hair extension and two different outfits for the subsequent Omega watch event. She went for a white shirt black skirt combo for the store visit, and later changed into a black short A-line dress to meet the press, … Continue reading →

Posted in Fashion | Tagged Song Hye Kyo

People of Incheon Airport Goes Back to Title Fox Bride Star and Lee Je Hoon Offered Male Lead

A Koala's Playground Posted on June 2, 2018 by ockoalaJune 2, 2018
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This is one hilarious morphing drama and casting, and the genesis feels like a screenwriter can’t decide on an entire drama concept and we’re publicly witnessing rough drafts getting balled up and tossed aside. The SBS drama known as People of Incheon Airport, which was formerly called Fox Bride Star, is now back to being called Fox Bride Star. But … Continue reading →

Posted in K-dramas | Tagged Fox Bride Star, Lee Je Hoon, People of Incheon Airport

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