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Lost You Forever Chapter 33: The Wind is Moving, The Person is Still

A Koala's Playground Posted on July 22, 2014 by ockoalaJuly 23, 2014

I can’t believe the end of volume 2 of Lost You Forever is finally translated! I’m letting out a major sigh of relief and accomplishment despite knowing the journey is hardly at its end since volume 3 with many more chapters looms on the horizon. Chapter 33 wraps up the much more action and romance packed volume 2 of this … Continue reading →

Posted in Books | Tagged Lost You Forever

Honey Lee Completes the Cast of SBS Weekend Drama Modern Farmer with Lee Hong Ki

A Koala's Playground Posted on July 22, 2014 by ockoalaJuly 22, 2014

The Modern Farmer drama family has been firmed up this week with the addition of Honey Lee to round out the main cast. It’ll be her first drama in a year since last year’s underwhelming Shark. Have to confess I like Honey Lee way better in real life than onscreen. She’s super brainy having graduated from Seoul National just like … Continue reading →

Posted in K-dramas | Tagged Honey Lee, Kim Jae Hyun, Kwon Min Ah, Lee Hong Ki, Lee Si Eun, Modern Farmer, Park Min Woo

Jaejoong, Yoochun, and Junsu are Triple the Handsome for Marie Claire Korea to Promote New JYJ Album

A Koala's Playground Posted on July 22, 2014 by ockoalaJuly 22, 2014

It’s good that Triangle is almost done airing, despite getting a random two-episode extension, because the promotions are going to explode in a few days when JYJ releases its second full-length album Just Us. It’s the group’s second full-length album since The Beginning was released three years ago, and will likely be the last album released by JYJ for the … Continue reading →

Posted in Music | Tagged Jaejoong, Junsu, JYJ, Yoochun

Park Seo Joon and Baek Jin Hee Deny Published Dating News, Claim to be Just Close Good Friends

A Koala's Playground Posted on July 22, 2014 by ockoalaJuly 22, 2014

Well that was quick. It took about under an hour for the respective agencies of actors Park Seo Joon and Baek Jin Hee to immediately issue denials over the published report that they had been dating for the past year. This news article didn’t come from the sleazy hands of Dispatch or Sports Seoul, since neither are idols worth camping … Continue reading →

Posted in Miscellaneous | Tagged Baek Jin Hee, Park Seo Joon

MBC Releases Action-packed First Teaser for Records of a Night Watchman

A Koala's Playground Posted on July 21, 2014 by ockoalaJuly 21, 2014

It’s finally time to pull back and the curtains and see what Records of a Night Watchman has to offer. The first teaser preview is out and it’s definitely worth checking out. It looks less sageuk and more historical fantasy. I’m seen K-dramas so heavily fantasy such as Bae Yong Joon‘s The Legend (Legend of the First King’s Four Gods) … Continue reading →

Posted in K-dramas | Tagged Choi Won Young, Go Sung Hee, Jung Il Woo, Kim Sung Oh, Records of a Night Watchman, Seo Ye Ji, Yoon Tae Young, Yunho

Marriage Speculation Heats Up as Rain Gets Baptized into Kim Tae Hee’s Catholic Faith

A Koala's Playground Posted on July 21, 2014 by ockoalaJuly 22, 2014

There are certain impossible to deny signs that a dating couple is considering marriage. One is the bling bling engagement ring on the lady’s finger, and another is when one converts to the religion of the other. Religion is no joke, it’s not like meeting the parents and if it doesn’t work out in the long run then so be … Continue reading →

Posted in Miscellaneous | Tagged Kim Tae Hee, Rain

Kimura Takuya Regains the J-dorama Ratings Crown with the Entertaining Sequel to Hero

A Koala's Playground Posted on July 21, 2014 by ockoalaJuly 21, 2014

Japan’s undisputed television ratings king hasn’t had the same success the last five years as he did the first fifteen of his acting career. I still don’t get the Japanese media’s fixation on Kimura Takuya‘s new doramas tanking in ratings because he’s never really had a genuine flop. At most a middling rated dorama is spun into some sort of … Continue reading →

Posted in J-doramas | Tagged Hero 2, Keiko Kitagawa, Kimura Takuya

Three Musketeers Drops Drama Poster and Vogue Korea Spread with All Four Male Leads

A Koala's Playground Posted on July 20, 2014 by ockoalaJuly 20, 2014

I’m not a fan of heavily photo-shopped posters whether it’s making edits to the person or editing different people onto the same shot. That’s why the first official poster for Three Musketeers is a thumbs down for me in style. It would have been more effective in this particular shot to have all four posing in the same frame trying … Continue reading →

Posted in K-dramas | Tagged Jung Hae In, Jung Yong Hwa, Lee Jin Wook, Three Musketeers, Yang Dong Gun

Records of a Night Watchman: More Kim Sung Oh Costume Hilarity While Yoon Tae Young and Seo Ye Ji Look Great

A Koala's Playground Posted on July 20, 2014 by ockoalaJuly 20, 2014

Records of a Night Watchman is so giving me anticipation and optimism whiplash. One moment it looks so bad as to be a Saturday Night Live sketch of a fantasy sageuk, another minute I see stuff that looks decent enough to buoy my hopes again that the end result might be cool. Terrible costuming is currently the number one problem for … Continue reading →

Posted in K-dramas | Tagged Kim Sung Oh, Records of a Night Watchman, Seo Ye Ji, Yoon Tae Young

It’s Okay It’s Love Holds Two Press Conferences and Releases Intriguing Comedic Long Preview

A Koala's Playground Posted on July 20, 2014 by ockoalaJuly 20, 2014

It’s pretty middle-of-the-road for me with respect to the switch over on the SBS Wed-Thurs slot. I didn’t dislike You’re All Surrounded enough to wish it off my screen immediately, nor am I dying with excitement for It’s Okay, It’s Love to arrive. The former was serviceable albeit disappointing while the latter looks good but has the hint of not … Continue reading →

Posted in K-dramas | Tagged D.O., Gong Hyo Jin, It's Okay It's Love, Jo In Sung, Kwang Soo, Sung Dong Il

Two Exciting New Teasers of Three Musketeers Along with More Jung Yong Hwa and Lee Jin Wook Stills

A Koala's Playground Posted on July 19, 2014 by ockoalaJuly 19, 2014

I finally have a cannot miss reason to watch Three Musketeers! Two more video teasers came out featuring Yang Dong Gun and Jung Hae In and wowsers did these two knock my socks off the way the first two with Lee Jin Wook and Jung Yong Hwa totally underwhelmed. To balance things out tvN also released new stills of Lee … Continue reading →

Posted in K-dramas | Tagged Jung Hae In, Jung Yong Hwa, Lee Jin Wook, Three Musketeers, Yang Dong Gun

Serious Aaron Yan Fanservice Ahead with Shirtless Kissing in Episode 16 of Fall in Love with Me

A Koala's Playground Posted on July 19, 2014 by ockoalaJuly 19, 2014

Is anyone still watching Fall in Love with Me? I need a quickie summary of the latest happenings onscreen since the drama has managed to lure me back to check out this Sunday’s episode 16 with the promise of topless Aaron Yan and lots of kissing. The ratings for FILWM have been quite low for the network on the Sunday night slot … Continue reading →

Posted in Drama Previews | Tagged Aaron Yan, Fall in Love with Me, Tia Li

Fukushi Sota and Kawaguchi Haruna are Lovely and Sweet in Manga Adapted Romance J-movie Say I Love You

A Koala's Playground Posted on July 19, 2014 by ockoalaJuly 19, 2014

Japan is on a roll with Summer movies I want to watch and one just premiered this week in the form of one genre Japan does best – the shoujo high school romance. The live-action movie adaptation of the popular shoujo manga Say I Love You (好きっていいな Sukitte Ii nayo) hits all my happy spots with the casting and trailers … Continue reading →

Posted in Films | Tagged Fukushi Sota, Kawaguchi Haruna, Say I Love You

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