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K-netizens Loving the Height Difference and Chemistry with Kim Hye Yoon and Byun Woo Seok in tvN Fantasy Romance Drama Lovely Runner

A Koala's Playground Posted on February 24, 2024 by ockoalaFebruary 24, 2024
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I have a soft spot for K-dramas that deal with time travel or soul switching but used in a way that gives the leads more time with family and resolving unfinished business. 17 Again, Hello It’s Me, and Twinkling Watermelon are a few recent faves of mine. Upcoming tvN drama Lovely Runner (Running Away with Sun Jae on My Back) … Continue reading →

Posted in K-dramas | Tagged Byun Woo Seok, Kim Hye Yoon, Lovely Runner

jTBC Weekend Drama Strong Girl Nam Soon Ends Over 10% in Ratings with a Reported Third Installment Planned

A Koala's Playground Posted on November 27, 2023 by ockoalaNovember 27, 2023
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This past weekend the hit jTBC weekend drama Strong Girl Nam Soon ended and with a new ratings high of over 10%, putting itself in the same storied list of top rated cable dramas on the network. It was the second installment of the same premise story of a teeny tiny girl with superhuman strength following Strong Girl Bong Soon … Continue reading →

Posted in K-dramas | Tagged Byun Woo Seok, Lee Yoo Mi, Ong Seung Woo, Strong Girl Nam Soon

2023 Blue Dragon Awards Fetes K-movies with Smugglers Taking Best Picture and Lee Byun Hun and Jung Yu Mi Winning the Best Acting Prizes

A Koala's Playground Posted on November 24, 2023 by ockoalaNovember 25, 2023
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I didn’t follow the K-movies this year so I don’t even know if any of the winners were the right ones lol but I still love awards ceremonies for the glitz and glamor. It was the usual level of awards show dressing for the 2023 Blue Dragon Awards which fetes the best in film with plenty of A-list and rising … Continue reading →

Posted in Awards | Tagged Ahn Eun Jin, Byun Woo Seok, D.O., Go Min Si, Jeon Yeo Bin, Jo In Sung, Kim Hye Soo, Kim Sun Ho, Krystal, Lee Joon Hyuk, Park Bo Young, Park Jung Min, Ryu jun Yeol, Shin Ye Eun, Song Joong Ki, Yoo Yeon Seok

Kim Hye Yoon and Byun Woo Seok Confirmed for tvN Time Travel Healing Romance Drama Running Away with Sun Jae on Piggyback

A Koala's Playground Posted on July 21, 2023 by ockoalaJuly 22, 2023
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Wow, I can see this very drama premise triggering since it deals with a very distressing act that sets things in motion. Hopefully there is a trigger warning and then the rest of the drama tries its darnedest to make it not happen. tvN has scheduled a new drama with the literal title Running Away with Sun Jae on Piggyback … Continue reading →

Posted in K-dramas | Tagged Byun Woo Seok, Kim Hye Yoon

Park Eun Bin Takes Home the 2023 Baeksang Awards Drama Category Daesang While Song Hye Kyo Wins Best Actress and Lee Sung Min Crowned Best Actor

A Koala's Playground Posted on April 28, 2023 by ockoalaApril 28, 2023
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This Friday’s Baeksang Awards in Seoul was probably a night of little to no surprises (just one big one) and a lot of satisfied winner picks. The Park Eun Bin and Song Hye Kyo race for Best Actress ended with the former taking home the Drama Daesang for Extraordinary Attorney Woo becoming the youngest individual winner for the top prize … Continue reading →

Posted in Awards | Tagged Byun Woo Seok, Byun Yo Han, Go Yoon Jung, Im Shi Wan, IU, Jeon Do Yeon, Jinyoung, Jung Woo Sung, Kim Hye Yoon, Lee Byung Hun, Lee Sung Min, Lim Ji Yeon, Park Bo Gum, Park Eun Bin, Park Sung Hoon, Roh Yoon Seo, Ryu jun Yeol, Son Seok Gu, Song Hye Kyo, Suzy, Tang Wei

K-movie Adaptation of Award Winning C-film Soulmate with Kim Da Mi, Jeon So Nee, and Byun Woo Seok Prepares to Schedule Premiere Date

A Koala's Playground Posted on January 12, 2023 by ockoalaJanuary 13, 2023
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It’s a bit odd that such a high profile C-movie getting a K-version adaptation just went into production and off the radar. In 2020 it was announced that Soulmate (Qi Yue Yu An Sheng) was getting a K-adaptation starring Kim Da Mi, Jeon So Nee, and Byun Woo Seok. The original was a huge hit in box office and raking … Continue reading →

Posted in Films | Tagged Byun Woo Seok, Jeon So Nee, Kim Da Mi, Soulmate

Kim Yoo Jung, Byun Woo Seok, Park Jung Woo, and Roh Yoon Seo Promote Netflix Movie 20th Century Girl with Elle Korea November 2022 Pictorial

A Koala's Playground Posted on October 21, 2022 by ockoalaOctober 20, 2022
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I’m keeping my expectations in check for 20th Century Girl, a Netflix produced Korean movie that seems to be assembled from all those high school and missed chance stories but without a different hook from the promos. It’s just two girls and two guy besties and their crossed feelings and loyalties, set in the late 90’s and then pulled forward … Continue reading →

Posted in Films | Tagged 20th Century Girl, Byun Woo Seok, Kim Yoo Jung, Park Jung Woo, Roh Yoon Seo

Kim Yoo Jung Captures Pure Teen Romance in Poster and Preview for Netflix Movie 20th Century Girl with Byun Woo Seok and Park Jung Woo

A Koala's Playground Posted on October 10, 2022 by ockoalaOctober 10, 2022
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This upcoming Netflix K-movie looks so sweet and darling, evincing the same playbook as many such predecessors which take the young love from an earlier era and bring it forth to today as adults. Introduction to Architecture did it with juxtaposing time periods but for 20th Century Girl it looks like the movie will stick with the 1999 period high … Continue reading →

Posted in Films | Tagged 20th Century Girl, Byun Woo Seok, Kim Yoo Jung, Park Jung Woo

KBS Sageuk Thinking of the Moon When the Flowers Bloom with Yoo Seung Ho, Hyeri, Byun Woo Seok, and Kang Mina Releases First Stills

A Koala's Playground Posted on November 10, 2021 by ockoalaNovember 11, 2021
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The steady stream of youth sageuks continue even with a batch aired already. 2021 started off with River Where the Moon Rises followed by Lovers of the Red Sky then now The King’s Affection. This week Secret Royal Inspector and Joy premiered followed by The Red Sleeve Cuff, which is the only one that isn’t quite a youth sageuk and … Continue reading →

Posted in K-dramas | Tagged Byun Woo Seok, Hyeri, Kang Mina, Thinking of the Moon When the Flower Blooms, Yoo Seung Ho

Byun Woo Seok Signs on as the Second Male Lead in Sageuk Drama Thinking of the Moon When the Flowers Bloom with Yoo Seung Ho and Hyeri

A Koala's Playground Posted on April 22, 2021 by ockoalaApril 22, 2021
Portraits of a woman and a man.

K-actor Byun Woo Seok in my current opinion of him is a case of reel to real. As second male lead in Record of Youth, he seemed to steal the spotlight in the promo posters from Park Bo Gum but when the real deal arrived he was flat and dull in the drama proper. When he tried to emote you … Continue reading →

Posted in K-dramas | Tagged Byun Woo Seok, Hyeri, Yoo Seung Ho

Collection of the Tallest K-actors in 2020 for Your Viewing Pleasure

A Koala's Playground Posted on December 16, 2020 by ockoalaDecember 15, 2020
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I’ve watched K-dramas for so many years I’m almost inured to how insanely good looking the actors are and many who have equal talent to boot as well. Recently two dramas had me doing double takes and marveling at how those actors really filled up the screen with their height in ways that captivated my attention more than before. I’ve … Continue reading →

Posted in My Loves | Tagged Ahn Bo Hyun, Ahn Hyo Seob, Byun Woo Seok, Cha Seung Won, Ji Hyun Woo, Jo In Sung, Joo Ji Hoon, Jung Woo Sung, Kim Woo Bin, Kwak Si Yang, Kwang Soo, Lee Jae Wook, Lee Ki Woo, Lee Min, Lee Tae Hwan, Nam Joo Hyuk, Ro Woon, Shin Sung Rok, Yoon Kyun Sang

Record of Youth Ends with 8.740% in Episode 16 and Confirms Point of Entire Drama was Mocumentary Military Send off for Park Bo Gum

A Koala's Playground Posted on October 27, 2020 by ockoalaOctober 27, 2020
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There were nice snippets in Record of Youth but everything else was so anemic and rudimentary I felt like throwing a temper tantrum just to elicit some emotion around me as I watched. The drama finished this Tuesday with series high 8.740% AGB nationwide ratings, quite remarkable for a thoroughly dull drama and buoyed from beginning to end by the … Continue reading →

Posted in K-dramas | Tagged Byun Woo Seok, Park Bo Gum, Park So Dam, Record of Youth

Record of Youth Episode 13 Gets 7.760% Ratings But the Relationships Stagnate in Career and Life Complications

A Koala's Playground Posted on October 19, 2020 by ockoalaOctober 19, 2020
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Okay, I’m officially so bored by Record of Youth, even the Park Bo Gum magic charisma isn’t enough the save it at this point. Episode 13 stayed steady in ratings from last week at 7.760% but honestly fell off a cliff for me on narrative and relationship development every which way in the main storytelling. Maybe Hae Hyo’s mom inching towards … Continue reading →

Posted in K-dramas | Tagged Byun Woo Seok, Park Bo Gum, Park So Dam, Record of Youth

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