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Married K-stars Lee Byung Hun and Lee Min Jung Both Test Positive for COVID-19, Filming Halted on His Currently Filming Drama Our Blues

A Koala's Playground Posted on February 9, 2022 by ockoalaFebruary 9, 2022
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It feels like the news on COVID-19 seems to have died down a bit but then everyone is testing positive the last two months due to the Omicron spike still. The latest K-stars to join the “we got it” club is top star Lee Byung Hun and his actress wife Lee Min Jung. Both are reportedly feeling fine and in … Continue reading →

Posted in Miscellaneous | Tagged Lee Byung Hun, Lee Min Jung

Movie Stills for Emergency Declaration Impress with Star-studded Cast of Song Kang Ho, Lee Byung Hun, Jeon Do Yeon, Kim Nam Gil, and Im Shi Wan

A Koala's Playground Posted on November 11, 2021 by ockoalaNovember 12, 2021
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The first stills are out for upcoming high profile big budget air disaster movie Emergency Declaration and it’s just a collection of huge stars which is nothing wrong to enjoy the assemblage. The movie premiered last month at Cannes Film Festival and will get a theatrical US release after an early 2022 South Korea premiere. The premise is that an … Continue reading →

Posted in Films | Tagged Emergency Declaration, Im Shi Wan, Jeon Do Yeon, Kim Nam Gil, Kim So Jin, Lee Byung Hun, Park Hae Joon, Song Kang Ho

K-drama Our Blues Finalizes Cast with Lee Byung Hyun, Shin Mina, Cha Seung Won, Lee Jung Eun, Han Ji Min, Kim Woo Bin, and Uhm Jung Hwa

A Koala's Playground Posted on October 9, 2021 by ockoalaOctober 8, 2021
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While Netflix is understandably getting all the buzz recently in the K-drama sphere, there remains plenty of quality talent and projects proliferating elsewhere and in 2022 none is more star-studded than the Noh Hee Kyung penned K-drama Our Blues. It’s an omnibus style story intersecting various characters living and returning to Jeju Island. The pairings will be Lee Byung Hun … Continue reading →

Posted in K-dramas | Tagged Cha Seung Won, Han Ji Min, Kim Woo Bin, Lee Byung Hun, Lee Jung Eun, Our Blues, Shin Mina, Uhm Jung Hwa

Lee Byung Hun, Shin Mina, Kim Woo Bin, Han Ji Min, Cha Seung Won, and Lee Jung Eun Offered the New Noh Hee Kyung Drama Our Blues

A Koala's Playground Posted on April 20, 2021 by ockoalaApril 20, 2021
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Looks like Here is out and Our Blues is in. Award winning screenwriter Noh Hee Kyung was prepping a new drama announced last year called Here based on people working overseas in NGOs but the production and filming continued to get pushed back due to travel restrictions during the pandemic. Vincenzo got around that by making the Italy scenes very … Continue reading →

Posted in K-dramas | Tagged Cha Seung Won, Han Ji Min, Kim Woo Bin, Lee Byung Hun, Lee Jung Eun, Our Blues, Shin Mina

Kim Soo Hyun, Song Joong Ki Among Selection of Male Actors in First Release From the KOFIC Korean Actors 200 List

A Koala's Playground Posted on March 15, 2021 by ockoalaMarch 15, 2021
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The Korean Film Council (KOFIC) is assembling a list call the Korean Actors 200 (includes both actors and actresses) to represent the top acting talent from the industry with an express aim to raise further international recognition of the breadth and depth in the Korean film industry. A sneak peak of 9 of the male actors on the list complete … Continue reading →

Posted in K-dramas | Tagged Byun Yo Han, Kim Soo Hyun, Lee Byung Hun, Lee Ji Hoon, Oh Jung Se, Ryu jun Yeol, Ryu Seung Ryong, So Ji Sub, Song Joong Ki, Yoo Teo

Lee Byung Hun, Park Seo Joon, and Park Bo Young Confirmed for Dystopian K-movie Concrete Utopia

A Koala's Playground Posted on August 4, 2020 by ockoalaAugust 4, 2020
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A trio of big names are joining the world of what-if when a disaster fells South Korea and there are tons of such movies but each a different enough to be interesting still if done well. Lee Byung Hun, Park Seo Joon, and Park Bo Young are joining forces to stay alive and safe in Concrete Utopia, a disaster movie … Continue reading →

Posted in Films | Tagged Concrete Utopia, Lee Byung Hun, Park Bo Young, Park Seo Joon

It’s Many Weddings and a Funeral for the Attendees at the 2020 Grand Bell Awards

A Koala's Playground Posted on June 3, 2020 by ockoalaJune 3, 2020
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A woman wearing wedding white ball gowns can’t all be going to the same wedding, unless I suppose it’s a Reverend Moon officiated one. But the funeral black can definitely be attending the same one funeral, and honestly the general blahness at this event it might as well be for someone as obligatory as such events. The 2020 Grand Bell … Continue reading →

Posted in Awards | Tagged Chae Jung Ahn, Eugene, Han Eun Jung, Kim Bora, Lee Byung Hun, Lee Tae Ri, Park Bom

K-movie Emergency Declaration Adds Park Hae Joon and Kim So Jin to the Already Star Studded Cast

A Koala's Playground Posted on May 12, 2020 by ockoalaMay 12, 2020
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Goodness this is a wild and wildly impressive casting land for the production of upcoming action K-movie Emergency Declaration. Starring leads Song Kang Ho, Lee Byung Hun, and Jeon Do Yeon, the movie added Im Shi Wan and Kim Nam Gil a few weeks ago and this week pulled in Park Hae Joon (male lead of The World of the … Continue reading →

Posted in Films | Tagged Emergency Declaration, Im Shi Wan, Jeon Do Yeon, Kim Nam Gil, Kim Soo Jin, Lee Byung Hun, Park Hae Joon, Song Kang Ho

Action Thriller K-movie Emergency Declaration Confirms Cast of Song Kang Ho, Lee Byung Hun, Jeon Do Yeon, and Kim Nam Gil

A Koala's Playground Posted on March 30, 2020 by ockoalaMarch 29, 2020
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This cast is so star-studded and collectively award winning that the most junior member is an A-list leading man in his own right. K-ent is reporting that the upcoming action/disaster/thriller movie Emergency Declaration has completed lead casting with a veritable who’s who of top movie actors – Song Kang Ho and Lee Byung Hun are the two male lead and … Continue reading →

Posted in Films | Tagged Emergency Declaration, Jeon Do Yeon, Kim Nam Gil, Lee Byung Hun, Song Kang Ho

Bong Joon Ho, Song Kang Ho, Lee Byung Hun Tops Sports Chosun 2020 Power People Poll For Film and Kim Soo Hyun Only Actor to Make Both Film and Drama Lists

A Koala's Playground Posted on March 24, 2020 by ockoalaMarch 26, 2020
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The Sports Chosun 30th Anniversary poll of South Korean entertainment insiders on the Power People within the industry is definitely worth discussing especially in the drama category. For the film category it’s harder to have biases as movies remain a wall in K-ent where to become a film star one is a true A-lister. Far and away by like three … Continue reading →

Posted in Miscellaneous | Tagged Bong Joon Ho, Choi Woo Shik, Jeon Do Yeon, Kim Soo Hyun, KIm Tae Ri, Lee Byung Hun, Park Jung Min, Song Kang Ho

Ha Jung Woo, Lee Byung Hun, Suzy Promote Disaster Action Movie Ashfall Coming Out December 19th

A Koala's Playground Posted on December 18, 2019 by ockoalaDecember 18, 2019
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This has been a busy week for the cast of upcoming disaster K-movie Ashfall (Mount Baekdu). It’s the first time Ha Jung Woo and Lee Byung Hun, top movie stars usually headlining their own movies, are working together and they are joined by actresses Suzy and Jeon Hye Jin as well as Ma Dong Seok in a supporting role. It’s … Continue reading →

Posted in Films | Tagged Ashfall, Ha Jung Woo, Lee Byung Hun, Suzy

Lee Byung Hun in Talks for Next Noh Hee Kyung Drama Opposite Han Ji Min and Shin Mina

A Koala's Playground Posted on October 7, 2019 by ockoalaOctober 7, 2019
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One big name leading man is passing but another one has thrown his name in the mix. Hit drama screenwriter Noh Hee Kyung‘s upcoming 2020 drama about people working for an overseas NGO initially had her reuniting with former male lead Jo In Sung after working together twice already with That Winter, the Wind Blows and It’s Okay, It’s Love. … Continue reading →

Posted in K-dramas | Tagged Han Ji Min, Lee Byung Hun, Nam Joo Hyuk, Shin Mina

Backstage at the 2019 Baeksang Awards Brings Tons of Star Candids

A Koala's Playground Posted on May 4, 2019 by ockoalaMay 4, 2019
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Behind-the-scenes is always the best when it comes to an awards show, giving a glimpse of friendships and camaraderie within the industry and even some star struck awe going on between stars. The 2019 Baeksang Arts Award was last week and I thought the winners were nicely spread out especially in the television drama categories where the most popular 2018 … Continue reading →

Posted in Awards | Tagged Han Ji Min, Hyun Bin, Jung Woo Sung, Kim Hye Ja, Lee Byung Hun, Nam Joo Hyuk, Suzy

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