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Lee Do Hyun Discharged From the Military After Completing Mandatory Service

A Koala's Playground Posted on May 14, 2025 by ockoalaMay 14, 2025
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Yay, he’s back! But I don’t think there could be anyone happier to see Lee Do Hyun than his actress girlfriend Lim Ji Yeon lol. The actor completed his nearly two year long military service today and has been honorably discharged. I feel like he wasn’t away that long but that’s because last year during his service his pre-service completed … Continue reading →

Posted in Miscellaneous | Tagged Lee Do Hyun | 3 Replies

Hong Sisters Next K-drama with Lee Do Hyun and Go Min Si Reveals Title of Grand Galaxy and Will Air on Netflix

A Koala's Playground Posted on April 7, 2025 by ockoalaApril 7, 2025
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Oh I love this so much! We now have a title for the next Hong Sisters drama and it’s called Grand Galaxy, and even better we have a brief snippet about it and the drama is described as a male lead version of Hotel Del Luna whatever that means. I take it as fantasy genre, maybe sci-fi with the galaxy … Continue reading →

Posted in K-dramas | Tagged Go Min Si, Grand Galaxy, Lee Do Hyun | 9 Replies

Lee Do Hyun in Talks as Male Lead for Next Hong Sisters K-drama Which Would Reunite Him with Go Min Si as Female Lead

A Koala's Playground Posted on April 3, 2025 by ockoalaApril 2, 2025
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It’s thanks to the good graces of these two being talented actors that they have worked together multiple times and in the different iterations it all works. News has it that Lee Do Hyun is considering the offer to be the male lead in the next Hong Sisters drama in development, and if he accepts it will likely reunite him … Continue reading →

Posted in K-dramas | Tagged Go Min Si, Lee Do Hyun | 18 Replies

Lee Do Hyun Back on the Small Screen in Sweet Home 3 During His Military Enlistment and Netizens Marvel at His Range Having Filmed It Along with The Good Bad Mother and Exhuma at the Same Time

A Koala's Playground Posted on July 4, 2024 by ockoalaJuly 3, 2024
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The first Sweet Home was a hit for Netflix at the beginning of the platform’s rise in produced K-dramas but sadly Sweet Home 2 was a bloated mess so now the returning Sweet Home 3 just feels anticlimactic. If there is a reason to check out SH3 airing on July 19th it’s the return of Lee Do Hyun and his … Continue reading →

Posted in My Loves | Tagged Lee Do Hyun | 31 Replies

Moving Takes Home Drama Daesang, The Worst of Evil Wins Best Director, Namgoong Min Gets Long Awaited Best Actor, and Honey Lee Upsets for Best Actress in Fun Night at the 2024 Baeksang Arts Awards

A Koala's Playground Posted on May 7, 2024 by ockoalaMay 7, 2024
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The 2024 Baeksang Arts Awards took place this Tuesday May 7th in Seoul and it was also the 60th year of the event so a milestone for sure. There is a lot to digest so let’s get to it! Moving took home the drama side Daesang and I knew that would happen when Best Drama went to My Dearest so … Continue reading →

Posted in Awards | Tagged Ahn Eun Jin, Go Min Si, Honey Lee, Kim Go Eun, Kim Soo Hyun, Kim Sun Ho, Krystal, Lee Do Hyun, Lee Jong Won, Lim Ji Yeon, Namgoong Min, Park Bo Gum, Ra Mi Ran, Ryu Seung Ryong, Song Joong Ki, Suzy, Uhm Jung Hwa, Yeom Hye Ran, Yoo Yeon Seok, YUjin | 103 Replies

K-actor Lee Do Hyun Celebrates Success of K-movie Exhuma Breaking Records and Also Spotted on Date with Girlfriend Lim Ji Yeon

A Koala's Playground Posted on March 1, 2024 by ockoalaMarch 2, 2024
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There was a period where I wondered if Lee Do Hyun would really break out. I loved him in Hotel Del Luna and he gave off strong the next Jung Hae In vibes. He went off to pick smart roles and interesting dramas but it really was the last year in 2023 right before his military enlistment that all the … Continue reading →

Posted in Miscellaneous | Tagged Lee Do Hyun | 6 Replies

Occult Horror Movie Exhuma Hits 2 Million Tickets in Premiere Weekend as Biggest Domestic Film Opening in Two Years Amid Rave Reviews

A Koala's Playground Posted on February 26, 2024 by ockoalaFebruary 26, 2024
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The doldrums of the South Korean box office was happily shattered this past weekend with what is now the biggest domestic Korean movie opening in more than two years since The Roundup: No Way Out in 2022. The occult supernatural horror movie Exhuma had over 2 million admissions in its opening weekend (2.29m from Thurs through Sunday) and also got … Continue reading →

Posted in Films | Tagged Choi Min Sik, Exhuma, Kim Go Eun, Lee Do Hyun, Yoo Hae Jin | 8 Replies

Excitement Builds for Horror Thriller K-movie Exhuma with Top Cast Choi Min Sik, Yoo Hae Jin, Kim Go Eun, and Lee Do Hyun

A Koala's Playground Posted on February 10, 2024 by ockoalaFebruary 9, 2024
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So I love good K-horror whether movies or dramas like The Guest and The Wailing and this one looks to join the list. The grave horror film Exhuma is getting ready for premiere towards the end of February and viewers are excited judging from the buzz. Starring veterans Choi Min Sik and Yoo Hae Jin with younger leads Kim Go … Continue reading →

Posted in Films | Tagged Choi Min Sik, Exhuma, JYoo Hae Jin, Kim Go Eun, Lee Do Hyun | 3 Replies

K-actor Lee Do Hyun to Enlist Today for Military Service Joining the Music Division of the Air Force

A Koala's Playground Posted on August 13, 2023 by ockoalaAugust 13, 2023
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Time to bid farewell to another drama male lead for the next two years. K-actor Lee Do Hyun enlisted today for his mandatory military service, joining the Air Force in its music/entertainment corps. That’s a solid use of his talents as most entertainers do similar stints and also doing his duty for his country. Lee Do Hyun leaves on a … Continue reading →

Posted in Miscellaneous | Tagged Lee Do Hyun | 1 Reply

jTBC Wed-Thurs Drama Bad Mom with Ra Mi Ran and Lee Do Hyun Wraps Ratings Quadrupling Run with Episode 14 Getting 12.032%

A Koala's Playground Posted on June 8, 2023 by ockoalaJune 8, 2023
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Congrats to the Bad Mom (The Good Bad Mother) and her complicated loving relationship with her son as the jTBC weekday drama ends with this Thursday’s episode 14. Most K-dramas are 16-episodes, some 20 and a few even 12-episodes but this is an odd length as I can recollect. Other than that the drama was a one way success train, … Continue reading →

Posted in K-dramas | Tagged Bad Mom, Lee Do Hyun, Ra Mi Ran | 5 Replies

Wed-Thurs Drama The Good Bad Mother with Ra Mi Ran and Lee Do Hyun Doubles in Ratings to 7.033% in 4 Episodes Notching Another Hit for jTBC

A Koala's Playground Posted on May 6, 2023 by ockoalaMay 5, 2023
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I was just writing about weekend jTBC drama Doctor Cha which has broken 13% ratings and is a massive hit for the cable network with many more episodes left. Then I looked over and the same network has another hit in the Wed-Thurs time slot, the same time slot that tvN announced it was abandoning and the other three network … Continue reading →

Posted in K-dramas | Tagged Bad Mom, Lee Do Hyun, Ra Mi Ran, The Good Bad Mother | 7 Replies

Lee Do Hyun Plays High School to Adult Prosecutor and then Back Again in Upcoming jTBC Drama The Good Bad Mother

A Koala's Playground Posted on April 11, 2023 by ockoalaApril 11, 2023
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So Lee Do Hyun has done this type of role again, the second chance do-over and he was so amazing the first time in 18 Again as an adult husband and father getting to re-live his high school heyday. Now’s going for it in The Good Bad Mother as a successful prosecutor with a bad relationship with his single parent … Continue reading →

Posted in K-dramas | Tagged Lee Do Hyun, The Good Bad Mother | 1 Reply

Netizens Note that The Glory Stars Lee Do Hyun and Lim Ji Yeon Dating in Real Life was Already Hinted at Press Conference When They Stood Very Close Together

A Koala's Playground Posted on April 2, 2023 by ockoalaApril 3, 2023
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Inches don’t lie and the recently revealed real life dating relationship between K-stars Lee Do Hyun and Lim Ji Yeon was clearly not being kept under wraps that hard. Dispatch outed the two after catching them on dates since December 2022 after the two met and fell for each other after filming The Glory. Since they didn’t have many scenes … Continue reading →

Posted in Miscellaneous | Tagged Dating, Lee Do Hyun, Lim Ji Yeon | 2 Replies

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