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Tag Archives: Park Hae Joon

Netflix Drama When Life Gives You Tangerines Releases Final Four Episodes as the Sadness of Winter Emerges Back to Spring in the Cycle of Life

A Koala's Playground Posted on March 29, 2025 by ockoalaMarch 28, 2025
When Life Gives You Tangerines" Netflix posters.

If you’re on the fence or waiting to binge watch Netflix K-drama When Life Gives You Tangerines (Korean title Thank You for Your Hard Work) then now is the time to start. The final four episodes dropped on Friday and wraps up a truly exceptional drama, telling the story through four seasons and three generations of parents and children set … Continue reading →

Posted in K-dramas | Tagged IU, Moon So Ri, Park Bo Gum, Park Hae Joon

IU and Park Bo Gum’s New Drama When Life Gives You Tangerines Release Script Reading and Confirms Broadcast in 2024 on Netfix

A Koala's Playground Posted on February 3, 2024 by ockoalaFebruary 4, 2024
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I love the orangy colored backdrop for this announcement, feels so apropos and cheeky. Netflix announced that it will be airing the Jeju Island set K-drama When Life Gives You Tangerines (Korean title Thank You for Your Hard Work) this year in 2024. The drama stars IU and Park Bo Gum as the leads and will go through eras with … Continue reading →

Posted in K-dramas | Tagged IU, Moon So Ri, Park Bo Gum, Park Hae Joon, Thank You for Your Hard Work, When Life Gives You Tangerines

tvN to Air I Have Not Done My Best and Anthology Series O’PENing for Fri-Sat Time Slot After Shooting Star Ends

A Koala's Playground Posted on June 2, 2022 by ockoalaJune 2, 2022
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Looks like tvN is taking a breather in its Fri-Sat 10:30 time slot, with Shooting Star (Sh**ting Stars) wrapping up soon the network won’t air anything new. Instead on Fridays it will air the anthology series O’PENing with one to two episodes of various stories, and in the Saturday time slot it will air the Park Hae Joon midlife crisis … Continue reading →

Posted in K-dramas | Tagged I Have Not Done My Best Yet, O'PENing, Park Hae Joon

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
Airplane flying above city in clouds.

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

Park Hae Joon Parlays Success as Douchebag Husband in The World of the Married into K-remake of Money Heist and Headlining Career First Rom-com Drama

A Koala's Playground Posted on February 15, 2021 by ockoalaFebruary 16, 2021
Two men in stylish jackets, smiling.

I think Park Hae Joon is a great actor, one of the best character actors in his generation considering I always remember his roles more than him as an actor. But goodness does he have “resting jerk face” and none moreso than in last year’s biggest drama hit The World of the Married. I’m glad he’s not typecasting himself anymore … Continue reading →

Posted in K-dramas | Tagged Park Hae Joon

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
Group of six actors posing for photoshoot.

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

jTBC Drama The World of the Married Leaps in Ratings as Second Episode Gets 9.979%

A Koala's Playground Posted on March 28, 2020 by ockoalaMarch 28, 2020
Three actors in a dramatic, monochrome setting.

Holy momma bad cheating husbands and horrible marriages must be all the rage because jTBC hit on an even bigger ratings gold mine with its new Fri-Sat drama. The World of the Married brought in an insane second episode ratings of 9.979%, a 3.719% increase from episode 1 and the record setting ratings for the highest premiere of any jTBC … Continue reading →

Posted in K-dramas | Tagged Kim Hee Ae, Park Hae Joon, The World of the Married

Fri-Sat Drama The World of the Married with Kim Hee Ae and Park Hae Joon Premieres with Highest jTBC Ratings Ever With 6.260%

A Koala's Playground Posted on March 28, 2020 by ockoalaMarch 28, 2020
Romantic scene between a couple indoors.

Cable network jTBC is ON FIRE. Drama gods are on the side of the second most well-known cable network in 2020, with the conclusion of record setting Itaewon Class the follow up drama sets a new ratings record as well. The makjang The World the Married with Kim Hee Ae and Park Hae Joon got 6.260% ratings in the first … Continue reading →

Posted in K-dramas | Tagged Kim Hee Ae, Park Hae Joon, The World of the Married

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