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Lee Byung Hun Apologizes at the Airport Upon Returning to Korea with Lee Min Jung

A Koala's Playground Posted on February 27, 2015 by ockoalaFebruary 27, 2015

Oh boy, that kid’s face says it all, doesn’t it? Incheon airport was a frenzy yesterday as A-list but scandal prone actor Lee Byung Hun returned to Korea with his pregnant wifey actress Lee Min Jung in tow. The two have spent the last two months in the US likely to lay low as the legal proceedings wrapped in the … Continue reading →

Posted in Miscellaneous | Tagged Lee Byung Hun, Lee Min Jung, Scandals | 48 Replies

The Public Sniping Escalates in Kim Hyun Joong Becoming a Baby Daddy Predicament

A Koala's Playground Posted on February 24, 2015 by ockoalaFebruary 24, 2015

A mess doesn’t even begin to describe the public back-and forth going on this week between Kim Hyun Joong and his ex-girlfriend-likely-baby momma Ms. Choi. The whiplash sniping is taking place via their respective mouthpieces, KeyEast representing Kim Hyung Joong and Ms. Choi continuing to be repped by her lawyer during the domestic violence assault case from last summer, but … Continue reading →

Posted in Miscellaneous | Tagged Kim Hyun Joong, Scandals | 74 Replies

Kim Hyun Joong Releases Statement Claiming He has No Confirmation of Ex-girlfriend Pregnancy

A Koala's Playground Posted on February 23, 2015 by ockoalaFebruary 22, 2015

The Kim Hyun Joong “soon to become a baby daddy and is getting married to reconciled ex-girlfriend” breaking news from yesterday has morphed into even more stunning developments that leave me shaking my head. This isn’t even about casting blame or supporting one side, I genuinely have no clue what is really going on, or whether the truth even matters … Continue reading →

Posted in Miscellaneous | Tagged Kim Hyun Joong, Scandals | 63 Replies

Kim Hyun Joong Expecting a Baby with Reconciled Ex-girlfriend from Domestic Abuse Scandal

A Koala's Playground Posted on February 21, 2015 by ockoalaFebruary 21, 2015

I genuinely thought there was no more updates to the Kim Hyun Joong legal scandal from 2014 when he was accused of domestic violence against his ex-girlfriend. I covered the case here because I had a soft spot for Kim Hyun Joong after he did Playful Kiss, and because the allegations are so serious and I tried to parse the … Continue reading →

Posted in Miscellaneous | Tagged Kim Hyun Joong, Scandals | 122 Replies

Running Man in Hot Water with Ill-conceived Twitter Campaign to Pressure Yoon Eun Hye to Guest

A Koala's Playground Posted on February 11, 2015 by ockoalaFebruary 11, 2015

The bad publicity keeps dogging SBS recently and I can’t help but feel it’s primarily self-inflicted by the bad decisions made by the network. There’s the desperate effort to revive audience interest in the flagging prime time drama Hyde, Jekyll, Me, and now even the popular SBS variety show Running Man is in hot waters due to an unfortunately thought … Continue reading →

Posted in Miscellaneous | Tagged Kim Jong Kook, Running Man, Scandals, Yoon Eun Hye | 11 Replies

The Fact Snaps Kim So Eun on Late Night Date with Son Ho Joon

A Koala's Playground Posted on February 8, 2015 by ockoalaFebruary 8, 2015

This so-called breaking dating news almost seems inevitable and bound to elicit angry fan reaction based on other recent developments, yet at the same time it’s still just two happy people dating which is never a bad thing. Tabloid fixture The Fact (formerly Sports Seoul) has just released photo evidence of resurgent popular K-actress Kim So Eun out on a late … Continue reading →

Posted in Miscellaneous | Tagged Dating, Kim So Eun, Scandals, Son Ho Joon, We Got Married | 62 Replies

Kim Hyun Joong Fined by Police for One Admitted Instance of Injuring His Ex-girlfriend

A Koala's Playground Posted on January 19, 2015 by ockoalaJanuary 19, 2015

The Kim Hyun Joong assault allegations case came to a surprising end this week, surprising for me only because I thought it was completely over after he issued a public written apology to his ex-girlfriend for physically hurting her in the past and she subsequently dropped the charges against him. Turns out the Korean justice system isn’t as douchey as it … Continue reading →

Posted in Miscellaneous | Tagged Kim Hyun Joong, Scandals | 23 Replies

Jang Geun Seok Leaves Three Meals a Day: Fishing Village Due to Tax Scandal

A Koala's Playground Posted on January 15, 2015 by ockoalaJanuary 15, 2015

In a whiplash inducing about-turn, news just broke that Jang Geun Seok will henceforth NOT be in the cast of the upcoming tvN reality show Three Meals a Day: Fishing Village. The spin-off of the original concept show Three Meals a Day was supposed to air tomorrow Friday January 15th but will now be delayed a week until January 23rd … Continue reading →

Posted in Miscellaneous | Tagged Jang Geun Seok, Scandals, Three Meals a Day | 44 Replies

Lee Byung Hun’s Blackmailers Get Jail Time While He Just Gets a Text Message Public Shaming

A Koala's Playground Posted on January 14, 2015 by ockoalaJanuary 14, 2015

Lady justice has spoken, or perhaps she’s long dead and buried, as the Lee Byung Hun getting blackmailed trial comes to an end today in a South Korean courtroom as the two blackmailing ladies got handed down their sentences. Model Lee Ji Yeon got slapped with a year and two months in the slammer while her accomplice/co-defendant Dahee of GLAM got … Continue reading →

Posted in Miscellaneous | Tagged Dahee, Lee Byung Hun, Lee Ji Yeon, Scandals | 59 Replies

Han Ye Seul’s Rehabilitated Acting Career Hits Speed Bump with New Financial Scandal

A Koala's Playground Posted on January 13, 2015 by ockoalaJanuary 13, 2015

Talk about a case of spectacularly bad timing for Han Ye Seul, but if she did screw up and break some Korean finance laws then I reckon the timing is just her cross to bear. After wrapping her weekend drama Birth of a Beauty this past weekend, getting positive reviews and K-netizens forgiveness finally after the Spy Myung Wol fiasco … Continue reading →

Posted in Miscellaneous | Tagged Han Ye Seul, Lee Soo Man, Scandals, SM | 9 Replies

China Drug Scandal Ends: Kai Ko Restarts Career and Jaycee Chan Sentenced and Out by February

A Koala's Playground Posted on January 12, 2015 by ockoalaJanuary 11, 2015

It’s a tale of two sides of the Strait last week as the big scandal from last summer 2014 came to an end at nearly the same time for the two major participants involved. It’s nearly six months since the August 2014 shocking Beijing drug arrest of Taiwanese actor Kai Ko and Hong Kong actor Jaycee Chan, better known as … Continue reading →

Posted in Miscellaneous | Tagged Jaycee Chan, Kai Ko, Scandals | 12 Replies

Scandal Fallout Dichotomy: Nescafe Replaces Lee Byung Hun with Suzy while Lotte Keeps Kim Hyun Joong

A Koala's Playground Posted on December 5, 2014 by ockoalaDecember 5, 2014

It was a really rocky year in K-pop just based on the few unexpected events that were so big even I took notice of it, much less if a myriad of smaller scandals were added to it. On the K-acting side the biggest scandals were the one-two punch (no pun intended) of the Kim Hyun Joong alleged assault case followed … Continue reading →

Posted in Miscellaneous | Tagged Kim Hyun Joong, Lee Byung Hun, Scandals | 41 Replies

Lee Byung Hun Makes an Airport Public Apology to Wife Lee Min Jung Who is Reportedly Moving Back Home

A Koala's Playground Posted on October 21, 2014 by ockoalaOctober 21, 2014

Things appear to be winding down in the public and personal side of the recent K-ent scandal where A-list movie star Lee Byung Hun was blackmail by two young ladies using a recorded racy late night conversation. One of the blackmailers was Dahee of girl group GLAM while the other being a model who claimed she was having an affair … Continue reading →

Posted in Miscellaneous | Tagged Lee Byung Hun, Lee Min Jung, Scandals | 19 Replies

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