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Seo Hyun Jin and Jang Ryul to Start Filming K-drama Love Me Adapted From a Swedish TV Show of the Same Name

A Koala's Playground Posted on January 14, 2025 by ockoalaJanuary 14, 2025
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This sounds like a prestige series so makes even more sense that the female lead signed on is Seo Hyun Jin. I couldn’t get myself excited to watch her last drama The Trunk despite loving both leads in the drama because a slow burn dark show wasn’t my jam during the cold weather and holiday season. But she will be … Continue reading →

Posted in TW & C dramas | Tagged Jang Ryul, Love Me, Seo Hyun Jin | 7 Replies

K-ent Events Cancelled a Day After the South Korean President Declares and then Lifts Martial Law

A Koala's Playground Posted on December 4, 2024 by ockoalaDecember 4, 2024
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It was a wild Tuesday evening this week in South Korea, as President Yoon Suk Yeol went on TV to unilaterally impose martial law on the country, claiming national security reasons as his opposition he asserts was trying to destabilize the country and also colluding with North Korea. Everyone not President Yoon collectively lost their shit and went to protest … Continue reading →

Posted in K-dramas | Tagged Gong Yoo, Kim Soo Hyun, Seo Hyun Jin | 45 Replies

Netflix K-drama The Trunk with Gong Yoo and Seo Hyun Jin Received Mixed Reviews and Reception From Critics and Viewers Alike

A Koala's Playground Posted on December 3, 2024 by ockoalaDecember 2, 2024
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So last weekend was the premiere of The Trunk on Netflix, the last big premiere before the behemoth Squid Game 2 arrives end of the month at Christmas time. Starring Gong Yoo and Seo Hyun Jin and adapted from the same name novel, the drama puts powerhouse A-list leads with a much more subdued and slow burn story. The reviews … Continue reading →

Posted in K-dramas | Tagged Gong Yoo, Seo Hyun Jin, The Trunk | 80 Replies

Netflix Releases Poster and Preview for Thriller K-drama The Trunk with Seo Hyun Jin and Gong Yoo Premiering End of November 2024

A Koala's Playground Posted on November 3, 2024 by ockoalaNovember 3, 2024
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It’s almost time to find out what’s in The Trunk as streaming giant Netflix heads towards year end 2024 with two big K-dramas on deck in totally different genres and tonality. First comes The Trunk with Seo Hyun Jin and Gong Yoo premiering November 29th, adapted from a novel of the same name. It’s a psychological thriller that has Gong … Continue reading →

Posted in K-dramas | Tagged Gong Yoo, Seo Hyun Jin, The Trunk | 11 Replies

First Look at Concerned Gong Yoo and Calm Seo Hyun Jin in Netflix Thriller K-drama The Trunk

A Koala's Playground Posted on February 7, 2024 by ockoalaFebruary 7, 2024
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Netflix has high hopes for the 2024 K-drama season after a lackluster 2023 with the exception of The Glory. Aside from Squid Game 2 being the most high profile, along with Sweet Home 3 and Hellbound 2 additional sequels, they have on deck The Trunk (The Suitcase) as a high brow psychological drama about a woman who does contract marriages … Continue reading →

Posted in K-dramas | Tagged Gong Yoo, Seo Hyun Jin, The Trunk | 4 Replies

Song Hye Kyo Takes Home the Daesang at the 2nd Annual Blue Dragon Series Awards with Suzy Winning Best Actress and Ha Jung Woo Getting Best Actor

A Koala's Playground Posted on July 19, 2023 by ockoalaJuly 19, 2023
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Last year in 2022 was the first ever Blue Dragon Series Awards as the awards body until then was exclusively a movie awards ceremony. So this year in 2023 its only the 2nd annual Blue Dragon Series Awards and last nights in person ceremony was full of big name stars but devoid of any meaningful and well dressed fashion per … Continue reading →

Posted in Awards, K-dramas | Tagged Cha Eun Woo, Cha Joo Young, D.O., Gong Hyo Jin, Ha Jung Woo, Jeon Hye Bin, Jung Eun Chae, Jung Ryeo Won, Kim Go Eun, Kim Seo Hyung, Lee Elijah, Lee Jung Jae, Lee Kwang Soo, Lee Sung Min, Lim Ji Yeon, Park Hyung Sik, Park Shin Hye, Park Sung Hoon, Seo Hyun Jin, Shin Ye Eun, Song Hye Kyo, Suzy, Yoona, Yura, Yuri | 30 Replies

Gong Yoo and Seo Hyun in Talks for Netflix Romance Drama Trunk and Finally Fulfilling Netizen Dream Pairing

A Koala's Playground Posted on February 21, 2023 by ockoalaFebruary 21, 2023
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I’m ready to pack my suitcase and travel to drama dream casting land now with the BIG news that Seo Hyun Jin and Gong Yoo may finally work together! And in a romance based drama called Trunk to boot! As long as it’s a real romance story and not a pull the rug out from under you type like The … Continue reading →

Posted in K-dramas | Tagged Gong Yoo, Seo Hyun Jin, Trunk | 6 Replies

Kim Nam Gil Takes Home the Daesang at the 2022 SBS Year End Drama Awards as All Major Hit Drama Leads Win Other Prizes

A Koala's Playground Posted on December 31, 2022 by ockoalaDecember 31, 2022
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A lot of Year End Awards thunder was stolen thanks to MBC doing theirs the night before and Lee Jong Seok winning the Daesang where he thanked a special someone who turned out to be real life girlfriend IU. Like, that’s drama writing in a K-ent themed drama haha. New Year’s Eve saw SBS which had the most hits hold … Continue reading →

Posted in Awards | Tagged Ahn Hyo Seob, Kim Nam Gil, Kim Se Jung, Lee Jun Ki, Namgoong Min, Seo Hyun Jin | 4 Replies

K-netizens Discuss the SBS 2022 Year End Drama Daesang as a Two-way Race Between Kim Nam Gil and Namgoong Min with Nods to Lee Jun Ki, Seo Hyun Jin, and Kim Rae Won

A Koala's Playground Posted on December 12, 2022 by ockoalaDecember 10, 2022
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It’s tough that of the three public channels in South Korea really only SBS had a good year. With the slate basically done it’s time to look at the contenders for Daesang at the Year End Drama Awards for 2022 and it’s looking like a two-man race between Kim Nam Gil for Through the Darkness and Namgoong Min for One … Continue reading →

Posted in Awards | Tagged Kim Nam Gil, Kim Rae Won, Lee Jun Ki, Namgoong Min, Seo Hyun Jin | 9 Replies

K-netizens Most Discussed Dream Pairings of Actors and Actresses That Still Haven’t Worked Together Yet on a Drama or Movie

A Koala's Playground Posted on August 14, 2022 by ockoalaAugust 14, 2022
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So the order of the GIFs and pictures are in the ranking of how frequently K-netizens discuss wanting these two to work together. I can’t disagree with most dream pairings especially when the perfectly curated GIF delivers all the feels in mere seconds of a stitched together scene. To date, the most common wish is for Hyun Bin and Jeon … Continue reading →

Posted in My Loves | Tagged Gong Yoo, Ha Ji Won, Hyun Bin, Kang Ha Neul, Kim Ji Won, Kim Nam Gil, Kim Soo Hyun, KIm Tae Ri, Park Bo Gum, Park Bo Young, Park Seo Joon, Seo Hyun Jin, Son Ye Jin, Song Kang, Suzy | 53 Replies

Hwang In Yeop Criticized for His Acting in Why Her But Entertainment Writer Places the Falling Ratings on the Poor Script Wasting a Stellar Performance by Seo Hyun Jin

A Koala's Playground Posted on July 6, 2022 by ockoalaJuly 6, 2022
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An article over the weekend discussing Sat-Sun SBS drama Why Her (Why Oh Soo Jae) delved into trying to analyze why the drama went from red hot start to a u-turned trajectory in the span of three weeks. The drama broke 10% ratings by episode 4 but since then has only gone down in ratings and the most recent episode … Continue reading →

Posted in K-dramas | Tagged Hwang In Yeop, Seo Hyun Jin, Why Her | 51 Replies

SBS Fri-Sat Legal Drama Why Her with Seo Hyun Jin Surges in Ratings Again to Break 10% by Episode 4

A Koala's Playground Posted on June 11, 2022 by ockoalaJune 12, 2022
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Wow, just wow. Totally did NOT see this coming. SBS Fri-Sat time slot is already resting on a recent successful drama run with Again My Life but now it has another hit and it may be even more successful yet to come. Why Her with Seo Hyun Jin and Hwang In Yeop just hit 10.1% ratings in episode 4, and … Continue reading →

Posted in K-dramas | Tagged Hwang In Yeop, Seo Hyun Jin, Why Her | 15 Replies

MBC Premieres Doctor Lawyer and SBS Drops Why Her for New Fri-Sat Drama Offerings This Weekend

A Koala's Playground Posted on June 3, 2022 by ockoalaJune 4, 2022
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There is such a noted lack of buzz for this weekend’s new dramas but heck, if it’s good then they (the viewers) will come. MBC sees the premiere of Doctor Lawyer with So Ji Sub, who is such an A-list leading man he has to play not one but two professional genius hahaha. He’s a top doctor who loses his … Continue reading →

Posted in K-dramas | Tagged Doctor Lawyer, Seo Hyun Jin, So Ji Sub, Why Her | 5 Replies

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