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Kim Woo Bin and Shin Mina Announce Marriage with Wedding Next Month December 2025 in Seoul

A Koala's Playground Posted on November 20, 2025 by ockoalaNovember 20, 2025
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End of the year is usually not nuptial season but I’m glad to see celebs are trying out winter weddings. Korean stars Kim Woo Bin and Shin Mina announced this week that they will be getting married next month in December 2025. The couple will be tying the knot after 10 years of dating, during which time there was a … Continue reading →

Posted in Miscellaneous | Tagged Dating, Kim Woo Bin, Married, Shin Mina, Wedding | 10 Replies

First Stills from K-drama Adaptation of Remarried Empress Hits the Visuals Out of the Park for the Four Leads Shin Mina, Joo Ji Hoon, Lee Jong Seok, and Lee Se Young

A Koala's Playground Posted on November 13, 2025 by ockoalaNovember 13, 2025
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Hoo boy do these four K-stars look phenomenal in character for the upcoming K-drama version of webtoon Remarried Empress. Even if it’s a hot mess adaptation (and honesty the webtoon was also a hot mess to begin with) at least the visuals will be glorious and spot on. Shin Mina does regal and classy Navier beautifully and Joo Ji Hoon … Continue reading →

Posted in K-dramas | Tagged Joo Ji Hoon, Lee Jong Seok, Lee Se Young, Shin Mina | 25 Replies

Script Reading Stills Star-studded Cast of Shin Mina, Joo Ji Hoon, Lee Jong Seok, and Lee Se Young in K-drama Live Action Adaptation of Remarried Empress

A Koala's Playground Posted on June 20, 2025 by ockoalaJune 20, 2025
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The cast has been assembled and what’s left is to see how exactly a live action K-drama version of manhwa Remarried Empress will turn out. The over/under on hot mess versus unexpectedly compelling starts now. That it could even be good comes from a strong and very famous foursome cast of Shin Mina, Lee Jong Seok, Joo Ji Hoon, and … Continue reading →

Posted in K-dramas | Tagged Joo Ji Hoon, Lee Jong Seok, Lee Se Young, Remarried Empress, Shin Mina

Netflix Dark Thriller K-drama Karma Reaches #2 on the Non-English Show Chart in Second Full Week of Premiere

A Koala's Playground Posted on April 19, 2025 by ockoalaApril 19, 2025
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Last month in March 2025 K-drama land was all about When Life Gives You Tangerines, the Netflix drama that spanned generations and delivered on tears of joy and sadness. Netflix this month went a totally different genre route and early in April premiered Karma, a thriller tale of greed, betrayal, and revenge that interwoven the lives of six people in … Continue reading →

Posted in K-dramas | Tagged Gong Seung Yeon, Karma, Kim Sung Kyun, Kwang Soo, Lee Hee Joon, Park Hae Soo, Shin Mina

K-drama Adaptation of Remarried Empress Confirms Main Cast of Shin Mina, Lee Jong Seok, Joo Ji Hoon, and Lee Se Young with Filming to Commence in June 2025

A Koala's Playground Posted on April 2, 2025 by ockoalaApril 1, 2025
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Now I’m more nervous than excited with the confirmation of the cast and the commencement of filming. The K-drama adaptation of webtoon Remarried Empress can be either fun and different or a total hot mess lol. It will air on Disney+ which seems like a match made in heaven what with the royalty theme but of course toss in a … Continue reading →

Posted in K-dramas | Tagged Joo Ji Hoon, Lee Jong Seok, Lee Se Young, Remarried Empress, Shin Mina

Disney+ Picks Up K-drama Adaptation of Webtoon Remarried Empress with Shin Mina, Lee Jong Seok, Joo Ji Hoon, and Lee Se Young

A Koala's Playground Posted on March 16, 2025 by ockoalaMarch 16, 2025
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So this is really happening and with this main foursome cast, I never could have fantasy cast this lol. K-ent is reporting that the K-drama adaptation of webtoon Remarried Empress will air on Disney+ and is slated to be a 10-episode drama. Please drop it all at once Disney+ rather than one episode or a few episodes a week, pretty … Continue reading →

Posted in K-dramas | Tagged Joo Ji Hoon, Lee Jong Seok, Lee Se Young, Remarried Empress, Shin Mina

Joo Ji Hoon in Talks for the Male Lead Antagonist Role in Remarried Empress with Shin Mina and Lee Jong Seok

A Koala's Playground Posted on January 25, 2025 by ockoalaJanuary 23, 2025
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In a real casting way and in a meta casting way, this is about as good as I can hope for with the drama adaptation of webtoon Remarried Empress coming along. This week there is news that Joo Ji Hoon is in talks to play Emperor Sovieshu, the male lead antagonist of the drama, or shall we say the BIGGEST … Continue reading →

Posted in K-dramas | Tagged Joo Ji Hoon, Lee Jong Seok, Remarried Empress, Shin Mina

Shin Mina and Lee Jong Seok Offered Lead Roles in K-drama Adaptation of Period Webtoon Remarried Empress

A Koala's Playground Posted on December 9, 2024 by ockoalaDecember 9, 2024
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I must’ve been under a rock the day that the first casting news came out because this second news only made me do not one but two double takes in quick succession. K-ent is reporting today that Lee Jong Seok has been offered the male lead Prince Heinrey (later Emperor) in period romance K-drama Remarried Empress, where Shin Mina is … Continue reading →

Posted in K-dramas | Tagged Lee Jong Seok, Remarried Empress, Shin Mina

Shin Mina Recruits Kim Young Dae as Her Fake Groom in tvN Rom-com No Gain No Love

A Koala's Playground Posted on July 29, 2024 by ockoalaJuly 29, 2024
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The promos are starting for the next tvN Mon-Tues drama No Love No Gain which premieres at the end of August. Starring Shin Mina and Kim Young Dae, it’s the story of a very penny pinching who keeps track of relationships in money saved or spent until she needs to recruit a fake groom to net a promotion at work. … Continue reading →

Posted in K-dramas | Tagged Kim Young Dae, No Gain No Love, Shin Mina

Shin Mina and Kim Young Dae Confirmed for K-drama Because I Don’t Want to Lose

A Koala's Playground Posted on September 13, 2023 by ockoalaSeptember 12, 2023
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So there has been a male lead swap but the age bracket is the same. Shin Mina and Kim Young Dae, rather than earlier rumored Lee Jong Won, will be pairing up for the K-drama Because I Don’t Want to Lose. It’s from the writer of Her Private Life and the PD of Work Later, Drink Now and is about … Continue reading →

Posted in K-dramas | Tagged Kim Young Dae, Shin Mina

Park Hae Soo and Shin Mina in Talks for Streaming Thriller Drama Ill Fate

A Koala's Playground Posted on August 30, 2023 by ockoalaAugust 30, 2023
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A new K-drama is casting with offers out to Park Hae Soo and Shin Mina, in a thriller that doesn’t seem like a happy ending in sight. It’s called Ill Fate (Evil Fate or Bad Destiny) adapted from a webtoon and is about the female lead who is a doctor dealing with a childhood traumatic memory and a man who … Continue reading →

Posted in K-dramas | Tagged Ill Fate, Park Hae Soo, Shin Mina

Rising K-actor Lee Jong Won is Shin Mina’s Male Lead in Rom-com Because I Don’t Want to Lose

A Koala's Playground Posted on August 4, 2023 by ockoalaAugust 3, 2023
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I thought K-actor Lee Jong Won got his big leading man break already being cast opposite Honey Lee in her upcoming sageuk drama Night Blooming Flower but before that has even aired he’s getting a second A-list drama costar. He’s been cast as Shin Mina‘s leading man in the modern rom-com Because I Don’t Want to Lose from the screenwriter … Continue reading →

Posted in K-dramas | Tagged Lee Jong Won, Shin Mina

Shin Mina Signs on for Rom-com K-drama Because I Don’t Want to Lose From the Writer of Her Private Life

A Koala's Playground Posted on June 27, 2023 by ockoalaJune 27, 2023
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The success of classic K-drama rom-com King the Land may give more wind under the sails for upcoming rom-coms and hopefully more of it. Another one in the works is Because I Don’t Want to Lose and has inked Shin Mina as the female lead. The story is about a really put upon young woman who has nothing good in … Continue reading →

Posted in K-dramas | Tagged Because I Don't Want to Lose, Shin Mina

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