Not as exciting as it would have been a week ago...

As an enthusiastic fan of Korean entertainment, I was very sad to hear of the suicide of actress Choi Jin-Shil, whose most recent production was the sweet, funny, Cinderella-esque k-drama My Last Scandal. Ms. Choi's death cast a profoundly depressing shadow over what would otherwise have been a weekend's worth of great drama news: according to Dramabeans, the powers that be have now fully cast the Korean version of Hana Yori Dango, so I'm assuming the project is now up and running.