Middle School Yoona Revealed, "Same Face, Taller"

Photos of Yoona when she was in middle school were recently revealed and have been garnering attention.

An online community site grabbed the attention of netizens by posting capture photos of Yoona during her middle school days.

The photos posted were from TVXQ's 'Magic Castle' music video back in 2004, when Yoona was a 15 year old middle schooler.

What made the photos become such a hot topic was Yoona's unchanged beauty.

Netizens showed various responses saying, "Beauty since birth,  confirmed", "Middle schooler Yoona, so loveable", and, "Only her body  grew," not hesitating to compliment her.

Translated by: ch0sshi @soshified.com

Credit to: 박혜옥 기자 - newscj.com

Lee Jung shows his love for SNSD, 2NE1, & IU

These days, interest has been running high on which girl groups or singers male entertainers became fans of while they were serving in the military.

Singer Lee Jung was recently discharged from the marines, and while he appeared on “Kim Jung Eun’s Chocolate” on the 14th, he revealed his favorite female idols.

During his segment, Kim Jung Eun asked the singer, “I’ve heard that you’ve prepared some fun and spectacular performances“. Lee Jung replied, “I’m going to be playing the songs that gave me a lot of strength during my time in the army, but with my own twist.”

Lee Jung then sat down at a keyboard and introduced his song to the audience. “When I was ranked low in the army, I had a lot of hard times. Right then I heard a song that was claiming 1st place on the charts. I’ve only heard the song but I felt really good. I’m going to be playing the song in my style; it’ll be dedicated to the artist.”

The singer received a enthusiastic response from the audience when he played SNSD’s “Gee“, 2NE1’s “I Don’t Care“, and IU’s “Good Day“.

Source: Newsen #1, #2 via Nate

Credits: Allkpop

The Most Popular Celebrities and Songs this Valentine's！

The SNSD girls have once again proven their international popularity, recently topping a Valentine's Day survey conducted by Thailand's Ministry of Public Health in collaboration with Suan Dusit Poll. 

Out of 431 males and 581 females between the ages of 12 - 24, 47% replied that they already had a lover; roses were elected as the most sought-after gift, traveling was chosen as the best activity to share with a lover, the most romantic place to according to Thai teens was proven to be the sea, while lovers beat out parents when it came to who people wanted to give their Valentine's Day gifts. SNSD came out on top when the topic was which celebrity Thai youths wished to be their Valentine; beating out Thai hotties Nadech Kugimiya and Pae Arak Amornsupasiri, singers Natthew and Bie The Star, and politician Abhisit Vejjajiva.

Popular Korean portal site, Daum, also held a poll with the topic "Good Songs For Confessing to a Girl on Valentine's Day". "Oh!", the lead track from SNSD's second full-album came in at lucky number 9; quite a feat considering it's a track completely directed at males. However, it does carry the message any male would want to hear from the object of their affections. 

"Oh Oh Oh Oppa, Saranghae !"

Meanwhile, Shin Min-Ah's "ShaLaLa" took the #1 spot, with Narsha's "I'm In Love" and Davichi's "From Me To You" coming in at #2 and #3 respectively.

Written by: Procrastinatoress@soshified.com

Lee Yeon Hee holds her first photo exhibition

At the arrival of some of her celebrity friends, Lee Yeon Hee greeted them warmly. Around 1:30 PM,SNSD’s Jessica, Yoona, and f(x)’s Krystal arrived, followed by Super Junior’s Si Won at 4:30 PM and actor Kim Min Jong at 5 PM.

(omitted parts irrelevant to SNSD.)

Source: Sports Chosun via Nate

Credits: Allkpop

110216 Top 20 male and female entertainer's gross incomes from CFs in 2010

The chart below represents the top 20 male and female entertainers in terms of 2010 gross income from CFs. This is not what the entertainers themselves received after their companies take a cut, etc etc. 

The left column is for men and the right column is for women.

QUOTE

Top 20 - Females

1. Lee Youngae - ₩ 1.1 billion ($1.07 million USD)

2. Go Hyunjung - ₩ 1 billion ($894,000 USD)

3. Kim Taehee - ₩ 800 million ($715,200 USD)

4. Jeon Jihyun - ₩ 800 million ($715,200 USD)

5. Wonder Girls - ₩ 800 million ($715,200 USD)

6. 2NE1 - ₩ 800 million ($715,200 USD)

7. After School - ₩ 800 million ($715,200 USD)

8. Lee Hyori - ₩ 700 million ($625,800 USD)

9. Go Soyoung - ₩ 700 million ($625,800 USD)

10. Lee Nayoung - ₩ 700 million ($625,800 USD)

11. Lee Miyeon - ₩ 700 million ($625,800 USD)

12. Song Hyegyo - ₩ 700 million ($625,800 USD)

13. Moon Geunyoung - ₩ 700 million ($625,800 USD)

14. Han Gain - ₩ 700 million ($625,800 USD)

15. SNSD - ₩ 700 million ($625,800 USD)

16. Jang Mihee - ₩ 600 million ($536,400 USD)

17. Kim Heeae - ₩ 600 million ($536,400 USD)

18. Kim Namjoo - ₩ 600 million ($536,400 USD)

19. Ha Jiwon - ₩ 600 million ($536,400 USD)

20. Han Yeseul - ₩ 600 million ($536,400 USD)

CREDIT: NATE, YGLADIES, AKP/JoongAng Daily (SOURCES) ; roMANtaec@2ONEDAY.COM (SUMMARY)

Taken from : Daily Kpop

Netizens WOWed by YoonA’s unedited ad photos

Recently, YoonA’s unedited advertisement images on online community sites have garnered much attention among netizens.

Some of YoonA’s latest unedited ad photos for a cosmetic brand (most probably Innisfree) were revealed and apparently, netizens were WOWed and amazed by her milky white and flawless skin complexion.

Netizens who saw the ad images commented, “Skin beauty…I’m exhausted from saying ‘pretty’ too many times”, “Although there are dark circles below her eyes, she is really pretty”, etc.

Meanwhile, YoonA’s appearance in TVXQ’s ‘Magic Castle’ when she was 15 have also attracted a lot of attentions from fans and netizens.

Credit:tvdaily.co.kr

Taken from: Fanwonder

Yoona's new photos for Innisfree!

Check out Yoona's latest promotional photos for Innisfree here.

Credits to yurui912 for the photos

Taken from: Daily Kpop

SNSD fans donated blood to Leukemia Patient Group under Sooyoung's name

SNSD fans brought about warmth through a meaningful, good deed.

On the 15th, the person in charge of SNSD's fan cafe revealed, "We collected 107 blood donation certificates from various cafe members, and donated them to the Korea Leukemia Patient Group under SNSD member Sooyoung's name."

This was planned by representative SNSD fan cafe 'Hwa Soo Eun Hwa', and had members from the fan cafe 'Cistus' participate.

One member that participated in this blood drive, Kim, stated, "I'm glad to have been able to do a meaningful deed last year, as well as this year. I hope the donations are of some help."

SNSD fans collected blood donation certificates last year as well. Fans have also been active in other types of donations and volunteer work.

Translated by: ch0sshi @soshified.com

Credit to: 최준용 기자 - asiae.co.kr

Taken from: Daily Kpop

Korean footballer, Ki Seungyong is jealous of Yongseo

Korea Republic and Celtic’s Central Midfielder, Ki Seungyong is jealous of the Yongseo couple.

On February 15th, Ki tweeted, “I’m jealous of Yongseo Couple…WGM is fun…hahahaha”, expressing his envy of the couple’s loving ‘married’ life.

Ki Seungyong is known for his admiration towards Seohyun. On SBS ‘Good Morning’ aired on July 7th last year, Ki Seungyong admitted that Seohyun and Yuri are his ideal types.

Netizens commented, “Ki Seungyong must be scared of being lonely in Scotland”, “I’m jealous of you instead”, “It seems that he really like Seohyun”,”Ki Seungyong is cute”, etc.

Credit: mdtoday.co.kr

Taken from: Fanwonder

SNSD’s appearance ranking revealed

An appearance ranking list was recently released on internet portal, Bestiz. The ranking was given based on the grades given by a group of plastic surgeons. The assessment was done not only based on looks alone but also other parameters such as face, height and physical proportions.

Based on these criteria, the girls were given points on a scale of 0.5 to 5.0, where 0.5 is the lowest point and 5.0 is the highest point.

Here are the scores:

YoonA – 4.7 points

Yuri – 4.4 points

Seohyun – 3.6 points

Sooyoung – 2.9 points

Jessica – 2.7 points

Tiffany – 2.3 points

Taeyeon – 2.1 points

Hyoyeon – 1.5 points

Sunny – 1.4 points

Netizens do not seem to agree with the assessment and commented, “This is a very subjective assessment” and “For me, the ranking will be different”.

If you noticed, most of the ‘Danshin’ members are in the lower half of the ranking.

Credit: mydaily.co.kr

Taken from: Fanwonder

SNSD to add ‘Pop Music Award’ to their trophy collection

SNSD, Rain, Jon Doyeon, Lee Bumsoo, etc are among the award recipients at ’2nd Korea Republic Seoul Cultural Arts Awards‘ organized by ‘Seoul Cultural Arts Association‘.

The award ceremony which will be held at Seoul Olympic Park at 7pm KST on February 28th is different from other award ceremonies as audience will be introduced to the richness of Korean culture and presented with various cultural performances.There will be a total of 11 categories of awards altogether to acknowledge those who have contributed in spreading Korea’s culture in 2010 through broadcast, movies, songs, etc.

Among the recipients of the awards are:

Special Award – Kim Youngjin (KBS ‘Thank you for your smile’ PD)

World Star Award – Rain

Documentary Broadcast Award – Kim Jinman, Kim Hyunchul (MBC ‘Amazon’s Tears’ PD)

Drama Scriptwriter Award – Kang Eunkyung (KBS ‘Baker King Kim Tak Goo’)

Drama Production Award – Lee Byunghun (MBC ‘Dong Yi’)

Movie Actor’s Award – Jon Doyeon (Movie ‘The Housemaid’)

Drama Actor’s Award – Lee Bumsoo (SBS ‘Giant’)

Pop Music Producer’s Award – Lee Sooman (SM Entertainment)

Film Maker’s Award – Ryu Seungwan (Movie ‘Bad Deal’)

Pop Music Award – SNSD (2nd Album ‘Oh!’)

Musical Actor’s Award – Jung Sunghwa (Musical ‘Heroes’)

Credit:mydaily.co.kr/newsis.com

Taken from: Fanwonder

Japanese music producer compares AKB48 to SNSD

Jpop composer cum producer Ryosuke Imai hinted that the country’s music is in some sort of a turmoil.

In the evening of February 11th, Imai tweeted, “I have watched AKB48′s performance on Fuji TV’s FNS Song Festival. The music, vocal projection, dance, style and everything are lacking behind SNSD. There’s nothing comparable“.

He added, “Composers and artists will be feeling the crisis as much as I do. It’s useless to just voice out complaints. A cooperation to remedy the situation is necessary”.

Ryosuke Imai is one of the top producers in Japan. He has been producing and working with big stars like Ayumi Hamasaki, Beni, K, AI, Double, etc. He had also produced some remix titles with artistes like Rain, Da Pump, Crystal Kay, BoA, etc.

Credit: nate.com/stoo.com

Taken from: Fanwonder

‘Different’ topped Dosirak’s Weekly Chart

Taeyeon and Kim Bumsoo’s duet ‘Different’ is no.1 on Dosirak’s Weekly Chart for Week 2 of February (February 6th to February 12th). The song charted at no.12 on Week 1 of February but soared all the way to the top in the space of just a week.

Also in the top 5 of the Week 2 chart are Park Jinyoung’s ‘Dream High’ OST, ‘Can’t Forget (If)’, G.Na’s ‘Black & White’, Kim Bokyung’s ‘Everyday’ and Secret’s ‘Shy Boy’.

Credit: newsis.com

Taken from: Fanwonder

CNBLUE’s Yonghwa teaches SNSD’s Seohyun how to snowboard

On February 12th, the ’sweet potato couple’ of MBC’s “We Got Married” received a mission of going snowboarding at a ski resort.

CNBLUE’s Yonghwa, who has always been known for his impressive snowboarding skills even before his debut, expressed his joy by shouting and immediately jumping up out of their seat for a warm up.

SNSD’s Seohyun, on the other hand, has never gone snowboarding in her life and gave out cry of agony over what was to come.  She expressed her nervousness over the situation throughout her black room interview, even commenting that she “was nervous.“

Yonghwa decided to play on her fears by scaring her into thinking that she will be falling a lot.  Although he attempted to teach her as professionally as he could, he eventually lost his patience and even threw the snowboard down, telling her to put it on herself.

Seohyun fired back whenever Yonghwa ordered her to “pick up her board” by answering, “I’ll pick it up on my own!”

Thankfully, Yonghwa’s concerns over her safety led him to make sure that she was properly suited up and knew all of the safety precautions.

In her interview, Seohyun commented with a smile, “I felt like I became a seven year old child because Yonghwa took care of everything for me”

After practicing for a bit on the beginners’ course, the couple decided to move on to the middle course after Yonghwa felt that Seohyun’s skills were improving.

Seohyun attempted to go backwards, but due to the fear of being unable to see where she was going, she fell down in a very ‘un-idol-like way,’ causing her hat to fly off and her hair to rustle up.

Clearly embarrassed, she attempted to fix her hair before turning back to face Yonghwa.  Later, she asked, “How is my hair?,” to which Yonghwa honestly replied, “It’s not okay.” Yonghwa thankfully rushed to her side when she fell and helped her back on her feet.

In her interview, Seohyun stated, “I was extremely embarrassed.  I had put my hair up in a bunch of pins in case my hat fell off, but it eventually did fall off.  I didn’t want him to come up to me while I was like that.”

Source + Photos: Newsen (1) (2) (3), Asia Economy, Osen, Star News via Daum

Credits: Allkpop

Daum releases poll results for top 9 most charismatic leaders

In a recent survey on Daum, fans voted for the most charismatic leader amongst K-pop idol groups. SNSD's Taeyeon received first place, coming in with 22,453 votes.

She was followed by Big Bang's G-Dragon, who received 5,590 votes. Victoria from f(x) received third place, drawing in 5,283 votes. Rounding out the top 4 was BEAST's Doojoon, who received 4,859 votes.

Others on the list include Yonghwa from C.N. Blue, CL from 2NE1, Jo Kwon from 2AM, Onew from SHINee, and Secret's Hyosung.

What do you think of this list? Are there any leaders that you think should have placed in the top 9?

1. Taeyeon (SNSD)

2. G-Dragon (Big Bang)

3. Victoria (f(x))

4. Doojoon (BEAST)

5. Yonghwa (C.N. Blue)

6. CL (2NE1)

7. Jokwon (2AM)

8. Onew (SHINee)

9. Hyosung (Secret)

credits: koreaboo

The influence of China- “Star of Asia”

Chinese portal site (http://www.vdfly.com/) surveyed the influence of China- “Star of Asia” was the theme. Survey and voting have ranked the following….

#1 Kim Hyunjoong 19.2% (3,068 votes)

#2 Song Seunghun 10.5% (1,684 votes)

#3 SNSD Yoona 7.9% (1,259 votes)

#4 Bi 7.4% (1,190 votes)

#5 DBSK Yunho 7.2% (1,148 votes)

#6 Park Shinhye 6.2% (991 votes)

#7 Lee Seunggi 4.3% (682 votes)

#8 Suju Heechul 3.7% (600 votes)

#9 Kim Junghoon 3.3% (529 votes)

#10 Moon Geunyoung 2.5% (291 votes)

credits: Yoongislove

photo uploaded: wilsone

Taeyeon’s back to black, SNSD sent birthday message to Go Ara

On February 11th, in a video message for fellow label mate, Go Ara’s 22nd birthday party, the girls were seen in white dresses, highlighting their feminine look and charming beauty. Among the members, Taeyeon seems to be the one who caught the attention of netizens. Apparently, she got her hair dyed black recently.

Netizens who saw the screen capture of the video commented, “Taeyeon’s hair style is pretty”, “How pretty they are. Their beauty shines brightly here”, “Please come back soon”, “Awesomely pretty”, “The dresses suit the atmosphere well”.

Credit: tvdaily.co.kr

Taken from: Fanwonder

Park Sunggwang, "SNSD's Sunny, the only idol that picks up when I call"

Comedian Park Sunggwang recently talked about his friendship with SNSD's Sunny.

During a recent broadcast of 'Unique Celebrity News' on OBS, Park Sunggwang garnered attention after mentioning SNSD's Sunny when asked which star he is close with. He stated, "I'm really close with Sunny. She's nice and is the only idol that actually picks up when I contact them."

Sunny became left a favorable impression with a friendly image and by showing respect to elders on KBS 2TV 'Invincible Youth'. She is still good friends with Park Sunggwang.

Netizens commented, "Sunny is really loveable", "I want to be friends with Sunny, too", and, "She really seems like she'd be nice."

Translated by: ch0sshi @soshified.com

Credit to: 백지은 기자 - sportschosun.com

Taken froM: Daily Kpop

Tiffany - Sunny bond revealed on SBS Midnight TV Entertainment!

Fans captured some close interactions between SNSD's Tiffany and Sunny on SBS Midnight TV Entertainment.

Check out the photos of the duo here.SNSD's members had a beauty talk during the show,the most beautiful SNSD's member is also revealed on the show.It's great to see the SNSD's girls having close relationships!

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Credits to SNSD Thread @ Baidu for the photos

Taken from: Daily Kpop

"We Entrust Valentine's Day To" SNSD & KARA

Japanese people voted KARA and SNSD’s songs as “Valentine’s Day Songs” #2 and #3 respectively.

AVEX’s company mu-mo created a poll asking people “Which love song would want to send to your Valentine?”. Japanese music site “BARKS” announced on the 10th that KARA’s “Mister” was #2 and SNSD’s “Gee” was #3.

#1 went to Nishino Kana’s “Distance”, #4 to Perfume’s “Chocolate Disco” and #5 to Hamasaki Ayumi’s “Virgin Road”.

Translated by: Kanki@Soshified.com

Taken from: Daily Kpop

SNSD Talk About Their Dior CF on Midnight TV

On February 10th Sooyoung, Hyoyeon, Yuri, Tiffany, Sunny, and Jessica, the six members of Girls' Generation who were recently signed on as models for Christian Dior cosmetics, made an appearance at SBS's Midnight TV Entertainment to talk about their new experience filming a Dior CF. While the segment was short, it was full of hilarious and cute moments.

The girls looked as radiant and cheery as ever, both in beauty and personality. As always, Hyoyeon threw in some unexpected phrases at the most perfectly awkward timing, making for huge laughs. Jessica seemed almost unable to hold her composure throughout the interview, while Sooyoung wittily commented that before joining Girls' Generation, she was the most beautiful girl she knew, to the delight of many.

One large focus of the interview was that while everyone got to act nice and pretty in the CF, Yuri transformed into mean girl (a beautiful mean girl, mind you). She yelled at a young man in the CF before throwing some sheets of paper unto the floor. Afterwards, Yuri's cello playing skills were revealed for all to see!

Video LINK: http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xgzehq_midnight-tv-entertainment-ep-302-snsd-cut-02-10-11-en_music

Finally, Tiffany and Sunny commented on their shockingly different make-up habits, and Tiffany revealed what other CF she'd like to film. All in all it's one of those short but sweet delights. It may be just a few minutes long, but it's so full of the girls being themselves that any SONE would be delighted to watch it.

Also, please make sure to give some hoots to our awesome SoshiSubbers who pushed this one out in less than 24 hours!

Credit: soshisubs@dailymotion

Written by: checarlos87@soshified.com

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Girls' Generation Places 2nd, 3rd, and 4th in the 2010 Gaon Chart

The Gaon Chart, South Korea's official music chart run by the Korea Music Content Industry Association, released their list of bestselling albums in 2010 yesterday. All three of Girls' Generation's 2010 Korean albums claimed spots two through four, making them the only female artists to place in the top five. 

Coming in second place is their second full-length album "Oh!", having sold 197,934 copies last year. In third is their third mini-album "Hoot", with 163,066 copies purchased. And in fourth is the repackaged version of their second album, "Run Devil Run", with 136,851 copies sold, a monumental feat for an album with only two new songs and a remix of Star Star Star. In total, the girls sold 497,851 copies of their new studio albums in South Korea alone in 2010.

Super Junior received first place, having sold 200,193 copies of "Bonamana", and G-Dragon and T.O.P came in 5th with 130,000 sold.

Other Girls' Generation albums making the list include: "The First Asia Concert Tour: Into the New World" at 29th with 44,999 copies, "Gee" at 48th with 31,087 copies, "Sowoneul Malhaebwa (Genie)" at 49th with 29,968 copies, "Baby Baby" at 54th with 27,154 copies, and "Girls' Generation" at 61st with 24,802 copies.

In other 2010 Gaon charts, Girls' Generation had four songs make the top 100 in the online chart, with "Oh!" at 5th, "Hoot" at 10th, "Run Devil Run" at 25th, and Taeyeon and the One's duet "Like a Star" at 53rd. In the download chart, "Oh!" came in 2nd, "Run Devil Run" came in 26th, "Hoot" came in 28th, and "Star Star Star" came in 99th. In the streaming chart, "Oh!" placed 4th, "Run Devil Run" placed 22nd, and "Hoot" placed 31st.

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