KangIn in DUI accident

Super Junior member Kangin
just can't seem to stay out of
trouble. After promising that he
would not cause any more
problems, he gets slapped with a
case of DUI.
At 3:10am on the 16th, an
intoxicated Kangin crashed into a
taxi at the junction of Nonhyun
and Hakdong in Gangnam, Seoul,
and then abandoned his car
before running away.
There were two passengers
along with the cab driver
involved in the accident although
it was fortunate that no one
suffered any major injuries.
Although Kangin had abandoned
the scene of the accident, he
turned himself in at the Gangnam
police station at 8:50am. It was
reported that his BAC level was
0.082%, but that was 6 hours
after the accident, so it's an
inaccurate reflection of his
intoxication.
A representative from the police
station stated:
"We can take into consideration
the fact that Kangin has
confessed, even though it was
some time after the incident.
However, since he had fled the
scene after the accident, we have
to consider it as a hit and run.
We will release more information
in the afternoon."
Stay tuned to allkpop for more
developments.
via: daum

Controversy and awards

Controversy
During the Dream Concert held
on June 7, 2008 in South Korea, a
silent protest was held against
Girls' Generation by other fan
groups, notably E.L.F (Super
Junior), Cassiopeia (TVXQ), and
Triple S (SS501).[17]
Additionally, after the cover was
released for their second EP
Genie, there was controversy
over some images used on the
cover, including a fighter jet
purported to be a World War II
Japanese kamikaze fighter jet, as
well as a badge that resembled
the Nazi swastika (Luftwaffe) and
two missiles. Due to the
misunderstanding, SM
Entertainment delayed the EP
until June 29 so that the covers
could be redone.[18]
Awards
Years Awards
2007
14th Annual Korean
Entertainment Awards New Female Group>
2007 M.net Golden Disk Awards

2007 M.net Golden Disk Awards

2007 Song of the Month for Into
A New World for the month of
August from Cyworld Digital
Music Awards
2007 Best New Female Group at
the 14th Annual Korean
Performing Arts Ceremony
2008
17th Seoul Gayo Awards Music Award>
17th Seoul Gayo Awards New Artist Award>
M.net 20's Choice: Hot Sweet
Music Award
15th Annual Korean
Entertainment Awards Female Group>
2009
Cyworld Digital Music Awards:
Song of the Month (January)

Cyworld Digital Music Awards:
Song of the Month (February)

SNSD's discography

Discography
Main article: Girls' Generation
discography
Into the New World (다시 만난 세계)
Released: August 2, 2007
Format: CD
Label: Seoul Records
Producer: SM Entertainment
Tracks: 4
Singles: "Into the New World (다시 만
난 세계)"
Girls' Generation (Re-released as
Baby Baby)
Released: November 1, 2007
Format: CD
Label: Seoul Records
Producer: SM Entertainment
Tracks: 11 (14 in re-release)
Singles: "Girls' Generation",
"Kissing You", "Baby Baby"
The First Mini Album — Gee
Released: January 7, 2009
Format: CD, digital
Label: Seoul Records
Producer: SM Entertainment
Tracks: 5
Singles: "Gee"
The Second Mini Album — Tell
Me Your Wish
Released: June 29, 2009
Format: CD, digital
Label: Seoul Records
Producer: SM Entertainment
Tracks: 6
Singles: "Tell Me Your Wish
(Genie)"
Chocolate Love
Released: October 7, 2009
Format: Digital
Label: Seoul Records
Producer: Bloodshy & Avant
Singles: Chocolate Love
Compilations
November 23, 2007: SBS Drama
Thirty Thousand Miles in Search
of My Son OST
Track 1, "Touch the Sky"
December 7, 2007: 2007 WINTER
SMTOWN
Track 7, "Love Melody"
January 22, 2008: KBS Drama
Hong Gil Dong (TV series) OST
Track 2, "만약에 (Manyage / If)" :
Taeyeon Solo
Track 5, "작은 배 (Jageun Bae / The
Little Boat)"
August 8, 2008: SBS Drama
Working Mom OST
Track 1, "꼭 (Ggok / For Sure)" :
Yuri & Sooyoung Duet
Track 2, "사랑을 몰라요 (Sarang-eul
Mollayo / You don't Know about
Love)" : Sunny Solo
September 17, 2008: MBC Drama
Beethoven Virus OST
Track 7, "들리나요... (Deullinayo / Can
You Hear Me...?)" : Taeyeon Solo
Track 13, "Day by Day"
November 15, 2008: IPTV Movie
Story of Wine OST
"이제서야 (Ijeseoya / Forever (Finally)
Now)" : Sunny Solo
March 25, 2009: SBS Drama Ja
Myung Go OST
Track "나 혼자서 (By Myself)" : Tiffany
Solo
September 16, 2009: MBC Drama
Heading To The Ground OST
Track 1 "사랑인걸요 (SarangInGulYo /
It's Love)" : Taeyeon & Sunny
Duet
Track 2 "Motion" : Taeyeon,
Jessica, Sunny, Tiffany & Seohyun
Reality TV Shows
Year Channel Title Episode(s)
2007 M.net Girls' Generation Goes to School 9
2007 MTV SNSD 10
2008~2009 M.net Factory Girl 10
2009 MBC Girls' Generation's Horror Movie
Factory 6 (Cancelled due to low ratings).
2009 KBS JOY Girls' Generation's Hello Baby Still airing
2009 MBC Girls' Generation's Himnae-ra Him
(Cheer Up!)
2 (Discontinued due to schedule
conflicts).
2008 MBC "Girls' Generation Wonderful
Outing" 2 (guest)

SNSD's Member Profiles

Taeyeon
Further information: Taeyeon
Birth name: Kim Tae-yeon
(Hangul: 김태연 Hanja: 金泰妍)
Date of birth: March 9, 1989
(age 20)
Position: Leader, Main Vocalist
Language: Korean
She is a South Korean singer,
known for being the leader of
female group. Taeyeon and the
other eight members of the
group debuted on July 19, 2007.
She has since ventured out into
DJ-ing and reality-variety shows,
along with various solo singles.
Jessica
Birth name: Jessica Jung Hangul:
제시카 정
Korean name: Jung Su-yeon
(Hangul: 정수연 Hanja: 鄭秀妍)
Date of birth: April 18, 1989
(age 20)
Position: Lead Vocalist
Language: Korean, Fluent English
Jessica was born and raised in
San Francisco, California. She
released two singles with
SeoHyun and Tiffany: "Oppa
Nappa" (Korean: 오빠 나빠), and
"Mabinogi (It's Fantastic!)". She
starred in Kim Jo-han's music
video "Love is Late, I'm Sorry"
and is featured in 8Eight's song,
"I Love You". In their second
mini-album Tell Me Your Wish
(Genie), she sings a duet with
SHINee's leader Onew in the
track "One Year Later" (Korean: 1
년 후(後)). Jessica and Park
Myeong-su (Korean: 박명수) released
a duet song for Infinity Challenge
called, "NaengMyun" (Korean: 냉면).
Her younger sister, Krystal, is a
member of F(x). She also
appeared in Super Junior-M's
music video "Super Girl." She will
be playing the main character,
Elle Woods, in the Korean
production of Legally Blonde -
The Musical from November
2009 at the Seoul SamSungDong
CoEX Atrium
Sunny
Birth name: Lee Soon-kyu
(Hangul: 이순규; Hanja: 李順圭)
Date of birth: May 15, 1989
(age 20)
Position: Vocalist
Language: Korean
Sunny was a trainee under a
different entertainment company
before she transferred into SM
Entertainment. After several
months of training under SM
Entertainment in 2007, Sunny
debuted as a member of Girls'
Generation that same year. She
was a co-DJ of ChunJi (Korean: 천방
지축 라디오, literally Reckless Radio),
along with Sungmin (Korean: 성민),
of Super Junior until the
broadcast ended on the July 30,
2008. Sunny appeared in Super
Junior-H's music video for
"Cooking? Cooking!". Sunny also
sang the song "Finally
Now" (Korean: 이제서야), on the
soundtrack for the movie Story of
Wine. She also co-hosts a music
show called The M with SS501's
Hyungjoon. She is also the niece
of Lee Soo Man, the founder of
SM Entertainment. She also
revealed that her dad was in
"Hwaljooro" (Korean: 활주로), the
famous college band with Bae
Chul Soo, a famous radio DJ and
the host of show 7080
Tiffany
Birth name: Stephanie Hwang;
Hwang Mi-yeong (Hangul: 황미영;
Hanja: 黄美英)
Date of birth: August 1, 1989
(age 20)
Position: Vocalist
Language: Korean, Fluent English
Born in San Francisco, California
but raised in Diamond Bar,
California, she was discovered in
the SM Starlight Casting System
2004 in Los Angeles. Along with
SeoHyun and Jessica, she
released a single, "Oppa
Nappa" (Korean: 오빠 나빠) and
"Mabinogi [It's Fantastic!]". She
was the co-host of Sonyeo
Sonyeon Gayo Baekso (Korean: 소년
소녀 가요백서), along with Kim Hyesung
from November 5, 2007 to June
13, 2008. She sang "Na
Honjaseo" (Korean: "나 혼자서", "By
Myself") from the Ja Myung Go
soundtrack, a duet with K.Will
called "Sonyeo, Sarangeul
Mannada" (Korean: "소녀, 사랑을 만나다",
"A Girl Meets Love"), as well as
"Feeling Only You" by The Blue
(Kim Min-Jong & Son Ji Chang)
with Soo Young. Tiffany and Yuri
currently host MBC's Music Core.
Hyoyeon
Birth name: Kim Hyo-yeon
(Hangul: 김효연; Hanja: 金孝淵)
Date of birth: September 22,
1989 (age 20)
Position: Supporting Vocalist,
Main Dancer
Language Korean
She was BoA's silhouette during
a dance break in BoA's "Over the
Top" performance at the MKMF
Awards in 2005. Hyoyeon
attended a hip hop dance school
that specialized in waving,
popping, locking, and animation.
She also traveled to China with
Super Junior member Siwon, and
is fluent in Chinese.
YuRi
Birth name: Kwon Yu-ri (Hangul:
권유리; Hanja: 權侑利)
Date of birth: December 5, 1989
(age 19)
Position: Supporting Vocalist,
Lead Dancer
Language: Korean
Yuri joined the label when she
took 1st place in the 2001 1st SM
Youth Best Dancer Contest. She
appeared in TVXQ's "Beautiful
Life". Besides that, She also had a
small role in a television segment,
"The King's Boyfriend", which
was part of the 2005–2006 KMTV
Super Junior documentary, Super
Junior Show. Yuri also played a
part in the sitcom Unstoppable
Marriage (Korean: 못말리는 결혼),
alongside Sooyoung. Yuri is also
the centerpiece of K. Will's music
video "Dropping the
Tears" (Korean: 눈물이 뚝뚝), and
appears in the music video for
"JjaRaJaJja" (Korean: 짜라자짜) by Joo
Hyun-Mi & SeoHyun (ft. Davichi).
Apart from all her solo works,
she is currently the co-host of
Korean music program Music
Core on MBC alongside Tiffany.
Sooyoung
Birth name: Choi Su-yeong
(Hangul: 최수영; Hanja: 崔秀英)
Date of birth: February 10, 1990
(age 19)
Position: Supporting Vocalist,
Dancer
Language: Korean, Japanese
(conversational)
Before Sooyoung's audition to
Girls' Generation, she made a
brief debut in Japan as a singer
in the group called "Route φ".
She first debuted with Marina
Takahashi with the song "Start".
She was previously a DJ of ChunJi
(Korean: 천방지축 라디오, literally
Reckless Radio), along with
Sungmin of Super Junior but was
soon replaced by Sunny due to
schedule conflicts. Sooyoung also
played a part in the sitcom
Unstoppable Marriage (Korean: 못
말리는 결혼), alongside Yuri and was
also in a movie with Kang-in of
Super Junior and actress Lee
Yeon-hee. Currently, she hosts
MBC TV program Fantastic Duo
(Korean: 환상의 짝꿍). She also
featured in "Feeling Only You" by
The Blue (Kim Min-Jong & Son Ji
Chang) with Tiffany.
YoonA
Further information: Im Yoona
Birth name: Im YoonA (Hangul: 임
윤아; Hanja: 林潤娥)
Date of birth: May 30, 1990
(age 19)
Position: Supporting
Vocalist,Lead Dancer
Language: Korean
Yoona was the first trainee
revealed to be a member of Girls'
Generation and is also an actress
and model. She was the lead
actress in "You're My Destiny"
and "Cinderella Man" and she also
had a small role in 9 Ends 2 Out.
She was also seen in Super
Junior's "U" and "Marry U" music
videos.
SeoHyun
Birth name: Seo Joo-hyun
(Hangul: 서주현; Hanja: 徐珠玄)
Date of birth: June 28, 1991
(age 18)
Position: Lead Vocalist
Language: Korean, English (a
little)
The group's maknae. She was a
2004 SMART uniform model with
TVXQ. Along with Jessica and
Tiffany, they released a single
"Oppa Nappa" (Korean: 오빠 나빠),
and "Mabinogi (It's Fantastic!)".
On February 17, 2009, her duet
with trot singer Joo Hyun-Mi
(Korean: 주현미), was digitally
released, called
"JjaRaJaJja" (Korean: 짜라자짜).

Introducing SNSD

Girls' Generation (Hangul: 소녀시대;
Hanja: 少女時代) is a popular
South Korean nine-member girl
group formed by SM
Entertainment in 2007. Its
members include (in order of
official announcement) YoonA,
Tiffany, YuRi, Hyoyeon, Sooyoung,
SeoHyun, Taeyeon (the leader) ,
Jessica, and Sunny. International
Girls' Generation fans usually
refer to the group as SNSD, the
acronym of the group's Korean
name So Nyeo Shi Dae or So
Nyu Shi Dae.

History of SNSD

History
Pre-debut
The members were
professionally trained primarily in
singing and dancing, while a
select few were also trained in
acting and modeling. Many of the
members already had made
stage names for themselves
through their participation in
magazine ads, television
commercials, and small television
appearances. For nearly two
years, Korean websites
speculated about which of the
female SM Entertainment trainees
would be placed into the group.
Before the official release of the
group name, Girls' Generation, it
was rumored that the group
would be named "Super Girls"
after their so-called counterpart,
Super Junior.
2007: Debut and first album
In July 2007, Girls' Generation
had their first performance on
M.net M! Countdown. Although
this performance was never
broadcast on television, many
videos were shot by fans and
uploaded onto the internet. The
song the girls performed was
called "Into the New
World" (Korean: 다시 만난 세계), which
became their first single. A show
documenting the girls' debut
titled "M.Net's Girls Go To School"
was filmed during this time.
In August 2007, the single "Into
the New World" was released.
This single included two other
songs, "Beginning" and "Perfect
for You" (Korean: 소원), later
renamed as Honey for their self-
titled debut album Girls'
Generation. An instrumental of
"Into the New World" was also
included.
The group began promoting the
single soon after its release. Girls'
Generation performed their
single on SBS's Inkigayo, MBC's
Show! Music Core, and on KBS's
Music Bank.
After a short break, the group's
first full album was released in
late autumn 2007, with the lead
single "Girls'
Generation" (Korean: 소녀시대), a
cover of Lee Seung-Chul (Korean:
이승철)'s hit. Promotion for the
single started in early November.
Marked by dance routines and
vocals, "Girls' Generation" was a
hit for the group, and the album
has sold 121,143 copies to date,
placing 8th in the year-end
charts.[1] In early 2008, Girls'
Generation began promoting
their second single, "Kissing
You". The music video featured
Donghae from Super Junior. This
song achieved the #1 spot in the
three main TV music rankings—
SBS Inkigayo, M.net
M.Countdown! and KBS Music
Bank.
In March 2008, the album was
re-released and re-titled Baby
Baby. A third single, "Baby Baby",
was used to promote the album.
A digital EP featuring Jessica,
Tiffany, and Seohyun was
released on April 2008, titled
Roommate. The single from the
mini-album is "Oppa
Nappa" (Korean: "오빠 나빠", literally
"Bad Brother", although
contextually it refers to an older
male friend).
Girls' Generation, along with
fellow artists such as BoA, TVXQ,
Super Junior, CSJH the Grace,
Zhang Liyin, SHINee and other SM
artists participated in SM Town
Live '08. The tour expanded its
route to South Korea, Thailand,
and China.
2008–2009: Other activities,
return with mini-albums
It was announced in autumn
2008 that Girls' Generation
would be starring in a reality
show on M.net. Titled Factory Girl,
the show chronicles the girls
working as interns at fashion
megazine "Elle". The program
began airing in early October.[2]
During their absence from the
music scene, they appeared in
many commercials for MapleStory
and Mabinogi. It was then
announced that the group's first
mini-album, Gee, would be
released in January 2009.[3] A
teaser video was released in
January 2009 and the first single
"Gee" released soon after.
Interest in the song rose after
the digital release,[4] topping
Cyworld's hourly music chart on
the release day.[5] The song also
went #1 on all major digital
music charts within two days.[6]
The group began its album
promotion on January 2009 on
MBC Show! Music Core.[7] They
sang their new single, "Gee", and
"Him Nae/Way To Go", another
track from the Gee mini-album.
This song is a remake of the
song "Haptic Motion" that was
used in cellphone advertisements
and is a mix of bubblegum pop
and punk rock. Meanwhile,
questions were raised when the
group did not appear on KBS's
Music Bank with "Gee", even after
winning #1 on the music chart
show.[8]
"Gee" is the record holder for the
longest-running #1 on music
portal M.net (for 8 weeks),
surpassing the previous record
of 6 weeks set by the Wonder
Girls' "Nobody".[9][10] They also
broke the record on KBS's music
show Music Bank by being #1 for
9 consecutive weeks,[11]
previously set by Jewelry's "One
More Time, which had 7
wins.[12] They won the award
for best-selling song for the first
half 2009 for "Gee". Promotions
for the song ended at the end of
March.
After a short break, SM
Entertainment announced that
the girls would be back with a
new single and showing a
"Marine Girl" concept; the song,
titled "Sowoneul Malhaebwa
(Genie)" (Korean: "소원을 말해봐",
literally "Tell Me Your Wish"), the
mini album was released digitally
on June 22, 2009.[13][14] The
mini-album includes a duet
between Jessica and Shinee
member Onew called "One Year
Later".[15]
On May 3, 2009. Girls Generation
was starred in their new reality
show "SNSD Horror Movie
factory", with the premier
episode receiving a viewership
rating of 3.3%. The show was
then cancelled after 6 episodes
due to low ratings. [16]
Since June 23, 2009, Girls'
Generation are starring Cable TV
program called "Girls'
Generation's Hello Baby" of KBS
Joy, where they are taking care
of a child and somewhat
experience how motherhood is
like. In that show, they take care
of a boy name "Cho
Kyungsan" (Korean: "조경산"), and
each week they (or fathers, male
guests who come out time to
time) select "The Best Mom" and
"the Worst Mom" among the
members according to their
work for the day.
On June 26, 2009, Girls'
Generation's comeback
performance was recorded on
KBS's Music Bank.[15] The group
then had their return
performances on MBC's Music
Core and SBS's Inkigayo on June
27 and 28, 2009. Girls'
Generation's 2nd mini-album
Genie was released on June 29,
2009.
Their first win for their single
"Sowoneul Malhaebwa (Genie)"
was obtained at the July 10,
2009 episode of KBS Music Bank.
Their second award was claimed
at the July 12, 2009 episode of
SBS Inkigayo. The group finished
promotions for "Sowoneul
Malhaebwa (Genie)" in August
2009.
Currently, the members are
carrying on with their solo
activities.
On October 7th, Girls' Generation,
along with label-mate f(x)
released a digital single named
"Chocolate Love" for the 4th
edition of the Blacklabel series LG
CYON phone, "Chocolate". Girls'
Generation sang the "Retro Pop
Ver." of the song while f(x) sang
the "Electronic Pop Ver."

I am back. *again* this time i'm diffrent.

Wassup blog world? Haven't been around here for a long time i guess. Hmm now i'm back to this blogging world. Heck yeah i'm back. From now on, i might post all about SNSD. The links, news, and everything. Don't know who SNSD is? Well i guess i have to introduce to you guys in my next blog post. Just wait. Ciao.

Look how cute and handsome Mr. T.O.P. is at this video!!!

Look at T.O.P.'s face!!! He's so handsome guys!! oooh my heart melt so fast.. hahahaha

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Best regards..

Gabriel

speechless? hmm...

hey. just wanted to share something. it's kinda hard to let you guys go just like that *the OSG'S*

dunno, it's just so hard to release u guys out of my reach. actually... it's really hard to memorize back the memories that have gone throughout my life. cuz i may cry when i remember everything that have gone through together with the OSG'S.

it's just some kind of a dilemma that i had. just want to say that i really need u guys. the one who's been accompanying my junior high days.

till now, still can't believe that we're gonna be separated. i still can't forget the one who's childish and idiotic like nisky

and the one who like korean art's and entertainment like deandra... the one who likes changminnie and kibummie like fathin... jaejoongie and kyuhyunnie fans like esty

V.I.P. just like bagus, lidya's big mouth. huh... but i had a feeling that our friendship will last forever. AMEN. and i still believe that this is not OUR last farewell.

I LUV U SO MUCH MY BESTIES!!! I'LL NEVER LET Y'ALL GO!!! KEEP IN TOUCH YAH!!!

kenapa yah gw susah banget buat ngelupain plus ninggalin kalian? dan kayaknya gw juga gak bisa nerima realita kalau kalian bakal pisah sama gue.

beneran deh.. y'all the best i've ever had. kalo temen esde sih gak terlalu intense..

tapi kalo sama kalian? my besties from 95 junior high? gila. sebuah dilemma yang sangat susah ilang di pikiran gue. suer deh.

jujur gue gak trlalu punya temen banyak pas esde. yah mungkin gara-gara muka atawa sikap gw yang kurang friendly. bisa jadi

Dulu pas gue kelas satu smp gw juga mikir mungkin gw gak bakal punya temen di dekolah ini.

gue pun sempet berprasangka buruk sama diri gue sendiri. karena mengingat gue yg temennya jarang banget pas esde.

kelas dua... gue juga kagak terlalu deket sama temen" sekelas gue waktu itu. yah gitu deh paling deket cuma sama amadea.

Nah kelas 3 ini yang menurut gue menjadi salah satu friendship yang maybe unforgettable buat gue.

pertama kali kenal sama nisky... gue dah berprasangka buruk duluan, kalo dy itu anak gak beres, one of the meanest girl in 95 junior high dll yang menurut gue buruk

makanya gue sempet 'mad' lah istilahnya sama deandra yang dulunya cees gue kelas satu *sampe sekarang malah masih banget* gara-gara dia duduk sblh nisky.

eeh ternyata anaknya udah tobat dari segala hal-hal mean. gatau yaa kalo anak itu udah bener-bener bersih dari hal hyang mean apa blm. gue harap sih udah.

and we're just getting much more closer to each other. and day by day was like way more better than yesterday...

like... i dunno... can't explain the words... the day's getting more and more beautiful each day..

My day by day is unspeakable... Which was speechless... Can't even describe it by words...

My life isn't feel great without them...

Happiness after happiness....

makes me even more speechless...

till now... i have to leave them...

it gave some of pain to my heart....

it was so painful... not to meet them.. maybe for years.. or forever...

still remember me guys!!

i can't describe how much painful it is to leave y'all....

I'M SPEECHLESS RIGHT NOW..