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[Updated] Sooyoung injured after car accident, all activities temporarily suspended
A bad news was announced today as SNSD’s Sooyoung was injured in a car accident.
On August 28th at 9am, Sooyoung was on her way to a volunteer service on Gyeongbu Expressway, when the car accident occurred near the rest area of the expressway.
On behalf of Sooyoung, an explanation was given, “It was caused by the carelessness of the opposite party. The oncoming car crossed over the traffic lane and hit the car Sooyoung was in.”
After the accident, Sooyoung was sent to a nearby hospital for treatment. Currently, she is resting in a hospital in Seoul and Sooyoung’s doctor said that since her sacral vertebra (sacrum) was injured, it will be difficult for her to carry out activities in the near future.
Because of her injuries, Sooyoung will be absent from the three ‘SMTOWN LIVE Tokyo Dome Concerts’, which will take place starting September 2nd. In light of this, it might also affect SNSD’s new album preparation and their upcoming comeback.
When the accident occurred, Sooyoung was on the way to a volunteer activity helping disabled people with their blindness.
Credit: TV Report
Translated by: imwhywhy@fanwonder.com
UPDATE 1: SM, “Sooyoung’s injury will not affect comeback”
In the latest development, a representative from SM Entertainment said, “She (Sooyoung) will not be attending the 2 concerts scheduled, but SNSD’s Korean comeback will be not affected. Because their comeback date has not been confirmed, we will ensure that the treatment to her injury is fully completed by then”.
Credit: donga.com
Translated by: imwhywhy@fanwonder.com
Update 2: Sooyoung’s sister Soojin tweets about Sooyoung’s conditions.
At about 11.30 pm KST on August 29th, Sooyoung’s elder sister Soojin (@sujincda) tweeted about her sister’s conditions after the accident. The following is the translated tweet:
수영이 걱정해주시는분들 감사합니다. 명랑공주 수영이는 변함없이 밝게 잘 있어요~ 구급차안에서도 병원에 와서도 뭐가 재밌는지 계속 웃었다고 하네요^^ 계속 기도부탁드려요.:)
Sooyoung discharged from hospital, continues to receive outpatient treatment
In just over a week, Sooyoung, who fractured her tailbone from a traffic accident, was discharged from the hospital.
On September 6th, SM Entertainment told Star News, “Sooyoung was discharged from the hospital last weekend. Now, she is receiving outpatient treatment.”
The representative added, “Although she has been discharged, she has not recovered completely from the injury. For now, she will be focusing fully on the treatment.”
In the morning of August 28th, Sooyoung was involved in an accident while on her way to a volunteer service in Cheonan due to the negligence of the driver on the opposite lane.
Due to the accident which injured her sacrum, Sooyoung was admitted to a hospital in Seoul. Fortunately, the injury was not serious, much to everyone’s relief. However, as Sooyoung is still focusing on her treatment, she was not able to participate in the ‘SM Town Live in Tokyo Special Edition’, which was held from September 2nd to 4th in Tokyo Dome and other events for the time being.
Credit: mt.co.kr
Get well soon, Sooyoung!
A project was organized by a SNSD fansite Withsosi.com to show support and well wishes for Sooyoung’s full recovery after her unfortunate accident last week.
For the project, fans around the world were encouraged to submit a handwritten get well message to Sooyoung in any language. The messages will then be compiled and given to Sooyoung.
In conjunction with the project, the Fanwonder.com family has also decided to participate and we have created a simple card with our best wishes, which was then submitted to Withsosi.com.
To check out at www.fanwonder.com
September 6th, 2011
Netizen picked SNSD as the most memorable game advertisement models over other entertainers.
Game site, ‘dcgame.in’ conducted a survey entitled, ‘Among game advertisement models, who is the most memorable entertainer?’ from August 29th to September 5th.
SNSD topped the survey, garnering 2807 votes (67.9%) from the total of 4,136 votes. In 2008, SNSD became the promotional model for MMORPG ‘Mabinogi’ where the girls received a lot of good comments on how they blended well with the game’s cute characters.
Tiffany was featured as a cute Mabinogi-like character in the music video with fantasy background based on the game itself and the music video received lots of love from fans.
SNSD to perform at ‘Autumnal Music Festival’ on October 16th
Singers, pop and idol stars will be gracing the stage of ‘Together With Youth, 1st Nationwide People With Disabilities VS Multicultural Arts Competition’. The event which will be held from October 14th to 16th at Yeouido Park Square, Seoul is jointly organized by 147 promoters from various sectors – social, education, welfare, medical, cultural, broadcasting, etc as well as Ministry of Gender Equality and Family (MOGEF) and KBS.
In the 2nd part of the event on October 16th, there will be ‘Autumnal Music Festival’ which features performances by SNSD, f(x), FT Island, Kara, MBLAQ, Rumble Fish, ZE:A, T-ara, CN Blue, Jaurim, Super Junior, miss A, 4minute, Secret, etc.
Credit: mydaily.co.kr
SuJu’s Donghae tweets selca with Yuri and f(x)’s Amber
Super Junior’s Donghae revealed a photo taken together with ‘Mi-ins’ (beauties).
On August 6th, Donghae wrote on his twitter account, “Together with the ‘Mi-ins’^^ the more I think of it, the more (I think of) the thrilling memories…” With the update, he attached a photo.
The ‘Mi-ins’ in the photo are no other than his ‘hubae’ (juniors) – SNSD’s Yuri and f(x)’s Amber. The trio took a self camera shot, showing their good relationships. Yuri and Amber posed with their ‘Victory’ hand signs and Donghae made mischievous expression with cuteness.
This photo was taken during the ‘SM TOWN Live in Tokyo Dome Special Edition’ concert held on September 2nd to 4th. After these three concerts, they were back to Korea on September 5th.
In response to the photo, netizens commented, “Uh, I’m jealous of all three”, “Donghae and Amber really resemble each other”, “Three of them are really people with great characters”, etc.
Credit: TV Daily
Translated by: imwhywhy@fanwonder.com
SONEs show support for Yoona on ‘Star Auction’
YoonA has proven the power of Korean Wave.
YoonA recently participated in the filming of MBC’s ChooSeok special programme ‘Star Auction’. For the star’s item which fetches the highest price, 80 million Won will be added through company sponsorship on top of the successful bidding price and the donation will be made in the star’s name.
To support YoonA, SNSD’s fans from overseas had also taken part in the programme. In order to help support YoonA’s auctioned item, the fans participated in the programme together with the other 200 individuals by signing up through MBC website and broadcasting notice.
‘Star Auction’ will be aired on September 13th at 11am KST.
Credit: mydaily.co.kr
Japanese media: SNSD to become symbolic to East Asian music industry
After analyzing the strategies and key to SNSD’s success in Japan, Japanese media believes that the girls are on their way to be the symbol or identity of the East Asian music industry which is expanding globally.
In the October issue of the monthly Nikkei Entertainment Magazine published by Japan Nikkei Report, the main reasons for SNSD’s success in Japan were revealed through an interview with SNSD’s Japan director Tsuchiya Nozomu.
Tsuchiya Nozomu said, “The question of ‘How to bring SNSD, Korea’s national superstar, into Japan?’ was the start of everything. It was not merely an ‘advancement into Japan’, but as part of the process of pushing SNSD onto the world stage and we intended to create a proud idea of ‘Our turn has come in Japan’, while showing their natural images.”
While talking about the secret behind choosing ‘Genie’ as the debut song, he said, “(Through the song) their attractiveness can be brought out as a whole, just like the attractiveness of sports. People received the shock physiologically.”
In the beginning, two songs of SNSD that were already successful in Korea were translated into Japanese, before the announcement about the sale of Japanese single was made.
The debut song was chosen from the two shortlisted songs, ‘Genie’ and ‘Gee’.
Tsuchiya Nozomu added, “As I was troubled over ‘How to show off SNSD’s attractiveness in a direct way?’, I thought of ‘Genie’ – a song that contains the most amount of group dance. I then persuaded the company into choosing it instead of ‘Gee’ which was decided as the debut song earlier on.”
After pointing out the fact that although lyrics are seen as very important in the Japanese music industry but it might become an obstacle between international borders, Nikkei Entertainment saw the merit in the ‘Impact & Repeat’ concept of ‘Mr Taxi’ lyrics in SNSD’s first Japanese original album.
As Nikkei Entertainment quoted from Tsuchiya Nozomu, “Despite the challenges ahead and productions that might be possibly seen as aggressive, SNSD has overcome them through improving their ability and efficiency in their work. As SNSD possesses America’s ‘Big Entertainment’, Europe’s intelligence and Asia’s delicacy, they can exist as the symbolic center of the East Asian music market too.”
Credit: Billboard Korea
Translated by: imwhywhy@fanwonder.com
Japanese media praises SNSD for professional SM Town performances
Japanese media praised SNSD for their professionalism on stage despite having to perform without Sooyoung.
The online version of Japan’s Oricon published an article on September 5th about the ‘SM Town Live in Tokyo’ concert, which was held at Tokyo Dome from September 2nd to 4th. The concert boasted star-studded line-up, comprising of SNSD, TVXQ, BoA and other SM Entertainment artistes.
Oricon stated that despite Sooyoung’s absence, the rest of the members had managed to captivate the audience with their explosive performances.
Maknae Seohyun said, “Without Sooyoung, we feel lonely, but the remaining 8 of us will try our very best even for Sooyoung’s parts.” During the concert, SNSD performed their hit songs such as ‘Genie’, ‘Mr.Taxi’, ‘Gee’, etc in front of the Japanese audience.
Besides SNSD, artistes such as TVXQ, BoA, SHINee, Super Junior, f(x), CSJH, etc also graced the Tokyo Dome with their energetic performances.
With a 50,000-strong audience each day, the concert drew a total of 150,000 fans from September 2nd to 4th. As the tickets are priced at 12,800 Yen each (about 170,000 Won), the total revenue collected from the concert is expected to be close to 25.5 billion Won.
‘SM Town Live in Tokyo’ will be aired on satellite broadcasting channel ‘WOWOW’ on November 13th.
Credit: asiatoday.co.kr
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