GIRLS' GENERATION PROFILE

Girls' Generation, also known as SNSD, is a South Korean girl group formed by S.M. Entertainment. The group is composed of eight members: Taeyeon, Sunny, Tiffany, Hyoyeon, Yuri, Sooyoung, Yoona and Seohyun.

TAEYEON

Stage Name: Taeyeon

Birth Name: Kim Tae Yeon (김태연)

Nicknames: Taeng | Taengoo | Tete, Kid Leader | ByunTaeng | JumTaeng

Position: Leader | Main Vocalist

Date of Birth: March 9, 1989

Place of Birth: Jeonju, North Jeolla, South Korea

Subgroup (s): Girls' Generation TTS | SM The Ballad

Zodiac Sign: Pisces

Bloodtype: O

Height: 157 cm

Weight: 44 kg

Sibling(s): Kim Ji Woong | Kim Ha Yeon

Language (s) : Korean | English | Chinese | Japanese

Specialty: Trot

Casted: 2004 SM 8th Annual Best Contest

Training Duration: 3 Years 3 Months

Education: Jeonju Art High School

Inspired by: Kwon BoA

SUNNY

Stage Name: Sunny

Birth Name: Lee Soon Kyu (이순규)

English Name: Susan Soon Kyu Lee

Nicknames: Soonkyu | DJ Soon, Ssun | Sunny Bunny | Choi Danshin

Blood type: B

Height: 155 cm

Weight: 43 kg

Date of Birth: May 15, 1989

Place of Birth: Orange County, California, United States

Zodiac Sign: Taurus

Sibling(s): Lee Eun Kyu | Lee Jin Kyu

Position: Lead Vocalist

Language: Korean | English | Chinese | Japanese

Specialties: Sports | Eloquence

Casted: 2007 SM Casting System

Training Duration: 5Years 9 Months

Education: Baehwa Girl’s High School

TIFFANY

Stage Name: Tiffany

Birth Name: Stephanie Hwang (스테파니 황)

Korean Name: Hwang Mi Young (황미영)

Nicknames: Fany | DdilFany | AjumNy | Mushroom | Manager Hwang | Myong | Jackson Hwang

Position: Lead Vocalist

Date of Birth: August 1, 1989

Place of Birth: San Francisco, California, United States

Subgroup: Girls' Generation TTS

Zodiac Sign: Leo

Blood type: O

Height: 163 cm

Weight: 50 kg

Sibling(s): Michelle Hwang | Leo Hwang

Language(s): Korean | English | Chinese | Japanese | Spanish

Specialties: Flute | English

Casted: 2004 SM Casting System

Training Duration: 3 Years 7 Months

Education: Korea Kent Foreign School

HYOYEON

Stage Name: Hyoyeon

Birth Name: Kim Hyo Yeon (김효연)

Nicknames: Hyoraengi | Kim-choding | Kim Yeolsal | Fiona

Position: Supporting Vocalist | Main Dancer

Date of Birth: September 22, 1989

Place of Birth: Guwol-Dong, South Korea

Zodiac Sign: Virgo

Bloodtype: AB

Height: 160 cm

Weight: 45 kg

Sibling: Kim Min Goo

Language: Korean | English | Chinese | Japanese

Specialty: Dance

Casted: 2000 SM Casting System

Training Duration: 6 Years 1 Month

Education: China Beijing Language Courses

YURI

Stage Name: Yuri

Birth Name: Kwon Yu Ri (권유리)

Nicknames: Yul | Kkab-Yul | Kwon Seobang | Kwon Banjang | BK Yuri

Position: Supporting Vocalist | Main Dancer

Date of Birth: December 5, 1989

Place of Birth: Deogyang-gu, South Korea

Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius

Bloodtype: AB

Height: 167 cm

Weight: 45 kg

Sibling: Kwon Hyuk Jun

Language (s): Korean | English | Chinese | Japanese

Specialties: Dance | Acting | Swimming

Casted: 2001 SM 1st Annual Youth Best Contest

Training Duration: 5 Years 11 Months

Education: Neunggok High School | ChungAng University

SOOYOUNG

Stage Name: Sooyoung

Birth Name: Choi Soo Young (최수영)

English Name: Summer Choi (썸머 최)

Nicknames: Shik shin | NaSoo | DJ Syoung

Position: Supporting Vocalist | Lead dancer

Date of Birth: February 10, 1990

Place of Birth: Gwangju, Gyeonggi, South Korea

Zodiac Sign: Aquarius

Bloodtype: O

Height: 172 cm

Weight: 45 kg

Sibling: Choi Soo Jin

Language(s): Korean | English | Chinese | Japanese

Specialties: Dance | Eloquence | Acting

Casted: 2000 SM Open Audition | 2002 Korea-Japan Ultra Idol Duo Audition

Training Duration: 6 Years 3 Months

Education: Jeongshin Girl’s High school | ChungAng University 

YOONA

Stage Name: Yoona

Birth Name: Im Yoon Ah (임윤아)

Nicknames: Yoong | Saseumi | Him Yoona | Im-choding | Saebyuk | Alligator Yoong

Position: Supporting Vocalist | Lead Dancer

Date of Birth: May 30, 1990

Place of Birth: Daerim-dong, Seoul, South Korea

Zodiac Sign: Gemini

Bloodtype: B

Height: 168 cm

Weight: 46 kg

Sibling: one older sister

Language(s): Korean | English | Chinese | Japanese

Specialties: Dance | Acting

Casted: 2002 SM Saturday Open Casting Audition

Training: 7 Years 2 Months

Education: Daeyeong High School | Dongguk University

SEOHYUN

Stage Name: Seohyun

Birth Name: Seo Joo Hyun (서주현)

Nicknames: Maknae | Seororo | Hyun | Joohyun

Position: Lead Vocalist

Bloodtype: A

Height: 170 cm

Weight: 46 kg

Date of Birth: June 28, 1991

Place of Birth: Guro-dong, Guro District, Seoul, South Korea

Zodiac Sign: Cancer

Language: Korean | English | Chinese | Japanese 

Specialty: Piano

Casted: 2003 SM Casting System

Training Duration: 6 Years 6 Month

Education: Jeonju Art High School | Dongguk University

KOREAN REAL LIFE CELEBRITY COUPLE IN 2014 & 2015

Who's are Korean real life celebrity couple in 2014 & 2015? Most of them reveal their relationship yearly dating. Are 2014 & 2015 are a special year? Let's find out who are them,

EXO's Baekhyun & SNSD's Taeyeon

Lee Min Ho & Miss A's Suzy

Lee Dong Gun & T-Ara's Jiyeon

Oh Seung Hwan & SNSD's Yuri

Lee Jong Suk & Park Shin Hye

Kim Woo Bin & Shin Min Ah

Big Bang's Taeyang & Min Hyo Rin

Seo In Guk & SNSD's Sunny

2PM's Nichkhun & SNSD's Tiffany (Broke up)

Big Bang's G-Dragon & Kiko Mizuhara (Broke up)

Lee Seung Gi & SNSD's Yoona (Broke up)

Joo Ji Hoon & Brown Eyed Girls' Gain

Choiza & Choi Sulli

Super Junior's Sungmin & Lee Saeun

Jung Kyung Ho & SNSD's Sooyoung

THE RICHEST INHERITORS OF KOREAN CELEBRITIES

These 'perfect celebrities' who are born in families of elites, not only inherit the riches of their well-to-do parents but also a good looking face. Let's get to know who are them...

Actress Lee Min Jung

Lee Min Jung is well known with her character in Boys Over Flower. She also a wife to Korean International actor Lee Byung Hun. 

Min Jung's father is the CEO of an advertising agency and her mum is a pianist, and the family has been living in a mansion worth KRW 3.8 billion (S$4 million) since she was a child.

Her late maternal grandfather was a reknowned painter and a poignant figure in Korean art history that pioneered the first generation of modernised ink painters in the country. 

Apink's former member, Hong Yookyung

Yookyung's father is the head of a leading steel company in Korea. The company named DSR Corporation, has an estimated sales figure worth over US$125 million (S$155 million) in 2010.

The A Pink member herself is said to hold some of the company shares.

Girls' Generation's Sunny 

Girls' Generation's Sunny is the niece of Lee Soo Man, the founder of SM Entertainment 

Girls' Generation's Sooyoung 

Sooyoung, who is dubbed as the richest member in Girls' Generation, once said on a TV program, 'My family has two houses - my grandfather's and mine. It is true we have a garden.'

For a city that is known for its high real estate prices, Sooyoung's revelation spoke volumes of her family's wealth. The lanky idol also revealed on the show that her grandfather owns an architecture company, further consolidating her 'rich girl' image.

Actor Kang Dong Won

Actor Kang Dong Won's father is the Vice President of SPP Shipbuilding Co Ltd which is one of largest shipbuilding companies in the world.

The company is reportedly aiming for revenue worth US$2.5 billion (S$3 billion) by 2015.

Actor Yoon Tae Young

Actor Yoon Tae Young is the son of former Samsung Electronics Vice Chairman Yoon Jong Yong.

Tae Young's wedding with actress Im Yoo Jin in 2007 was attended by 4000 business, political and societal figures, including former Seoul mayor and the 10th President of South Korea Lee Myung-bak, former LG Electronics Vice Chairman Kim Ssang-su and former Finance Minister Lee Hun-jai.

Actor Jung Il Woo

Il Woo's grandfather was a doctor for the former South Korean President and is now the Chief Director of a hospital in Korea.

His father was a director of a Kendo (Japanese martial art) academy; and his mother was an award-winning Chief of Textiles Research Lab at Korea University and is now a professor at the Korean National University of Cultural Heritage.

2PM's Nichkhun

Nichkhun's mother is the CEO of a leading pharmaceutical importer and distributor 'Union Medical' in Thailand. The company was established in 1976 and its sales revenue in 2011 is reportedly worth US$6 million (approximately S$7.4 million).

The 2PM member boosts an impressive resume himself. Nichkhun attended the prestigious Wanganui Collegiate School in New Zealand where British royal family Prince Edward, the Earl of Wessex, was also educated in. The school is said to admit a limited number of students each year and the annual tuition fees cost a minimum of NZ $10,000 (S$10,400).

Previously, Nichkhun also uploaded photos of his villa-like home in Thailand.

2AM's Jinwoon

Jinwoon's well-to-do background came to light after he went on MBC Radio Star with his fellow 2AM members last year.

He said, 'I live in a 3558-square-foot house in Cheongdamdong and I have a personal band practice room inside.'

Jinwoon added that he converted a dance practice room into a band room as his current residence used to be the office for singers such as Kahi and Son Dambi.

The maknae of 2AM specially hired a party planner for his 21st birthday, and received many congratulatory messages from fellow celebrities.

ZE:A's Hyungsik

ZE:A's Hyungsik became a popular name on the Korean search engines after his fellow member Kwanghee spilled the beans on his wealthy background on MBC Radio Star program last July. 

During the recording, it was revealed that Hyungsik's father is a member of the board of directors at BMW Korea. The 21-year-old gained even more attention after he made an appearance on SBS Strong Heart where his bank account balance worth KRW 16 million (approximately S$17,500) was again disclosed by Kwanghee.

Block B's P.O

It was revealed during a MBC program Weekly Idol last November that Block B's P.O. is eligible to join the ranks of 'rich idols' when he disclosed that his father runs a duty-free store.

Though he declined to let on the exact details of the store, the rapper said, 'Our family is decently well-off, but some of the rumours are exaggerated.'

Super Junior's Kyuhyun

Kyuhyun's father's school academy has been running for 18 years and in 2012, Mr. Cho opened a Korean language academy in Taiwan which attracted close to 1,000 fans on its opening day.

Kyuhyun's mother also operates an art academy and a café named 'Kona Beans' in Seoul which is co-owned by the mothers of Super Junior leader Leeteuk and member Sungmin.

Super Junior's Sungmin

Sungmin is the second member of Super Junior who makes the 'rich kids' list and the son of the CEO of two companies, SendBill (e-tax software) and Network Mania (analytics company).

According to media reports, SendBill's customer base includes 250 big firms and over 85,000 small and medium enterprises.

Super Junior's Siwon

This lad seems to have it all. And on top of that, he is the only son of the CEO of Boryung Medience, a pharmaceutical company.

Siwon's father was the President of fashion company Korean Slim Fashion before he joined Boryung Medience in 2011. The Choi family is also rumoured to hold shares of the Hyundai Department Store which is one of the largest departmental store chains in Korea.

Siwon's princely image has opened doors to endorsement deals as he was recently made the honourary ambassador for Audi Korea. To top it off, the Super Junior member also happens to be among the 333 people in the world to own the limited edition Audi R8 GT Spyder.

EXO's Suho

EXO leader Suho comes from a wealthy family and lives a lavish lifestyle, the group’s members revealed on television show “Beatles Code 2″ .

On the show, MC’s Tak Jae Hoon and Super Junior’s Shindong asked Suho, who likes to play golf in his spare time, about rumours suggesting that he actually came from a wealthy family.

Before Suho even answered their question, EXO’s Chen and Kai talked about how their ‘hyung’ (older brother) always treated them with expensive foods.

“Once, Suho hyung spent 800,000 won worth of food in one day for us,” both of them told the same story to the audiences.Later on the show, Suho talked about his father who works as a professor.

16. Kara's Goo Hara

Currently, she was caught to buy a new home near Cube’s company building for the purpose of asset management

2NE1's CL

CL's father and grandfather are both professors. Her father published a children’s book he wrote for her