Chinese fans caught stealing social security numbers to vote for idol groups online

It has come to the attention of Korean netizens that some Chinese fans may be stealing the social security numbers of ordinary Korean citizens in order to vote online for their favorite idol groups in this year’s ‘Melon Music Awards.‘

These netizens recently took screencaps of posts on the Chinese music community site ‘Baidu‘, which contained information and tutorials on how to vote for singers for the ‘Melon Music Awards’, as well as for Korean music programs like ‘Inkigayo.‘ Shockingly, the methods they provided involved illegally using Social Security Numbers of Korean citizens. On top of that, overseas fans have also been using the social security numbers to download music on Korean music sites and buy mobile phone ringtones.

Netizens also noticed that from Super Junior’s voting statistics for the ‘Melon Music Awards’, 57% of the 28,720 votes for the group were from citizens over 40 years of age, which is an extremely unusual occurence, considering how group is mostly popular amongst fans in their teens and 20’s. Voting statistics for the remaining three groups in the top 4 for the ‘online voting’ category - SNSD, SHINee andJo Kwon & Ga-In - also have 16-19% of the voters being over 40 years of age.

Posts on the Baidu community site also exhibit users posting screencaps of pop-up windows that appear when they tried to use the stolen social security numbers, asking other users what it meant. The pop-up box was in fact a message from the Identity Theft Prevention Service stating that the social security has been blocked due to suspicions of identity theft.

According to the Population Registration Act Article 37, illegally stealing a social security number is a criminal act that carries a penalty of 3 years of imprisonment and a $8,700 USD fine.

SNSD, Eunhyuk, Onew on KBS ‘Nocturnal’ / ‘Night Star’

SNSD,Eunhyuk and onew appeared on KBS show night star together,check out the SM interactions in this clip now!

SNSD wins 4 weeks in a row in KBS Music Bank

On the November 26th episode of KBS "Music Bank", SNSD has won for the 4th week in a row for their song "Hoot". The show was not able to broadcast it's episode due to it airing the Asian Games.

Last 28th of November on SBS "Inkigayo" SNSD also won first place achieving a triple crown for winning 3 weeks in a row showing their immense popularity. Their third mini album has been receiving a lot of good feedback with it's title song's addictive melody and catchy dance choreography.

Meanwhile, SNSD will be performing next month at the "Korea-China Song festival" and also appear at the 2010 FNS Music Festival in Japan.

EunHyuk and others learned how to Shoot Shoot Shoot from SNSD!

SNSD and other celebrities appeared on show Night Star.

During the show,SNSD teach the celebrities present on the show some basic steps of their new hit song HOOT,check out the clip below

CF Director Yuri VS Dorky CF Actresses

..and of course, no one listened to her. Being the ‘Director’, I guess Yuri had a hard time dealing with the rebellious and mischievous actresses.

The short video clip (from MBC Section TV aired on November 28th) gives you a glimpse of their latest Goobne CF shoot and judging from their hairstyles,the shoot must have taken place during or just before the “Hoot” promotion.

Let’s take a look at how Yuri dealt with these dorky actresses: CLICK HERE

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Soshi won Triple Crown for “Hoot” Joined Psy on stage

Soshi sealed their promotion of “Hoot” with an explosive success. It’s sad to know that “Hoot” promotion lasted only about 5 weeks. Nonetheless, within that short period of time, the girls managed to make a big impact to the music industry.

With the win, Soshi have successfully won their 2nd Triple Crown on SBS Inkigayo this year. Right before Kara’s “Jumping” performance, fans were entertained by a splendid performance by Psy, who had 8 extra dancers doing the arrow dance. They are none other than Soshi and it came to a surprise to everyone watching the show. Nonetheless, it was really HOT!

Kara who were also in the Take 7 congratulated SNSD sincerely for the Triple Crown victory. It was such an awesome sight as they hugged and gave a pat on the back to one another.

As usual, the girls thanked their company, family, friends and SONEs for every achievements. The girls once again showed that they felt the ‘void’ left by Tiffany due to her injury. During the winning speech, Jessica said, “We hope that Tiffany who is not on stage with us today would be well soon and be with us again. Fany, get well soon“.

If you happen to miss the performances, you have some catching-ups to do then. No worries because here are the awesome performances:

Soshi joined Psy in “Right Now” performance

"Hoot"

Mutizen win and encore

2010 MAMA is a ‘colorless’ event Kpop stars focused on Inkigayo

The first music award ceremony of the year, the 2010 Mnet Asian Music Awards (MAMA) seems to be a rather ‘colorless’ and meaningless event, with the absence of some of the big stars in the Kpop industry.

Popular groups who have made their names heard throughout Asia such as SNSD, 2AM, Kara, Beast, T-ara, Davichi, Rain, MBLAQ, After School, Son Dambi, 4minute, G.NA, etc will not be attending the 2010 MAMA.

The 2010 MAMA will be held at The Venetian Macau Hotel’s Cotai Arena in Macau at 7.00pm KST on November 28th. Although their names are in the list of nominees, some of these artists will be appearing on music program, SBS Inkigayo instead.

On SBS Inkigayo which will be aired at 3.50pm KST on November 28th, the list of artists and songs in Take 7 are:

- SNSD (Hoot)
- Kara (Jumping)
- Beast (Beautiful)
- 2AM (You Wouldn’t Answer My Calls)
- Psy (Right now)
- Orange Caramel (A-ing ♡)

This week’s Inkigayo will also feature the debut of ‘SM the ballad’ consisting of Super Junior’s Kyuhyun, SHINee’s Jonghyun, Trax’s Jay, and Jino. They’ll be opening their debut stage on Inkigayo with “Miss You”.

SNSD’s Jessica expresses her affection for SHINee’s Onew

SNSD’s Jessica expressed her affection for SHINee’s Onew on the November 28th episode of KBS 2TV’s “Nocturnal Variety.”

Fellow member Hyoyeon first began talking about Onew in comparison to the traits of her ideal man, by stating that he fit only two of her three desired traits, the third being humor.

Jessica retorted, “Onew is so nice and caring. It doesn’t matter if he’s not humorous because I’m not humorous either,” showing her affectionate feelings for him.

She continued, “Onew and I sang a duet song together once. I like people that sing well, and Onew sings well and has a nice voice.”

The two then went on to sing their duet song on the spot, leading MC Shin Dong Yeob to comment, “Jessica never took her eyes off of Onew the entire time they were singing.”

Jessica gave her characteristically chic reply, “Well, I see him every day so of course I stare at him while singing.”

SNSD’s Taeyeon reflects on her most interesting fan experience in Japan

SNSD’s Taeyeon shared some memories from the group’s Japanese promotions during her appearance on KBS 2TV’s “Nocturnal Variety” on November 28th.

Taeyeon revealed, “We have an unusual amount of Japanese fans that see us and begin to cry. One fan I remember in particular grabbed my arm and just began crying. I began wondering if her back was hurting so I asked her if she was okay. It turns out that she was just asking me to autograph her back!”

When asked by the MC how popular the group is in Japan, Hyoyeon replied, “It’s crazy over there! You can see people copying our exact outfits, makeup, and even our hair colors.”

Yuri added, “There are a lot of fans that cosplay as us when we go perform. It’s impressive because we can see SNSD concepts from three months ago all the way to three years ago.”

SNSD “Hoots” a 4th straight K-Chart win on Music Bank

Due to the broadcast of the 16th Asian Games, KBS2TV did not air a new episode of Music Banklast Friday (November 26th). Scores were still tabulated though for their weekly K-Chart.

The winner was revealed through Music Bank’s official website today and it was none other thanSNSD who won the November 26th edition of K-Chart with 13,247 points for the period between 15 – 21st November, and it was also their 4th straight win in a row. B2ST and Huh Gak were placed 2nd and 3rd respectively, while KARA and Baek Ji Young rounded up the top 5.

Congratulations to SNSD who adds another trophy to their “Hoot” promotions after claiming their triple Mutizen crown on Inkigayo just yesterday. Stay tuned to allkpop for the return of Music Bank on December 3rd with your new MCs, Hyun Woo and Kim Min Ji.

Psy shares a picture of “Psy Generation”

SNSD set out to support Psy’s performance stage on the November 28th episode of SBS’s “Inkigayo.”

Right as Psy’s “Right Now” performance was coming to an end, SNSD made a surprise appearance and finished off his performance with their “Hoot” ’robin-hood’ dance.

After the performance, Psy wrote on his personal me2day, “Mu..hoot!!! (satisfaction)” along with a photo he took with the girls, proving that the trend lately is “Psy Generation.”

Psy previously claimed that SNSD was like a religion in the army and even chose Yuri as his favorite member.

Netizens commented, “Jackpot! It was totally cool. Have to watch Psy’s performances in the original broadcast,” “Psy saved a country in his past life,” and “Psy shot his arrows the most passionately amongst SNSD.”