The Jung sisters are showing off their loving and enviable sister bonds yet again!

On April 12th, f(x)’s Krystal uploaded an adorable photo of the young siblings at a beach on her Instagram (@kjungxox).

Krystal, who is currently filming variety show ‘Amazing f(x)’ in New Zealand, uploaded the photo with a caption that says “late national siblings day-love u jess”.

The Jung sisters have proven their loving relationship time and time again, showing their love and support for one another throughout the years.

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Girls’ Generation will be releasing their 7th Japanese single ‘LOVE & GIRLS’ on May 29th!

The new single will include two tracks ‘LOVE & GIRLS’ and リンガ・フランカ (Lingua Franca).

‘LOVE & GIRLS’ will come in two versions, the First Press Limited Edition (1,890 yen) which includes a DVD containing the MV of ‘Beep Beep’ and the regular version without the DVD (1,260 yen).

‘LOVE & GIRLS’ will be Girls’ Generation’s latest release in Japan after the previous ‘Flower Power’ single and their second Japanese album ‘Girls & Peace’.

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Girls’ Generation’s live album from their second solo concert tour, the ’2011 Girls’ Generation Tour’, will be released on April 11th.

The album, recorded at the Seoul stops of the concert tour at Seoul Olympic Park Stadium on July 23rd and 24th, 2011, is expected to get a good response from fans.

The 2-CD live album will have 34 tracks including their hit title songs ‘Tell Me Your Wish’, ‘Run Devil Run’, ‘Hoot’, ‘Gee’ and ‘Oh!’ as well as their Japanese tracks such as ‘Bad Girl’, ‘The Great Escape’ and more for fans to experience the passionate performances from the girls again.

On top of that, studio versions of tracks such as ‘Let It Rain’ and Irish folk song ‘Danny Boy’ will be rerecorded and included in this live album.

Meanwhile, Girls’ Generation are enjoying a great success with their second Arena Tour in Japan.

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The short version music video of Girls’ Generation’s Japanese track ‘Beep Beep’ is released today!

A short teaser of the music video was revealed at Girls’ Generation’s 2nd Japan Arena Tour in Saitama on April 4th and it was announced that the full music video will be released at 8 am JST the following day.

‘Beep Beep’ is a B-side track included in Girls’ Generation’s ‘Flower Power’ single, which was released digitally on November 14th, 2012 and physical copies were available in stores a week later.

The chirpy, upbeat song was also performed in the girls’ ongoing 2nd Arena Tour concerts and many are looking forward to an official music video release of the song.

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After getting recognition for her acting in ‘The 3rd Hospital’, Sooyoung will be making another comeback to the small screen! This time around, Sooyoung will be playing the lead role for the first time in TvN’s new Monday/Tuesday drama ‘Dating Agency: Cyrano’ scheduled to air at the end of May!

Sooyoung will be acting alongside actors Lee Jonghyuk and Lee Chunhee in this drama, which is a prequel to Uhm Taewoong and Lee Minjung’s ‘Cyrano: Dating Agency’ movie.

Sooyoung will be playing a loveable character, Gong Minyoung, who is a member of the ‘Dating Agency’, which helps people in love but are clumsy in dating. Lee Jonghyuk will play Seo Byunghoon, the leader of the agency who collides with Sooyoung’s character often, while Lee Chunhee will act as Cha Seungpyo, a mysterious but charming chef who gets tangled between the two main lead characters.

The 16-episode romantic comedy is scheduled to start filming in the middle of April and it will air after the current TvN drama ‘Nine’.

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Having started hosting MBC’s ‘Show! Music Core’ as a trio since February 2012, Tiffany, Taeyeon and Seohyun will be bidding the weekly music show goodbye soon due to Girls’ Generation’s busy schedules as reported by the media today.

The trio brightened up the Saturdays of audience with their witty and cheerful emceeing for more than a year and throughout their own promotional periods as Girls’ Generation TTS with ‘Twinkle’ and Girls’ Generation early this year with ‘I Got A Boy’.

Previously, Tiffany served as a MC for ‘Show! Music Core’ with Yuri from 2009 to July 2010 to focus on the group’s Japan debut before returning with Yuri in October 2011 after being away for a year and three months. After Yuri left to concentrate on her role in ‘Fashion King’ in early 2012, Taeyeon and Seohyun came in to form the current MC trio.

Meanwhile, ‘Show! Music Core’ is looking for new MCs for the weekly music show and Tiffany, Taeyeon and Seohyun will record their last show as MCs in mid-April.

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SM Entertainment is collaborating with 10 Corso Como Seoul, a concept store based on its original Milan counterpart that shows and sells works of art, fashion, music, design, cuisine and culture, for a project ‘Seoul Melody’.

‘Seoul Melody’ will include a remix compilation album and series of products for each group of artists, which includes Girls’ Generation, TVXQ, SHINee, Super Junior and f(x). The special line of products will include brands such as Carven for Girls’ Generation, Be@rbrick collectibles for TVXQ, Audio-Technica headset for f(x), Thom Browne cardigan for SHINee and Super sunglasses for Super Junior.

The project is also held in collaboration with the April issue of W Korea magazine, in which Tiffany, Yuri, Seohyun and Taeyeon are a part of the photo shoot for the project along with other SM Entertainment artists. Tiffany’s solo 10 Corso Como video for the project was released earlier a couple of days earlier while the other three members’ videos for the project were released today (March 25th). Check out the videos below!

Tiffany

Taeyeon

Yuri

Seohyun

Meanwhile, a launch party for the compilation album and collaboration products will be held on March 28th at 10 Corso Como’s store in Myeongdong, Seoul where SM Entertainment artists will attend.

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Girls’ Generation will be performing in jTBC’s ‘Super Joint Concert in Thailand’ next weekend, on March 30th! The girls will be performing alongside other Kpop groups such as EXO-M, B1A4 and Teen Top as well as Thai performers such as Thaitanium, Groove Riders and ToR+ Saksit Vejsupaporn.

The concert will take place at the Rajamangala National Stadium in Bangkok, Thailand at 6pm local time on March 30th.

Meanwhile, it was announced that Girls’ Generation’s Sunny will be hosting the event along with singer Kim Jong Kook, who is widely famous especially for his participation in the popular variety show ‘Running Man’.

Besides that, a tentative performance list was also announced for the concert and according to it, Girls’ Generation will be performing a total of six songs including ‘Dancing Queen’, ‘I Got A Boy’, ‘Hoot’, ‘Gee’ and ‘Genie’.

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Good news for Malaysian SONEs! It has been confirmed that Girls’ Generation will be coming to the South East Asian country for the ’2013 Asia Super Showcase in Malaysia’ in May!

According to Marctensia the organizer, the ’2013 Asia Super Showcase’ will take place at 8.30pm on May 19th, 2013 at Stadium Merdeka in Kuala Lumpur and Girls’ Generation is the first of the lineup for the event to be announced.

The ’2013 Asia Super Showcase’ will mark the second time of Girls’ Generation coming and performing in Malaysia after the ‘TWIN TOWERS @LIVE 2012′ concert held at the iconic Petronas Twin Towers in Kuala Lumpur back in March 2012, which was reportedly attended by over 68,000 people.

Other details on the showcase including ticket sales and further lineup will be announced soon!

Meanwhile, you can give suggestions for fan events to make the showcase more memorable for the girls and all the fans. Leave your suggestions here!

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Update 1: Marctensia announces change of date and other details

Marctensia, the organizer of the event, has announced a change in the date of the showcase and it has been brought forward from May 19th to May 12th, a week earlier than initially planned.

Besides that, they also announced the next group in the lineup – rookie girl group AOA of FNC Entertainment. The third and last group in the lineup is still a mystery but they should be unveiled soon.

The seating plan for the showcase was also revealed but ticket prices are still unknown so stay tuned for more updates on the event!

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Update 2: Seating plan updated with ticket prices!
As previously announced, the ’2013 Asia Super Showcase’ will be taking place at 8pm on May 12th, 2013 at Stadium Merdeka in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

The ticket prices for the different zones for the concert was announced earlier today, ranging from RM223 and above. The ticket prices are as stated in the seating plan below and tickets will be sold by the official ticketing agent Ticket Charge. Other ticketing details will be announced soon.

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Update 3: Early bird promotion for ticket sale to start on March 23rd!
As announced by the organizer Marctensia, the tickets for the ’2013 Asia Super Showcase in Malaysia’ will go on sale with an early bird promotion starting March 23rd (10 am) till April 6th. Tickets bought during this period, not including the VIP tickets, will enjoy a discount of 10% and ticket holders of the same event last year will get a 15% discount.

Tickets will be available online at www.ticketcharge.com.my and at selected walk-in TicketCharge outlets while VIP ticket pre-orders can be done by contacting Marctensia Concerts at 03 2092 1199 or email ticketing@marctensia.com.

For more details, check out www.ticketcharge.com.my

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