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Blog Media World: Girl’s Generation happy with broadening fan base
Blog Media World: Girl’s Generation happy with broadening fan base: "www.koreaherald.com/entertainment/Detail.jsp?newsMLId=20110724000337 When nine-member female pop group Girls’ Generation had their ..."
Girl’s Generation happy with broadening fan base
When nine-member female pop group Girls’ Generation had their first solo concert in Korea in December 2009, the members on stage felt somewhat nervous and awkward with each other’s moves.
A year and a half later, the group’s international fame has helped them learn how to manage a big stage through numerous concerts around the world and members of the group have reached a point where they enjoy themselves on stage, said TaeYeon, leader of the group.
Girls’ Generation, also known as SNSD, held its second solo concert in Seoul on Saturday and Sunday, almost immediately after performing on 14 stages in six cities in Japan from May 31 to July 18 under the concert title “Girls’ Generation Arena Tour 2011.”
“After showcasing 14 concerts during the Arena Tour, we have come to enjoy the stage. As we’re enjoying the stage, the response of the fans has become more intense,” TaeYeon said at a press conference, just before the Sunday concert at Olympic Park’s Gymnasium. Reporters included those from Taiwan, China, Singapore and Hong Kong.
“We also noticed that many audience members were from other countries and it felt really fresh and new,” said another member Sunny.
K-pop’s global popularity took a new turn when Korean idol groups extended their “SM Town World Tour in Paris” schedule to two days from one in June, after hundreds of French fans of K-pop rallied in Paris doing a flash mob to call for an extra concert.
The flash mobs by K-pop fans quickly spread to other parts of the world including the recent one in New York.
“When we see those flash mobs, we feel that only music is universal language,” SooYoung said.
“The only way to repay them for their enthusiasm is to directly visit them through a concert. I hope all SM Town artists could adjust schedules (to have a concert together).”
While 20,000 fans were anxiously waiting for the act to appear, Girls’ Generation opened the stage with a special intro visual effect.
A diamond-shaped box at the center of the stage in the first floor suddenly opened and the group start singing “Tell Me Your Wish (Genie),” the title song of their second mini album.
The fans reacted explosively to the scene of the nine divas, who reached a peak with flamboyant group dancing on stage.
S.M. Entertainment said Girls’ Generation will continue holding concerts in “various cities in Asia” but declined to elaborate on which ones, saying “it does not want to disappoint Asian fans.”
With the surging international popularity of the girl group, a group of 100 fans from the U.S. flew from Los Angeles to see the concert.
The fan community asked for help from the Korea Tourism Organization to reserve tickets for the fans for the Sunday concert.
“Among the 100-member group, there are only two Korean-Americans and the rest is all American fans … Most of them are workers, not students,” CJ Kim, who helped the U.S. fan community organize the trip, told The Korea Herald on the phone.
“I think K-pop has become so trendy that many Americans like it too,” said Kim, who wanted to be identified only as an Internet industry official.
She added that some Korean fans of Girls’ Generation might feel that the KTO’s help in reserving concert tickets of K-pop groups for overseas fans was unfair but asked for their understanding, saying “the U.S. fans can see K-pop idols on computer screens only.”
As well as the fans from the U.S., about 300 fans from other countries, such as Taiwan, enjoyed the Sunday concert by Girls’ Generation.
By Kim Yoon-mi (yoonmi@heraldm.com)
A year and a half later, the group’s international fame has helped them learn how to manage a big stage through numerous concerts around the world and members of the group have reached a point where they enjoy themselves on stage, said TaeYeon, leader of the group.
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| Girls’ Generation pose before a press conference in Seoul on Sunday. Ahn Hoon/The Korea Herald |
Girls’ Generation, also known as SNSD, held its second solo concert in Seoul on Saturday and Sunday, almost immediately after performing on 14 stages in six cities in Japan from May 31 to July 18 under the concert title “Girls’ Generation Arena Tour 2011.”
“After showcasing 14 concerts during the Arena Tour, we have come to enjoy the stage. As we’re enjoying the stage, the response of the fans has become more intense,” TaeYeon said at a press conference, just before the Sunday concert at Olympic Park’s Gymnasium. Reporters included those from Taiwan, China, Singapore and Hong Kong.
“We also noticed that many audience members were from other countries and it felt really fresh and new,” said another member Sunny.
K-pop’s global popularity took a new turn when Korean idol groups extended their “SM Town World Tour in Paris” schedule to two days from one in June, after hundreds of French fans of K-pop rallied in Paris doing a flash mob to call for an extra concert.
The flash mobs by K-pop fans quickly spread to other parts of the world including the recent one in New York.
“When we see those flash mobs, we feel that only music is universal language,” SooYoung said.
“The only way to repay them for their enthusiasm is to directly visit them through a concert. I hope all SM Town artists could adjust schedules (to have a concert together).”
While 20,000 fans were anxiously waiting for the act to appear, Girls’ Generation opened the stage with a special intro visual effect.
A diamond-shaped box at the center of the stage in the first floor suddenly opened and the group start singing “Tell Me Your Wish (Genie),” the title song of their second mini album.
The fans reacted explosively to the scene of the nine divas, who reached a peak with flamboyant group dancing on stage.
S.M. Entertainment said Girls’ Generation will continue holding concerts in “various cities in Asia” but declined to elaborate on which ones, saying “it does not want to disappoint Asian fans.”
With the surging international popularity of the girl group, a group of 100 fans from the U.S. flew from Los Angeles to see the concert.
The fan community asked for help from the Korea Tourism Organization to reserve tickets for the fans for the Sunday concert.
“Among the 100-member group, there are only two Korean-Americans and the rest is all American fans … Most of them are workers, not students,” CJ Kim, who helped the U.S. fan community organize the trip, told The Korea Herald on the phone.
“I think K-pop has become so trendy that many Americans like it too,” said Kim, who wanted to be identified only as an Internet industry official.
She added that some Korean fans of Girls’ Generation might feel that the KTO’s help in reserving concert tickets of K-pop groups for overseas fans was unfair but asked for their understanding, saying “the U.S. fans can see K-pop idols on computer screens only.”
As well as the fans from the U.S., about 300 fans from other countries, such as Taiwan, enjoyed the Sunday concert by Girls’ Generation.
By Kim Yoon-mi (yoonmi@heraldm.com)
Study looks into personality factors affecting infidelity
Men with sexual performance anxiety are more likely to cheat on their partners, a new study on the factors that predict infidelity found.
Men who are risk-takers or easily sexually aroused are also more likely to wander. For women, relationship factors seem to be most important factor, according to the research by U.S. and Canadian scientists.
The study conducted by Robin Milhausen of Guelph University in Ontario, Kristen Mark and Erick Janssen of Indiana University, was published in the journal Archives of Sexual Behavior.
For both men and women, personality characteristics and interpersonal factors are more relevant predictors than are religion, marital status, education or gender.
“Few studies on infidelity have gone beyond exploring demographics,” said Milhausen.
“This research shows that demographic variables may not influence decision-making as much as previously thought -- that personality matters more, especially for men.”
The study is the first to look at how demographics, interpersonal factors and sexual personality affect infidelity.
It involved 506 men and 412 women who reported being in monogamous sexual relationships lasting from three months to 43 years.
Participants were asked to report on demographic variables such as religion, education and income. They also completed scales that measured sexual personality variables and answered questions about their relationships.
The study found little difference in rates of infidelity reported by men and women (23 and 19 percent, respectively). But different things predicted the behavior for men and women.
For men, significant predictors of infidelity are personality variables, including propensity for sexual excitation (becoming easily aroused by many triggers and situations) and concern about sexual performance failure.
For women, relationship happiness is paramount. Women who are dissatisfied with their relationship are more than twice as likely to cheat; those who feel they are sexually incompatible with their partners are nearly three times as likely.
Milhausen cautions against misinterpreting or overemphasizing the study’s findings. “Taken at face value, this research might seem to just support sexual stereotypes: Women are just concerned about the relationship, and, for men, once a cheater, always a cheater, regardless of their relationship. But the caveat is that there are a lot of variants and factors that are not explained here that might impact whether someone cheats.”
(Herald Online)
Edited by Rob York
Men who are risk-takers or easily sexually aroused are also more likely to wander. For women, relationship factors seem to be most important factor, according to the research by U.S. and Canadian scientists.
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| Maria Shriver (left) and Arnold Schwarzenegger smile together at the Governor's Inaugural Ball at the Sacramento, California, Convention Center on Jan. 5, 2007. Schwarzenegger and Shriver have since split and fresh allegations of infidelity by Schwarzenegger have arisen. (MCT) |
The study conducted by Robin Milhausen of Guelph University in Ontario, Kristen Mark and Erick Janssen of Indiana University, was published in the journal Archives of Sexual Behavior.
For both men and women, personality characteristics and interpersonal factors are more relevant predictors than are religion, marital status, education or gender.
“Few studies on infidelity have gone beyond exploring demographics,” said Milhausen.
“This research shows that demographic variables may not influence decision-making as much as previously thought -- that personality matters more, especially for men.”
The study is the first to look at how demographics, interpersonal factors and sexual personality affect infidelity.
It involved 506 men and 412 women who reported being in monogamous sexual relationships lasting from three months to 43 years.
Participants were asked to report on demographic variables such as religion, education and income. They also completed scales that measured sexual personality variables and answered questions about their relationships.
The study found little difference in rates of infidelity reported by men and women (23 and 19 percent, respectively). But different things predicted the behavior for men and women.
For men, significant predictors of infidelity are personality variables, including propensity for sexual excitation (becoming easily aroused by many triggers and situations) and concern about sexual performance failure.
For women, relationship happiness is paramount. Women who are dissatisfied with their relationship are more than twice as likely to cheat; those who feel they are sexually incompatible with their partners are nearly three times as likely.
Milhausen cautions against misinterpreting or overemphasizing the study’s findings. “Taken at face value, this research might seem to just support sexual stereotypes: Women are just concerned about the relationship, and, for men, once a cheater, always a cheater, regardless of their relationship. But the caveat is that there are a lot of variants and factors that are not explained here that might impact whether someone cheats.”
(Herald Online)
Edited by Rob York
(한글요약)
'이런 성격이 연인을 배신한다'
모험을 즐기고 쉽게 흥분하거나 자신의 성적 능력에 집착하는 남성일수록 상대를 배신할 가능성이 높은 것으로 나타났다.
학술저널 “Archive of Sexual Behavior”에 발표된 미국, 캐나다 과학자들의 공동 연구에 의하면 연인을 배신하게 만드는 요인인 여성의 경우 주로 상호관계에, 남성의 경우 성격에 내재해 있는 것으로 보인다.
연구진들은 성격적, 상호관계적 요인이 종교, 혼인 여부, 수입, 교육 수준 등 보다 더욱 큰 영향을 미친다고 말했다.
온타리오 소재 겔프대학의 로빈 밀하우젠 연구자가 “이번 연구는 인구학적 변수가 생각한 것보다 덜 영향을 미치며 인격이, 특히 남성의 경우 더욱 중요하다는 것을 밝혔다”고 말했다.
이번 연구는 최소 3개월에서 최대 42년까지 한 사람의 상대자와 관계를 가지고 있는 506명의 남성과 412명의 여성을 대상으로 진행되었다.
'이런 성격이 연인을 배신한다'
모험을 즐기고 쉽게 흥분하거나 자신의 성적 능력에 집착하는 남성일수록 상대를 배신할 가능성이 높은 것으로 나타났다.
학술저널 “Archive of Sexual Behavior”에 발표된 미국, 캐나다 과학자들의 공동 연구에 의하면 연인을 배신하게 만드는 요인인 여성의 경우 주로 상호관계에, 남성의 경우 성격에 내재해 있는 것으로 보인다.
연구진들은 성격적, 상호관계적 요인이 종교, 혼인 여부, 수입, 교육 수준 등 보다 더욱 큰 영향을 미친다고 말했다.
온타리오 소재 겔프대학의 로빈 밀하우젠 연구자가 “이번 연구는 인구학적 변수가 생각한 것보다 덜 영향을 미치며 인격이, 특히 남성의 경우 더욱 중요하다는 것을 밝혔다”고 말했다.
이번 연구는 최소 3개월에서 최대 42년까지 한 사람의 상대자와 관계를 가지고 있는 506명의 남성과 412명의 여성을 대상으로 진행되었다.
Norway gunman should have killed himself instead: father
http://www.koreaherald.com/national/Detail.jsp?newsMLId=20110726000431
OSLO, July 25, 2011 (AFP) - Anders Behring Breivik, who admitted carrying out last week's twin attacks in Norway, should have committed suicide instead of killing 76 people, his estranged father told TV2 in an interview shown Monday.
"I think that ultimately he should have taken his own life rather than kill so many people," Jens Breivik said in the interview recorded in Cournanel in the south of France where the retired diplomat lives.
Jens Breivik said he had not had any contact with his son for 15 years.
"I will never have any more contact with him," said Breivik, filmed from behind so as to conceal his identity during the interview on a sunny terrace, with French police standing in the background.
Breivik agrees these are strong words to utter about one's son, "But when I think of what happened, I'm filled with despair. I still don't understand how something like this could happen. No-one normal could do that.
OSLO, July 25, 2011 (AFP) - Anders Behring Breivik, who admitted carrying out last week's twin attacks in Norway, should have committed suicide instead of killing 76 people, his estranged father told TV2 in an interview shown Monday.
"I think that ultimately he should have taken his own life rather than kill so many people," Jens Breivik said in the interview recorded in Cournanel in the south of France where the retired diplomat lives.
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| Norway's twin terror attacks suspect Anders Behring Breivik, left, sits in an armored police vehicle after leaving the courthouse following a hearing in Oslo Monday July 25, 2011 where he pleaded not guilty to one of the deadliest modern mass killings in peacetime. (AP) |
Jens Breivik said he had not had any contact with his son for 15 years.
"I will never have any more contact with him," said Breivik, filmed from behind so as to conceal his identity during the interview on a sunny terrace, with French police standing in the background.
Breivik agrees these are strong words to utter about one's son, "But when I think of what happened, I'm filled with despair. I still don't understand how something like this could happen. No-one normal could do that.
<한글기사>
테러범 외교관父 "아들 자살했어야했다"
(오슬로 AFP=연합뉴스) 노르웨이 연쇄 테러의 용의자 안데르스 베링 브레이빅의 부친 젠스 브레이빅은 25일 "아들은 그렇게 많은 사람을 죽이기보다 스스로 목숨을 끊어야 했다"고 말했다.
외교관 출신의 브레이빅은 이날 프랑스 남부 쿠르나넬에서 가진 노르웨이 TV2와 의 인터뷰에서 "이는 아들에게 하기에는 너무 심한 말이라는 것을 안다"면서 이같이 강조했다.
그는 그러면서 "어떤 일이 벌어졌는지 알았을 때 절망했고, 아직도 이런 일이 어떻게 벌어졌는지 이해할 수 없다"며 "정상적인 사람이라면 이런 일을 저지를 수 없다"고 말했다.
브레이빅은 "지난 15년간 아들과 연락을 주고받은 적이 없고 앞으로도 절대 연 락하지 않을 것"이라고 덧붙였다.
테러범 외교관父 "아들 자살했어야했다"
(오슬로 AFP=연합뉴스) 노르웨이 연쇄 테러의 용의자 안데르스 베링 브레이빅의 부친 젠스 브레이빅은 25일 "아들은 그렇게 많은 사람을 죽이기보다 스스로 목숨을 끊어야 했다"고 말했다.
외교관 출신의 브레이빅은 이날 프랑스 남부 쿠르나넬에서 가진 노르웨이 TV2와 의 인터뷰에서 "이는 아들에게 하기에는 너무 심한 말이라는 것을 안다"면서 이같이 강조했다.
그는 그러면서 "어떤 일이 벌어졌는지 알았을 때 절망했고, 아직도 이런 일이 어떻게 벌어졌는지 이해할 수 없다"며 "정상적인 사람이라면 이런 일을 저지를 수 없다"고 말했다.
브레이빅은 "지난 15년간 아들과 연락을 주고받은 적이 없고 앞으로도 절대 연 락하지 않을 것"이라고 덧붙였다.
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