Girls’ Generation’s Tiffany and Park Tae Hwan pose sweetly for the camera

A photo was released of Girls’ Generation‘s Tiffany and Olympic swimmer Park Tae Hwan posing sweetly for the camera.

Tiffany and Park Tae Hwan attended the after party of the ‘DKNY 2012 Fall Collection‘ show. Both born in 1989, the photo depicts their close friendship.

Park Tae Hwan has a gentle look wearing a grey knit top with dress slacks, while Tiffany emphasizes her feminine charm with a black strapless dress.

Netizens admired their warm image as they commented with, “Park Tae Hwan and Tiffany look good together“, “Best connection between handsome and beautiful“, and “Park Tae Hwan and Tiffany are friends? [His] network with girl groups are no joke.”

Source: TV Report via Naver

Swimmer Park Tae Hwan’s post-Olympic goal is to find a girlfriend?

On the 29th broadcast of SBS‘s ‘London 2012 Special Marine Boy Forever Park Tae Hwan‘, footage of the Korean swimmer’s daily life and preparations for the London Olympics were revealed.

What caught most viewers’ attention however, was the swimmer’s confessions about what he looks for in a woman.

During the special documentary Park Tae Hwan expressed, “I’m 24 years old now and honestly, at my age I can’t say I don’t like girls with pretty faces and nice lean bodies. But because I’m an athlete I think I’m drawn to a woman who takes good care of me.” He also stated that with the end of the London Olympics, his new mission would be to find a girlfriend.

In addition, during the special the Olympic medalist showed off his skilled cooking abilities and said, “Before I started swimming my dream was to become a chef.” He prepared a mouthwatering meal for his staff team and drew compliments from them all.

Currently Park Tae Hwan is competing in the 2012 London Olympics and has added two silver medals, from the 400m and 200m freestyle events, to South Korea’s medal count. Even after experiencing a huge mental blow with his initial disqualification from the 400m preliminaries, the marine boy came back to show that he would not go down without a fight.

Catch the 1500m preliminary heats coming up on Friday, August 3rd 6:59 KST as Park Tae Hwan competes once more!

Source + Image: TV Daily

Simon D stays up all night supporting Korea in the Olympics

Hip hop group Supreme Team‘s Simon D showed off his Korean pride, as he spent the entire night cheering on the athletes in several categories of the 2012 London Olympics on July 29.

The artist initially tweeted his support with the hashtag, “Korea fighting!“, “What does it matter what color the medal is? Our country’s athletes are the best, just watch. This is the global stage.”

He continued, “Ah Korea vs. Switzerland soccer match, woman’s archery finals, I can’t decide. I’ll have to switch between channels. I’m done sleeping for the night. The Olympics can be frustrating sometimes, but why is this so much fun?” His tweets broadcasted live results from the game, showing how enthusiastically he was cheering on the Korean athletes.

After the soccer game, he went on, “We won the soccer match, so now let’s win the table tennis game. Athlete Kim Kyung Ah, fighting!“.

But it doesn’t end there. Simon D went on even later, tweeting, “I can’t sleep. Badminton is just amazing. Athletes Jung Jae Sung and Lee Yong Dae, the two of there are an excellent combination. I’ll have to finish watching this game and then I can sleep.”

After watching the badminton combination team enter the semi-finals, he finally went to bed in peace, tweeting, “They won badminton easily, so goodnight everyone, or actually, good morning! I’m out.”

The netizens who watched Simon D’s passionate live broadcast of his reaction to the games responded, “Our country is doing great! Gold medal in archery, we won soccer, Park Tae Hwan entered the finals, and we even won table tennis“, “Simon D, as expected, is a passionate man“, and “Oppa, you’re so into the Olympics“.

Source + Image: TV Daily via Nate

MC Park Eun Ji to host wearing swimsuit if Park Tae Hwan wins gold at ’2012 London Olympics’

While hosting the 28th broadcast of the ’2012 London Olympics Opening Highlights‘ on MBC, MC Park Eun Ji boldly stated, “If swimmer Park Tae Hwan wins a gold medal, I will host the show wearing a swimsuit, for the first time in all of broadcast history.”

Comedian Suh Gyung Suk who hosted alongside Park Eun Ji stated, “No taking back what you said,” to which the female host responded, “I don’t say two different things with one mouth.”

In addition, when Suh Gyung Suk stated that there is a good chance Park Tae Hwan will indeed take the gold, Park Eun Ji displayed her patriotism for South Korea by replying, “Then I’d better get a swimsuit right away. [I'd be willing to do anything] if Park Tae Hwan could win a gold medal.”

In related news, Park Tae Hwan will begin his journey for gold with the 400m free event, followed by the 200m and 1500m freestyle.

Source + Image: My Daily