The following is part of a series exploring unique museums, collections and the passionate collectors behind them. ― Ed.The monstrous leaps that technology has taken and continues to take today have an immeasurable impact on daily life. These advancements in technology and telecommunications are what open up the doors to a future of endless possibilities, inventions and seamless productivity. Like a scene straight out of a sci-fi movie, the SK Telecom Ubiquitous Museum (T.um) is a visual splendo

‘Art Across America’ exhibition offers panoramic view of U.S. culture and history through art

English literature professor Kim Seong-kon, who is also director of the Literature Translation Institute of Korea, has been elected president of the University at Buffalo, the State University of New York (SUNY Buffalo) Alumni Association of Korea.Kim, who received his Ph.D. in English from the university, has been teaching at Seoul National University. He was appointed the director of LTI Korea in 2012. In the same year, he received the International Distinguished Alumni Award from his alma mat

People threw a total of 48.5 million won ($45,000) worth of coins last year into Palseokdam, an artificial pond in Cheonggye Stream.It is the largest sum since the restored stream in downtown Seoul was opened to the public in 2005. It is 51.3 percent higher than the previous record of 32.05 million won in 2011. The number of foreign coins thrown in 2012 was 51,092, a 121.8 percent increase from 23,033 in 2011.In 2005, 3.58 million won worth of coins were piled on the sculpture within two months

An X-rated website where embittered lovers anonymously post semi-nude pictures of their former partners was sued by its victims, according to American news outlets. ABC News reported that 17 women whose pictures were posted on Texxxan.com filed a lawsuit against the website and its hosting company for invasion of privacy. The plaintiffs’ representative John Morgan said dozens more had joined the suit in the last two weeks. The website allows “revenge porn,” where people can upload revealing phot

A Florida man who picked up a portion of a beer case because it was fish-shaped said he flipped it over and saw the image of Jesus.Fred Truluck of Bradenton said he picked up the piece of cardboard from a Corona beer case while walking with his dog because of the religious symbolism of the fish, WWSB-TV, Sarasota, reported Monday.Truluck, who described himself as a devout Christian, said the religious symbolism became even more apparent when he took the cardboard fish home and flipped it over.“I

An Auckland church billboard bringing together Jesus and homosexuality been considered not offensive. The St. Matthew-in-the-City billboard featured baby Jesus in a manger against a rainbow-colored background with the words: “It’s Christmas. Time for Jesus to come out.” The complaint to the Advertising Standards Authority said the words on the billboard were “akin to hate speech.”However, the authority said the Auckland church’s billboard is not offensive as it did not speculate about Jesus’ sex

RICHMOND, Virginia (AP) ― Using modern technology, a Virginia museum is working to unwrap the story behind one of the earliest surviving Egyptian mummies.The Virginia Museum of Fine Arts in Richmond partnered week with a medical imaging center to complete a CT scan on Tjeby, its 4,000-year-old mummy, in hopes of piecing together more information about the mummy itself and better understanding the early history of the mummification process.While it isn’t the first time a mummy has gone under the

Chung-Ang University named Lee Yong-goo, professor of applied statistics of the business and economics school, its new president at its board meeting Monday.Lee graduated from the economics department of Korea University in 1980 and acquired master’s and doctoral degrees in statistics from the University of Minnesota in the U.S.He joined the faculty of Chung-Ang University in 1986, and has held important positions including chief of admissions and chief editor of the school newspaper. He will ta

Ewha Womans University has agreed with Bangladesh’s Asian University for Women to cooperate in nurturing women’s talents worldwide and expanding educational and research networks, the Seoul-based university said Monday.Under the deal signed Friday focusing on professor and student exchanges, Ewha will open its Ewha Global Partnership Program to AUW-recommended students. The program has a full scholarship ― covering tuition fees, living expenses and airfare ― for students from developing countrie

U.S. children whose early years were spent in food insecurity and who have obese mothers are more likely to be obese in preschool, researchers say. Study leader Elizabeth Metallinos-Katsaras of the Department of Nutrition at the Simmons College School of Nursing and Health Sciences in Boston said the research is based on analysis of more than 28,300 low-income children participating in a publicly funded health and nutrition program in Massachusetts, from 2001 to 2006. Household food insecurity w