A 60-year-old Ohio woman has made the horrifying discovery that her late husband was in fact her father, according to local news reports.Valerie Spruill, a mother of three, found out about her true lineage six years after her father and husband Percy died in 1998 at the age of 60. Her uncle told her that the startling fact and a DNA test confirmed it.This bizarre twist began when Spruill was sent to live with her grandparents when she was just three months old. She had been told that her grandpa

Herald Design Forum starts at COEX for two-day runThe second annual Herald Design Forum opened its doors to the public on Thursday, focusing on design that affects all areas of our everyday lives.Shedding light on a wide array of fields ― such as traditional and contemporary arts, industrial and construction design as well as design of movie concepts ― the event is expected to have those with creative mindsets flocking to Seoul.It will also touch on the topics of digital art and advertisement, w

Her visit to the United States is surely a proud moment for Aung San Suu Kyi.Her schedule includes, among other things, her acceptance Wednesday of the U.S. Congress’ highest award. The U.S. legislature awarded Burma’s feted democracy leader the Congressional Gold Medal while she was still under house arrest in 2008.Her visit, and trips earlier this year to Thailand and Europe, highlight the progress that Myanmar is making toward democracy. Just two years ago she was under house arrest. This yea

The Herald Design Forum returns on a larger scale following its successful inauguration last year. The three-day forum, taking place from Wednesday to Friday this week, has attracted an eager audience looking for lively discussions and debates with world’s top designers. The design forum has positioned itself to serve as a major forum for discussing design in Korea, hosting leading designers and artists as speakers to share their design philosophies and ideas with local audiences. “Last year, we

From mega-hit flicks to best-selling cars, industrial designers prove power of designThe spectacular scenes in popular movies “Transformers 2,” “The Avengers” or “Wolverine 2” could not have been created without the final touches of Steve Jung, a concept artist and illustrator.Cutting-edge combat planes shoot through the sky with an earsplitting roar and gigantic heroes and villains decked in shiny metal armor stamp the earth. Jung created such tangible images and sounds by realizing the abstra

The government will bestow a medal on late Kim Jae-ok for her contribution to the South Korean forces during the 1950-1953 Korean War.The medal will be received by her son Lee Hoon, the only surviving member of her family, at the Sept. 26 Armed Forces Day celebrations. Kim is the first civilian to receive a medal on the Oct. 1 Armed Forces Day. On July 6, 1950, Kim became aware of a North Korean army unit stockpiling weapons at the school in Chungju, North Chugncheong Province, where she was a t

People who sleep in on Saturday do not catch up on sleep lost during the week -- it makes them sleepier Monday morning, a U.S. researcher says.Dr. Gregory Carter, a sleep medicine specialist at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas, said the daily, or circadian, cycles guide the body‘s internal clock.People can delay their circadian clock by up to 1 hour by sleeping in 1 hour or more over the weekend, but the problem is that after sleeping in on weekends, the brain’s circ

BOSTON (AP) ― A Harvard University professor on Tuesday unveiled a fourth-century fragment of papyrus she said is the only existing ancient text quoting Jesus explicitly referring to having a wife.Karen King, an expert in the history of Christianity, said the text contains a dialogue in which Jesus refers to “my wife,’’ whom he identifies as Mary. King says the fragment of Coptic script is a copy of a gospel, probably written in Greek in the second century.King helped translate and unveiled the

Designers to discuss the role of design today and inspire audience with the latest ideasThe Herald Design Forum invites the world’s leading designers to share their ideas in design under the theme “Design Changes the World.” The Design Forum will see 12 designers from the architecture to advertisement fields talk about the role of design today and in the future, and present new ideas and new directions in design through panel discussions and lectures.The forum will be an enlightening and stimula

The second annual Herald Design Forum is bringing together the world’s most prominent designers and industry experts to Seoul as they get ready to take part in a three-day conference in southern Seoul.With design becoming the keyword in all fields of businesses, well-known names in the industry such as Ando Tadao, architecture professor at Tokyo University, MUJI’s art director Hara Kenya, ex-BMW chief designer Chris Bangle and Peter Schreyer, chief design officer at Kia Motors will join the even

Ten semifinalists of Herald Corporation’s English-language design-themed presentation competition will show off their skills Wednesday in the hope of making the finals.Under the theme “Design Changes the World,” the competition welcomes a diverse array of ideas, as well as creative ways to delve into the broad spectrum of design-related topics ― including literature, philosophy, music, visual art, media, management and even IT. The presentation competition is a major side event of Herald Design