Bojagi is traditional Korean wrapping cloth traditionally used in both daily life and on special events. The technique of wrapping things with beautiful fabric has gained interest in tandem with the ...

Chinese textile firms are increasingly using North Korean factories to take advantage of cheaper labor across the border, industry sources said. The clothes made in North Korea are labeled “Made in ...

This year in April, I received a bojagi, or traditional Korean wrapping cloth, as a present from the Korean organization, Indonesia. In earlier times, the cloth was made from leftover textiles to wrap ...

With spare, elongated lines and broad shapes that bloom into a voluminous silhouette, the traditional Korean hanbok, made to accommodate movement, is as beautiful as it is functional. The long-sleeved ...

DANDONG, China (Reuters) - Chinese textile firms are increasingly using North Korean factories to take advantage of cheaper labour across the border, traders and businesses in the border city of ...

In North Korea, an impoverished country where temperatures drop below freezing in winter, people are encouraged to wear clothes made from stone, a new report details. North Korea's vinalon is made ...

SEOUL, South Korea, Jan. 30 (UPI) --North Korea appears to be running clothing factories in Kaesong Industrial Complex, an inter-Korean zone that was supposed to have shut down two years ago. Radio ...

For more than a thousand years Koreans have been vat-dyeing fabrics and Hanji with indigo dye, one of the oldest natural sources of blue dye, made with the leaves of the indigo plant. The indigo plant ...