SEOUL, Feb. 6 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea plans to continue global efforts to publicize hanbok, the traditional Korean attire, as its signature culture, a government official said Sunday, as people here are in an uproar over China’s use of hanbok during the winter Olympics opening ceremony. One woman clad in hanbok appeared among those [...]
BEIJING, Feb. 5 (Korea Bizwire) — South Koreans have taken umbrage at what they believe is China’s claim to the traditional Korean attire hanbok during the opening ceremony of the Beijing Winter Olympics on Friday. In the early part of the ceremony, people representing 56 ethnic groups across China carried the Chinese national flag into [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 22 (Korea Bizwire) — Freshmen from the Institute of Korean Studies at the Free University of Berlin wore their first hanbok last week. Some 70 new students took part in a two-week orientation session before courses began, learning about Korean alphabet Hangul, Korean pronunciation and basic knowledge about Korea. The final phase of the [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 12 (Korea Bizwire) — President Moon Jae-in, clad in traditional Korean attire hanbok, presided over a Cabinet meeting on Tuesday, in a move to raise awareness among the public over the traditional outfit. The move came as the culture ministry designated Oct. 11-17 as the “Week of Autumn Hanbok Culture” to promote the [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 7 (Korea Bizwire) — The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism said Wednesday that it had selected a total of 19 middle and high schools wishing to adopt school uniforms inspired by “hanbok,” traditional Korean clothes, from next year. This will bring the total number of middle and high schools adopting such attire [...]
SEOUL, May 26 (Korea Bizwire) — The Voluntary Agency Network of Korea (VANK), a civic group promoting the country and its history online for an international audience, reported Tuesday that the Korean word “hanbok,” which refers to a Korean traditional garment, has been listed in the Collins English Dictionary. This recent report comes as a [...]
SEOUL, April 22 (Korea Bizwire) — An auction house said Thursday it has called off a plan to put on the block a traditional Korean outfit worn by Jimin, a member of the K-pop sensation BTS, during a performance. Myart Auction announced the cancellation at the request of its designer, who worried about the impact [...]
SEOUL, April 14 (Korea Bizwire) — A traditional Korean outfit that Jimin of BTS wore in a performance will be up for auction, with the bidding price beginning at 5 million won (US$4,476), a local auction house said Wednesday. Jimin appeared in the “hanbok,” traditional Korean attire, designed by Kim Rieul in the K-pop act’s [...]
SEOUL, April 13 (Korea Bizwire) — An exhibition that brings together “hanbok,” or traditional Korean attire, worn by K-pop stars has kicked off Tuesday in Seoul in line with the annual hanbok culture week, the culture ministry said. The exhibition, co-hosted by the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism and the Hanbok Advancement Center, will [...]
SEOUL, April 6 (Korea Bizwire) — Korean American high school students in the United States have stepped up to take action against false claims by China that hanbok, Korean traditional attire, actually originate in China. The Asian American Youth Council (AAYC), a youth organization active in the U.S., announced Sunday that municipality of Tenafly in [...]