SEOUL, Feb. 3 (Korea Bizwire) — A growing number of men are buying leggings and cosmetics for their own use. Shinhan Card Co., a major credit card company in South Korea, analyzed purchases of leggings using the company’s credit cards between January and September of last year, which showed that purchases among men had jumped [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 7 (Korea Bizwire) — Taking photos of body parts covered by tight clothing can also be considered a type of sexual offense, the nation’s top court has said. The Supreme Court said Wednesday it has remanded the case of a man who was found not guilty of sexual crimes to an appeals division [...]
SEOUL, June 19 (Korea Bizwire) — When Kim Ga-in, a Seoul resident, climbed a mountain on Sunday, the 27-year-old woman did not wear hiking pants or shorts or other traditional trekking clothes. Instead, she went with a more comfortable option that would have been unheard of among hikers a generation ago: leggings. Her sister, Do-hee, [...]
SEOUL, May 21 (Korea Bizwire) — Leggings are rapidly becoming popular as women use them as fashion items as well as “exercise clothes” and “daily wear.” According to major online shopping mall Gmarket, sales of yoga and Pilates outfits including leggings jumped about 391 percent from March 18 to April 17. NEOFLEXY leggings, which were [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 29 (Korea Bizwire) — A man apprehended for taking illegal photos on a bus of a woman wearing leggings was found not guilty on appeal. The Uijeongbu District Court in Gyeonggi Province announced on Monday that a man was found not guilty, reversing the lower court’s decision. The suspect allegedly took approximately eight [...]