If you’ve ever watched a Korean drama, whether historic or modern, or are a fan of Blackpink’s How You Like That music video, you’ll recognise the country’s national costume, the hanbok.

Sitting in her chair at her hanbok shop in Cheongdam-dong, southern Seoul, Lee Hye-soon cuts a rotund triangle from her ...

Government to promote wearing hanbok in public sector Forget about hanbok as full-on festive regalia; it can also be part of ...

The government has designated the last Wednesday of each month as 'Hanbok Day,' encouraging government officials and others ...

The government aims to modernize and promote traditional cultural industries while developing them into high-value sectors of ...

The apparel features textile patterns dotted with regional motifs like charcoal, chestnuts and bean pods, with shapes evoking the silhouette of hanbok, or traditional Korean dress. Some wear rain ...

If you’ve ever visited Seoul, you’ve probably already gone through renting the traditional Korean dress of hanbok and entering the Gyeongbokgung Palace for free. The experience of being ...

A Chinese gaming company that previously faced backlash in Korea for supporting Chinese users who claimed "hanbok" ...

Dressed in Layers: A Hanbok Project is a grassroots project started by Erin Kang and Harriet Kim, which uses hanbok (traditional Korean attire) to explore the relationship that members of the ...

The hanbok consists of a jacket and a long skirt and is the traditional dress of Korea Sandra Oh may have made history for Asian women with her Emmy nomination, but it was her mother who became ...

The absence of creases on her dress conveys an image of calm. "The Korean hanbok is the result of women who are not loquacious," Lee said. Lee, 54, is a hanbok designer who wants modern Koreans to ...