Custom of Korean Costume, Excellent Cultural Heritage

The Custom of Korean Costume, which was listed as a world’s intangible cultural heritage, takes up a prominent part in the excellent cultural heritages created by our ancestors.

The custom, with a long history, comprises traditional knowledge, skills and social practices related to Korean costume.

The custom became a part of our people’s life and has steadily been inherited and developed.

The Korean costume is well known to the world for its peculiarity and uniqueness in form and beauty.

Our people, from of old, have worn elegant and fine clothes and attached a profound meaning to them.

Rainbow-stripped garment for children on their first birth anniversary represents the parents’ blessings on them.

New couples exchange materials for Korean clothes and wear them on their wedding day.

Children prepare Korean clothes for their parents on their ６０th birth anniversary, reflecting heartful respect and wishing them longevity in good health.

Today, people wear Korean clothes for auspicious events like holidays or house-movings.

Such custom adds much to the sentiment of life.

Thanks to the Party’s intention to actively preserve the Juche character and national character, the custom of Korean costume is further developing in conformity with the socialist way of life.

Rodong Sinmun