For the show, the costume designer Kyunghwa Chae, 46, who has worked on dozens of South Korean film productions, looked at historical materials — books and scholarly articles, old Korean films ...

While all the characters in your favourite historical K-dramas seem to wear it, these days it’s just for special occasions, ... Learn all about Korea’s traditional dress.

“China respects the historical and cultural traditions of the Republic of Korea and hopes that the ROK will also respect the feelings of the Chinese people of all nationalities, including the ...

Getting ready for the Lunar New Year once meant buying a new set of clothes for many families of Korean ancestry. For centuries, the costume known as hanbok – a two-piece outfit traditionally ...

Hwang Dong-hyuk’s South Korean historical epic “The Fortress,” a grim look back at the infamous 1636 siege of a mountain stronghold, is so evocative that by the end viewers may be as cold ...