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 ...

As a part of promoting tourism in Korea since October 2013, the entrance fee to four main palaces of Seoul and the Royal Tombs was waived for those wearing hanbok. The new policy quickly spread across ...

As part of the "2025 Hanbok Wave" campaign, Park will collaborate with four domestic hanbok brands to showcase the elegance and dignity of hanbok to a global audience, according to the Ministry of ...

But the second part of the hanbok renaissance in Korea has to do with a younger generation of wearers and designers putting them back on and reinterpreting/retasking them to contemporary needs and ...

The Hanbok has been the traditional attire of the Korean people for over 1600 years, ceasing in its everyday wear only during the last century. Its core design is epitomised by its standout colours ...

South Korean celebs are being attacked by Chinese social media users for posting snaps of themselves wearing the hanbok — a traditional outfit that both South Korea and China claim is theirs ...

The day after Donald Trump was elected in 2016, I pulled a hanbok out of my closet. I felt compelled to wear this traditional Korean garment, with its stiff collar, short top, and floor-length ...

Kim Tae Ri is set to showcase traditional Korean fashion on a global stage through Marie Claire Korea’s ambitious 2024 Hanbok Wave Project. Fresh off her acclaimed performance in Jeongnyeon: The ...

More than $100,000 worth of garments were on display at the festival, in a colorful celebration of Korean American culture.

A new year's tradition of wearing a new, custom-tailored outfit to celebrate the Lunar New Year is fading in Korean culture.