On display at the Korean Folklore Museum are a bone-needle and spinning wheel dating back to some 8 000 years ago and clay button and weft pirn to some 5,000 years ago, an evidence that the Koreans wove cloth for dresses already in the primitive ages.

The national dressing custom was mainly formed in the ancient times. At that time, Koreans made hemp cloth, woolen fabric and silk.

In the period of Koguryo Kingdom (B.C. 277-A.D. 668), they wore different silk dresses according to sex, occupation and social stratum.

Korean costume became more diverse in shape, pattern and color in the Ri Dynasty.

Now seen in streets of the country are women in chima (skirt) and jogori (coat) with spring fairly setting in.