Seen in streets of Pyongyang are women dressed in chima (skirt) and jogori (coat), an elegantly and beautifully looking traditional costume.

In this regard, KCNA met Pak Hyon Sik, director of the Clothing Institute under the Ministry of Foodstuff and Daily Necessities Industry.

Pak said:

People choose to wear in spring clothes convenient for movement, with their colors light bright and soft.

Anyhow, mode of spring costume should be taken to suit one's countenance and figure and one's age.

It is advisable for the people in the 20s or 30s to dress themselves freshly and vividly and the middle-aged to wear light-colored clothes. Chima and jogori is suitable to most of Korean women. The old persons' attire should be neat and comfortable.

My institute works hard to develop colorful clothes of various fashions conforming to the socialist way of life and sentiments of the Koreans.