South Korea Angers China for Using Hanbok Dress During Olympic Winter Games
There was a riot between South Korea and China over a woman in typical Korean dress performed at the opening ceremony of the Olympic Winter Games in Beijing. Seoul accuses Beijing of appropriating essential elements of Korean culture. Beijing says the woman was supposed to represent the Korean minority.
There is a hair in the butter between South Korea and China, and this time it has nothing to do with missiles from communist North Korea. However, with a "hanbok", a traditional dress that was worn during the opening ceremony of the Olympic Winter Games in Beijing.
China then presented members of the numerous minorities in traditional attire. Much importance was attached to this, largely to ward off international criticism of the oppression of minorities such as the Uyghurs, Tibet...
