South Koreans have taken umbrage at what they believe is China's claim to the traditional Korean hanbok attire during the opening ceremony of the Beijing Winter Olympics on Friday.
The depiction of a hanbok-clad woman as a minority group in China angered many South Koreans, who argued that China was trying to promote hanbok as its own.
Seo Kyoung-duk, a professor and an activist promoting South Korean culture, said South Korea should do a better job letting the rest of the world know that hanbok is traditional Korean attire. He said China has already made too many claims to hanbok as its own to count.
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