• Fashion & Textile Research Journal
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• v.6 no.6
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• pp.785-798
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• 2004

Silk has always been coveted as the finest and richest of all fibers woven into cloth. The earlist woven silk fragments found to date come from the third century B.C. The filament created and spun into cocoon by the larva of the silk moth, silk was exported from China to Europe from as early as the third century B.C. Silk industry is export leading industry that guide national textile industry development after the 1960s in Korea. Korean silk industry reached to peak at 1975 is displaying appearance that export scale is decreased recently. Various kinds methods can be proposed for high value added in silk industry, the research about color is essential. The importance of color is increasing in modern textile and fashion industry. Color is important factor of textile and fashion industry because color affects strong influence in human's sensitivity. Silk fabric can give high added value developing high sensitivity color because dye ability is superior. In this study I planned the "Utility Silk Color Code 288" for efficient color management in silk industry. "Utility Silk Color Code 288" are attached the Munsell notation and dyeing data which can reappear the color when needed. This research constructs for insufficient domestic color infrastruction and expect that basic role to develop the competitive power for Korean silk industry.

• Journal of the Korea Society of Computer and Information
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• v.13 no.4
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• pp.195-204
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• 2008

Textile industry of Domestic has beeb confronted with Free Trade, and Regional Trade Blocks. In addition, textile industry market is changing from the provider market-oriented to consumer-driven market. RFID is the core technology to correspond in the these environmental change. In this study, we reviewed characteristic and present condition of domestic textile industry and newest technology aspect of RFID. Also, we suggested application plan of RFID technology in textile industry through the analyzing RFID application case of domestic and outside the country textile industry. More precisely, it is propsed that tracking, inspecting and logistics management of raw materials or yarn in up-stream, and Development hysteresis and process management of textile fabrics in middle-stream sector, theftproofing or returning clothes and providing information of products in down-stream sector, through RFID Technology.

• Journal of the Korea Fashion and Costume Design Association
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• v.3 no.2
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• pp.137-160
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• 2001

A study on the structural change in the U.S. textile industry. The U.S. textile industry has undergone significant changes over the last fifty years, including a steady decline in the relative scale of domestic production, employment reduction, and increased competition from imported products. In order to weather a crisis, the responses of the U.S. textile industry have been made such as investment in technology, specalization in the textile and apparel industries. The textile and apparel industries have taken steps to increase labor productivity through automations to speed management to create and introduce new products and new methods, and have lowered indirect overhead costs. Regarding these response of the U.S. and other situation of world textile and apparel trade market, much of the sense of crisis that pervades korean textile and apparel industries has to do with the problem of adjusting corporate policy.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Computer Information Conference
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• 2008.06a
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• pp.111-115
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• 2008

Textile industry of Domestic has been descended in the sector of design, brand, recognition comparing with developed countries. And products of middle and low price do not have competitiveness against developing countries. In addition, textile industry market is changing from the provider market-oriented to consumer-driven market. RFID(Radio Frequency Identification) is the core technology to correspond in the these environmental change. RFID is a technology that is used to communicate with identified objects using radio waves, so that the objects can be recognized, tracked and traced. In this study, we reviewed characteristic and present condition of domestic textile industry and newest technology aspect of RFID. Also, we suggested application plan of RFID technology in textile industry through the analyzing RFID application case of domestic and outside the country textile industry.

• Journal of the Korea Fashion and Costume Design Association
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• v.13 no.3
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• pp.81-88
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• 2011

The survey was conducted with 143 companies related to textile and fashion industry in the northern region in Gyeonggi-do and the questionnaires from 126 companies were finally analyzed to get the statistic data. The questionnaire includes 19 questions and the survey was conducted from March to May 2010. In accordance with the analysis, the most urgent issue in the textile and fashion industry was the supply of manpower in the field. For the solution against the insufficiency of manpower, employment of foreigners showed the highest ratio, 47.4%. For the reasons why the number of foreign workers was increased, the insufficiency of the Korean workers showed the highest point, 62.9%. For the questions related to the conditions of regional industries, answered that the textile industry in the northern region in Gyeonggi-do would be very prospective as the future industry. There was a number of respondents who agreed that high-tech textile industry including knitting could be the industry creating the new highly added value. More than half of the respondents agreed that the textile industry contributed on strengthening the national competitiveness, boosting the development of national industry, helping the creating the jobs and dealing with the unemployment among young people. Accordingly, it was concluded that the perspective on the textile and fashion industry was positive.

• International Commerce and Information Review
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• v.11 no.1
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• pp.95-116
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• 2009

Korea-Us FTA negotiation started in February 2006 with a view to overcoming those uncertainties in the global market and was finally concluded in April, 2007. The Agreement was officially signed between ministers two month later and it is expected to be ratified this year even though the process is most likely to be painful in both countries by the political resistances. For the new President of the United States, effective leadership will depends largely on how to encourage domestic industries such as Automobile industry and Iron and Steel industry from the financial crisis. Many trading partners of US worry about US foreign trade policy changes to protectionism that might be unequal to bear. Korea textile industry is one of the major industry in Korea as it occupies 15% of total number of manufacturers, 11% of total employment and 5% of national GDP. Korea-US FTA will provide a breakthrough for bouncing back by exploring new market. US agreed to remove all tariff and non-tariff barriers to 87% of textile items under trading. This study shows that Korean textile industry has been losing it's competitiveness as textile quota system abolished in the year 2005 and has been traced by pursuers such as China, India and Vietnam. In case of woven fabric which was a representing export item of Korea lost price competitiveness against China after 2005. This study seeks the strategy of Korea textile industry in the US market by utilizing the capacity of KOTRA offices in US. All possible statistical data obtained in the US were used for analysing the competitiveness. Fabrics and Garments are analysed independently with a view to finding out real trends of textile market in US. This study also suggest Korea's textile industry strategic ideas obtained from the potential buyers to show the way to penetrate into US market.

• Fiber Technology and Industry
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• v.2 no.1
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• pp.1-10
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• 1998

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Dyers and Finishers Conference
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• 2009.03a
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• pp.27-31
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• 2009

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Dyers and Finishers Conference
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• 2010.03a
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• pp.64-65
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• 2010

• Journal of the Korean Society of Clothing and Textiles
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• v.36 no.8
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• pp.885-899
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• 2012

This study investigates the competitiveness of the clothing and textile industry in North Korea, compare to those of China, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Japan, South Korea, Thailand, and Vietnam from 1993 to 2010; in addition, it explores the potential cooperation between South Korea and North Korea. First, a revealed comparative advantage (RCA) was used to investigate the competitive performance of clothing and textile industry in North Korea. The results reveal that North Korea and Viet Nam had superior comparative advantages from 1993 to 2010. Second, in order to investigate the factors that affect the competitive performance, depth interviews based on Porter's Diamond of Competitive Advantage were designed and completed by government officers and practitioners working in the clothing and textile industry field. The results show that cheap labor, the stable demand of South Korea and China for basic products, lack of supporting and related industries, and organizational power highly influence the competitive performance of clothing and textile in North Korea. This result provides insight into the potential and limitations of the clothing and textile business. In addition, this study provides a better understanding of the effects of inter-Korean economic cooperation in socialist states.