For much of the world, it’s a niche product. In North Korea, where winter temperatures are frigid and which cannot produce enough cotton or wool for clothing, the synthetic fibre developed after nylon ...

SEOUL (Reuters) - For much of the world, it's a niche product. In North Korea, where winter temperatures are frigid and which cannot produce enough cotton or wool for clothing, the synthetic fiber ...

North Korean leader Kim Jong-il visits a vinalon complex in Hamheung, Pyongyang (Reuters) Seoul: For much of the world, it's a niche product. In North Korea, where winter temperatures are frigid and ...

Known outside North Korea as vinylon, it was christened “vinalon” by founder Kim Il Sung. He ordered it be developed to put clothes on people’s backs. For much of the world, it’s a niche product. In ...