calendar>>November 30. 2009 Juche 98
Corn-husk Shoes Good for Health
Pyongyang, November 30 (KCNA) -- The Korean Chilsong Trading Corporation has produced a new kind of corn-husk shoes.

The shoes are made by the method of treating corn husk abundant in the country in a particular way and denaturing it. They also take into consideration the physiological action of feet in the health and the influence of shoes on it.

The sole of the shoes is attached with ultra-pulverized powder of root of a tree growing in northern mountainous area of the country, leaf and stem of wormwood and Kumgang medicinal stone.

The corn husk is sterilized with sulfur fume.

Being porous to air and comfortable for action, the corn-husk shoes are good for skin diseases and preventing bad smell.

The natural corn-husk shoes, which are graceful and rich in local color, are welcomed by men and women of all ages.

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