calendar>>May 16. 2011 Juch 100
Earring of Koguryo People
Pyongyang, May 16 (KCNA) -- One of the cultural relics dating back to Koguryo Kingdom (B.C. 277-A.D. 668) is earring.

Various kinds of luxuries were made with precious metals in the period of Koguryo, which reached a certain level of development in mining and refining industries.

Earring is diverse in kind, shape and decoration.

There are thick and thin, rectangular and cone earrings of different decorative patterns.

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