Weird but true: Vinalon North Korean Fabric made of Stone

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 Weird but true: Vinalon North Korean Fabric made of Stone 

In North Korea, a poor country where temperatures fall lower to freezing in winter, natives are encouraged to carry garments prepared from stone, new report details.

The fabric, known as Vinalon, was developed under North Korea’s creator Kim Il Sung to give clothing for the country’s peasants, most of whom had a per capita income of $100 or less. But habitually public use the fabric to make fishing nets, mops, ropes, and other domestic goods.

North Korea’s vinalon is prepared from two of the natural resources the country has eagerly offered: limestone and coal. It was initially planned by Korean scientist Ri Sung Gi, who had attempted to trade his initiative to the South Koreans directly subsequent the Korean War. When South Korea demonstrated little attention in the cloth, Ri defected to the North and was welcomed as a hero who would assist construct the new state with his designs. 

“To bore a hole into the mind of U.S. imperialism, I have been peering through microscopes and quaking my test tubes with willpower,” Ri wrote in his record in 1990.

As North Korea recognized itself as a budding communist country at the elevation of the Cold War, the fabric was used as a political device to venture a picture of vigor and self-reliance. Caricatures featuring the fabric meant to educate children that North Korea was an efficiently flourishing nation. The military was in employment to fabricate a vinalon factory at record speed. Citizens wore coats, socks, and school uniforms prepared from the fabric