# @businessinsider on YouTube

- **Type:** Video
- **Original URL:** https://youtube.com/watch?v=36dy4nMR0X8
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/8292833-businessinsider-youtube
- **Thumbnail:** https://img.gondola.cc/tr:w-,h-,fo-auto/postThumbnails/legacy-do/5a198c918d93c113948abb4d59f78037e362ec4837a3b3b9cb148c95aa8ee78f.jpg
- **Posted:** 2023-08-19T15:00:02.000+00:00

## Caption

Hanji is traditional Korean paper made by hand, one sheet at a time. Artisans turn the weblike fibers of paper-mulberry trees into paper that can last for thousands of years. The most expensive Hanji costs over $22 per sheet. But despite Hanji's quality, demand is in decline. And profits are dwindling for the few remaining workshops.

0:00 Intro
0:40 Cleaning mulberry fibers
1:43 Pulverizing fibers into pulp
2:08 Paper sheet forming
4:43 Drying sheets of Hanji
6:00 Declining demand 

Editor’s Note: Kim Serin also contributed to this story as a field producer and translator.

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korea, hanji, paper, soexpensive

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