Laundry treating apparatus

The present invention provides a laundry treating apparatus including a cabinet (110), a control panel (80) having a power key (181) and a display panel (185) provided to one side of the cabinet, a display MICOM (213) for controlling a frame to be displayed on a display of the display panel, a main MICOM (221) for putting a load into operation according to a washing stroke applied thereto, and a standby power MICOM for generating a power supply signal to supply power to the display MICOM and the main MICOM in response to a power key applied signal generated as the power key is operated.