The present invention provides a new type of a laundry dryer and a method thereof for performing an optimal dying process through obtaining information on the various kinds of the clothes introduced into a drum (120) comprising a reader unit (191 ) for receiving a signal from an information tag (210) attached to each piece of the laundry, to obtain information on drying each piece of the laundry have stored in the information tag (210), and a control unit (192) for receiving information obtained by the reader unit (191 ) and setting a drying cycle with reference to at least one of a drying temperature and a drying time by using the information received, and for controlling a driving of a driving part to perform a drying cycle. Also, the control method thereof comprises an information obtaining step for obtaining information on drying from each information tag (210) attached to each piece of the laundry, an operation setting step for setting a control algorithm to operate at least one of a fan (170) and heating part (160) with reference to the obtained information on drying, and a performing drying step for performing a drying cycle according to the set control algorithm, controlling the fan (170) and the heating part (160).