A mobile terminal comprising: a body comprising a flexible portion; a display, flexible in response to a shape variation of the body, provided in the body to output image information and to receive an input touch gesture; a plurality of actuators provided in the body to change a shape of the body and of the display; and a controller configured to: control the actuators in accordance with an operation condition set corresponding to an event, when the event is generated, wherein the operation condition comprises at least one of a driving actuator of which a shape is changed, a shape-variation level of the driving actuator, a shape-variation speed of the driving actuator and a shape-variation frequency of the driving actuator; characterized in that the controller is further configured to: set a shape variation level of at least one of the plurality of actuators as an operation value corresponding to a specific event, when the shape of the actuators is changed in response to an external force applied to the body within a reference time period after the generation of the specific event at the mobile terminal; and control the at least one of the plurality of actuators according to the set operation value, when the specific event is generated at the mobile terminal after the operation value is set, such that the shape of the body is changed automatically by the actuators without the user folding or unfolding the body directly. a body comprising a flexible portion; a display, flexible in response to a shape variation of the body, provided in the body to output image information and to receive an input touch gesture; a plurality of actuators provided in the body to change a shape of the body and of the display; and a controller configured to: control the actuators in accordance with an operation condition set corresponding to an event, when the event is generated, wherein the operation condition comprises at least one of a driving actuator of which a shape is changed, a shape-variation level of the driving actuator, a shape-variation speed of the driving actuator and a shape-variation frequency of the driving actuator; characterized in that the controller is further configured to: set a shape variation level of at least one of the plurality of actuators as an operation value corresponding to a specific event, when the shape of the actuators is changed in response to an external force applied to the body within a reference time period after the generation of the specific event at the mobile terminal; and control the at least one of the plurality of actuators according to the set operation value, when the specific event is generated at the mobile terminal after the operation value is set, such that the shape of the body is changed automatically by the actuators without the user folding or unfolding the body directly. control the actuators in accordance with an operation condition set corresponding to an event, when the event is generated, wherein the operation condition comprises at least one of a driving actuator of which a shape is changed, a shape-variation level of the driving actuator, a shape-variation speed of the driving actuator and a shape-variation frequency of the driving actuator; characterized in that the controller is further configured to: set a shape variation level of at least one of the plurality of actuators as an operation value corresponding to a specific event, when the shape of the actuators is changed in response to an external force applied to the body within a reference time period after the generation of the specific event at the mobile terminal; and control the at least one of the plurality of actuators according to the set operation value, when the specific event is generated at the mobile terminal after the operation value is set, such that the shape of the body is changed automatically by the actuators without the user folding or unfolding the body directly. set a shape variation level of at least one of the plurality of actuators as an operation value corresponding to a specific event, when the shape of the actuators is changed in response to an external force applied to the body within a reference time period after the generation of the specific event at the mobile terminal; and control the at least one of the plurality of actuators according to the set operation value, when the specific event is generated at the mobile terminal after the operation value is set, such that the shape of the body is changed automatically by the actuators without the user folding or unfolding the body directly.