SEOGWIPO, Jeju Island — While the haenyeo, Korea's legendary female divers of Jeju Island, often go unrecognized in their own country, there is a Polish woman who has taken the plunge ...

filmmaker Sue Kim dives deep—literally and figuratively—into the world of the haenyeo, South Korea’s legendary sea divers who ...

Fishing (particularly commercial fishing) is considered a male-dominated realm but it turns out that the 3 million tonnes of fish per year that women catch add up to $5.6 billion or the equivalent ...

The haenyeo live on Jeju Island in South Korea, 80 kilometers from the mainland. Translated to English, haenyeo means «mermaid.» The divers are on average 70 years old. They spend several hours ...

For the past 1000 years, on the remote South Korean island of Jeju, the sisterhood of Haenyeo divers have sustained themselves by hand-harvesting a variety of sea life. In a changing world where ...

Jeju Island, the popular South Korean tourist destination, has launched NFT tourism cards to attract more tourists, including ...

They’re formally known as “haenyeo,” but sometimes referred ... “My parents took me and my brother down to Jeju Island — Jeju’s like the Hawaii of Korea… We were walking along ...

The pillar mandarin orange sector on South Korea's Jeju island is facing mounting challenges as climate change disrupts traditional cultivation practices, with prolonged tropical nights and rising ...

JEJU ISLAND — In what was once a movie theater ... For over six decades, Chang captured the faces of the island’s iconic “haenyeo” (female divers) with bold brushstrokes and thick impasto.