Women known as haenyeo have been gathering seafood in Korea for hundreds of years—submerging deep underwater without diving equipment or breathing apparatuses to do the muljil, or harvesting. Today, ...

A seaside town hall on Jeju Island filled with the lilting chants of haenyeo, or woman divers, on May 2 as dozens of aspiring ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. "The Last of the Sea Women," coming to Apple TV+ on Oct. 11, tells the story of South Korea's haenyeo -- female divers who harvest ...

"Since there are so many representations of the 'haenyeo' geared at ultimately drawing tourism to Jeju Island, I decided to interview three generations of women divers about how they felt about their ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. On the island of Jeju, resourceful haenyeo 'sea-women' have braved riptides harvesting urchins and other shellfish to put food on ...

A couple of years ago, Melissa Ilardo found herself aboard a motorboat traversing the ocean around Jeju Island, which sits some 50 or 60 miles off the coast of South Korea. Before the vessel had even ...

Oliwia Stawnicka, aka Oliwia In, has spent over 15 years in Korea as the first foreign haenyeo, a female diver on Jeju Island. Her journey from Poland to Korea led her to Jeju. Captivated by their ...

Sue Kim first discovered the haenyeo on a family trip to South Korea’s Jeju Island. As her family walked along the coast they noticed a gathering of female free divers wearing wetsuits and donning ...

Sue Kim remembers the first time she saw the haenyeo. The director was eight when she traveled to Jeju Island with her family and came across a group of women clad in wetsuits and masks. "They were so ...