[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Kim Yong-woo] Dong-Eui University is conducting an urban travel program to discover unique venues hidden in the Busan area. They are also ...

Off the coast of Jeju Island, South Korea, groups of women in their 60s, 70s and 80s submerge themselves into the depths of the ocean every day to harvest seafood, without oxygen tanks. These ...

Around 37 minutes into The Last of the Sea Women, Sue Kim’s stunning documentary now streaming on Apple TV+, Woo Jeong-min dives into a sea so dark that its teal depths look almost solid. As she ...

The Haenyeo, a group of all-female divers from the Korean island of Jeju, are renowned for their ability to dive in frigid waters without the aid of breathing equipment — even while pregnant. A study ...

"Being a haenyeo is a calling." Apple TV has revealed an official trailer for a documentary film titled The Last of the Sea Women, marking the feature directorial debut of filmmaker Sue Kim. A ...

BIANNA GOLODRYGA, INTERNATIONAL HOST: Well, as we’ve been discussing, often the worst effects of climate change are experienced by those who contribute to it the least. And no one feels this more ...

Jeju Island has been called Samdado (Three Abundant Island) since ancient times due to its abundance of wind, women, and ...

Too often, the worst effects of climate change are experienced by those who contribute to it the least. Few people feel this more deeply than the Haenyeo women of Jeju Island. This community of women ...

A new analysis of a group of all-women extreme divers off the coast of Korea has uncovered genetic differences that could help them survive the intense physiological stresses of free-diving—and could ...

A department store buyer has become deeply fascinated by haenyeo, the traditional female divers of Jeju. Youngnam Kang, age 34, is a seafood buyer on the fresh food team at Shinsegae Department Store.

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 98% ...

A new DNA analysis of Korea’s all-women extreme divers has uncovered genetic adaptations that uniquely protect them from the intense stresses of plunging into coastal waters without oxygen. The ...