Haenyeo, Korea's female divers, have inspired several hit K-dramas Netflix latest K-drama hit “When Life Gives You Tangerines,” starring IU and Park Bo-gum, puts a spotlight on the lives of the diving ...

In Jeju Island, a community of women, some aged in their 80s, goes diving to gather shellfish for a living. The Jeju haenyeo (female divers) harvest up to seven hours a day, 90 days of the year ...

The Jeju Haenyeo are professional underwater divers who do not rely on apparatus to harvest marine lives in Jeju Island. They realized that the sea is a Mother Nature to be tendered and preserved ...

Ever since women took over the industry, Jeju has been a place with ... Orange buoys mark their location in the open sea. When haenyeo reappear from a dive, they can be heard from far away.

Known as haenyeo (which literally translates to “sea women”), these marvels free dive for seaweed ... as the women of Jeju ...

A group of older women from Fukushima ... "Meeting the haenyeo, who are fighting to protect this beautiful sea, is truly inspiring." Seven Jeju haenyeo also took part in the gathering, expressing ...

Soon-ja Hong, 69, is one of the female divers of Jeju Island ... women of the sea." Starting in the 17th century, the island's women took over the breadwinning task of deep-diving to the ocean ...

Sue Kim first encountered the inspiration for her new film “The Last of the Sea Women ... we don’t feel like diving, we still dive. It’s in our bones. We are women, after all.” ...

Soon-ja Hong, 69, is one of the female divers of Jeju Island ... women of the sea." Starting in the 17th century, the island's women took over the breadwinning task of deep-diving to the ocean ...