A group of older women from Fukushima, Japan, traveled to Jeju Island to offer an apology Tuesday to 'haenyeo,' Korea’s traditional female divers, for Tokyo’s decision to release into the ocean ...

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 ...

The haenyeo live on Jeju Island in South Korea, 80 kilometers from the mainland. Translated to English, haenyeo means «mermaid.» The divers are ... At the time, women and men dived together.

Although much of that trip was spent visiting relatives in Seoul, the filmmaker’s parents took her and her brother for fun to ...

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 ... On diving days, the divers arrive early to ...

The Muhammad Ali Center in Louisville, Kentucky, has a new photo exhibit in honor of International Women's Day: "Iconic Women ...

Haenyeo, Korea's female divers, have inspired several hit K-dramas Netflix latest K-drama hit “When Life Gives You Tangerines ...

Haenyeo are women divers in Jeju Island who collect a variety of sea ... private cultural institutions to support exhibitions in Korea. The center in Kazakhstan, in cooperation with the Museum ...

Jeju island in South Korea is often called "the Hawaii of Korea," for its beautiful scenery and unique culture. WSJ's Jaeyeon Woo reports on Jeju's volcanic formations and women sea divers.

A group of older women from Fukushima, Japan, traveled to Jeju Island to offer an apology Tuesday to "haenyeo," Korea’s traditional female divers, for Tokyo’s decision to release into the ...