Translated to English, haenyeo means «mermaid.» The divers are on average 70 years old. They spend several hours a day collecting mussels, sea cucumbers, sea urchins and snails on the seabed ...

Actor Song Ji-hyo is set to suit up as a Korean female sea diver, or haenyeo, in a new documentary collaboration between JTBC ...

A woman diver collects seafood in waters near Geoje, South Gyeongsang. [JOONGANG ILBO] All the haenyeo the reporting team interviewed shared the dire transformation of the seas by ocean warming.

Jeju Island will commemorate the 93rd anniversary of the Jeju Haenyeo Anti-Japanese Movement, the largest women-led ...

Han Ji-Min played the young Min Soo-Yeon in the hit 2003 K-drama, also featuring stars like Song Hye-kyo and Lee Byung-hyun.

A 70-year-old haenyeo (traditional female diver), wise from a life intertwined with the sea, asserts that materiality is both our everyday reality and our path to paradise. Their lives ...

Sue Kim’s documentary dives deep into the culture of the haenyeo, the South Korean deep sea divers who have been harvesting seafood for their communities for centuries. It can be seen on Sept.