Immerse yourself in the daily lives of the haenyeo, the legendary female divers of Jeju Island, through a unique exhibition ...

South Korea’s legendary sea divers who have been making waves on Jeju Island for generations. Known as real-life mermaids, these indomitable women, now mostly in their 60s, 70s, and 80s ...

Jeju Island is best explored at your own pace — think spontaneous detours, scenic cliff roads, and cafés that practically beg ...

Real-Life Mermaid’ South Korean Divers Have a Remarkable Underwater ‘Superpower’ Written Into Their DNA Jeju Island in Korea ...

The Haenyeo, an all-female group of divers on South Korea’s Jeju Island, spend much of their lives underwater without ...

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 ...

although it’s unclear when exactly it shifted to only women. A diver from Jeju Island: a Haenyeo (woman of the sea) photographed circa 1954. Some historians think diving on the island goes back ...

groups of women on South Korea’s Jeju Island have made a living by harvesting seafood from the ocean. Known as Haenyeo, meaning “women of the sea” in Korean, these women make up a now ...

A couple of years ago, Melissa Ilardo found herself aboard a motorboat traversing the ocean around Jeju Island ... sea, then they still go out in the water, no matter how cold it is." The women ...

"Things like abalone, sea urchins … seaweeds sometimes ... Ilardo decided to compare the Haenyeo to other elderly women on Jeju Island who aren't divers but have a similar genetic background ...

“Things like abalone, sea urchins … seaweeds sometimes ... Ilardo decided to compare the Haenyeo to other elderly women on Jeju Island who aren’t divers but have a similar genetic ...