On South Korea’s largest island, Jeju Island, a group of women free-dive into frigid waters year-round to harvest food from [ ...

A deep diving culture by a group of women from a South Korean island may have let them evolve genetically. A study shows ...

Jeju Haenyeo — which translates to "women of the sea" — begin diving for seafood at around the age of 15, gathering abalone, ...

From high-altitude climbers to divers who can fish without scuba gear, scientists are finding new ways that human bodies may ...

Egattoc is a new hospitality complex by architect Byoung Cho, who wanted to create an experience where guests ‘can see the ...

A recent study has uncovered surprising genetic traits in a group of women known for their incredible diving skills off the ...

The Haenyeo divers of the Korean island of Jeju have a genetic variant linked to pain tolerance, as do other people living on ...

The secret to tackling one of the United States’ most deadly chronic diseases may reside thousands of miles away in the ...

Past work from Ilardo has shown that nomadic Bajau divers in Indonesia, Malaysia, and the Philippines have especially large ...

The government announced a raft of aviation safety measures after a Jeju Air crash late last year that killed 179 people, ...

Trained and genetic differences could help the women survive the intense physiological stresses of free-diving—and could ...

After a plane overshot a runway in South Korea, killing 179 people, a Times analysis found that global standards that help ...