A new study found the women, who sell their catch through fishery co-ops, have suffered genetic changes as a result of their ...

SEOUL – For centuries, women on South Korea’s Jeju Island have dived deep into the sea to harvest seafood to provide for ...

The women start diving as girls and continue well into ... some of which appear to have had an impact on the entire population of Jeju Island. Ilardo decided to compare the Haenyeo to other ...

Many women who grow up on Jeju Island off the southern tip of South Korea start diving at a young age and continue doing so throughout their lives. A group of women around 70 years old laugh and ...

On Jeju Island, 50 miles south of the Korean peninsula, senior women regularly dive up to 60 feet beneath the ocean’s surface. They collect sea urchins, sea snails called abalone and other food—and ...

Often likened to mermaids in media reports and popular culture, South Korea’s famed Haenyeo (“sea women”) spend much of the ...

The women start diving as girls and continue well into ... Ilardo decided to compare the Haenyeo to other elderly women on Jeju Island who aren’t divers but have a similar genetic background ...