"Panel Folding Screen of Royal Banquet in the Imin Year," created in commemoration of King Gojong's admission into Giroso, an agency for the elderly, in 1902 [NATIONAL PALACE MUSEUM OF KOREA ...

A lthough the story that When Life Gives You Tangerines tries to tell is actually quite ordinary and can happen to almost ...

When Life Gives You Tangerines draws from a real Jeju couple, whose enduring love story is the inspiration behind the drama’s ...

K-drama writer Lim Sang-choon likes to stay out of the limelight, but her dramas, telling deeply humane stories, deserve ...

Literally translated as "sea woman," haenyeo have been a rich source of inspiration for Korean storytellers, sparking a variety of works across different art forms. Several TV dramas set in Jeju ...

Jeju is the biggest of Korea’s islands ... who also plays Ae-sun’s haenyeo mother, Yeom Hye-ran. Hye-ran died when Ae-sun was young, and her daughter has never stopped missing her.

Jeju Haenyeo’s unique cultural identity ... Jeju is the largest and southernmost island isolated from the Korean peninsula. It has an area of 1,850.1 1㎢ and a population of 680,000 residents. After ...

Before director Celine Song captivated audiences with "Past Lives," the Oscar-nominated film that explored love, fate and the immigrant experience, she made her playwright debut with "Endlings" in ...

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 ...