In The Last of the Sea Women, filmmaker Sue Kim dives deep—literally and figuratively—into the world of the haenyeo, South Korea’s legendary sea divers who have been making waves on Jeju ...

The Haenyeo – literally "sea women" – are a group of women who live on Jeju Island, South Korea’s largest island where a unique culture holds on to life.

In 1950, there were as many as 30,000 Haenyo on the island, in 2003 there were only 5,650 sea women registered as divers, of whom 85 percent were over 50 years old. This might be the last ...

South Korea’s “women of the sea” are carrying on a 400-year-old diving tradition. ... groups of women on South Korea’s Jeju Island have made a living by harvesting seafood from the ocean.

A breathtaking look at the lives of the Haenyeo – the sea women of South Korea’s Jeju Island. The co-production hails from HOME TRAILERS 2025 SCHEDULE 2026 SCHEDULE REVIEWS EDITORIALS ...

A South Korean female free diver jumps into the sea from a boat off the coast of Jeju Island on Jan. 15, 2022. New research has found that these women, known as Haenyeo, have specific genetic ...

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 Jeju was designated a Biosphere Reserve in ...

Turbo sazae, Jeju Island, East Sea, climate change, marine life, ocean currents, genetics, sea warming, migration, ...

A South Korean female free diver jumps into the sea from a boat off the coast of Jeju Island on Saturday, Jan. 15, 2022. New research has found that these women, known as Haenyeo, have specific ...

A South Korean female free diver jumps into the sea from a boat off the coast of Jeju Island on Saturday, Jan. 15, 2022. New research has found that these women, known as Haenyeo, have specific ...

A South Korean female free diver jumps into the sea from a boat off the coast of Jeju Island on Jan. 15, 2022. New research has found that these women, known as Haenyeo, have specific genetic ...