SEOGWIPO, Jeju Island — While the haenyeo, Korea's legendary female divers of Jeju Island, often go unrecognized in their own country, there is a Polish woman who has taken the plunge ...

Jeju Island will commemorate the 93rd anniversary of the Jeju Haenyeo Anti-Japanese Movement, the largest women-led ...

Fishing (particularly commercial fishing) is considered a male-dominated realm but it turns out that the 3 million tonnes of fish per year that women catch add up to $5.6 billion or the equivalent ...

For the past 1000 years, on the remote South Korean island of Jeju, the sisterhood of Haenyeo divers have sustained themselves by hand-harvesting a variety of sea life. In a changing world where ...

The haenyeo live on Jeju Island in South Korea, 80 kilometers from the mainland. Translated to English, haenyeo means «mermaid.» The divers are on average 70 years old. They spend several hours ...

Jeju Volcanic Island and Lava Tubes together comprise three sites that make up 18,846 ha. It includes Geomunoreum, regarded as the finest lava tube system of caves anywhere, with its multicoloured ...

Jeju Island, the popular South Korean tourist destination, has launched NFT tourism cards to attract more tourists, including ...

JEJU ISLAND — In what was once a movie theater ... For over six decades, Chang captured the faces of the island’s iconic “haenyeo” (female divers) with bold brushstrokes and thick impasto.

to inspect the island's arts and culture scene during its peak season. The minister's itinerary included cycling along the ...

Haenyeo's Kitchen in Jeju Island and Maenggae Village in Andong, Gyeongsangbuk-do Province were tops in convergence and complex tourism: Ganghwa Cooperative Cheongpung (Ganghwa-gun County, Incheon) ...

Hyun Soonjik is the oldest living resident in Jeju Island A natural diver with good skills she became a high rank Haenyeo at an early age and has led an astonishing career of diving for ...