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

The Haenyeo, an all-female group of divers on South Korea’s Jeju Island, spend much of their lives underwater without ...

Called haenyeo, which literally means “sea women”, they rely solely on breath-holding techniques, diving as deep as 10m and staying underwater for up to two minutes, without breathing equipment.

Through digital storytelling of her daily dives, thirty-something 'haenyeo' Lee Ah-ran helps carry the island’s fading tradition of free-diving women For centuries, women on South Korea's Jeju ...

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

A group of female South Korean free divers on Jeju Island, known as the Haenyeo, exit the water after catching marine snails in November 2015. Chung Sung-Jun / Getty Images On Jeju Island ...

Real-Life Mermaid’ South Korean Divers Have a Remarkable Underwater ‘Superpower’ Written Into Their DNA Jeju Island in Korea ...

UNEP’s Inger Andersen urges global action on World Environment Day 2025 to end plastic pollution via circular solutions, ...