A group of women on South Korea's largest island, Jeju, follow a unique tradition to put food on the table: They freedive to depths of nearly 33 feet (10 meters) without using any special equipment.

A group of women around 70 years old laugh and sing on a beach in Jeju, an island off South Korea, preparing to spend the day diving for shellfish. Moments later, they’ll plunge into frigid waters as ...

Imprints of evolution can be seen among the Haenyeo of South Korea. After generations of foraging for food on the seabed, these all-women divers have fostered several genetic adaptations that allow ...

BUSAN, South Korea, Oct. 5 (UPI) --Sue Kim's The Last of the Sea Women opens with stunning scenes of a free diver descending to the sea floor, underwater cinematography that would not be out of place ...

Sue Kim first discovered the haenyeo on a family trip to South Korea’s Jeju Island. As her family walked along the coast they noticed a gathering of female free divers wearing wetsuits and donning ...

Sue Kim’s documentary provides a lively look at an aging-out — yet active — community of traditional female marine-life harvesters on Jeju Island. Considering themselves “guardians of the sea,” ...

This dive wasn’t about speed or depth records. It was about exploration along the ocean floor. Moving slowly revealed marine ...

"Being a haenyeo is a calling." Apple TV has revealed an official trailer for a documentary film titled The Last of the Sea Women, marking the feature directorial debut of filmmaker Sue Kim. A ...

South Korea’s “haenyeo,” or women divers, say that they’ve become inseparable from their deep blue environment. In Nobel Peace Prize winner Malala Yousafzai’s first executive-produced film, she ...

Sue Kim directs the feature, which will debut at TIFF 2024. The tradition of South Korean haenyeo is now being brought to the big screen. Director/executive producer Sue Kim helms the ...