Jeju haenyeo (female divers) are rapidly decreasing due to aging. Jeju Province announced on the 20th that a complete survey ...

The South Korean province of Jeju is well-known for a culture of women known as the “haenyeo.” They are the breadwinners in their communities who make a living free diving to harvest seafood. The ...

South Korea’s ageing haenyeo still free-dive without oxygen for several hours—a real-time app from Cheil alerts nearby divers within seconds in medical emergencies.

50 miles off the southern tip of the Korean Peninsula is Jeju Island: home to a unique sea culture and a celebrated community of women, the Haenyeo. Haenyeo literally translates to 'sea women'— ...

The all-female Korean Haenyeo divers show genetic adaptations to cold-water diving involving their blood pressure and cold tolerance. It's "like... The all-female free divers of Jeju Island have a ...

Author-illustrator Hyewon Yum’s picture book A Spoonful of the Sea examines the Korean tradition of miyeok-guk, a seaweed soup that’s served to both nursing mothers the month after they give birth, ...

On Saturday, volunteer diver Juan Heredia from Stockton hiked for three hours on a remote trail in the Sierra Nevada, through hail and stormy conditions, and recovered the bodies of three men who ...

For generations, the all-female Haenyeo divers have routinely dove into frigid waters off the coast of South Korea, holding their breath for... The genetic adaptations that make South Korea's 'super ...

Often likened to mermaids in media reports and popular culture, South Korea’s famed Haenyeo (“sea women”) spend much of the day underwater, diving without scuba gear to collect abalone, octopus, kelp ...

A new study has uncovered genetic differences in Korea’s elderly Haenyeo divers that may help them withstand the extreme stresses of free-diving, including high blood pressure and cold temperatures.

A new DNA analysis of Korea’s all-women extreme divers has uncovered genetic adaptations that uniquely protect them from the intense stresses of plunging into coastal waters without oxygen. The ...