Jeju-do is the largest of Korean ... and health problems that go with diving. As a filmmaker I was privileged to meet many of these women and dive with them. Their stories of hardship and pride ...

As documented in the article, "The Diving Women of Korea and Japan," by Suk Ki Hong and Hermann Rahn, in the May 1967 issue of Scientific American, p. 43.

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 ...

As one of its member says: “Even when it’s cold or we don’t feel like diving, we still dive ... and started going back to Jeju Island to talk to the women there. The idea of putting them ...

Ever since women took over the industry, Jeju has been a place with matriarchal ... They wear wet suits, diving masks, weight belts, gloves and fins. They use iron hooks to loosen the sea ...

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