The proud free-diving female fishers of South Korea's Jeju island hope to save their tradition from extinction by passing ...

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 ...

Women who free dive to harvest seafood are called "Haenyeo" in South Korea. But on Jeju Island, their numbers are dwindling.