Scientists have investigated the unique biology of the Haenyeo, women from the South Korean island of Jeju who are known for ...

Imprints of evolution can be seen among the Haenyeo of South Korea. After generations of foraging for food on the seabed, ...

Nature and nurture give Korea’s women divers, known as Haenyeo, an edge in deep-sea diving with high cold tolerance and low ...

Jeju Haenyeo — which translates to "women of the sea" — begin diving for seafood at around the age of 15, gathering abalone, ...

The secret to tackling one of the United States’ most deadly chronic diseases may reside thousands of miles away in the ...

Past work from Ilardo has shown that nomadic Bajau divers in Indonesia, Malaysia, and the Philippines have especially large ...

From high-altitude climbers to divers who can fish without scuba gear, scientists are finding new ways that human bodies may ...

The Haenyeo divers of the Korean island of Jeju have a genetic variant linked to pain tolerance, as do other people living on Jeju.

the female seafisherfolk of Jeju – an island (population 600,000, pronounced Jay-Joo) off the south coast of Korea, a place which simultaneously manages to be beautiful, ugly, unique ...

Check out these 15 Korean dramas filmed on Jeju Island, including some of the best recommendations like When Life Gives You ...

The government announced a raft of aviation safety measures after a Jeju Air crash late last year that killed 179 people, ...

After a plane overshot a runway in South Korea, killing 179 people, a Times analysis found that global standards that help ...