Haenyeo Archives

The Last of the Sea Women Dir. Sue Kim on Female Korean Divers Lives
Sue Kim was always enamored by the Haenyeo ("sea women" in Korean), the South Korean female divers from the province of Jeju Once a proud tradition in the 20th century, their practice of harvesting various sea life has waned in the 21st century and further complicated matters by the 2011 Fukushima nuclear accident off of[...]