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 ...

They didn’t start young like the women on Jeju – Jeongmin, a mother of three, became a haenyeo when her husband’s business ...

diving shoulder-to-shoulder with some of the most resilient women she has ever met. Warsaw to Seoul to Jeju While In was still living in Seoul, her fascination with Jeju led her to write ...

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 ...