Filmmaker Sue Kim's term for them: "A bad-ass girl gang." The director of the Apple Original Film The Last of the Sea Women first observed the haenyeo as a child. "The very first time I ever saw ...

Off the coast of Jeju Island, South Korea, groups of women in their 60s, 70s and 80s submerge themselves into the depths of the ocean every day to harvest seafood, without oxygen tanks. These ...

It takes many years to master the breathing technique. The documentary film «The Last Women of the Sea» by director Sue Kim was released in September. The film follows the haenyeo in their day ...

In “The Last of the Sea Women,” an extraordinary band of feisty grandmother warriors wage a spirited battle against vast oceanic threats. Often called real-life mermaids, the haenyeo divers of ...

On the shores of Jeju Island, a fierce group of South Korean divers fight to save their vanishing culture from looming threats.