Five-Year-Old Island** Sitting on a swing, young hands catching scattering dust When spread wide, mother comes Sea with ...

The image of fire persists in the history of Jeju, the southernmost province of South Korea. This region, particularly Jeju ...

A new study has uncovered genetic differences in Korea’s elderly Haenyeo divers that may help them withstand the extreme stresses of free-diving, including high blood pressure and cold temperatures.

The all-female Korean Haenyeo divers show genetic adaptations to cold-water diving involving their blood pressure and cold tolerance. It's "like... The all-female free divers of Jeju Island have a ...

Everyone from Jeju — both the Haenyeo and the non-divers — had basically the same genes, meaning that the people of this island appear to have been genetically sculpted by generations of divers. "What ...

A couple of years ago, Melissa Ilardo found herself aboard a motorboat traversing the ocean around Jeju Island, which sits some 50 or 60 miles off the coast of South Korea. Before the vessel had even ...