Many women who grow up on Jeju Island off the southern tip of South Korea start diving at a young age and continue doing so throughout their lives. A group of women around 70 years old laugh and ...

A group of women around 70 years old laugh and sing on a beach in Jeju, an island off South Korea, preparing to spend the day diving for shellfish. Moments later, they’ll plunge into frigid ...

“Women and dried pollock need to be beaten every three days for better taste” – so goes an old saying that was common in South Korea in the 1960s when Choi Mal-ja was growing up in a small ...

A generations-long culture of deep-diving among women on a South Korean Island may have changed their genetic evolution. A study shows potential for medical ...

I’m talking about an ajumma. But who, or what, is an ajumma? It’s a Korean word describing women in their 30s or older, typically married and with children. Though it is a term specifically ...

A doll based on a stereotype of married women from a South Korean city has resulted in numerous complaints regarding its over-sexualised image and demands that it be taken off the market.

A small island off the Korean coast is home to a genetically distinct population of humans. Haenyeo — literally "sea women" — are Korean cultural divers who have developed adaptations allowing them to ...

The balcony door unexpectedly locked behind her, leaving her stranded outside with no way to return indoors, Korea JoongAng Daily reported. Unable to get neighbors' attention due to street noise and ...

Be it Pani Puri or steamed Appams, Indian street foods are mouthwatering. A Korean woman tried a few desi dishes during her visit to India. She shared her experience of her joyful food trail on ...

Kim Mee-sun, a research professor at Ewha Womans University’s Korean Women’s Institute, tries to offer a different lens through her recent publication. For women like Lim, the war wasn’t ...