Jeju-do is the largest of Korean islands and lies between Korea and Japan. There, for hundreds of years, women dive without breathing apparatus, to the ocean floor and collect shellfish ...

Japan's legendary Ama free-diving women still plumb the waters around Sugashima Island in search of abalone, turban shell and Ise spiny lobster. We glimpse the island through this extraordinary ...

Perfection exists at the Tokyo Olympics, and it was on display during the final round of the women's 10m platform diving competition when Chinese diver Quan Hongchan performed two dives that earned ...

Another attraction of the island is the haenyo (pronounced HAIN-yo), the women who dive year-round for shellfish and edible seaweed off the shores. The seabeds of southern Korea and southern Japan ...

China has dominated most all of the Olympic diving competitions for the last few decades, but it may dominate women’s springboard the most. A Chinese diver has won nine straight gold medals in the ...