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 ...

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 ...

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 ...