Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. 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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A group of Haenyeo (women divers) walk on the beach after diving on Jeju Island, South Korea, November 19, 2023. - ...

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 ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Holly Corbett covers bias, workplace culture, and social movements. Twenty-five years ago, avid diver Margo Peyton had a dream: To ...

A new analysis of a group of all-women extreme divers off the coast of Korea has uncovered genetic differences that could help them survive the intense physiological stresses of free-diving—and could ...

New research from the University of St Andrews has found that a remarkable group of women who free dive for seafood without oxygen, spend more time underwater than some diving mammals like sea beavers ...

A mother and daughter from a landlocked city have encouraged more women to start scuba diving. Mia Ellis-Kennedy and her mother, Maddy Kennedy, from Milton Keynes, have both qualified as scuba ...

The following is an excerpt from "Girl Squads: 20 Female Friendships That Changed History” written by Sam Maggs and illustrated by Jenn Woodall. “Girl Squads” celebrates female friendships throughout ...

Rhiannan Iffland of Australia won the women’s high diving gold medal on Saturday at the 2025 World Aquatics Championships in Singapore. Bronze went to American Maya Kelly, the first American female ...

SEOUL: Under the scorching Tuesday (June 30) morning sun, dozens of women sat shoulder to shoulder on mats outside a ...

This International Women’s Day, we’re celebrating six women divers who turn pressure into power – whether they’re plunging beneath coral arches or mapping freshwater caves. Their stories aren’t just ...