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Woo Jung-min, 35, a haenyeo, also known as a ‘sea woman’, poses for a photograph with sea cucumbers that she harvested in the sea off Geoje, South Korea, March 31, 2021. Reuters pic
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GEOJE, April 19 Clad in a black wet suit and pink face mask, Jin So-hee’s figure cleanly parts the green-blue water until she abruptly dives below the surface, her purple fins disappearing into the deep.
When she resurfaces a minute and a half later, her gloved hands grip six or seven sea cucumbers, their spiked backs glistening in the sun.
South Korea s youngest sea women , warming seas mean smaller catches
2 hours ago Ko Keum-sun, a senior haenyeo, also known as a sea woman , carries sea food that she harvested in the sea.
Clad in a black wet suit and pink face mask, Jin So-hee s figure cleanly parts the green-blue water until she abruptly dives below the surface, her purple fins disappearing into the deep.
When she resurfaces a minute and a half later, her gloved hands grip six or seven sea cucumbers, their spiked backs glistening in the sun. This is the biggest one, what do we do? she asks her partner, Woo Jung-min.