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How South Korea's 'real-life mermaids' made Malala want to learn to swim

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US -Korean film-maker Sue Kim team-up with Malala Yousafazai to document the haenyeo community.

The community of women from Jeju Island , South Korea , have been free-diving (without oxygen) to harvest seafood for centuries .

With most of them in their 60s , 70s and 80s , their traditions and way of life are in danger as fewer younger women take up the profession.

The Last of the Sea Women is available on Apple TV+ from 11 October 2024 .

Only 5% of the haenyeos attend a training school to become a hooner.

The film introduces two young women from another island who have found a following on social media.

One of them had to learn to swim at the age of 30 to do the job.

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67

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59

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86

Article tone

informal

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English

Language complexity

35

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short-lived

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