Jeju Honors 93rd Anniversary of Historic Haenyeo Resistance Movement

JEJU, Jan. 12 (Korea Bizwire) — Jeju Island will commemorate the 93rd anniversary of the Jeju Haenyeo Anti-Japanese Movement, the largest women-led independence movement in Korea, with a special ceremony on January 12. The event will honor the courageous haenyeo (female divers) who, in 1932, led mass protests against Japan’s colonial exploitation and ethnic discrimination in [...]