Actress Song Ji-hyo takes on the challenge of becoming a haenyeo, a woman free diver who harvests seafood, on South Korea’s Jeju Island in the JTBC-BBC joint documentary series Deep Dive Korea: ...

Korean actress Song Ji-hyo is swapping the film set for the depths of the seas. She is the center of Deep Dive Korea: Song Ji-Hyo’s Haenyeo Adventure, a doc series from BBC Studios and JTBC.

Growing up in the coastal city of Pohang, South Korean actress Song Ji-hyo often saw her eldest aunt return from work with a basket full of seafood. Her aunt was a haenyeo (Korean for “sea women ...

At a point when South Korean actress Song Ji-hyo felt stuck in the monotony of her acting career, she was ready to try something new. That “something new” turned out to be an immersive ...