Jeju Volcanic Island and Lava Tubes together comprise three sites that make up 18,846 ha. It includes Geomunoreum, regarded as the finest lava tube system of caves anywhere, with its multicoloured ...

Old letters are treasured windows into the past. They lack the brutal honesty and starkness of diary entries, instead ...

12 missing after fishing boat sinks off Jeju Island (ATTN: UPDATES with divers searching underwater, other details; ADDS photo) JEJU, South Korea, Nov. 8 (Yonhap) -- Two people died and 12 others ...

Fred Dustin’s letters from Jeju Island, penned some 50 years ago ... Jeju, declared Dustin, had “the finest and most attractive [scuba] diving waters to be found anywhere in the Pacific ...

the Coast Guard said it received reports that a 32-tonne fishing boat carrying seven people and a 29-tonne vessel with eight crew members were stranded on a rock in waters off Jeju Island around 9 ...

Jeju is the largest of South Korea’s islands and a UNESCO World Heritage site, making it a perfect respite from the big city. On a quiet cliffside suspended between a calm sea and craggy rocks ...

The haenyeo live on Jeju Island in South Korea, 80 kilometers from the mainland. Translated to English, haenyeo means «mermaid.» The divers are on average 70 years old. They spend several hours ...

JEJU -- Twelve people were rescued Saturday after two fishing boats carrying 15 crew members ran aground in waters off the southern resort island of Jeju, according to the Coast Guard. The Coast ...

The second installment of our World Heritage Series sees us take a trip to Jeju Volcanic Island and Lava Tubes, South Korea’s only natural site to make the revered list of United Nation designated ...

South Korean authorities detained 11 Vietnamese nationals on Wednesday after they were discovered hiding in a cargo truck at Jeju Port in an attempt to depart the island illegally. The group, ...

The nation’s transport ministry reviewed structures near airport runways after the deadly crash of a Jeju Air flight late last month. By River Akira Davis and Jin Yu Young River Akira Davis ...