Currently 75-year-old, haenyeo Ko Ok-hee was born in Udo Island and learned to work underwater from her mother, who was also a haenyeo, at the age of 12. Since then, she has been working in the sea all her life and continues to work as a haenyeo to this day. Her youngest daughter, poet Kim Shin-sook, has written the story of her mother in her book ‘Twelve-Year-Old Haenyeo’ as the first of the grandmother series. Let’s listen to the story of Ko Ok-hee who has been working in the sea for over 60 years. Also, she tells us what her dream is, if you are curious, listen to it right now!

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