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BBC Studios & JTBC Make Splash With Doc Series ‘Deep Dive Korea: Song Ji-Hyo’s Haenyeo Adventure’ — MIPCOM


Song Ji-Hyo will feature in 'Deep Dive Korea', a BBC Studios and JTBC doc series that will see the star immerse herself in haenyeo culture.

She is the center of Deep Dive Korea: Song Ji-Hyo’s Haenyeo Adventure, a doc series from BBC Studios and JTBC. They risk their lives by plunging up to 20 meters to the seafloor without oxygen masks or advanced equipment to gather shellfish and many of the woman are in their 80s. The doc will see her submerge herself in haenyeo techniques and culture, while taking viewers under the waters around Jeju Island in Japan, which is considered a wonder of the world with 368 mountains and more than 160 underground lava tubes.

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