Korean indie production house, Imtv is developing and will produce a drama series based on the New York Times best-selling novel, “The Island of Sea Women” by Lisa See.

The story is set largely on the remote Korean island of Jeju, among the community of ‘haenyo,’ women who earn a living by free diving for mollusks, seaweed and other sea life from the depths of the ocean.

Representatives of a rare semi matriarchal society, the women work while the menfolk typically stay at home, though property is passed down along male lines.

Celebrated activist and Nobel Prize-winner Malala recently boarded
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