Korean Filmmaker Captures Aquatic Animals Under Jeju Island in Appeal to Save Oceans

“The sea that I have come to know has changed for the worse," says underwater cinematographer Dong-Sik Kim while emphasising the importance of humans’ co-existence with the sea. Kim’s latest project is a documentary displaying the wonderful aquatic world beneath Jeju Island. The project includes the special characters Haenyeo — Jeju’s sea women who represent the island’s semi-matriarchal structure. Kim features in a video released by electronics giant Samsung on World Oceans Day, in which he can be seen diving into the pristine waters of Jeju and talking about his dream of portraying what is hidden beneath the waves in all its vividity.