South Korea has long banned tattooing by anyone without a medical license. That has left tattoo artists to work in the ...

South Korea's parliament has passed a bill to legalise tattoo artists, ending a decades-long ban on tattooing by those ...

South Korea has legalised tattoo artistry by non-medical professionals for the first time in more than 30 years, following a ...

Tattoos have long been stigmatised in South Korea. Starting over a thousand years ago, people’s crimes or slave status was ...

As a popular tattoo artist in South Korea, Song Jaemin is fully booked weeks in advance and highly respected by his clients, some of whom come from abroad to see him. But each time Song inks someone, ...

South Korean tattoo artists have inked a fine line to global success in recent years but at home they've had to operate underground, illegally, until the passage of a new law last month.

Reporting from Seoul — Viyah Lee sports her five tattoos like hidden badges of rebellion: a small treble clef in her ear, her name fashioned in leopard spots on her left hip, discreet images on her ...

South Korean tattoo artist Ilwol Hongdam has inked close to 4,000 people in the last 10 years, many of whom flew into Seoul just to see him. With more than 371,000 followers on Instagram, he is one of ...

South Korea remains one of the few countries to require a medical degree for tattooing. In a recent congressional hearing, the law was challenged but voted in favor of maintenance. Despite walking on ...

Showing tattoos in public has long been taboo in South Korea, where there are still many negative stereotypes about inked skin. In the past, tattoos were seen as gangster symbols. Also, the deeply ...