Eunjung Hwang, a 28-year-old artist who goes by the moniker, Eunyu Tattoo, is using symbols from the Apple series Pachinko, like the Mungunghwa—South Korea’s national flower—as the basis for ...

Just having tattoos is also frowned upon by many people in South Korea and has been seen traditionally as a marker of gang membership. For women in particular, having a tattoo can also be seen as ...

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Attitudes towards tattoos have shifted in Korea over the past few years. Formerly, getting a tattoo was considered an act of befouling the sacred body that was given to you by your parents, and ...

As a result, to avoid social and legal prosecution that extends to two years in prison, tattoo artists live under the radar to pursue their careers. Persisting through such perils, is Ji Han, a Korean ...

While tattoos have grown in acceptance in most parts of the world — exceptions include several Islamic countries — South Korea remains one of the few where the artists are treated as criminals.

The Constitutional Court in Seoul upheld a ban on tattooing on Thursday, confirming South Korea as the only developed country that permits no one but medical professionals to perform the procedure.