Tattoo artists derided the decision, calling it backward and lacking cultural understanding. Despite the decades-old ban, South Korea has nearly 50,000 tattoo artists, who risk police raids and ...

Tattoo artists derided the decision, calling it backward and lacking cultural understanding. Sign up here. Despite the decades-old ban, South Korea has nearly 50,000 tattoo artists, who risk ...

But the law has failed to keep pace, leaving the growing number of Korean tattoo artists vulnerable to prosecution on the whim of local authorities. Tattooing itself is not illegal in South Korea, but ...

Tattooing is basically illegal in Korea. Tattoo artists who work in the shadows at home travel abroad to promote their work and culture By Jon Dunbar Tattooing is still illegal in South Korea ...