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A tattoo artist inking a design at Carpetbombing Ink, a studio in Seonyudo, Seoul, South Korea. Aaron Guy Leroux. CC BY-NC-ND 2.0

South Korea’s Illegal Tattoo Scene is Becoming Mainstream

June 26, 2021

South Korea is the only country in the world where it is illegal to ink a tattoo without a medical license. Tattoos have historically been linked to crime and viewed as antithetical to Confucian values. But views are changing and South Korean tattoo artists are coming out of the shadows.

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In South Korea, World and Travel Tags South Korea, tattoo, minimalist, landscape, studio, social media, CheckOut, Arts and Culture, Asia
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