Tattooing in South Korea

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Tattooing in South Korea has a long and controversial history. South Korean law permits only licensed medical practitioners, as opposed to tattoo artists without medical degrees, to open tattoo parlors, although it is not illegal to have a tattoo. Only the army prohibits tattoos. People can get tattoos after serving in the military.^[1] Attitudes towards tattoos and people who have them are often negative, particularly among the older generations of South Koreans.