SEOUL: South Korea’s parliament passed a landmark bill Thursday that would allow people to give tattoos without having a medical license. The country currently allows only people with medical licenses to give tattoos, making it the only country in the industrialized world with such a restriction. Tens of thousands of tattooists have been working in the shadows in South Korea for decades. The National Assembly passed the Tattooist Act by a 195-0 vote. The Tattooist Act would introduce an official licensing system for tattooists and place them under state supervision.

Oggi soltanto i medici sono autorizzati a fare tatuaggi, tutti gli altri rischiano multe e problemi

SEOUL: South Korea’s parliament passed a landmark bill Thursday that would allow people to give tattoos without having a medical license. The country currently allows only people…

Many tattoo artists have operated illegally for the past 30 years, leaving them at the sharp end of the law.

Giovedì il parlamento monocamerale della Corea del Sud ha approvato una legge che permetterà anche a chi non è medico di esercitare legalmente la professione di tatuatore, dopo…