TO GO WITH Lifestyle-SKorea-tattoo-society,FEATURE by Giles Hewitt In a photo taken on November 21, 2014, tattoo artist Jang Jun-Hyuk (L) tattoos customer Suh Hyun-Woong (R) at his tattoo studio in Seoul. Once associated almost exclusively with organised crime members, tattoos are going mainstream in South Korea, championed by sporting heroes, K-pop stars and other celebrities with passionate fan bases. 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. AFP PHOTO / Ed Jones

TO GO WITH Lifestyle-SKorea-tattoo-society,FEATURE by Giles Hewitt In a photo taken on November 21, 2014, tattoo artist Jang Jun-Hyuk (L) tattoos customer Suh Hyun-Woong (R) at his tattoo studio in Seoul.  Once associated almost exclusively with organised crime members, tattoos are going mainstream in South Korea, championed by sporting heroes, K-pop stars and other celebrities with passionate fan bases. 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.     AFP PHOTO / Ed Jones

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En Corea del Sur, ser tatuador es ilegal, a menos que seas un doctor.

Quienes tienen esa pasión tiene que decidir si continúan tatuando o dejarlo para evitar ir a prisión. Esto es, por que, desde 2001, la Corte Suprema de Corea decidió que sólo los doctores, podían realizar tatuajes, pues son considerados procedimientos médicos.

Ahora bien, son pocos los médicos que se dedican a hacer tatuajes pues lo consideran algo inmoral.

¿Qué pasa si descubren a alguien? Puede sufrir una sanción económica o pasar 20 años en la cárcel, ¿el delito? Atentan contra la salud pública. Así de simple.

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