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		gdhbcc on April 16, 2019 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: In China, tattoos border on illegal – and they're ... Tattoos are not illegal in South Korea, neither having them or making them is illegal. It is simply classified as a form of acupuncture and regulated accordingly.

nomnomray on April 17, 2019 [–]

While tattooing is technically illegal in South Korea... [0]

[0] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tattooing_in_South_Korea

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