After decades risking arrest, South Korea’s tattoo artists step into the limelight

And celebrities, from sportspeople to actors to pop stars, began to normalise it as they showed off their body art more publicly: Girl’s Generation’s Taeyeon, Big Bang’s Taeyang, rapper Jay Park, soloist HyunA, diver Woo Ha-ram, actress Han Ye-seul and BTS member Jungkook.