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Nine-year-old Thai tattooist makes his mark
AFP, Published on 17/03/2025
» Wielding a cumbersome tattoo gun with his small hands swamped in surgical gloves, nine-year-old Napat Mitmakorn expertly inks the pattern of a fanged serpent on a man's upper thigh.
Under your skin: Tattoo artist inks cremated remains in art
AFP, Published on 27/10/2023
» OCEANSIDE (UNITED STATES) - When Scout Frank lost her mother, she knew she needed to keep her close -- and hit upon the perfect solution when she found she could have her ashes tattooed into her skin.
Tattoos cover up painful pasts for US sex-trafficking victims
AFP, Published on 07/07/2023
» MIAMI - Many tattoos carry a deeper meaning behind them. But for Emily, the "7" on her left leg represents a nightmare, a branding imposed by a pimp.
Catholics line up for free tattoos in Austria
AFP, Published on 17/04/2023
» VIENNA - "In God's hands" read several of the tattoos inked during a free-of-charge session over the weekend -- organised by none other than Austria's leading group representing Catholic nuns and monks.
Scar tissue: Vietnamese women find healing with tattoos
AFP, Published on 09/04/2021
» HANOI: In her tiny Hanoi apartment, tattoo artist Ngoc inks middle-aged women whose lives have been upended by divorce or illness, each of them searching for healing through an art form that is still largely taboo in Vietnam.
Philippine gangs ink over tattoos to combat jail violence
AFP, Published on 03/12/2020
» MANILA - Heavily tattooed Philippine prisoners wince in pain as fellow inmates use improvised tattooing machines to cover up gang symbols -- an effort to reduce jail violence that sceptics say is only skin-deep.
South Korea's tattoo artists seek legalisation
AFP, Published on 09/09/2020
» SEOUL: South Korean tattooist Doy counts Hollywood superstar Brad Pitt and members of K-Pop band EXO among his celebrity clients, but his delicate, detailed designs could land him in prison.
Myanmar's last generation of tattooed headhunters
AFP, Published on 27/02/2020
» LONGWA (MYANMAR) - Ngon Pok remembers his father and grandfather returning triumphantly to his tribal village in Myanmar's far north with a human head -- and the agony of the tattoo he was given to celebrate their victory.
Skin in the game: Hong Kong protesters get inked
AFP, Published on 23/08/2019
» HONG KONG - As a tattooist's black ink fills the petals of Hong Kong's Bauhinia flower on her upper thigh, 'C' says the indelible act of rebellion will forever serve as a reminder of the city's summer of defiance.
Tattoos still give Japan the needle as Olympics loom
AFP, Published on 17/12/2018
» TOKYO - When Mana Izumi got her first tattoo at 18, she wasn't trying to rebel or shatter any taboos -- just copy Japanese pop diva Namie Amuro's beach-bronze "surfer chick" look.