SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — 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. The act would take effect after a two-year grace period that begins once it’s formally proclaimed by President Lee Jae Myung. That step is considered a formality, as his Health Ministry has already express

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