{"id":894,"date":"2003-06-29T21:58:37","date_gmt":"2003-06-30T01:58:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/dbnews\/2003\/06\/29\/forbidden-ink\/"},"modified":"2003-06-29T21:58:37","modified_gmt":"2003-06-30T01:58:37","slug":"forbidden-ink","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/dowbrigade\/2003\/06\/29\/forbidden-ink\/","title":{"rendered":"Forbidden Ink"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Tattoos are not against the law in South Korea, but they
\n were a foolproof way of avoiding the draft.  Until the government
\n started arresting young men for ”willfully tampering with their bodies
\n to avoid military duty”. In old Korea, authorities tattooed ”Thief”
\n or ”Stealer of Government Money” on criminals’ foreheads. Go figure.<\/p>\n

By Sang Hun Choe, Associated Press, 6\/29\/2003<\/a> <\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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