Reporting from Bangkok, Thailand — Atjima Khunnok has so many tattoos that she has to count them on her fingers: deities, sacred peaks, parallel rows of ancient Khmer script unfurling across her arms ...

In today’s generation, tattoos are seen as a way people can creatively express themselves. But in India, it is also seen as a Western ideology of freedom and identity. Tattooing has existed since ...

“I want people to know that traditional Chinese landscapes, still-life paintings and portraits can also be tattoos,” says Beijing-based tattoo artist Chen Jie. Although still largely taboo, tattoos ...

Here’s a burning question: What will your next tattoo be? A rose for your mother? A clipper ship crashing through your ribs? A panther roaring over your heart? The answer is in the flash on the walls, ...

Paiwan nobleman Kuljelie Kalivuan, from left, tattoo artist Cudjuy Patjidres and future chief Cangal of Taiwan’s Gulou tribe all bear tattoos by Patjidres. He will be a presenter at the Traditional ...