this is bbc news. we'll have the headlines for you at the top of the hour, it's hard to survive in korea as a tattoo artist because, like, it's illegal.

my name is lina ahn.

south korea needs to change the law about, like, i don't... people are thinking like, "oh, it's like a gangster thing," the biggest problem is, like, we can't get loans.

yeah. he was showing his penis. so i went to the other room and then gave him, like, five minutes and i went

there again to him and then and then i got really scared. you know, "place by yourself," and, like, "what did you expect?" i was thinking, "i can't call the police right now. have proof that i got... "..a bad situation because of him. going to have a problem." i was really scared three years, i think.

then i don't think there is a protection for the tattoo artist.

survey, the percentage of people who have tattoos

my name is gong greem, so you can just call me greem. i think it will take two, two or two—and—a—half hours, i think.

yeah. tattoo machine buzzes did you have many tattoos before not really. yeah. that's so insane. i like seoul, but i always feel shame. yeah, i can express myself as an artist the artist that did this one, the one on the other side, this colour one, she only had, like, two tattoos. 0r, like, one. and i was, like, "wow".

i probably should get more. yeah. greem tattoos that i really like are really colourful and, i'm a female tattoo artist and you are just a starter, yeah.

south korea need to change their law and some people need to change their mind. planned moving...

hello. further westwards, we've got this weather front that's and this is just the first of a couple of weather fronts that do this. all across the east. where temperatures in the countryside get down

and wherever you are, we're looking at mild

temperatures mostly about 8—12 celsius. of the uk on tuesday. dry and sunny. from wednesday through friday.

from canada, mexico and china, prompting fears of a trade war. hello, i'm helena humphery.