These artists channel elements of Chinese painting, calligraphy and Buddhism through their needles in a new form of ‘poetic expression’.

Ocean Front Tattoo artist Mikey Ekimoto wears Korean symbols on his ring finger that translate to "Every moment is precious." On his pinkie finger, it reads, "Work hard and sacrifice one's self." ...

Despite cultural taboos, women have been getting tattoos for centuries. In ancient Egypt, women got tattoos as a form of beauty and as a status symbol. Permanent ink was seen for the first time in the ...

We’ve all seen those bad tattoos of “English names in Chinese” (spoiler alert…they’re not) or kanji characters for love, beauty, and harmony, that are, more likely than not, written incorrectly or ...

From the Hong Kong women tattoo artists making their mark to the "frog buttons" in Adidas' viral jacket, here are five stories from SCMP's recent reporting We have selected five Lifestyle stories from ...

The Chinese language is difficult, and perhaps no one has struggled more with it than the inkers and bearers of America’s Chinese-character tattoos. Most infamous was probably the tattoo on Britney ...