New at Reason: Mike Riggs on South Korea's Controversial Licensing Law for Blind Masseurs

December 30, 2008

Massage therapy is the only occupation in South Korea where you must be blind to obtain a state license. As Mike Riggs writes in our January issue, blind South Koreans claim they'll be forced into the streets if the courts find the current law unconstitutional, while the law's opponents believe it confines the blind to "a vocational ghetto" and undercuts their ability to pursue other careers.

Read all about it here.