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Is South Korea Safe right now?

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bri9and
Profile Blog Joined June 2010
United States246 Posts
June 16 2011 17:47 GMT
#1
I have a brother in law that wants to move his family to a USAF base in S Korea but my sister is flipping out because she thinks its unsafe.. I assured her its safe, but wanted to poll the folks there since many of you are in S Korea and have good insight into the relative safety of the country. We don't know where the base is except that its a NATO base in S Korea.

Thanks.

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I don't have time to play with myself
DNB
Profile Blog Joined November 2010
Finland995 Posts
June 16 2011 17:49 GMT
#2
I've been to S-Korea and I can say that the locals are much less worried there about NK than people in the west. I can understand why someone would be worried after all the scare by the media.
Sega92
Profile Blog Joined November 2010
United States467 Posts
June 16 2011 17:52 GMT
#3
while I do not live there I can say that is no less safe than anywhere else in the world, to be honest living in the US is probably more dangerous seeing as a whole lot of the world hates our guts

though I may be uninformed about Korea's safety I hope I helped at least a little
bri9and
Profile Blog Joined June 2010
United States246 Posts
June 16 2011 17:57 GMT
#4
Thanks guys, I appreciate the responses
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AyeH
Profile Blog Joined March 2010
United States534 Posts
June 16 2011 18:02 GMT
#5
i would assume it's safe since my relatives don't have any desire to leave the country. don't worry.
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Kralle333
Profile Blog Joined November 2010
Denmark301 Posts
June 16 2011 18:03 GMT
#6
According to this:
http://www.visionofhumanity.org/gpi-data/#/2011/scor

South korea is more safe than the us
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cive
Profile Blog Joined May 2010
Canada370 Posts
June 16 2011 18:09 GMT
#7
No guns, no drugs and kids spend most of their time studying.

The country doesn't sleep either. I can go get myself a fried chicken at 2 am in the morning :D
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Navi
Profile Joined November 2009
5286 Posts
June 16 2011 18:10 GMT
#8
People can totter around drunk at night in the city and not get hurt, whatever that says about the country (on the flip side if you aren't a drinker, less incentive to go I guess? lol)
So ya, unless you're afraid of getting nuked by NK during your stay there, probably not dangerous or anything.
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NonFactor
Profile Blog Joined January 2009
Sweden698 Posts
June 16 2011 18:13 GMT
#9
On June 17 2011 02:52 Sega92 wrote:
while I do not live there I can say that is no less safe than anywhere else in the world, to be honest living in the US is probably more dangerous seeing as a whole lot of the world hates our guts

though I may be uninformed about Korea's safety I hope I helped at least a little


I think the OP doesen't mean ''general safety'' like walking outside during the nights. What he means is the danger of a war starting between Nkorea and Skorea. If one would start, Seoul would be one of the most dangerous places to be in the world.

Personally I find it to be safe. That there would starta war between the 2 koreas would demand a lot. Even the sinking of the ship that craved the lifes of 40+ people didn't start one.

NKorea has nothing to win by a war. And SKorea fears for their capital that is very close to the pararell.

So I personally believe that a war isn't realistic. But who knows what could happen with NKorea. Their actions are indeed un-predictable.

-swordguy
Profile Blog Joined April 2011
United States560 Posts
June 16 2011 18:38 GMT
#10
For the most part they don't seem to even realize that there is a Korean war still going on (not actual fighting though). If they don't worry about it then I would see no reason for you to worry about it. Plus the US loves the preemptive strike, if they seriously thought Nkorea was about to launch a nuke the US/Skorea would do everything possible to prevent Nkorea from firing.
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Candide
Profile Joined November 2010
456 Posts
June 16 2011 18:50 GMT
#11
My dad has been going back and forth form there for a while and he had told me no one was worried. You should be safe if anything.(im korean)
Madoga
Profile Joined January 2011
Netherlands471 Posts
June 16 2011 19:05 GMT
#12
Why wouldn't it be safe? Unless your sister mistook s-korea for n-korea.
The only reason why you might consider nto going is if there was a threat of full scale war, which to my knowledge is not the case.
Game
Profile Blog Joined February 2009
3191 Posts
June 16 2011 19:30 GMT
#13
On June 17 2011 03:03 Kralle333 wrote:
According to this:
http://www.visionofhumanity.org/gpi-data/#/2011/scor

South korea is more safe than the us


South Korea is not involved in 2 wars and the conflict in Libya, either.
SC is like sex. You should play often, but never too hard. And you should only try hard when it matters.
Systemkaos
Profile Joined May 2010
United States41 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-06-16 19:33:24
June 16 2011 19:32 GMT
#14
Here is the thing with military bases and even more so with NATO. At the closest sign of danger to the population of its nationals, they will provide support and get those dependants out of the area ASAP.

Its not like the old days when things kick off you are stuck in the shit. Each nation has plans for its people over in foreign countries, even more so in potential hostial places.

There is nothing to worry about at all.
Glueburn
Profile Blog Joined January 2011
United States496 Posts
June 16 2011 20:07 GMT
#15
Hell, my brother was stationed in South Korea for about 2 years, and he came out fine.
It's pretty safe.
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Benga
Profile Joined October 2010
Korea (South)471 Posts
June 17 2011 00:05 GMT
#16
I live in korea and i can assure you how safe it is.You cant hardly ever find drugs or guns.In the cities its safe to get drunk and walk around 4a.m and sleep in the streets(in my case)
No need to worry about North Korea either,actually nobody cares unless youre serving in the military.
hi
bri9and
Profile Blog Joined June 2010
United States246 Posts
July 07 2011 21:46 GMT
#17
Thanks for everyone's comments, they are IMMENSELY helpful and mirror what I thought was the case.. Korea is pretty safe.
I don't have time to play with myself
fatfail
Profile Blog Joined December 2010
United States386 Posts
July 08 2011 14:28 GMT
#18
Korea is super safe... most dangerous thing I can think of is cigarette smoke.
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Pika Chu
Profile Blog Joined August 2005
Romania2510 Posts
July 08 2011 14:52 GMT
#19
There's not going to be any war between the two koreeas. There's no motivation on either side.
They first ignore you. After they laugh at you. Next they will fight you. In the end you will win.
Grettin
Profile Joined April 2010
42381 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-07-08 15:12:46
July 08 2011 15:10 GMT
#20
On June 17 2011 04:30 Game wrote:
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On June 17 2011 03:03 Kralle333 wrote:
According to this:
http://www.visionofhumanity.org/gpi-data/#/2011/scor

South korea is more safe than the us


South Korea is not involved in 2 wars and the conflict in Libya, either.


Anyone who have had or has troops in foreign country(where is fighting going on) are involved in the war. So yes, SK is involved in Afghanistan and was in Iraq. And not to forget, they are still in 'war' right now.

But all of this doesn't matter, OP. South Korea is pretty safe and i'd move there anytime from my home country which is one of the 'safest' countries in the world according to that link someone provided..
"If I had force-fields in Brood War, I'd never lose." -Bisu
PhysicsCat
Profile Joined June 2011
Korea (South)15 Posts
July 08 2011 16:42 GMT
#21
2/10 for the effort.
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