How is Korea one of the safest countries yet- (1 Viewer)

[Shimmer]

Have a corrupt justice system and a government. Like how? That is weirdly impressive to be honest, or is it that corruption and safety does not correlate and I'm just a dumb child.

 

[Ahsoka]

There are people that say its one of the safest countries?

 

[SnowWhite]

Do you mean about coronavirus or.... i'm confused. It's far from safe specially for girls from what I know

 

[Jimimis]

Safety = crime rates, sk has low crime rates

 

[Ahsoka]

Safety = crime rates, sk has low crime rates

I guess that makes sense, if no one gets charged for the crimes they commit technically the crime rate would be quite low

 

[Belgizen]

Have a corrupt justice system and a government. Like how?

We haven't had a government for 450 days now and the last time we had a world record (500+ days)
and somehow we still survive as a country, even in these times

the world is strange sometimes

 

[Belgizen]

I guess that makes sense, if no one gets charged for the crimes they commit technically the crime rate would be quite low

can't raise something you don't have

(RESISTS URGE TO MAKE A JOKE)

 

[Shimmer]

If you're talking about the coronavirus, I think it's because they already went through something like this not too long ago (but on a smaller scale, obvs) and were better-prepared for the future. If you're talking about everything else... I dunno. It might just be the East Asian mentality of not rocking the boat too much. I'm sure there are still lots of crimes that just go unreported.

I'm not talking about coronavirus,I'm talking about crime like if they don't arrest the criminals how are the citizens of Korea for most of the time still able to go out in dark without being mugged. Like do people just not want to take advantage of the system and mug people or mugging just isn't a preferred crime to do? Like even minors can go out at night with nothing happening to them. Is it that Korea is just not reporting crimes?

 

[Shimmer]

Do you mean about coronavirus or.... i'm confused. It's far from safe specially for girls from what I know

Crime, or it could be that the crime rate is low due to it being unreported as someone said here, either way it's weird to have low crime rate when the system protects the perpetrators more than the victim. With this I'd assume that a lot of people would take advantage of it.

 

[VillageIdiot]

We haven't had a government for 450 days now and the last time we had a world record (500+ days)
and somehow we still survive as a country, even in these times

the world is strange sometimes

You're Korean??
I thought you were European like @Vikki

 

[Darkseid]

You're Korean??
I thought you were European like @Vikki

She was talking about Belgium I'm sure
But @Vikki European what

 

[blueberries]

Corruption leads to different kind of crimes than mugging on streets and visible violence. It has led to chaebols avoiding taxes, police getting brided, cases like Burning Sun, Sewol tragedy, the recent sex cam and blackmail case..

South Korea has been democracy just couple decades. It used to have dictator and oppressive regime not so long ago. Western countries were even supporting that regime since it led to financial growth and strong opponent against communist North Korea.

The current goverment of Moon Jae in has promised to root out corruption, but its roots are planted deep. And are the goverment even above corruption themselves?

 

[Ahsoka]

She was talking about Belgium I'm sure
But @Vikki European what

Jess seems to think I'm from Norway or something Or Sweden? Something like that

 

[yeji]

Korea is far from being safe

 

[Darkseid]

Jess seems to think I'm from Norway or something Or Sweden? Something like that

Oh wow Viking Vikki

 

[Belgizen]

You're Korean??
I thought you were European like @Vikki

No I'm from Belgium
And Vik is from the USA
OP said that Korea is considered safe despite corruption etc
and I said that Belgium seems to do fine without having a government and being on our way to break our own world record

 

[VillageIdiot]

No I'm from Belgium
And Vik is from the USA
OP said that Korea is considered safe despite corruption etc
and I said that Belgium seems to do fine without having a government and being on our way to break our own world record

The nonchalant attitude of the articles I'm reading on this is shocking to say the least. And also explains why I've literally never heard of this before.

Shuddering to imagine how my country would handle a situation like this.

 

[Belgizen]

The nonchalant attitude of the articles I'm reading on this is shocking to say the least. And also explains why I've literally never heard of this before.

Shuddering to imagine how my country would handle a situation like this.

Korea?

 

[VillageIdiot]

Korea?

The US

 

[spicy_illusion]

Jess seems to think I'm from Norway or something Or Sweden? Something like that

I originally thought you were originally from Denmark for some reason, sorry

Korea is definitely not as safe one might assume though! Just like everywhere else, there is bribes, corruption, human trafficking, etc but it just doesn't get reported as much.