You are probably safer in S. Korea than in the U.S.

Both S. Korea and Japan are like this. There is a sense of honor that is different than in the U.S. This honor prevents harm generally speaking both places more than in the U.S.

Of course there are some places safer than others here in South Korea just like in the U.S. too.

The biggest differences are things like: No state police much because all speeding tickets are done through GPS. So, you get a buzzing on your GPS on the dashboard at 1 kilometer per hour over the speed limit. You get I think up to 10 to 30 seconds with the buzzer on before a speeding ticket is automatically mailed to your address.

I mentioned before how electronic pride is here in S. Korea with companies like Samsung and Kia, and Hyunda. I was told by a S. Korean to pronounce Hyundai "yun Day" with a long vowel in each syllable whereas I had always pronounced this word as "Hi yun die" which I was told was incorrect.

Another interesting thing: "Phoenitic English or European spellings of South Korean words and locations have almost no resemblence to the real names on road signs.

The reason for this is other western languages cannot pronounce properly Korean Words because often there are things like BP and TD for example are sounds we don't make. And so also when Koreans try to learn English they have to learn to separate B from P and T from D which makes learning English very very difficult for Koreans.