south korea íêµ­ éå hanguk officially the republic of korea ëíë¯¼êµ­ å¤§éæ°å daehan minguk is a country in east asia south korea occupies the southern half of the korean peninsula with north korea to the north china across the sea to the west and japan a short ferry ride to the southeastouth korea is a very safe country with reported crime rates much lower than in the us and comparable to most european countries crime rates are comparable to other safe places such as japan singapore and hong kong and it is safe to walk around at night even in the major cities
The forces were following yet another tip about the whereabouts of one of the worldâs most wanted drug kingpins, JoaquÃ­n GuzmÃ¡n Loera â known as El Chapo, which means âShortyâ â who had eluded such raids for 13 years since escaping from prison, by many accounts in a laundry cart.
Save for later Saved. Joaquin 'El Chapo' Guzman Loera, seen here after his 1993 arrest, escaped from a maximum security federal prison in 2001 and continues to be a fugitive. On Feb. 14, Chicago announced that Guzman, the head of Mexico's Sinaloa crime cartel, is their new Public Enemy No. 1.