Is South Korea safer than America?

Is South Korea safer than America? South Korea has one of the lowest intentional homicide rates in the Asia-Pacific region – at 0.6 it is safer even than Hong Kong (at 0.7) and far safer than the United States (at close to 5).

South Korea has one of the lowest intentional homicide rates in the Asia-Pacific region – at 0.6 it is safer even than Hong Kong (at 0.7) and far safer than the United States (at close to 5).