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Seoul travel safety advice
Seoul travel safety advice
Seoul is a remarkably safe city given its size, comparable in safety to Hong Kong or Tokyo. Pickpocketing is not very common and violent crime is minimal if almost unheard of.
If you happen to be a non-Korean male walking hand-in-hand with a Korean female, drunk older Korean men might give you a tongue lashing and such, or occasionally worse.
U.S. military personnel no longer have a curfew on the Korean Peninsula. Travelers do not need to worry about being approached by military police and proving their civilian status but should have identification just in case.
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