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
Mexican Drug Kingpin Is Captured. JoaquÃ­n GuzmÃ¡n Loera, âEl Chapo,â one of Mexicoâs top drug bosses and a Forbes list billionaire since 2009, was captured today in a Mexican resort after a 13-year manhunt.
A week after his capture in the resort city of Mazatlan, Joaquin El Chapo Guzman sits in a cell in Mexico's highest-security prison, a sprawling complex surrounded by barbed-wire fences outside of Mexico City where he is held along with other high-profile drug traffickers.' 1 El Chapo,' drug kingpin, charged in Mexico.oaquin El Chapo Guzman, the commission said that day, was far more menacing than even Capone. What Al Capone was to beer and whiskey during Prohibition, Guzman is to narcotics, said Art Bilek, the commission's executive vice president.