article_snippet: Despite the ever-present backdrop of inter-Korean tensions, security in downtown Seoul is typically quite relaxed.
article_snippet: Indeed, even since 9/11, it is relatively easy to enter most large buildings in downtown Seoul, and security procedures have been generally perfunctory.
article_snippet: Yet although downtown Seoul has been relatively safe and public security has often been lax, violent attacks on public figures in South Korea are in fact not unprecedented.