Statement:
You will be less safe in North Korea than in South Korea

In the Safest countries rating North Korea holds position #150 2022 out of 161 and South Korea is #43 out of 161 2022.
Position of North Korea is worse than position of South Korea.
North Korea is an outsider of the "Safest countries" rating. It could be dangerous. So you need to take additional actions and not to be frivolous, compared to South Korea

Referencies:

  1. The countries in the rating sorted by 'Score' in ascending order.
    North Korea 'Score' value is 2.94
    South Korea 'Score' value is 1.78