Overview
- The cremated remains of the student, surnamed Park, arrived at Incheon on Korean Air KE690 at 8:04 a.m., 74 days after he was found dead in Cambodia.
- Authorities from both countries conducted the autopsy at a Phnom Penh pagoda, with the cause of death to be determined after tissue and toxicology analyses.
- Cambodian prosecutors have indicted three Chinese nationals in the case, and a key suspect accused of luring Park was arrested in South Korea.
- In a separate case, a South Korean man in his 50s was found dead in a Sihanoukville hotel room; a consular official was dispatched, a note and passport were recovered, and local police opened an investigation.
- Seoul says a scam connection to the hotel death is considered unlikely, while it provides consular support and pursues broader crackdowns that include arrest-warrant requests for 58 of 64 nationals repatriated from Cambodia.