Overview

• The suspects were arrested on board a Korean Air charter under a law that treats national carriers as Korean territory, then transferred to police units nationwide.
• Police said most of the 64 returnees face criminal probes and moved Sunday to seek arrest warrants before the 48-hour custody limit expires Monday morning.
• Separately, a key domestic suspect accused of recruiting the slain student was arrested on a court warrant, and a South Korea–Cambodia team will conduct a joint autopsy in Phnom Penh on Monday.
• Seoul and Phnom Penh agreed to fast arrest notifications, evidence sharing and a joint response task force, and South Korea imposed a code‑black travel ban on high‑risk areas in Cambodia.
• Cambodian authorities report 3,455 scam arrests and thousands of deportations since late June, and local police rescued three additional South Koreans from a scam compound this week.