Overview

• The government will send an interagency response team led by Second Vice Foreign Minister Kim Jina on Wednesday, joined by police and intelligence officials.
• Police said they aim to bring home 63 South Koreans confined in Cambodia within one month and will add two officers to the embassy’s law-enforcement staff.
• Seoul is pressing for a dedicated “Korean Desk” within Cambodian police, with high-level talks scheduled next Monday to set up direct investigative channels.
• About 80 people linked to Cambodia job scams remain unaccounted for this year, according to the foreign ministry, with police citing 52 unresolved cases from 143 filed since 2024.
• Korean forensic personnel will observe a planned joint autopsy for the 22-year-old student whose torture death triggered the push, as three Chinese suspects face charges in Cambodia.