Overview

• A new case surfaced of a Korean man in his 30s reported missing after a video plea for 20 million won, following the August killing of a student lured by a fake job.
• The Foreign Ministry raised its travel advisory for Phnom Penh and summoned Cambodia’s ambassador, pledging an all-out response to kidnappings and forced labor reports.
• Korean authorities say cooperation with Cambodian police remains slow under formal mutual legal assistance rules, and they are considering pressure through Interpol.
• Seoul is seeking permission for police to act on victims’ presumed identities, proposing a dedicated “Korean Desk” in Cambodia and the possible dispatch of Korean officers.
• Cambodian prosecutors have charged three Chinese nationals in the student’s death, as cases of Koreans held against their will totaled 330 by August and survivors report torture in scam compounds.