Overview
- Police set a goal to bring home all 63 Koreans now confined in Cambodia within one month and will add two officers to the embassy as talks on creating a Cambodian police "Korean Desk" are set for Monday.
- The foreign ministry says roughly 80 people remain unaccounted for out of 330 reports from January to August, while police list 52 unresolved cases from 143 filings since last year, highlighting data gaps.
- The presidential office is dispatching an interagency team led by Second Vice Foreign Minister Kim Jina, with National Police Agency and National Intelligence Service officials departing Wednesday.
- Authorities plan a joint autopsy with Korean forensic observers for the student whose death catalyzed the response, as Cambodian prosecutors have charged three Chinese nationals with murder and online fraud.
- Recent Cambodian raids detained about 90 Koreans tied to scam compounds, with around 60 still in-country; Seoul is pursuing repatriations and expanding traveler warnings and public outreach at Incheon Airport.