Overview

• The team departs Wednesday to work with Cambodian authorities on returning detained South Koreans and to discuss a joint investigation into the killing of 22-year-old Park Min-ho.
• Plans include reinforcing police personnel at the South Korean Embassy, creating a Korean Desk within Cambodia’s national police, and potentially tightening travel advisories for high‑risk areas.
• President Lee Jae Myung instructed ministries to use all available resources for swift assistance, following a surge in cases tied to fake job offers and forced online fraud operations.
• Cambodian prosecutors have indicted three Chinese nationals in connection with Park’s death, which the interior ministry said resulted from severe torture; the ministry disputes some media accounts but says it is cooperating.
• South Korean authorities report rising victim counts, including 143 disappearance or detention cases filed by police over nearly two years, as civil groups and a Telegram whistleblower cite ongoing rescue pleas and criticize response speed.