US EditionSeoul to send task force to Cambodia over kidnapped South Koreans
Kidnappings of South Koreans in Cambodia surged to 330 cases by August 2025, prompting Seoul to send a joint task force to protect its nationals and oversee repatriations.
- Eighty South Koreans are unaccounted for in Cambodia, with 330 reported cases of South Koreans missing or held against their will as of August 2025, according to South Korea's foreign ministry.
- The death of a South Korean student, reportedly kidnapped, has heightened fears regarding job scams abroad, said South Korean President Lee Jae-myung.
- The South Korean government plans to dispatch a joint response team to Cambodia and may raise travel advisories for the country, stated a presidential spokesperson.
- Authorities are working on improving emergency responses and plan to establish a 'Korean Desk' in Cambodia to help South Korean nationals, according to the South Korean National Police Agency.
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Many victims were reportedly attracted by fraudulent job offers promising high wages, before being kidnapped and forced to participate in online fraud.
South Korean officials say about 80 of the country's civilians remain unaccounted for in Cambodia, amid a growing number of cases of job fraud and kidnapping of South Koreans.
80 South Koreans missing in Cambodia scam centre row: Seoul
Eighty South Koreans who were possible victims of fake jobs or scam centres were unaccounted for in Cambodia, South Korea’s foreign ministry told AFP Tuesday, after the torture death of a student there shocked the country.
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AlKhaleej TodayTortured and trafficked: 80 South Koreans missing in Cambodia amid deadly scam centre surge
SEOUL, Oct 14 — Eighty South Koreans who were possible victims of fake jobs or scam centres were unaccounted for in Cambodia, South Korea’s foreign ministry told AFP today, after the torture death of a student there shocked the public.A foreign ministry official said that between January and August this year, 330 South Koreans were reported to have gone missing or been held against their will after entering Cambodia.As of August, “the safety of …
In one year, nearly 330 reports of kidnappings from South Koreans in Cambodia were registered. Attracted by false job offers, South Korean tourists are abducted by their scammers and their passports and phones confiscated before being forced to work in call centres that are the origin of the many telephone scams around the world.
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