US EditionSouth Korean foreign minister urges Cambodia’s leader to fight online scams
- On Monday, South Korean Foreign Minister Cho Hyun met Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Manet in Phnom Penh to press for action against online scam operations, and Manet posted few details.
- The death of Park Min-ho, a South Korean student, led the South Korean government to send a delegation to Phnom Penh after he was reportedly tortured and forced to work in a scam operation.
- Scam centers in Cambodia employ about 200,000 workers including 1,000 South Koreans, and last month 64 repatriated South Koreans were returned, with around 50 arrested shortly after arrival.
- Last week, Seoul said Cho would press for cooperation and a joint police task force; he met Yoo Jae-Seong, and Cambodia said it is targeting masterminds and tracking finances.
- In recent years online scams have risen sharply, with thousands of victims forced to work in guarded compounds and international criminal gangs using cybercriminal tactics worldwide.
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Cambodia's Hun Manet, South Korea minister agree on fighting online scams, Seoul says
SEOUL (Reuters) -South Korean Foreign Minister Cho Hyun met Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Manet on Monday and agreed to strengthen cooperation on fighting online scams and other transnational crimes, the foreign ministry in Seoul said in a statement. Read full story
Asian Scam Centers Finally Draw Fire
By: Toh Han ShihAfter years when Southeast Asian cyberscam rings festered into an illegal industry that has stolen hundreds of billions of dollars and blighted tens of thousands of lives, the world has begun to crack down, with Taiwan, Hong Kong, and Singapore seizing assets and arresting suspects linked to a Cambodian conglomerate, Prince Holding Group.
November 11, 2025, foreign news agencies reported that Mr. Cho Hyun, South Korean Foreign Minister, met with Mr. Hun Manet, Cambodian Prime Minister, yesterday (November 10).
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