SEOUL, Oct 10 — South Korea summoned the Cambodian ambassador today to protest at the death of a South Korean student in Cambodia and raised the travel alert for its capital Phnom Penh over online scam cases targeting Koreans.
Foreign Minister Cho Hyun voiced concerns to Ambassador Khuon Phon Rattanak over the "continued occurrence of job scams and detention of South Korean citizens in Cambodia, and urged the Cambodian government to come up with swift and practical measures to eradicate online scams", according to his ministry.
On his part, Khuon said he understood the South Korean government's concerns and position and would report this to his government, according to a South Korean Foreign Ministry statement.
Cambodia's embassy did not answer Reuters' calls seeking comment.
A South Korean college student was tortured to death in Cambodia in August in a case linked to an employment scam, according to South Korean media.
In a separate statement, South Korea's Foreign Ministry raised the travel alert for Phnom Penh to a special travel advisory level, effective 9pm Korean time (1200 GMT).
