President Lee Orders Removal of Cambodian Scam Ads... Instructs Full Investigation Through 190 Overseas Missions

Mention of Using the Emergency Review System by the Korea Communications Standards Commission
Joint Response Team Including National Police Agency and National Intelligence Service
Agrees on Local Cooperation and Repatriation of Deceased
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President Lee Jaemyung has ordered swift measures to remove advertisements luring Koreans into scam crimes in Cambodia, utilizing emergency review systems such as those of the Korea Communications Standards Commission. He also instructed that a comprehensive investigation into similar crimes be conducted through 190 overseas diplomatic missions worldwide and that international cooperation be strengthened.

Yonhap News Agency

Wi Sunglak, Director of the National Security Office, held a press briefing at the presidential office in Yongsan on the 16th regarding the detention of Koreans in Cambodia and shared the President's directives. Director Wi stated, "Long before the recent focus on employment scams and detentions in Cambodia, the President had already ordered measures to protect Korean nationals." He explained, "Upon reviewing the records, there were at least four reports to the President between the end of July and early October regarding increasing personnel, raising travel advisories, strengthening cooperation with law enforcement agencies, taking action against employment portal sites, and establishing a scam task force."

In accordance with President Lee's instructions, an interagency response team led by Second Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs Kim Jina was urgently formed and met in Phnom Penh with Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Manet and the Secretary-General in charge of online scam responses at the ministerial level to discuss response and cooperation measures. The joint response team, which includes the National Police Agency and the National Intelligence Service, reportedly reached agreements with the Cambodian side on local cooperation, the prompt repatriation of Korean nationals suspected of crimes, and the repatriation of deceased individuals. Cambodian police plan to deport 59 detained Koreans on the 17th.

Led by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the government also plans to conduct a comprehensive investigation through 190 overseas diplomatic missions to identify the possibility of similar incidents involving Koreans abroad. Director Wi stated, "We will make greater efforts to understand the current state of international networks and to eradicate damage." He also announced plans to establish a joint investigation cooperation system with law enforcement authorities from various countries at the ASEAN (Association of Southeast Asian Nations) summit to be held in Malaysia on the 26th, in order to jointly respond to the scam industry.

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