SEOUL: Following the repatriation of dozens of South Koreans from Cambodia on Saturday (Oct 18), a ruling party lawmaker urged the Lee Jae Myung administration to suspend foreign aid to the country if there is no progress on safety issues there.

"They're being held captive. This is modern day slavery. These are people that are being held against their will and being forced to scam 16 hours a day." A Bay Area investigator says she visited one of the alleged scammer's overseas compounds earlier this year,

South Korean and Cambodian officials have agreed to take action on online scams, following the death of a South Korean student who was allegedly trafficked and forced to work in a scam center in Cambodia.

Approximately 1 km northeast of Sihanoukville Beach lies a 14-hectare complex tourism zone housing 16 buildings, including hotels and casinos. According to Lin, a Chinese national who was detained and later escaped,

Cambodia's government says it hopes the U.S. and Britain have enough evidence in their pursuit of Cambodia’s Prince Holding Group and its Chairman Chen Zhi

A group of 64 South Koreans detained in Cambodia over alleged online scam operations have returned home, with most expected to face investigation, South Korean authorities said.

Lawmaker Kim Byung-joo of the Democratic Party of Korea announced on the 18th that he rescued three Koreans from a crime complex in Phnom Penh, the capital of Cambodia. Regarding them, Kim stated, “They are young people who worked as day laborers and are believed to have come to Cambodia trusting job postings or introductions from acquaintances.

The compounds, which often run their own canteens, are surrounded by armed guards and high concrete walls topped with barbed wire.