Sixty South Koreans to go home after Cambodia detention


Leftover belongings lie scattered in a room inside a compound, where South Korea's Vice-Foreign Minister Kim Jina visited after meeting with Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Manet to discuss issues regarding job scams that resulted in the death of a South Korean university student, in Takeo province, Cambodia. - Reuters

SEOUL: Cambodia will repatriate 60 South Koreans detained for alleged involvement in cyberscam operations tomorrow, a Seoul official said, a day after Phnom Penh announced plans to deport them.

"Around midnight tonight local time in Cambodia, or early tomorrow morning Korea time, a chartered flight is expected to depart Phnom Penh for Incheon, with final discussions underway with Cambodian authorities," National Security Adviser Wi Sung-lac told a press briefing yesterday.

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