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Korean national kidnapped for ransom in Philippines released in good health

Seoul’s Foreign Ministry said the man, who was abducted off the street, was rescued thanks to efforts with local authorities.

2026.9.8

The emblem of the National Police Agency [NEWS1]

Police investigate alleged abduction of Vietnamese student by five suspects in Cheongju

Police are investigating a group of five Vietnamese nationals for allegedly kidnapping and confining another Vietnamese student in Cheongju, North Chungcheong.

2026.4.8

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Man who allegedly tried to kidnap elementary school girl 'as a joke' is brought in for questioning by police

A man was brought in for questioning on suspicion of attempting to kidnap an elementary school student on the way home by offering to walk the child home.

2026.4.7

Incheon District Prosecutors' Office [YONHAP]

Two indicted for kidnapping and attempted murder in Incheon

Two people accused of attempting to abduct and kill the head of a small company for financial gain, including one suspect who allegedly carried out the attack and an accomplice who allegedly helped plan it, have been indicted.

2025.11.26

Kim Hyun-soo, Charge d'affaires of the Korean Embassy in Cambodia, speaks during an on-site audit by the National Assembly’s Foreign Affairs and Unification Committee at the embassy in Phnom Penh, Cambodia on Oct. 22. [NEWS1]

100 kidnapping, confinement cases involving Koreans in Cambodia unresolved, embassy audit finds

The Korean Embassy in Cambodia said on Wednesday that approximately 100 kidnapping and confinement cases involving Korean nationals over the past two years remain unresolved.

2025.10.22

A suspected crime compound in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, photographed in late August by Oh Young-hoon, chief investigator at the Seobu Police Precinct in Busan. [OH YOUNG-HOON]

2,000 Korean nationals kept at 50 criminal compounds in Cambodia, says senior police investigator

More than 50 criminal compounds in Cambodia are believed to be detaining an estimated 2,000 Korean nationals, many of whom were lured with false job offers and are now forced to commit online fraud and scams, a senior Korean police officer said.

2025.10.15

A photo posted on Telegram shows people getting out of large vans in a neighborhood in Sihanoukville, Cambodia [SCREEN CAPTURE]

Experts warn relocating fraud groups complicates rescue efforts for detained victims

Fraud gangs in Cambodia, responsible for kidnapping and detaining Korean nationals, are showing signs of mass moving their locations in a bid to escape investigations.

2025.10.15

A street photo from Poipet, Cambodia, posted on a Thai online community last June, shows a pile of Thai and other foreign passports scattered around a trash can [SCREEN CAPTURE]

Lured to Cambodia through illegal debt trap, Korean man leaps from third floor in daring escape

A man in his 20s who had borrowed money from an illegal lender charging 265 times the legal interest rate was lured to Cambodia with a false promise: his debt would be erased if he worked there. Instead, he was kidnapped by a criminal organization.

2025.10.14

Foreign Minister Cho Hyun, right, listens to a lawmaker's question about crimes targeting Koreans in Cambodia during an audit by the parliamentary foreign affairs committee at the National Assembly in Seoul on Oct. 13. [YONHAP]

Lawmaker reveals Interior Ministry rejected request to increase police personnel at embassy in Cambodia

The Interior Ministry rejected a request by the Foreign Ministry last year to send additional police personnel to the Korean Embassy in Cambodia to tackle growing crimes against Koreans, a lawmaker said on Tuesday.

2025.10.14

Gwangmyeong Police Station [GYEONGGI NAMBU PROVINCIAL POLICE AGENCY]

High schooler arrested for alleged attempt to kidnap elementary school student

Police arrested a high school student on Monday for allegedly trying to kidnap an elementary student in Gwangmyeong, Gyeonggi, Monday, questioning the teenager on Tuesday.

2025.9.9