Overview
- The 22-year-old was found on Aug. 8 near Bokor Mountain in Kampot Province, with the death certificate citing cardiac arrest caused by torture and extreme pain.
- About a week after he arrived in July, a caller using his phone demanded 50 million won, speaking Korean with a Korean‑Chinese accent before cutting off contact four days later.
- The remains have not been repatriated for roughly two months, and local authorities have not yet conducted an autopsy.
- Korean police sent an officer to identify and bring him home, but efforts are delayed due to cooperation issues reported with the Cambodian government.
- Seoul raised travel alerts on Sept. 16 for Phnom Penh (Level 2) and for Sihanoukville, Bokor Mountain and Bavet (Level 2.5) as reports of kidnappings surged to 330 by August this year.