As an incident involving the abduction and detention of South Koreans in Cambodia sparks controversy, on the 15th personnel from the Incheon International Airport Police's counterterrorism unit and security team conduct safety checks including Q&A with Korean passengers bound for Cambodia at Gate 2 of Incheon International Airport Terminal 2 to prevent danger. /Courtesy of Yonhap News

Korean Air and Asiana Airlines have reportedly decided to waive cancellation fees for Cambodia-bound flights departing from Korea this year. The move takes into account a string of crimes targeting Koreans in Cambodia and the designation of travel bans for some areas.

According to the industry on the 16th, the exemption applies to all Cambodia-bound flights departing from Korea from 10th to Dec. 31. However, Korean Air will apply it to tickets issued through 15th this month, and Asiana Airlines will apply it to tickets issued through that day.

Korean Air has operated seven round-trip nonstop flights a week on the Incheon–Ta Khmau (Phnom Penh) route. The aircraft type is the A330-300 with a total of 272 seats. Asiana Airlines also operates seven weekly nonstop flights on the same route. It operates the A321-NEO with about 180 seats.

Amid recent kidnapping and confinement crimes targeting Koreans in Cambodia, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs designated Bokor Mountain in Kampot Province, Bavet City, and Poipet City as travel-ban areas as of 12 a.m. that day.

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