The National Assembly Foreign Affairs and Unification Committee (Foreign Affairs Committee) will conduct an on-site parliamentary audit on the 22nd (local time) in Phnom Penh, the capital of Cambodia. The aim is to review the status and response measures regarding the kidnapping and confinement of Koreans in Cambodia.
According to the Foreign Affairs Committee on the 13th, the Asia team for overseas missions' parliamentary audit will hold an on-site audit at the Embassy of Korea in Cambodia in Phnom Penh on the 22nd. An official with the Foreign Affairs Committee said, "We will check how much the local investigative authorities understand about crimes targeting Koreans and the specific circumstances of the Korean college student murder case," and noted, "We are requesting that the authorities provide a briefing."
Earlier, in Aug., a college student who said she would "go to an expo" visited Cambodia and was kidnapped by a local criminal organization and died. On that day, the Foreign Affairs Committee held a parliamentary audit of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and criticized the government in unison for a slow response.
Kim Ki-hyeon of the People Power Party said, "The number of kidnapping cases of Koreans in Cambodia was understood to be about 10 to 20 per year in 2022–2023, but this year (as of Aug.) it is 330 cases, a surge of 3,000%," and pointed out, "The Ministry of Foreign Affairs seems to be watching a fire across the river."