As the current crackdown on online scams gains momentum, Cambodia and South Korea have shared plans to establish a joint task force next month which will enhance cooperation between the law enforcement agencies of both nations on crimes involving Korean nationals.

Tuong Oanh still shudders every night, unconsciously pleading not to be beaten, three years after being rescued from a pig butchering scam gang in Sihanoukville, Cambodia.

Park Min-ho, a 22-year-old South Korean university student, was discovered dead inside a pickup truck in southern Cambodia on Aug. 8. Autopsy results show he “died as a result of severe torture, with multiple bruises and injuries across his body.

The new $2 billion airport, in Kandal province about 19 miles south of Phnom Penh. began operating in September. It is a joint venture between the Cambodian government and the Overseas Cambodian Investment Corp.