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South Korea Investigates Woman's Death Amid Job Scam Crisis

10/17/2025

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South Korean authorities are investigating the death of a woman linked to a voice phishing group found near the Vietnam-Cambodia border, discovered on October 8.
The woman was believed to have recruited for a Cambodian organization.
Autopsy found no signs of foul play.
A South Korean team is in Cambodia to facilitate repatriation of 60 detained Koreans as job-scam kidnappings rise.
The government aims to complete the repatriations by weekend.

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South Korean authorities are investigating the death of a woman linked to a voice phishing group found near the Vietnam-Cambodia border, discovered on October 8.
The woman was believed to have recruited for a Cambodian organization.
Autopsy found no signs of foul play.
A South Korean team is in Cambodia to facilitate repatriation of 60 detained Koreans as job-scam kidnappings rise.
The government aims to complete the repatriations by weekend.