SEOUL (Reuters) -South Korea on Friday summoned the Cambodian ambassador to protest at the death of a South Korean student in Cambodia and raised the travel alert for its capital Phnom Penh over online scam cases targeting Koreans.

Foreign Minister Cho Hyun voiced concerns to Ambassador Khuon Phon Rattanak over the “continued occurrence of job scams and detention of South Korean citizens in Cambodia, and urged the Cambodian government to come up with swift and practical measures to eradicate online scams”, his ministry said.

Khuon said he understood the Korean government’s concerns and position and would report this to his government, according to a Seoul foreign ministry statement. Cambodia’s embassy did not answer Reuters’ calls seeking comment.

A South Korean college student was tort

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