Seoul on Wednesday banned travel to parts of Cambodia with South Korea shaken by the torture and killing of a college student there.

The move comes as South Korea prepares to send a special team to the Southeast Asian country later Wednesday to discuss cases of fake jobs and scam centres involved in kidnapping dozens of its nationals.

"The Bokor Mountain area in Kampot Province, Bavet City, and Poipet City are designated as travel ban zones," the foreign ministry said in a statement.

"South Korean nationals visiting or staying in those areas may be subject to penalties. Citizens planning to travel to such areas are therefore strongly advised to cancel their trips," it said.

The ban follows an official announcement earlier in the day that about 1,000 South Koreans are believed to be wor

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