Seoul: President Lee Jae Myung on Thursday convened an interagency meeting to discuss coordinated responses to transnational crimes, such as scams, drug trafficking, and online gambling, his office said. The meeting brought together officials from the National Intelligence Service, law enforcement agencies, the ministries of foreign affairs and justice, as well as financial and customs authorities.

According to Yonhap News Agency, South Korea has recently intensified efforts to combat crimes targeting its citizens in Southeast Asia, following reports of South Koreans being abducted and confined in Cambodia in connection with online scam operations. Lee has vowed to strengthen international cooperation to combat transnational crimes following the torture and death of a South Korean college student who was lured into a scam center in Cambodia, which has sparked widespread public outrage.