https://m.koreaherald.com/article/10555291National Social AffairsSouth Korean found dead in Cambodian scam compound, signs of torture reportedAug. 17, 2025 - 13:26:29By Moon Joon-hyun 0 0Buildings that look appear to be ordinary commercial blocks in Cambodia, shown here in footage from a May 3 episode of SBS’ investigative program "Unanswered Questions," are reportedly controlled by Chinese criminal syndicates and are linked to human trafficking, detention and large-scale online scams. (SBS)Buildings that look appear to be ordinary commercial blocks in Cambodia, shown here in footage from a May 3 episode of SBS’ investigative program "Unanswered Questions," are reportedly controlled by Chinese criminal syndicates and are linked to human trafficking, detention and large-scale online scams. (SBS)The body of a South Korean man has been discovered in an alleged Cambodian scam compound, wrapped in blankets and plastic bags, his face swollen and bruised, indicating he may have been beaten to death.Cambodian police said the body was found Thursday in Kampot province, inside a large dumpster alongside another victim. South Korea’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs confirmed one of the dead as a Korean national surnamed Park.The ministry said it immediately requested a full investigation from Cambodian authorities and is providing consular support to Park’s family, although officials noted that "confirming further details has been difficult."
>>1427352What happened to Park appears bound up in the shadowy world of cybercrime compounds. The site where his body was discovered is one of dozens of massive operations in Cambodia reportedly run by Chinese organized crime groups. These compounds, often sealed off and heavily guarded, are infamous for voice phishing and fraudulent investment scams.Park is believed to have been held inside before being killed by the gang.The description of his body paints a grim picture. Local investigators reported extensive bruising and bloodstains, with swelling that suggests he endured sustained violence.The brutality echoes accounts from survivors of these scam compounds. One 28-year-old South Korean man who recently escaped told South Korean media, “Chinese gang members will kill someone easily if money is involved.” He described beatings, electric shock and waterboarding as routine.Amnesty International estimates that more than 50 such scam compounds operate across Cambodia. Rights groups and local media alike describe them as places where national law enforcement has little reach, functioning almost as self-contained criminal enclaves.Local reports suspect that an unspecified number of South Koreans may be trapped inside these compounds, deceived by job postings advertising “high-paying overseas employment” only to find themselves trafficked into forced labor once they have arrived.Data obtained by the office of Rep. Kim Geon from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs shows that the number of South Koreans reported kidnapped or detained in Cambodia rose from 21 in 2023 to 221 in 2024. In the first half of 2025 alone, officials estimate 212 cases, suggesting this year’s total could reach double last year’s figure.
>>1427352>>1427353Despite the scale of the crisis, South Korea has struggled to intervene. Officials acknowledge that Cambodian scam compounds often operate beyond effective state control and that Seoul lacks investigative authority on the ground.At present only one South Korean police officer is stationed at the embassy in Phnom Penh. Victims who contact the embassy are advised to report directly to Cambodian police, as the embassy cannot carry out rescue missions or investigations on its own.mjh@heraldcorp.com
>>1427354I mean yeah, what are they supposed to do? This is a criminal syndicate in another country with the people in charge of it being from yet another country.
>>1427352https://www.koreaherald.com/article/10555291https://x.com/TheKoreaHerald/status/1956936427205476842https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=82XAueAU_5chttps://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/south-korean-found-dead-in-alleged-cambodian-scam-compound-signs-of-torture-reportedhttps://www.face=book.com/photo.php%3Ffbid%3D1180257950794204%26id%3D100064300317042%26set%3Da.356177206535620https://www.mk.co.kr/en/world/11394474https://www.nationthailand.com/news/asean/40054154https://www.nationthailand.com/tags/Cambodiahttps://www.nationthailand.com/category/news/aseanhttps://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/thailand-declares-martial-law-in-eight-districts-bordering-cambodiahttps://www.reddit.com/r/korea/comments/1mt9qc2/south_korean_found_dead_in_cambodian_scam/https://www.reddit.com/r/korea/comments/1mt9p6n/south_korean_found_dead_in_alleged_cambodian_scam/
>>1427358Filipino police killed South Korean man Jee Ick-joo, cremated him and flushed his ashes down the toilet.https://x.com/EmilyZFeng/status/822269250232414208Holy crap, Philippines police killed S Korea man by "wrapping his head in packing tape and strangling him" https://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/19/world/asia/philippines-police-south-korean-killing.htmlhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hNrdDdSniT8https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F9q9y-1urHghttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xMDg-V_eqtQhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M8tV8MibGjshttps://www.face,book.com/pandalogs/videos/the-story-of-jee-ick-joo-jeeickjoo-fbreels23-fbreelsvideo-fbreelsfyp%E3%82%B7%E3%82%9Aviral-fbre/1390116831767341/https://www.face,book.com/PinasThoughts/posts/a-brief-backgroundjee-ick-joo-was-a-south-korean-businessman-kidnapped-by-two-po/1004857378474404/https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/02/23/17/who-ordered-jees-ashes-flushed-funeral-director-wont-sayhttps://newsinfo.inquirer.net/2063414/bersamin-orders-intensified-manhunt-for-dumlao-reveals-hes-still-in-phhttps://www.pna.gov.ph/articles/1086457https://www.gmanetwork.com/news/topstories/nation/611769/court-orders-arrest-of-owner-of-funeral-parlor-where-jee-s-remains-cremated-flushed/story/https://www.philstar.com/nation/2024/07/20/2371529/ca-ex-cop-masterminded-korean-businessmans-slayhttps://globalnation.inquirer.net/167549/went-jee-ick-joo-slayinghttps://www.philstar.com/nation/2017/01/18/1663244/missing-koreans-ashes-flushed-toilethttps://www.gmanetwork.com/news/topstories/specialreports/596864/jee-ick-joo-cremated-as-filipino-jose-ruamar-salvador/story/
>>1427357>>1427354This issue has been widely known in China for the last several years.Pretty much exactly what the article says, gangs based out of Cambodia scam people into thinking they are getting a job and then pretty much turn them into forced labor for scam call centers. As far as I've learned the scam centers mostly target Chinese speakers.Oh, another interesting fact showing how China could stop it if they wanted to. Some Chinese ccp official had his son taken by one of these Cambodian gangs. As soon as the Chinese government found out the dudes son was returned with an apology.
>>1427373There are Indians, Bangladeshis, Vietnamese and Japanese being tortured in the scam centres along with Koreans.Vietnamese women are also pimped out at the scam centres and casinos in Myanmar for sex.
>>1427373>>142737618 year old north Vietnamese girl sold other Vietnamese girls as prostitutes to Chinese men in Myanmar brothelshttps://newsbeezer.com/vietnameng/hotgirl-wanted-to-queue-for-18-years-to-bring-beautiful-girls-abroad-to-sell-sex/https://chaohanoi.com/2019/10/12/an-18-year-old-girl-is-on-the-run-from-hanoi-police-for-trafficking-women-to-myanmar-to-work-as-sex-slaves/Hanoi police hunt teenage sex-traffickerBy Chào Hanoi StaffTeen Sex Trafficker HanoiSEARCHChao HanoiChao HanoiNEWS IN BRIEFHanoi police hunt teenage sex-traffickerAvatarBy Chào Hanoi StaffTeen Sex Trafficker HanoiHanoi police have issued an arrest warrant for an 18-year-old woman wanted for trafficking sex slaves, Vietnam News reported Friday.Local police are searching for Nguyen Thị Ngoc Anh, 18, of Thanh Son District in the northern province of Phu Tho.Police in the capital said the case involved young women being trafficked to Myanmar from Vietnam under the auspices of working in casinos there. On arrival they were then forced to work in a host of illegal brothels.Law enforcement allege that Anh was actively recruiting the women to work in the brothels.At the start of the year, Anh and another woman, who has only been named as T, were both arrested by police but managed to escape and are currently on the run.Another Vietnamese woman who sold Vietnamese women and girls in China. This one is south Vietnamese.https://twitter.com/ada76672670/status/1007660985115664384Trafficking in women Trafficking in childrenhttps://interpol.int/notice/search/wanted/2013-70774…PHAM, THI THUY TRANGWANTED BY THE JUDICIAL AUTHORITIES OF VIET NAMDate of birth:1982 (35 years old)Place of birth:AN GIANG PROVINCE, Viet namLanguage spoken:Vietnamese, ChineseNationality:Viet nam
>>1427376Thanks for inputting your limited knowledge on the subject
>>1427373>>1427378https://newsbeezer.com/vietnameng/hotgirl-wanted-to-queue-for-18-years-to-bring-beautiful-girls-abroad-to-sell-sex/Friday, October 11, 2019, 4:00 pm (GMT + 7)Trying to go abroad to work as a casino dealer with a salary of 15 million VND / month, many fooled The Statue a young girl from Vietnam to Myanmar into a prostitute.On the 11./10. Hanoi City Criminal Police reported that he was prosecuting the case, persecuted the defendants and issued a willed decision against Nguyen Thi Ngoc Anh (SN 2001, resident) Thanh Son District, Phu Tho Province) for "trafficking".18-year-old hot girl in the lead to bring beautiful girls to prostitution abroad - 1Subject Nguyen Thi Ngoc AnhAccording to survey documents, a female subject named T. (residing in the city of Pho Yen, Thai Nguyen Province) to Myanmar to work as a prostitute. After that, the Chinese owner trusted T. and returned to Vietnam to find beautiful young women who were sent to Myanmar as prostitutes. T. 5,000 yuan (about 16 million VND) paid for each trip.After returning to Vietnam, T. met Nguyen Thi Ngoc Anh in November and was then invited to go abroad to be a prostitute to earn money. Then Anh cheated and invited a young girl from the district of Ung Hoa (Hanoi) to come to Myanmar to work as a dealer in a casino with a salary of 15 million VND / month, but he was actually a prostitute.On November 5, 2018, T. Anh and the young girl took the bus from Thai Nguyen to Lao Cai, then across the border to China and continued the branch line to Myanmar. [19659006] Trot, T., received 1300 yuan from Chinese.In early January, T. T. and Ngoc Anh returned to Vietnam to find new "goods". Police officers discovered and taken to headquarters to investigate. Tran Thi Ngoc Anh fled, however.On the basis of the collected documents, the Hanoi Police Department investigated the police in the case of "trafficking," prosecuted the defendants, and issued an application for Nguyen Thi Ngoc Anh.
>>1427380Currently, the Hanoi police criminal police are continuing to consolidate the records and lawfully treat the items.The young girl escaped frantically out of the car when she learned she was involved in prostitution.When she drove to Hanoi in the hope of a high-paying job, the girl suddenly received a message from the woman …Source linkhttps://www.24h.com.vn/an-ninh-hinh-su/truy-na-hotgirl-18-tuoi-trong-duong-day-dua-cac-co-gai-xinh-dep-ra-nuoc-ngoai-ban-dam-c51a1090559.html
>>1427352https://www.cbsnews.com/news/lisbon-funicular-crash-victims-nationalities-emerge-portugal-streetcar-disaster/>Lisbon — Two days after Portugal's worst-ever electric streetcar crash killed 16 people and left more than 20 others from across the globe injured, authorities in Lisbon said Friday that they had identified nearly all of the victims, many of whom were crushed to death when the famed Elevador da Gloria funicular hurtled out of control down a steep hill, derailed and careened into a building. >While names have not yet been disclosed, Portugal's national police said Friday that five Portuguese nationals, three Britons, two South Koreans, two Canadians, a French woman, one Swiss national, one American and one Ukrainian were killed in the Wednesday crash.
>>1432374https://www.thetimes.com/world/europe/article/winged-lion-venice-made-in-china-n7q7tfrg6https://www.cnn.com/2025/09/08/travel/venetian-lion-st-mark-chinese-intl-sclihttps://www.livescience.com/archaeology/iconic-winged-lion-statue-in-venice-may-actually-be-from-chinas-tang-dynasty-study-findshttps://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2025/sep/04/venices-lion-of-st-marks-square-was-at-least-part-made-in-china-study-suggestshttps://www.sciencenews.org/article/venice-winged-lion-statue-ancient-chinahttps://www.medievalists.net/2025/09/medieval-chinese-venice-winged-lion/https://www.nbcnews.com/news/rcna229004
>>1433108The face of the winged lion looks like Chinese style and doesn't resemble Mediterranean lions at all.>Pottery Tang dynasty tomb figure, Henan Museumhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lion_of_Venice>The Lion sculpture has had a very long and obscure history; it is now thought, following scientific analysis of the metal in 2024, that it was probably made in China, during the Tang Dynasty (618–906), as a figure of the hybrid type of monster normally called a zhènmùshòu (镇墓兽 in Simplified Chinese, meaning “tomb guardian”. However surviving examples in Tang dynasty tomb figures are all in pottery. It would probably originally have had horns as well as wings, and a more upright posture.[3]https://www.taylorfrancis.com/chapters/oa-edit/10.4324/9781003348702-10/lion-silk-road-gilberto-artioli-ivana-angelini-massimo-vidalehttps://doi.org/10.4324%2F9781003348702-10>Scientific analysis>A team of scholars of geology, chemistry, archaeology and art history from the University of Padua and the International Association of Mediterranean and Eastern Studies - Ismeo, in conjunction with colleagues from Ca' Foscari University of Venice, carried out chemical analyses of the statue in 2024.[3]>Together with new stylistic considerations, the results indicated that the colossal statue is most likely an elaborate reassembly of what was initially a zhènmùshòu cast in the Tang period (609-907 AD) with copper from mines in the lower Yangtze River basin, the Blue River of southern China. This finding was confirmed by careful analyses of lead isotopes, which leave in the bronze unmistakable traces of the original mines from which the copper was extracted.
>>1433119>The archaeologists have re-examined the lion’s head, which showed signs that it had been altered — possibly to remove horns. The readdition of horns would make it resemble very closely lions set up to guard graves in the Tang Dynasty that ruled China from the 7th to 10th centuries.>One of these would have been a suitable gift to Venice for a traveller hoping to impress — the winged lion was long associated with St Mark, the city’s patron.>“This suggests the sculpture was originally a Tang Dynasty tomb guardian, later modified to remove the horns and shorten its ears once it reached Europe, making it better fit the image of a winged lion desired by the Venetians,” the archaeologists conclude.The face of this looks like a Chinese lion guardian.
>>1433108>>1433119>>1433120China has medieval metal lion statues retard.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iron_Lion_of_CangzhouChinese stone guardian lions from Song and Ming.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_guardian_lionshttps://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/49575https://www.sothebys.com/en/buy/auction/2022/monochrome-important-chinese-art/a-magnificent-and-exceptionally-rare-stone-lion
>>1433148These stone lions have manes.China has thousands of year old bronze elephants and rhinos.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elephants_in_ancient_Chinahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhinoceroses_in_ancient_China
>>1433108>>1433119>>1433120Didn't Venice steal St Mark's body from Egypt too?Yeah. They smuggled the body out with a cart full of cabbage + pork, former to hide the body and latter to discourage guards from investigatingThey also stole the bronze Four Horses of Saint Mark, bronze statue of Hercules and the stone sculpture Portrait of the Four Tetrarchs in the 1204 Sack of Constantinople.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horses_of_Saint_Markhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sack_of_Constantinople#Sack_of_Constantinoplehttps://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/29386https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portrait_of_the_Four_Tetrarchshttps://www.face.book.com/TheArchaeologistOfficial/posts/at-st-mark-basilica-in-venice-there-is-a-porphyry-statue-of-the-four-tetrarchs-l/969869874795583/%23:~:text%3DAt%2520St.-,Mark%2520Basilica%2520in%2520Venice%252C%2520there%2520is%2520a%2520porphyry%2520statue%2520of,1204%252C%2520surrounded%2520by%2520marble%2520spolia.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_Mark%27s_relics#Venice
>>1433256Sack of ConstantinopleThe original Horses of Saint Mark displayed inside St Mark's Basilica in Venice; replicas adorn the outside.The Crusaders looted, pillaged, and vandalized Constantinople for three days, during which many ancient and medieval Roman and Greek works were either seized or destroyed. The famous bronze horses from the Hippodrome were sent back to adorn the façade of St Mark's Basilica in Venice, where they remain to this day. Works of considerable artistic value were destroyed for their material value, including the precious bronze statue of Hercules, created by the legendary Lysippos, court sculptor of Alexander the Great. As with many other considerable bronze artworks, the statue was melted down for minting money.[15]Despite their oaths and the threat of excommunication, the Crusaders systematically assaulted the city's holy sanctuaries, destroying or seizing all that was deemed remotely of value; little was spared, even the tombs of the emperors interned in the Church of the Holy Apostles were pillaged.[16] Of the civilian population of Constantinople, it is estimated 2,000 were killed.[3] The Crusaders even sacked churches, monasteries and convents.[3] Church altars were smashed and torn to pieces for their gold and marble.[16] The Venetians stole religious relics and works of art, which they took back to Venice.It was said that the total amount looted from Constantinople was about 900,000 silver marks.[17] The Venetians received 150,000 silver marks that was their due to the Crusaders 50,000. A further 100,000 silver marks were divided evenly between the Crusaders and Venetians. 500,000 silver marks were purportedly kept back by Crusader knights.[18][19]
>>1433108https://www.cnn.com/2025/09/08/travel/venetian-lion-st-mark-chinese-intl-sclihttps://www.haaretz.com/archaeology/2025-09-09/ty-article-magazine/iconic-winged-lion-of-venice-turns-out-to-have-been-made-in-china/00000199-2db1-d487-a3d9-adbfbc9b0000https://www.thetimes.com/world/europe/article/winged-lion-venice-made-in-china-n7q7tfrg6https://www.livescience.com/archaeology/iconic-winged-lion-statue-in-venice-may-actually-be-from-chinas-tang-dynasty-study-findshttps://www.sciencenews.org/article/venice-winged-lion-statue-ancient-chinahttps://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2025/sep/04/venices-lion-of-st-marks-square-was-at-least-part-made-in-china-study-suggestshttps://traveltomorrow.com/scientists-argue-that-venices-famous-winged-lion-was-made-in-china/
