Cambodia to repatriate 59 South Korean nationals: national police

PHNOM PENH -- Cambodia's National Police said on Thursday that the kingdom will repatriate 59 South Korean nationals, including four women, to their country on Friday.

"They have been rescued by the Cambodian authorities or been arrested for various crimes," the National Police said in a press release, adding that they will be repatriated to South Korea under cooperation with the South Korean Embassy in Cambodia.

In regard to South Korean media reports, citing the South Korean Foreign Ministry, that around 80 South Korean nationals in Cambodia remained unaccounted for as of August, the press release said the Cambodian authorities have been searching and investigating into it.