Guest post by our trusted South Korean contributor.
Over 1,000 South Koreans were scammed, brutally tortured, drugged and enslaved by Chinese-linked crime syndicates in southeast Asia.
Via Yonhap News.
Horrific video was released showing the South Koreans being electricuted and beaten by their handlers.
Here is the tweet on X – warning on violent content.
https://x.com/morrisoi37/status/1980146696538689579?t=9KZjEH2Sdni9yH1iFSZqlA&s=19
A massive human trafficking and torture network has been uncovered in Cambodia, involving more than one thousand South Koreans who were deceived, confined, and forced into criminal labor under Chinese-run compounds.
Many of these victims were subjected to forced drug injections to keep them awake or submissive while carrying out online fraud and money-laundering operations for their captors.
According to Yonhap News (Oct 20, 2025) and multiple verified Korean sources, the body of a 22-year-old South Korean university student was found in Kampot Province after he had been abducted, tortured, and killed. His death represents only one case within a much larger system that continues to operate across Southeast Asia.
Thousands of Koreans—mostly young men and women—were lured by fake employment ads and trafficked into Chinese-controlled criminal compounds in Cambodia, Laos, and Myanmar.
Once inside, they were stripped of their passports, confined behind guarded fences, and beaten, electrocuted, drugged, and forced to work up to 20 hours a day.
Those who resisted were brutally punished or killed.
Leaked footage and survivor accounts show victims being forced to scam their own citizens online, turning them into both perpetrators and victims under extreme duress.
Several survivors reported that captors used narcotics and psychotropic drugs to suppress resistance and maintain total control.
Investigations reveal that these compounds are operated by Chinese transnational crime syndicates, with possible collaboration or silence from local authorities.
While three Chinese suspects have been indicted, two major ringleaders—including one ethnic Korean Chinese (Joseonjok)—remain at large.
Many Korean victims are still missing or presumed to be held captive.
Attached below is a link to an X (Twitter) post containing verified footage showing parts of the torture and abuse of confined victims.
(The video is extremely graphic and intended for investigative reference only.)
This constitutes one of the largest modern slavery and human experimentation crises involving South Korean nationals in history—combining trafficking, torture, forced drug use, and coercion for organized online crime.
