By Jack Kim

SEOUL (Reuters) -South Korea issued a “code-black” travel ban for parts of Cambodia on Wednesday and dispatched a team of high-level officials to help nationals lured into working in scam compounds and secure the release of those held against their will.

Vice Foreign Minister Kim Jina is leading the team to Cambodia to look for a resolution to the involvement of South Koreans in the “complex” scam industry, South Korea’s National Security Adviser Wi Sung-lac said.

South Korea’s intelligence agency is also involved, a presidential spokesperson said separately.

The foreign ministry issued a new travel ban for parts of Cambodia, including Poipet and Kampot, and an advisory to leave regions, including Sihanoukville.

It cited recent increases in cases of detention and “fraudule

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