Seoul on Wednesday banned travel to parts of Cambodia with South Korea shaken by the torture and killing of a college student there.

The move comes as South Korea sent a team to the Southeast Asian country on Wednesday to discuss cases of fake jobs and scam centres involved in kidnapping dozens of its nationals.

"The Bokor Mountain area in Kampot Province, Bavet City, and Poipet City are designated as travel ban zones," the foreign ministry said in a statement.

"South Korean nationals visiting or staying in those areas may be subject to penalties. Citizens planning to travel to such areas are therefore strongly advised to cancel their trips," it said.

The ban follows an official announcement earlier Wednesday that about 1,000 South Koreans -- of around 200,000 people in total -- are es

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