Seoul on Sunday said that negotiations to arrange the release of about 300 Korean workers arrested at a Georgia battery plant being built by Hyundai Motor and LG Energy Solution (LGES) had concluded, and a plan is in the works to fly them home this week. The detention of the workers by the US Department of Homeland Security agents sent shock waves through South Korea, a major US ally, which has been trying to finalize a US trade deal agreed in late July.
tirsdag 9. september 2025
South Korean minister heads to US to resolve fallout from immigration raid
South Korean Minister of Foreign Affairs Cho Hyun was to head to the US yesterday as he sought to resolve the fallout over the detention of hundreds of Korean workers during an immigration raid at a time when Seoul has committed to massive investment plans in the US.
Seoul on Sunday said that negotiations to arrange the release of about 300 Korean workers arrested at a Georgia battery plant being built by Hyundai Motor and LG Energy Solution (LGES) had concluded, and a plan is in the works to fly them home this week. The detention of the workers by the US Department of Homeland Security agents sent shock waves through South Korea, a major US ally, which has been trying to finalize a US trade deal agreed in late July.
Seoul on Sunday said that negotiations to arrange the release of about 300 Korean workers arrested at a Georgia battery plant being built by Hyundai Motor and LG Energy Solution (LGES) had concluded, and a plan is in the works to fly them home this week. The detention of the workers by the US Department of Homeland Security agents sent shock waves through South Korea, a major US ally, which has been trying to finalize a US trade deal agreed in late July.
