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South Korean minister says US admits plant raid was ‘excessive’

Police roll up a banner belonging to a protestor depicting US President Donald Trump at Incheon International Airport after a specially chartered Korean Air Boeing 747-81 bringing hundreds of South Korean workers back from Atlanta touched down, Incheon, South Korea, Sep 12, 2025.
International

Trump concerned South Korean arrests could ‘frighten’ investors

South Koreans aboard a bus after leaving the Folkston ICE Processing Centre are driven to Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport to depart for Seoul, South Korea, Sep 11, 2025.
International

Lutnick says Hyundai should have called him for visas, Axios reports

Hyundai has pledged recently to increase its investment in the US to US$26 billion till 2028, up from the US$21 billion it had promised in March.
Companies & Markets

Hyundai says battery plant delayed after immigration raid

South Korean President Lee blamed the raid on “cultural differences”, saying that in South Korea, minor visa infractions by American nationals were not seen as “a serious issue”.
International

South Korea President warns ‘bewildering’ Hyundai immigration raid could chill investment

Detainees are made to stand against a bus before being handcuffed, during a raid by federal agents where about 300 South Koreans were among 475 people arrested at the site of a US$4.3 billion project by Hyundai Motor and LG Energy Solution to build batteries for electric cars in Ellabell, Georgia, Sep 4, 2025.
International

Lawyer says many immigrants detained at Hyundai US facility appeared be to working legally

A Korean Air Boeing 747-8I arrives from Seoul to repatriate hundreds of South Korean workers who were detained in an immigration raid last week, at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport, Atlanta, Georgia, Sep 10, 2025.
International

South Korea asks US to let detained workers leave without handcuffs

Activists bearing banners and chanting slogans in front of the US embassy in Seoul on Tuesday (Sep 9), to protest against the Sep 5 immigration raid at the Hyundai’s electric-vehicle manufacturing plant in the US state of Georgia. The US' enforcement of a domestic policy has created diplomatic friction.
Opinion & Features

‘Slapped in the face’: Hyundai Georgia raid tests US-South Korea alliance

The exterior of the Folkston Immigration and Customs Enforcement Processing Center where Korean workers of Hyundai Motor Group and LG Energy Solution are being detained in Folkston, Georgia, Sep 8, 2025.
International

South Korea to send chartered plane to Atlanta to bring back workers detained in US

Supernal has shifted its global headquarters from Washington, DC, to Irvine, California, and laid off about 5% of its total workforce.
Transport & Logistics

Hyundai’s eVTOL startup Supernal pauses work following executive departures: report

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