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Incheon Airport, South Korea’s main gateway, linked to the recent return of workers from Georgia. (Photo by Narubaru7 / Wikimedia Commons / CC BY-4.0)

Sep 13, 2025 AM EDT - Jason

South Korea Condemns Treatment of Korean Workers After Georgia Plant Raid

South Korea has sharply criticized the treatment of its nationals following last week's U.S. immigration raid at Hyundai and LG's $7.6 billion battery plant in Georgia, where hundreds of Korean engineers were detained and later sent home.

Hyundai (Courtesy of HMGMA - Hyundai Motor Group Metaplant America)

Sep 10, 2025 PM EDT - Jason

U.S. Immigration Raid at Hyundai–LG Georgia Plant: Repatriation Planned but Departure Still Unclear

Roughly 475 workers were detained during a large-scale immigration raid at a Hyundai-LG Energy Solution battery plant construction site in Georgia on September 4, more than 300 of them South Korean nationals. The South Korean government has prepared a charter flight to bring its citizens home, but the exact timing of the departure remains uncertain amid U.S. procedural delays.

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