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Over 300 Workers Return to South Korea After Immigration Raid, but Damage to Trade Relations Is Already Done

“As things stand now,” South Korean President Lee Jae Myun said, “our businesses will hesitate to make direct investments in the United States.”

Reason

South Korean workers detained in immigration raid headed to Atlanta for flight home

Workers from South Korea who were detained last week in an immigration raid at a battery factory in Georgia were headed to Atlanta on Thursday, where a charter plane was waiting to take them home

The Independent UK

Trump tried to convince deported South Korean workers to stay and train Americans

South Korea chooses to bring ‘exhausted and in-shock’ workers home after plant raid

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US visa system is putting off investors, says South Korea president

The comments come after last week's immigration raid at a battery plant run by two South Korean firms in the US.

Euronews

South Korea sends charter plane to rescue citizens arrested at Georgia factory while Trump calls the whole mess ‘interesting’

South Korean Foreign Minister Cho Hyun is "deeply concerned."

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South Koreans feel betrayed over detainment of hundreds of workers at plant raid in Georgia

South Korea’s foreign minister is to leave for the U.S. on Monday to finalize steps for the return of several hundred Korean workers detained in a massive immigration raid in Georgia

The Independent UK

Why is South Korea bringing home 300 detained workers amid massive Hyundai raid?

Raid stuns many in South Korea because the country is a key US ally

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Will Hyundai Raid Spark a Diplomatic Rift Between US and South Korea?

Nearly 500 workers were detained in a massive ICE raid at Hyundai's Georgia battery plant, including over 300 South Koreans. As Seoul pushes for their release, questions loom over whether the crackdown will spark a diplomatic rift between the US and South Korea.

International Business Times UK

Anger in Seoul as Trump calls detained South Korea workers ‘illegal aliens’

Foreign Minister says ‘deeply concerned’ over detention of 300 South Koreans as opposition calls it a ‘grave matter’.

Al Jazeera

South Korean president names first civilian defence minister in over 60 years

Ahn Gyu Back has served on parliament’s defence committee and chaired panel that investigated former leader Yoon Suk Yeol’s martial law declaration

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