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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Clea Skopeliti and agencies

Seoul promises to help hundreds of Korean workers arrested in US in Ice raid

South Korea’s president, Lee Jae Myung, has ordered “all-out efforts” to respond to the arrest of hundreds of its citizens by US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (Ice) during a raid at a factory being built in Georgia to manufacture car batteries.

Cho Hyun, the foreign minister, said the government had set up a taskforce following the arrest of 300 South Korean nationals.

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