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Workplace safety issues at Georgia’s Hyundai plant may have led to Ice raid

Three people have died in two years at the South Korean Hyundai-LG battery plant in Ellabell

The Guardian - US · Sep 12, 2025

Hyundai workers arrive back in South Korea after US immigration raid ordeal

Seoul airport witnesses tearful scenes as returning workers recount horrible experience

The Independent UK · Sep 12, 2025

South Korea outraged at 300 workers treated as ‘prisoners of war’ in US raid

As Hyundai-LG workers fly home after visa ordeal, Koreans bristle at ‘humiliation’ and sense of betrayal by Seoul’s ally

The Guardian - UK · Sep 12, 2025

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More than 300 South Korean workers return home after US immigration raid

Images of arrested workers in handcuffs and chains have caused outrage over what many see as a betrayal of an ally.

Al Jazeera · Sep 12, 2025

With Hyundai raid, Trump's immigration crackdown runs into his push for foreign investment

President Donald Trump’s efforts to boost U.S. manufacturing by attracting foreign investment are clashing with his immigration crackdown

The Independent UK · Sep 12, 2025

South Korean workers released after days of detention in Georgia return home

A plane carrying more than 300 South Korean workers released after days of detention in Georgia has landed in South Korea

The Independent UK · Sep 12, 2025

S. Korea Workers Head Home After US Immigration Raid

Hundreds of South Korean workers were headed back to Seoul on Friday after their detention in a US immigration raid that Hyundai warned will delay completion of its battery factory.

International Business Times · Sep 12, 2025

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Hyundai’s CEO warns that ICE raids that netted 475 arrests will delay construction at Georgia plant

Hyundai Motor Company's president and CEO, José Muñoz, said there were not enough U.S. workers with the knowledge to work in the battery plant to keep its production on track without delay

The Independent UK · Sep 11, 2025

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 · Sep 11, 2025

Winners and Losers from Mexico’s September Friendlies

El Tri could only muster two draws in friendly games against Japan and South Korea.

Sports Illustrated · Sep 11, 2025

The Latest: Trump marks 9/11 anniversary at the Pentagon

President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump are marking 24 years since the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks at a service at the Pentagon

The Independent UK · Sep 11, 2025

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 · Sep 11, 2025

From ‘hellhole’ UK to anti-Muslim rhetoric in Japan, Charlie Kirk took his message abroad

The US rightwing activist also addressed supporters in South Korea and visited Greenland with Donald Trump Jr

The Guardian - UK · Sep 11, 2025

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

The Independent UK · Sep 11, 2025

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Al Jazeera · Sep 11, 2025

Detained South Koreans released, fly home after US immigration raid

President Lee Jae-myung calls raid ‘bewildering’ after more some 475 workers detained last week at a battery factory.

Euronews · Sep 11, 2025

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.

International Business Times · Sep 11, 2025

North Korea's Kim Ju Ae 'Likely Successor': Seoul

South Korea's spy agency said Thursday that North Korean leader Kim Jong Un's daughter, Ju Ae, who recently accompanied him on a high-profile visit to Beijing, is understood to be his recognised successor.

The Independent UK · Sep 11, 2025

South Korea president says Korean companies will struggle to invest in US without better visa system

South Korea’s president says that South Korean companies will struggle to maintain direct investments in the United States if the country fails to improve its visa system for Korean workers

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International Business Times · Sep 11, 2025

S. Korea Says 'Bewildering' Immigration Raid Could Chill Investment

South Korean President Lee Jae Myung said Thursday that a massive US immigration raid on a Hyundai-LG battery factory site was "bewildering" and could have a chilling effect on future investment.

International Business Times · Sep 10, 2025

Origin Summit Unveils Second Wave of Global Icons Ahead of Debut During KBW

Seoul & Palo Alto, South Korea & United Sates, September 10th, 2025, Chainwire

Euronews · Sep 10, 2025

South Korea sends plane to US to bring back workers detained in Hyundai ICE raid

A total of 475 workers, more than 300 of them South Koreans, were rounded up in the 4 September raid at the battery factory at Hyundai’s auto plant in Georgia.

The Guardian - US · Sep 10, 2025

World Cup 2026: how worried should the USMNT be as the tournament looms?

After a 2-0 loss to South Korea and a win by the same scoreline against Japan, our experts consider the state of the program overall

The Independent UK · Sep 10, 2025

Release of South Koreans ‘delayed by US’ a week after raid at Georgia car plant

U.S. authorities said previously that the Korean detainees were “unlawfully working” at the plant at the time of their arrest

Latin Times · Sep 10, 2025

South Korea Sends Charter Plane to Repatriate Workers After ICE Raid in Georgia

South Korea has dispatched a chartered plane to the United States to bring home hundreds of its citizens detained during a large immigration raid at Hyundai's electric vehicle battery plant in Georgia. The operation marks one of the most serious diplomatic incidents between the two allies in recent years, touching…

The Independent UK · Sep 10, 2025

Plane leaves South Korea for US to bring back workers detained in immigration raid, report says

South Korean media reports a charter plane has left for the U.S. to bring back Korean workers detained in an immigration raid in Georgia

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