Hundreds of South Koreans were detained during a major US immigration raid on a Hyundai-LG battery plant being built in the state of Georgia, prompting Seoul to urge Washington Friday to respect its citizens’ rights.
South Korea, Asia’s fourth biggest economy, is a key automaker and electronics producer with multiple plants in the United States.
Its largest companies, including carmaker Hyundai and tech giant LG, have poured billions of dollars into developing new US factories.
On Thursday local time, US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) raided the “site of a (South Korean) company’s battery plant in Georgia”, South Korean foreign ministry spokesperson Lee Jae-woong told reporters.
“Multiple Korean nationals were detained,” he said
