South Korean President Urges US to Fix Visa System Amid Worker Detentions

S. Koreans greeted with applause at home after US detention

Hundreds of South Korean workers were greeted by applause and tearful relatives Friday when they returned home after being tangled in a US immigration row that cast a shadow over massive Korean investments…

Korea Was Betting Big on U.S. Investment. After the Hyundai-LG ICE Raid, It’s Not So Sure.

Seoul’s industrial diplomacy, which shifted it away from ties with China, is now clashing with U.S. domestic politics.

South Korean workers arrested in GA Hyundai plant immigration raid leave Atlanta for home

Around 300 workers from South Korea who had been arrested in a raid at the sprawling Hyundai electric battery plant in Georgia left by plane in Atlanta on Thursday.

Over 300 workers return to South Korea after immigration raid, but damage to trade relations is already done

The incident has jeopardized America's relationship with one of its closest allies and could chill President Trump's manufacturing goals.

Key US ally sends Trump a warning after massive ICE raid

The government of South Korea is issuing a warning to the United States following a massive U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement raid on a Hyundai battery plant in Georgia that saw hundreds of Korean nationals detained, per The New Republic.“Under the current circumstances, Korean companies will...

SK president warns Trump after Hyundai ICE raid

South Korea’s president issued his strongest rebuke yet in the wake of the Trump administration’s immigration raid on a Hyundai plant in Georgia, warning that tough visa requirements could make it difficult for the country to keep investing in the US. The images of Hyundai technicians taken out in ankle bracelets — just days after Hyundai pledged $26 billion in new investments in the US — “flummoxed” the South Korean business community, Presiden…