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South Korea minister heads to US to resolve fallout from immigration raid
Business World Philippines
|September 09, 2025
South Korean Foreign Minister Cho Hyun was headed for the US on Monday as he seeks to resolve the fallout over the detention of hundreds of Korean workers during an immigration raid at a time when Seoul has committed to massive investment plans in America.
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Seoul said on Sunday that negotiations to arrange the release of about 300 Korean workers arrested at a Georgia battery plant being built by Hyundai Motor and LG Energy Solution had concluded, and a plan is in the works to fly them home this week.
The detention of the workers by the Department of Homeland Security agents sent shockwaves through South Korea, a major US ally which has been trying to finalize a US trade deal agreed in late July. It came just 10 days after South Korea’s new president, Lee Jae Myung, met with US President Donald J Trump in Washington and the two pledged closer business ties.
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