‘America is not a safe place to work’: South Koreans rounded up in last month's Georgia immigration raid describe the operation that has deeply unsettled one of the United States' top Asian allies. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/09/24/asia-pacific/us-unsafe-koreans-georgia-raid/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #southkorea #hyundai #lg #us #donaldtrump #trade #immigration #ice #republicans
An exodus of South Korean workers from LG Energy Solution's U.S. production sites is taking place because of visa concerns following last week's immigration raid on its joint facility with Hyundai Motor. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/09/11/companies/south-korean-workers-leave-us-raid/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #companies #us #southkorea #ussouthkorearelations #jobs #hyundai #lg #immigration
The White House says it wants foreign investment in manufacturing. This is an odd way of showing it. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2025/09/10/world/hyundai-ice-raid-makes-no-sense/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #commentary #worldnews #hyundai #lg #us #donaldtrump #immigration #ice
The detention of hundreds of South Koreans in U.S. immigration raid sent shock waves through Seoul and plunged Lee Jae Myung into the biggest diplomatic challenge of his young presidency. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/09/09/asia-pacific/politics/shackled-workers-south-korea-trump/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #politics #southkorea #immigration #us #donaldtrump #trade #tariffs #republicans #hyundai #lg#leejaemyung #ice
An immigration raid on a U.S. plant run by South Korean firms has rattled Seoul, coming less than two weeks after a White House summit between their presidents. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/09/08/companies/us-migrant-raid-south-korea-investor/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #companies #southkorea #immigration #us #donaldtrump #hyundai #lg
Seoul said Sunday that negotiations with the United States to secure the release of South Korean workers detained in an immigration raid have "concluded" and they would soon be freed and flown home. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/09/07/asia-pacific/politics/south-korea-us-immigration-lg-hyundai/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #politics #us #southkorea #hyundai #lg #georgia #immigration #donaldtrump#leejaemyung
U.S. immigration officials raided the construction site of a Hyundai-LG plant in Georgia, arresting hundreds of South Korean citizens. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/09/07/asia-pacific/immigration-raid-south-korea-rattle/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #us #southkorea #immigration #donaldtrump#leejaemyung #hyundai #carmakers #lg