South Korea’s foreign minister is considering a trip to the U.S. to meet with the Trump administration after hundreds of South Korean nationals were arrested in Georgia this week at an electric vehicle battery plant.
“We are deeply concerned and feel a heavy sense of responsibility over the arrests of our nationals,” Foreign Minister Cho Hyun said at an emergency meeting in Seoul, according to the national Yonhap News Agency.
He said South Korean President Lee Jae Myung called for all-out efforts to swiftly resolve the matter, Yonhap reported, “stressing that the rights and interests of South Korean nationals and the business operations of South Korean companies investing in the United States must not be infringed upon.”
Would be really cool to hear any insider takes of locals or employees at the plant. I recoil at the recent ICE crackdowns but this does whiff of human trafficing at first glance.
Well… If a Korean auto manufacturer flew in people to the United States, who were there illegally, to work in their facility, those workers should be flown back to Korea… I don’t think the Korean government have much of an excuse to feel “tense” about this.
They should have hired locals.
And no one responsible will be arrested or deported.
Right, just the workers. Anyone over a certain income level probably has some kind of work permit
Maybe South Korea will hold Trump hostage
