Sept. 6 (UPI) -- South Korea might send a government official to Washington to resolve issues after hundreds of South Koreans were arrested at an under-construction Hyundai battery plant in Georgia.
South Korean officials convened an emergency meeting following the Thursday raid by federal agents with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives and other law enforcement, who arrested 457 "unlawful aliens" working at the electric vehicle battery plant in Bryan County, Ga.
About 300 are South Koreans, who were working at the plant run by the HL-GA Battery Co., which is jointly owned by South Korean firms Hyundai Motor Co. and LG Energy Solution Ltd.
"We are deeply concerned and feel a heavy sense of responsibility over the arrests of our nationals," South Korean Foreign Minister Cho Hyun said during the meeting.
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