SEOUL: Seoul said Friday that US immigration authorities detained a number of South Koreans during a major raid on a battery plant in Georgia, urging Washington not to infringe on its citizens’ “legitimate rights.” On Thursday local time, US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE raided the “site of a (South Korean) company’s battery plant in Georgia,” ministry spokesperson Lee Jae-woong told reporters. “Multiple Korean nationals were detained,” he said.

South Korea expresses concern over U.S. immigration raid at Hyundai plant, detaining South Korean nationals.

The raid has sparked an angry response from South Korea which called it an unjust infringement of people's rights.

SEOUL: Seoul said Friday that US immigration authorities detained a number of South Koreans during a major raid on a battery plant in Georgia, urging Washington not to infringe on…

Les autorités américaines ont affirmé que cette opération s’inscrivait dans le cadre d’une enquête visant des personnes sans papiers. Séoul a fait part de son « inquiétude ».

Around 450 workers — including 30 South Korean nationals — were reportedly detained at the South Korean automaker’s Georgia site.

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South Korean Foreign Ministry spokesperson Lee Jaewoong described the number of detained South Koreans as “large” though he did not provide an exact figure.

The South Korean government said Friday it had expressed "regret" to the U.S. Embassy over the raid at a battery plant under construction at one of the state's largest…

Nearly 500 workers were apprehended at a construction site for a South Korean battery maker in Georgia, officials said. The episode prompted diplomatic concern in Seoul.

Federal officials said their goal was to ensure a level playing field for American workers.

South Korean Foreign Ministry spokesperson Lee Jaewoong described the number of detained South Koreans as “large,” though he did not provide an exact figure.

But one immigration lawyer in Atlanta says his clients were wrongly caught up in the raid.

More than 300 South Korean nationals were among 475 workers arrested by U.S. immigration authorities during a raid at a Hyundai-LG battery factory...

South Korean government responds to mass arrests of citizens in U.S. immigration raid on Hyundai factory.

Foreign Minister says ‘deeply concerned’ over detention of 300 South Koreans as opposition calls it a ‘grave matter’.

US immigration officials detained 475 workers on Thursday - most of them South Korean nationals - saying they were working illegally.

South Korea might send a government official to Washington after hundreds of South Koreans were arrested at an under-construction Hyundai battery plant.

The raid at a Georgia plant being built with heavy investment from South Korea reveals strain as a rush to expand manufacturing in the United States clashes with an immigration…

Seoul called the incident in Georgia ‘regrettable’, saying its top diplomat may visit the US to resolve the situation.