FILE PHOTO: Police (foreground) roll up a banner showing a depiction of US President Donald Trump displayed by a protester at Incheon International Airport in Incheon on September 12, 2025, after the touch down of a specially chartered Korean Air Boeing 747-81 (KE9036) bringing hundreds of South Korean workers back from Atlanta after their detention in a US immigration raid at a Hyundai-LG plant in Ellabell, Georgia. - AFP
SEOUL: The South Korean government is hoping to turn to its country’s advantage the Sept 4 immigration raid on the Hyundai Motor Group Metaplant America in the US state of Georgia, which saw more than 300 South Koreans detained.
While describing the incident as “shocking” and acknowledging that the country’s businesses would likely be “more hesitant to invest in the US”, South Korean President Lee Jae Myung said in an interview with the BBC published on Sept 22 that he believed the incident could strengthen Seoul’s relationship with Washington.
