South Korea’s foreign ministry announced Friday that it is sending personnel to a US Hyundai-LG battery plant where more than 300 Korean citizens were detained in an immigration raid the previous day, according to local media . Foreign Ministry spokesperson Lee Jae-woong said South Korea voiced concerns to the US embassy in Seoul and called on US authorities to respect the country’s economic activity and citizens following the raid in Bryan County, Georgia .

US officials said over 475 persons, mostly Korean nationals, were detained during the execution of a search warrant by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), Homeland Security Investigations (HSI), the FBI, and other agencies. According to local media , Homeland Security agents were investigating “unlawful employmen

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