Firms will hesitate to invest in US after raid - S Korea president

[Eugene]

Source: BBC

Firms will hesitate to invest in US after raid - S Korea president

11 September 2025

Kelly Ng Singapore and Hosu Lee Seoul

South Korean companies will be "very hesitant" about investing in the US following a massive immigration raid at a Hyundai plant in the state of Georgia last week, President Lee Jae Myung has said.

More than 300 South Koreans who were arrested in the raid have now been released from detention and are due to return home on Friday after having their release delayed by more than a day.

Their departure was delayed because of an instruction from the White House, Lee added.

President Donald Trump ordered the pause to check whether the workers were willing to remain in the US to continue working and training Americans, according to a South Korean foreign ministry official.

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Read more: https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cly0e4k750go

[eppur_se_muova]

1. YA THINK ?? nt

[tanyev]

2. "So, about that arrest--we can't guarantee it won't happen again,

but would you still be willing to stay here and train American workers???”

[marble falls]

3. But ... but ... but ... VP JD Sofaphiliac sez otherwise!