https://www.scmp.com/rss/523468/feed The latest news and top stories on LG Energy Solution. A leading entity in the battery manufacturing and energy solutions sector, Seoul South Korea-based LG Energy Solution specialises in lithium-ion batteries for electric vehicles and energy storage systems. It primarily serves global automakers and energy solution providers, holding a significant market position as one of the world’s largest battery makers. Notable achievements include extensive patent holdings and major supply deals with... en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com The Korea Times The Korea Times Hundreds of South Korean engineers who were arrested and detained during an immigration raid at a Hyundai-LG Energy Solution battery plant in Georgia in September are preparing to sue US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), alleging unlawful detention and mistreatment. According to industry sources and a report by ABC News earlier this week, roughly 200 of those detained in the weeklong ordeal are preparing to file a lawsuit against ICE, alleging racial discrimination, human rights... https://www.scmp.com/news/asia/east-asia/article/3332508/south-korean-engineers-sue-ice-after-hyundai-lg-plant-raid-georgia?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/asia/east-asia/article/3332508/south-korean-engineers-sue-ice-after-hyundai-lg-plant-raid-georgia?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 12 Nov 2025 11:06:04 +0000 Reuters Reuters South Korea’s industry minister said on Monday that the government had expressed concerns over Hyundai announcing multibillion-dollar US investment plans at the same time as Seoul was involved in delicate trade negotiations with Washington. “We told Hyundai that [its] conduct was deeply regrettable, especially considering that our efforts have been made for the sake of Hyundai and Kia’s industry,” South Korea’s Industry Minister Kim Jung-kwan told parliament in response to questions. “I believe... https://www.scmp.com/news/asia/east-asia/article/3328870/south-korea-says-it-flagged-concerns-over-hyundais-us-investment-plan?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/asia/east-asia/article/3328870/south-korea-says-it-flagged-concerns-over-hyundais-us-investment-plan?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 13 Oct 2025 17:02:41 +0000 Reuters Reuters Three workers have died since Hyundai Motor started construction of its US$7.6 billion car factory in Georgia in 2022, the Wall Street Journal reported on Sunday, citing a review of federal records. Apart from the deaths, more than a dozen workers have suffered serious injuries, including from falling without wearing harnesses and getting crushed by forklifts, according to The Wall Street Journal. “We conducted a comprehensive audit and strengthened safety oversight across the site. We have... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3328730/3-workers-died-hyundais-georgia-plant-2022-us-immigration-raid-reports?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3328730/3-workers-died-hyundais-georgia-plant-2022-us-immigration-raid-reports?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 12 Oct 2025 19:37:46 +0000 Reuters Reuters The US has agreed to allow South Koreans to work to set up facilities at US investment sites under existing temporary visas and open new channels to help its ally send workers to do business there, according to Seoul’s foreign ministry. But US officials at a working group meeting offered no new answers to South Korea’s argument for wider access to US visas for specialty workers despite reaffirming a commitment to advance trade and investment partnership, the ministry said on Wednesday. The... https://www.scmp.com/news/asia/east-asia/article/3327459/south-korea-gets-us-visa-relief-after-hyundai-raid-no-clear-solution-sight?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/asia/east-asia/article/3327459/south-korea-gets-us-visa-relief-after-hyundai-raid-no-clear-solution-sight?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 01 Oct 2025 01:50:40 +0000 Bloomberg Bloomberg A massive immigration raid on a battery plant in the US state of Georgia earlier this month continues to reverberate across the region with workers staying home and delays mounting. Ken Shim, president of Woowon Technology, said he had to provide paid time off to ease the stress of South Korean engineers installing equipment at a cell plant being built by Hyundai Motor and South Korea’s SK On near Cartersville, Georgia. Shim, an American citizen who has lived in the United States for more than a... https://www.scmp.com/news/asia/east-asia/article/3325948/south-korean-workers-hunker-down-georgia-us-raid-hyundai-deepens-anxiety?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/asia/east-asia/article/3325948/south-korean-workers-hunker-down-georgia-us-raid-hyundai-deepens-anxiety?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 18 Sep 2025 03:47:41 +0000 SCMP’s Asia desk SCMP’s Asia desk A South Korean worker detained in a large-scale US immigration raid earlier this month has alleged mistreatment by American authorities, describing several days spent in degrading conditions under psychological duress at a federal detention centre in Georgia. The man, who declined to be identified, was among more than 300 South Korean nationals arrested during a surprise raid on September 4 at HL-GA Battery Company, a joint venture of Hyundai Motor Group and LG Energy Solution, near Savannah,... https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/people/article/3325729/mouldy-beds-foul-water-and-mockery-south-koreans-detail-grim-conditions-ice-detention?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/people/article/3325729/mouldy-beds-foul-water-and-mockery-south-koreans-detail-grim-conditions-ice-detention?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 16 Sep 2025 09:14:36 +0000 Agence France-Presse Agence France-Presse US President Donald Trump said on Sunday that foreign workers sent to the United States were “welcome” and he did not want to “frighten off” investors, 10 days after hundreds of South Koreans were arrested at a work site in Georgia. In a post on his Truth Social platform, the 79-year-old Republican wrote: “I don’t want to frighten off or disincentivize investment.” Some 475 people, mostly South Korean nationals, were arrested at the construction site of an electric vehicle battery factory,... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3325520/trump-concerned-south-korean-arrests-could-frighten-investors?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3325520/trump-concerned-south-korean-arrests-could-frighten-investors?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 14 Sep 2025 22:09:11 +0000 Agence France-Presse Agence France-Presse A specially chartered flight carrying hundreds of South Korean workers detained in a US immigration raid last week landed at Incheon International Airport on Friday. South Korean workers accounted for most of the 475 people arrested at a Hyundai-LG battery factory site in the state of Georgia, triggering a delicate effort to resolve the thorny situation between close allies. The Korean Air Boeing 747-8I, with more than 310 South Koreans on board, departed from Atlanta and touched down on the... https://www.scmp.com/news/asia/east-asia/article/3325308/south-korean-workers-return-home-after-hyundai-raid-ordeal-us?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/asia/east-asia/article/3325308/south-korean-workers-return-home-after-hyundai-raid-ordeal-us?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 12 Sep 2025 06:45:55 +0000 Bloomberg Bloomberg Hundreds of South Korean workers detained in a surprise raid in Georgia last week were allowed to fly home on Thursday after the two countries’ top diplomats met in Washington and agreed to resolve a dispute that has roiled bilateral ties. President Donald Trump agreed to South Korean demands that the workers not be handcuffed, and the US will consider creating a new visa category to prevent future problems, according to Yonhap News. It said 330 people, almost all of them South Korean, will be... https://www.scmp.com/news/asia/east-asia/article/3325110/south-korean-workers-leave-us-without-handcuffs-after-arrest-causes-great-pain?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/asia/east-asia/article/3325110/south-korean-workers-leave-us-without-handcuffs-after-arrest-causes-great-pain?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 11 Sep 2025 02:02:57 +0000 Agence France-Presse Agence France-Presse Seoul said on Sunday that negotiations with the United States to secure the release of South Korean workers detained in an immigration raid have been “concluded” and they would soon be freed and flown home. It follows the arrest of more than 300 South Korean workers at a Hyundai-LG battery plant being built in the southern state of Georgia on Thursday. The operation, carried out in the town of Ellabell, was the largest single-site raid implemented so far under US President Donald Trump’s... https://www.scmp.com/news/asia/east-asia/article/3324632/south-korea-irked-over-us-photos-citizens-detained-hyundai-site-raid?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/asia/east-asia/article/3324632/south-korea-irked-over-us-photos-citizens-detained-hyundai-site-raid?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 07 Sep 2025 03:08:32 +0000 Reuters Reuters South Korean President Lee Jae-myung on Saturday ordered all-out efforts to swiftly respond to the arrests of hundreds of the nation’s citizens in a US immigration raid on a Hyundai Motor car battery factory. Foreign Minister Cho Hyun said the government had set up a team to respond to Thursday’s arrest of more than 300 Koreans at the facility in the southern state of Georgia, and that he could go to Washington to meet officials if needed. “I am deeply concerned. I feel heavy responsibility for... https://www.scmp.com/news/asia/east-asia/article/3324612/south-korea-pledges-support-citizens-arrested-us-immigration-raid-hyundai-plant?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/asia/east-asia/article/3324612/south-korea-pledges-support-citizens-arrested-us-immigration-raid-hyundai-plant?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 06 Sep 2025 12:00:44 +0000 Associated Press Associated Press South Korea on Friday expressed “concern and regret” over a major US immigration raid at a sprawling Georgia site where South Korean auto company Hyundai manufactures electric vehicles. Some 475 people were detained during the raid, according to a Homeland Security official. Steven Schrank, Special Agent in Charge, Homeland Security Investigations, said at a news briefing on Friday that the majority of the people detained were from South Korea. “This operation underscores our commitment to jobs... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3324560/seoul-expresses-concern-over-us-immigration-raid-hyundais-georgia-plant?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3324560/seoul-expresses-concern-over-us-immigration-raid-hyundais-georgia-plant?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 05 Sep 2025 13:25:00 +0000