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Founded in 1947, Hyundai was a South Korean conglomerate with activities spanning retailing, shipbuilding, car and truck making and property. It was broken up after the 1997 Asian financial crisis, and effectively reduced to container shipping services, elevator manufacture and tourism. And Hyundai Motor Group, Hyundai Department Store Group, Hyundai Heavy Industries Group and Hyundai Development are no longer connected to Hyundai Group.
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Nvidia, Samsung chiefs bond over Korean fried chicken, lifting snack stocks

Jensen Huang also met Hyundai boss Chung Eui-sun at a restaurant and handed out chicken to onlookers gathered outside.

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South Korea says it flagged concerns over Hyundai’s US investment plan

Independent lawmaker Kim Jong-min criticised Hyundai for trying to gain favour with the US, weakening South Korea’s leverage in trade talks.

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US immigration

3 workers died at Hyundai’s Georgia plant since 2022, before ICE raid: report

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The Hyundai plant has been in the limelight since an immigration raid by US Immigration and Customs Enforcement last month. Photo: ICE via AFP
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South Korean workers hunker down as US raid on Hyundai deepens anxiety

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One worker says US agents failed to inform detainees of their rights, placed them in crowded, unsanitary cells and mocked their nationality.

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Video | Trump concerned South Korean arrests could ‘frighten’ investors

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Trump concerned South Korean arrests could ‘frighten’ investors

US president said foreign workers sent to the US are ‘welcome’ days after hundreds of South Koreans were arrested at a work site in Georgia.

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United States

US diplomat regrets raid, detention of Korean workers at Hyundai plant

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South Korea

‘Is this how you treat an ally?’: South Koreans back home after US raid ordeal

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South Korea’s Lee says ‘bewildering’ Hyundai raid could hit US investment

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South Korea

South Koreans to leave US without handcuffs after arrest causes ‘great pain’

South Korean Foreign Minister Cho met US Secretary of State Rubio and voiced his ‘deep concern’ over the incident in Georgia.

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United States

Many caught in Hyundai raid appeared to be working legally, US lawyer says

The workers were allowed to engage in specific tasks spelled out in letters attached to their visa and ESTA applications, he says.

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Detainees are made to stand against a bus before being handcuffed during a raid by US federal agents at a Hyundai site in Ellabell, Georgia, on September 4. Photo: US Immigration and Customs Enforcement via Reuters
South Korea

‘Shock in Seoul’: how a raid on Hyundai hurt US-South Korea ties

The raid ‘crashed the operational software’ of the alliance and carries serious implications for US global leadership, analysts warn.

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Protesters demonstrate against the detention of South Korean workers near the US embassy in Seoul on Tuesday. Photo: AP
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Trump warns foreign companies after South Koreans detained in huge US raid

US president says foreign firms need to respect US immigration laws, as South Korea works bring detained workers home.

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South Korea

Seoul says over 300 South Koreans detained in US Hyundai site raid to be released

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

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South Korea

‘Deeply concerned’: South Korea vows to support citizens arrested in US raid

A government team has been set up to respond to the arrest of over 300 Koreans, with Foreign Minister Cho Hyun to head to the US if needed.

An American flag flies above a piece of heavy machinery at the site of Hyundai Motor Group’s electric vehicle plant in Ellabell, Georgia, on Friday. Photo: AP
United States

Seoul expresses ‘concern’ over US immigration raid at Hyundai’s Georgia plant

Operations at Hyundai’s US$7.6 billion EV manufacturing plant, which employs about 1,200 people, were not interrupted.

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A Hyundai Motor’s electric car Ioniq at a electric charging station in Seoul. Photo: Reuters
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China shipbuilding

‘It takes time’: China’s shipping edge likely safe from South Korean investments

New ventures in Vietnam and the Philippines may ease domestic constraints but unlikely to challenge Chinese dominance, analysts say.

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