South Korea’s Top Diplomat May Travel to US After Migrant Raid That Nabbed Hundreds

Cho HyunPhotographer: Issei Kato/Pool/AFP/Getty Images

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By Soo-hyang Choi and María Paula Mijares Torres

September 6, 2025 at 8:39 AM UTC

Updated on

September 6, 2025 at 9:53 PM UTC

South Korea’s top diplomat said he’ll travel to Washington if needed over a US migrant raid at a Hyundai Motor Co. manufacturing complex, confirming that more than 300 among 475 people detained under the operation are its citizens.

Foreign Minister Cho Hyun presided over an emergency response meeting in Seoul on Saturday after US federal agents carried out the sweep at a construction site for an electric-vehicle battery plant near Savannah, Georgia, this week.