Hyundai CEO voices hope for 'mutually beneficial' solution for short-term business travel to US

WASHINGTON — The head of Hyundai Motor expressed hope Thursday for South Korea and the United States to work out a "mutually beneficial" solution for skilled workers' short-term business travel to the U.S., following a U.S. immigration raid at its battery plant construction site in Georgia this month. Jose Munoz, the company's president and CEO, made the remarks at a public event, noting that many Korean workers, who were arrested in the Sept. 4 raid at the site for a joint Hyundai-LG Energy Solution venture, were involved in the final testing of advanced battery production technology. U.S. immigration authorities arrested more than 310 South Korean workers in the crackdown, saying that they were found to be working illegally in the U.S., including those on short-term or recreational visas that bar them from working. They were released from detention on Sept. 11. "We hope that the U.S. and Korea can work on mutually beneficial solutions for short-term business travel, especially for specialized technical expertise," he said during the New York event for global investors and analysts. MWeiter zum vollständigen Artikel bei Korea Times Weiter zum vollständigen Artikel bei Korea Times