Outrage in South Korea over workers arrested at Georgia factory

WBUR | By Here & Now Newsroom

Published September 8, 2025 at 11:57 AM EDT

Here & Now‘s Scott Tong speaks with Seoul-based journalist Raphael Rashid about the explosive reaction in South Korea to the arrest last week of nearly 500 Korean immigrants working to build a battery factory in Georgia.

This article was originally published on WBUR.org.

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