Overview

• Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp is preparing a fall visit to South Korea to meet Hyundai executives, with outreach emails sent Sept. 8 and travel likely around his late-October swing through Japan.
• At Hyundai’s CEO Investor Day in New York, Jose Munoz reaffirmed a phase-two expansion in Georgia with 3,000 additional jobs and said the raid could push commissioning back by up to three months.
• Washington and Seoul set up a working-level task force to review visa pathways after U.S. officials conveyed regret on Sept. 15, following a Sept. 12 charter flight that returned 316 Koreans and 14 others.
• Local economic leaders said the setback does not alter long-term plans, noting 3,129 Americans already in permanent roles at the site and confirming an estimated three-month construction delay.
• U.S. agencies said the operation targeted overstays and unauthorized work, while companies and local officials described many detainees as specialized technicians employed by subcontractors to install and train on proprietary battery equipment.