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This image from video provided by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement via DVIDS shows manufacturing plant employees waiting to have their legs shackled at the Hyundai Motor Group’s electric vehicle plant, Thursday, Sept. 4, 2025, in Ellabell, Ga. (Corey Bullard/U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement via AP)

South Korea to bring home 300 workers detained in massive Hyundai plant raid in Georgia

By Hyung-Jin Kim and The Associated Press

SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA – DECEMBER 03: In this handout image provided by South Korean Presidential Office, South Korean President Yoon Suk-Yeol speaks during the declaration of emergency martial law at the Presidential Office on December 03, 2024 in Seoul, South Korea. President Yoon Suk Yeol declared emergency martial law on Tuesday, accusing the opposition of “anti-state activities plotting rebellion.” (Photo by South Korean Presidential Office via Getty Images)

South Korea’s president avoids impeachment attempt after most ruling-party lawmakers boycott vote

By Kim Tong-Hyung, Hyung-Jin Kim, and others

FILE – A member of South Korean K-pop band BTS J-Hope poses for photographers during a press conference to introduce their new album “BE” in Seoul, South Korea, Nov. 20, 2020. J-Hope entered a South Korean boot camp Tuesday, April 18, 2023 to start his 18-month compulsory military service, becoming the group’s second member to join the country’s army. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man, File)

Second BTS member joins South Korean army as J-Hope heads to boot camp

By Hyung-Jin Kim and The Associated Press

A fan waits for K-pop band BTS’s member Jin to arrive before he enters the army to serve near an army training center in Yeoncheon, South Korea, Tuesday, Dec. 13, 2022. Jin, the oldest member of K-pop supergroup BTS, was set to enter a frontline South Korean boot camp Tuesday to start his 18 months of mandatory military service, as fans gathered near the base to say goodbye to their star. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)

K-pop supergroup BTS member Jin begins basic training near tense North Korea border

By Hyung-Jin Kim, Juwon Park, and others

SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA – APRIL 18: In this handout image provided by The U.S. Embassy Seoul, United States Special Presidential Envoy for Climate John Kerry speaks during a press conference on April 18, 2021 in Seoul, South Korea. John Kerry visits South Korea ahead of a U.S.-hosted climate summit of world leaders, including South Korean President Moon Jae-in. (Photo by U.S. Embassy Seoul via Getty Images)

U.S. and China find at least one area of agreement: on climate

By Hyung-Jin Kim and The Associated Press