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The detention of more than 300 South Korean nationals at a car battery plant near Savannah, Georgia, last week came as a complete surprise to many in South Korea. The workers were rounded up at a factory owned by the Hyundai Motor Company, one of the biggest conglomerates in South Korea. President Lee Jae-myung said he hopes this sort of thing never happens again. The World’s Matthew Bell reports.