In South Korea, there is total incomprehension.
ICE
South Korea is angry after ICE arrested more than 300 of its workers at a Hyundai-LG plant under construction in Georgia.
350 billion dollars
This comes just a few weeks after a mega-trade agreement in which Seoul pledged to invest $350 billion in the United States in return for a 15% tariff.
A major immigration raid
Yet, a major immigration raid was carried out on at a factory in Georgia, during which nearly 475 people were arrested following a months-long investigation by the Department of Homeland Security.
An agreement
South Korea has since obtained an agreement to repatriate some of the South Korean workers detained by the US authorities.
A slap in the face
South Korea's response was one of total incomprehension: the government, former high-ranking officials and the opposition denounced the brutal action, considered by some to be "disrespectful" towards a strategic ally, and even described as a "slap in the face".
Lots of money
They also stress the importance of the trade agreement reached on July 30, as Choi Jong-gun, former vice foreign minister, reminds us: "We spend a lot of money in the United States".