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nemo44x ◴[07 Sep 25 14:35 UTC] No.45158512[source]▶

I’m guessing they were here on a business/consulting visa and doing more than that but it’s probably been de facto practice for years and hasn’t had issues. And I’m guessing the majority of them have skills in setting a factory up that are difficult to source locally.

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1. dmix ◴[07 Sep 25 14:53 UTC] No.45158696[source]▶

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They were flown in under visas to help set up the plant as consultants (at least at one of the plants). I don't think they were intended to continue working there after. Some of the visas were also expired.

The article also says:

> LG Energy Solution said Saturday that 47 of its employees were detained, 46 of them Korean. Another 250 personnel from “equipment partner companies,” most of them Korean, were also being held, it added.

So it seems there were multiple parent companies involved

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