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South Korean workers detained in Hyundai plant raid to be freed and flown home

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103 points MilnerRoute | 1 comments | 07 Sep 25 13:35 UTC | HN request time: 0.198s | source
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SanjayMehta ◴[07 Sep 25 14:45 UTC] No.45158615[source]▶
It’s a language issue.

When I first started travelling to the US, I was carefully coached by US HR and Legal to say I was on “business” as in meetings, and not “work.”

I suspect the subtle difference was not understood by the Koreans.

A shoddy way and shortsighted to deal with companies which are investing in your country.

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gruez ◴[07 Sep 25 14:57 UTC] No.45158749[source]▶
>It’s a language issue.

>When I first started travelling to the US, I was carefully coached by US HR and Legal to say I was on “business” as in meetings, and not “work.”

Were you actually there for "meetings"? or actually doing stuff like writing reports?

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1. __turbobrew__ ◴[07 Sep 25 15:30 UTC] No.45159065[source]▶
Almost everyone I know who goes to the USA for “business meetings” on a b-1 actually works while in the US whether it be coding, report writing, consulting for money, professional services, etc…