Lee blamed the raid on "cultural differences" saying that in South Korea, American nationals teaching English while on a tourist visa was not seen as "a serious issue".US President Donald Trump speaks during a bilateral meeting with South Korean President Lee Jae Myung in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC, on August 25, 2025. More than 300 South Koreans were among 475 people arrested by US immigration officials in a raid on a Hyundai-LG battery plant being built in the southern US state of Georgia, the foreign minister in Seoul said on September 6, 2025. (Photo by Mandel NGAN / AFP)