US EditionSouth Korea sends plane to US to bring back workers detained in immigration raid
- More than 300 South Korean workers were detained during a raid on an electric battery plant in Georgia.
- Korean Air plans to send a Boeing 747-8i to Atlanta to repatriate the detained workers.
- The South Korean Foreign Ministry confirmed that discussions between Seoul and Washington are ongoing regarding the voluntary exit of detained workers.
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South Korean President Lee Jae Myung announced that immigration police intervention, in which employees were chained and handcuffed, could have a "significant impact on future investment decisions" in the United States.
South Korean Plane Arrives to Return Workers but Can't Leave
A South Korean charter plane has arrived in Atlanta to take home Korean workers detained in an immigration raid in Georgia last week, but airport officials said the return flight with the workers on board planned for Wednesday had been canceled. After a high-level meeting between US and South Korean...
South Koreans to leave US without handcuffs after arrest causes ‘great pain’
Hundreds of South Korean workers detained in a surprise raid in Georgia last week will be allowed to fly home on Thursday after the two countries’ top diplomats met in Washington and agreed to resolve a dispute that has roiled bilateral ties. President Donald Trump agreed to South Korean demands that the workers not be handcuffed, and the US will consider creating a new visa category to prevent future problems, according to Yonhap News. It said …
South Korea, U.S. to discuss new visa category as detained workers set to head home
Cho Hyun said, after meeting U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio, that he had assurances that the South Koreans who are due to be released will not face disadvantages if they try to re-enter the United States
South Korea, US to discuss new visa category as detained workers set to head home, Yonhap says
SEOUL (Reuters) -South Korea and the United States will discuss establishing a new visa category for Koreans, Seoul’s foreign minister was quoted as saying, after a U.S. immigration raid saw 475 workers rounded up at a Hyundai Motor site. Foreign Minister Cho Hyun also said after meeting U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Wednesday that he had assurances that the South Koreans who are due to be released will not face disadvantages if they tr…
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