New Delhi, Sep 7: More than 300 South Korean workers detained in a U.S. immigration raid at a Hyundai plant in Georgia will be released and flown home, the South Korean government said Sunday, reports Associated Press.
Presidential chief of staff Kang Hoon-sik said Seoul and Washington had agreed on the release and a charter plane would be arranged once paperwork was completed.
U.S. officials said 475 people, most of them South Korean nationals, were detained in a raid on Hyundai’s EV battery plant under construction with LG Energy Solution. AP news agency reported that foreign minister Cho Hyun will travel to the U.S. on Monday for further talks.
