Minister of Foreign Affairs Cho Hyun met with the leaders of businesses with U.S. investments, including LG and Hyundai Motor Group, where they urged him to resolve visa issues that hinder progress and lead to confusion.

The workers were allowed to engage in specific tasks spelled out in letters attached to their visa and ESTA applications, he says.

Seoul has taken no measures to protest the attack on its citizens or against the US government, while attempting to mollify the growing anger in the population.

B-1 visa holders can also enter the United States "to install, service, or repair commercial or industrial equipment or machinery purchased from a company outside the United States or to train U.S. workers to perform such services," according to a State Department manual about B visas.

Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem said Monday she doesn’t think the detention of hundreds of South Koreans in an immigration raid at a Hyundai plant in Georgia will deter

U.S. visa crackdowns are emerging as a new risk for Korean companies seeking to expand investment in the United States after authorities detained about 300 Korean workers during a raid at an electric vehicle battery plant run in Georgia on Thursday.