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.

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.

The foreign ministry said it was in consultations with American officials to ensure the return of its detained nationals “at the earliest possible date.”

The attorney, Atlanta-based Charles Kuck, said his clients included seven South Koreans who entered via the ESTA program, for countries with visa-free travel to the U.S., or with B-1 visas for temporary business travel.

Atlanta-based attorney Charles Kuck said that the Korean detainees were in the country on “After-Sales Service and Installation Visas”.

Nearly 500 workers, most of them South Korean nationals, were arrested on Sept. 4 at a Hyundai electric vehicle plant in Georgia. An attorney for some of the detainees now claims that many of them were working in the U.

UAW condemns Hyundai for poor worker safety record following immigration raid at Georgia electric car battery factory that detained 475 people.

The Hyundai battery plant in Georgia that saw 475 workers arrested in immigration raid last week is just the latest example of President Donald Trump’s policies clashing with his goals for the world’s largest economy.

Several hundred workers, most of them South Korean nationals, were detained at the construction site of a sprawling electric vehicle battery plant on Thursday.

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.