South Korea sends plane to retrieve workers in Georgia as detentions risk opening rift between longstanding allies
Hundreds of South Korean workers detained by US immigration authorities in Georgia last week could soon be on their way home, but the impact the sweeping detentions have on US-South Korean relations – notably the countries’ deep economic ties – is likely to reverberate well into the future.
South Korea says it has reached a deal with the US for the release of workers in a Georgia plant
Presidential chief of staff Kang Hoon-sik said South Korea plans to send a charter plane to bring the workers back home.
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South Korea says it has reached deal with US to release workers at Georgia plant
US immigration authorities said on Friday that they had detained 475 people, most of them South Korean nationals, when hundreds of federal agents raided Hyundai’s manufacturing site in Georgia.
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