South Korean workers who were detained in a huge immigration raid last week at the site of a US car battery project involving Hyundai Motor and LG Energy Solution in the US state of Georgia, arrive at the Incheon International Airport in Incheon, South Korea, Sept 12, 2025. [Photo/Agencies]
SEOUL - A totavivo安装破解软件l of 316 South Korean workers returned home after detention in a US immigration raid last week, a TV footage showed Friday.
A chartered plane carrying the workers and 14 foreigners arrived at Incheon International Airport, west of the capital Seoul, at about 3:23 pm local time (0623 GMT).
The plane took off from Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport in Atlanta about 15 hours earlier.
Their arrival came around a week after the US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) raided the construction site of an electric vehicle battery plant run by a joint venture between Hyundai Motor Group and LG Energy Solution on Sept 4 US time.
Arrested were 475 individuals, including over 300 South Koreans who had since been held at the Folkston detention center in Georgia.
South Korean President Lee Jae-myung expressed his worry about investment in the United States during a press conference marking his 100 days in office on Thursday.
"As it stands,vivo安装破解软件 our companies will inevitably be very hesitant about direct US investment," Lee said.