S. Korea will bring home 300 workers detained in massive Hyundai plant raid in Georgia


SEOUL: More than 300 South Korean workers detained following a massive immigration raid at a Hyundai plant in Georgia will be released and brought home, the South Korean government announced on Sunday (Sept 7).

Kang Hoon-sik, chief of staff for President Lee Jae-myung, said South Korea and the US had finalised negotiations on the workers’ release. He said South Korea plans to send a charter plane to bring the workers home as soon as remaining administrative steps are completed.

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