South Korea, US to discuss new visa category as detained workers set to head home, Yonhap says


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  • Thursday, 11 Sep 2025

Activists holding signs that reads "No one is illegal!", chant slogans during a press conference to protest against a huge immigration raid last week at the site of a U.S. car battery project involving Hyundai Motor and LG Energy Solution in the U.S. state of Georgia, in front of the U.S. embassy in Seoul, South Korea, September 9, 2025. REUTERS/Kim Hong-Ji

SEOUL (Reuters) -South Korea and the United States will discuss establishing a new visa category for Koreans, Seoul's foreign minister was quoted as saying, after a U.S. immigration raid saw 475 workers rounded up at a Hyundai Motor site.

Foreign Minister Cho Hyun also said after meeting U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Wednesday that he had assurances that the South Koreans who are due to be released will not face disadvantages if they try to re-enter the United States, the Yonhap News Agency reported.

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