S. Korean workers arrive at Incheon airport after US detention

South Korean workers detained in a US immigration raid arrive at the Incheon International Airport, taking a specially chartered flight from Atlanta on Friday. South Koreans made up the majority of the 475 people arrested at a Hyundai-LG battery factory site in the state of Georgia. "Everything at Atlanta went smoothly," a foreign ministry official stated, ahead of the workers' arrival at around 3:25 PM.

Asia's fourth-largest economy maintains multiple plants in the United States, and has heeded Washington's push to onshore manufacturing and boost investment in America. Experts said most of the detained South Korean workers were likely on visas that do not permit hands-on construction work.