South Korea asks US Congress to support a new visa, workers heading home

12/9/2025 7:25

South Korean Foreign Minister Cho Hyun has called for the U.S. Congress to support a new visa for Korean businesses, the ministry said on Friday, as hundreds of Korean workers arrested during a massive immigration raid are heading home.



During his meetings with U.S. senators in Washington, Cho reiterated concerns among South Koreans over the arrests of Korean professionals that participated in investment projects in the U.S., the ministry said in a statement.



A plane carrying more than 300 workers from South Korea who were detained during the raid at a Hyundai battery factory in Georgia last week left the United States, bound for South Korea.



After being held for a week by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, the South Korean workers have been released and flown from Atlanta.