South Korea sending plane to bring back detained workers from US | News

SEOUL, Sept 10, 2025 (BSS/AFP) - A chartered plane will depart Seoul for the United States on Wednesday to repatriate hundreds of South Korean workers detained in a sweeping immigration raid, flagcarrier Korean Air told AFP. US immigration officials detained 475 people, including hundreds of South Korean workers, during a raid on Thursday at a Hyundai-LG battery plant being built in the southern state of Georgia. Officials in the United States called it the largest such raid on a single site carried out so far under President Donald Trump's nationwide anti-immigration crackdown. A Korean Air Boeing 747-8I, which seats over 350 passengers, is scheduled to take off from Seoul at 11:00 am (0200 GMT) Wednesday, a company representative told AFP....