South Korea aims to resolve US visa issues before executing $350bn investment

His remarks come after a recent US immigration raid resulted in the arrest of hundreds of South Korean workers at a Hyundai Motor battery plant in the state of Georgia. Most of the workers returned to South Korea last week, but the incident prompted calls from companies for a new visa category to make it easier for skilled Korean workers to help set up new factories and train US workers. Still, visa policy was not "a precondition" to make the US investments in strategic US industries, Cho said at a press conference in Seoul on Friday. Cho said he expected Chinese President Xi Jinping to attend a leaders' summit at the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) forum, which is being hosted...