More than 300 South Korean workers return home after US immigration raid

Images of arrested workers in handcuffs and chains have caused outrage over what many see as a betrayal of an ally.

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A chartered flight carrying hundreds of South Korean workers arrested in a major United States immigration raid has landed in Incheon, ending a weeklong saga that rattled Seoul and cast a dark shadow over its ties with key ally Washington.

Television footage showed a Korean Air Boeing 747-8I touching down at Incheon International Airport on Friday with more than 310 passengers who had been arrested in the US state of Georgia.

More than 300 South Korean workers return home after US immigration raid

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