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

It comes as US Secretary of State Marco Rubio is due to meet South Korea's Foreign Minister Cho Hyun.

SEOUL: A South Korean charter plane left for the US on Wednesday to bring back Korean workers detained in an immigration raid in Georgia last week. A total of 475 workers, more…

More than 300 South Koreans were rounded up in the Sept. 4 raid at the battery factory under construction at Hyundai’s sprawling auto plant in Georgia.

The exit of 300 Korean workers detained in Georgia has been delayed due to "a cause from the U.S. side," according to the ROK Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

South Korean Foreign Minister Cho met US Secretary of State Rubio and voiced his ‘deep concern’ over the incident in Georgia.

In a news conference marking 100 days in office, Lee Jae Myung called for improvements in the U.S. visa system.

South Korea's president called for improvements to the visa system, saying companies will likely hesitate to invest in the U.S. until that happens.

Le président sud-coréen, Lee Jae-myung, a annoncé que l’intervention de la police de l’immigration, au cours de laquelle les salariés ont été enchaînés et menottés, pourrait avoir…

It comes as the country's president and Hyundai's chief executive have warned about the impact of the raid.

SEOUL: Hundreds of South Korean workers were headed back to Seoul on Friday after their detention in a US immigration raid that Hyundai warned will delay completion of its battery…

A specially chartered Boeing 747 left Atlanta on Thursday carrying hundreds of South Korean workers arrested in a Trump-ordered immigration raid at Hyundai's Georgia battery plant…

SEOUL: A specially chartered flight carrying hundreds of South Korean workers detained in a US immigration raid last week landed at Incheon International Airport on Friday, AFP…

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

They were among the 475 people detained during the Sept. 4 immigration raid at a battery factory under construction on the campus of Hyundai’s auto plant.

As Hyundai-LG workers fly home after visa ordeal, Koreans bristle at ‘humiliation’ and sense of betrayal by Seoul’s ally

The workers, whose detention in a workplace immigration sweep set off outrage in South Korea, expressed both relief and anger.

More than 300 South Korean workers returned home on Friday after being held for a week in the US following the raid.