South Korea says it has reached a deal with the US for the release of workers in a Georgia plant

SEOUL – South Korea said Sunday it reached a deal with the U.S. for the release of South Korean workers detained in an immigration raid at a Hyundai plant in Georgia.

Presidential chief of staff Kang Hoon-sik announced that South Korea and the U.S. had finalized negotiations on the workers’ release and that some unspecified administrative steps are left to be taken. He said South Korea plans to send a charter plane to bring the workers home as soon as those administrate steps are completed.

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South Korea’s Foreign Minister Cho Hyun said Saturday that more than 300 South Koreans were among the 475 people detained.

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