This photo, taken Sept. 8, 2025, shows South Korea’s Foreign Minister Cho Hyun arriving at Incheon International Airport, west of Seoul, to depart for the United States. (Image courtesy of Yonhap)
WASHINGTON, Sept. 10 (Korea Bizwire) — Seoul’s Foreign Minister Cho Hyun said Wednesday that South Koreans detained in a recent U.S. immigration crackdown will be “rescued within the shortest time,” as his ministry cited “unspecified U.S. circumstances” as the reason for a delay in their release from a detention center in Georgia.
Cho’s remarks came as he is set to meet with U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio at the White House to discuss a range of issues concerning the detainees.
Asked to elaborate on the delay in the detainees’ release, Cho said, “Not at a stage now to tell you about U.S. circumstances.”
More than 300 South Korean workers were initially set to board a chartered flight Wednesday at an airport in Atlanta to return home, six days after their arrest in an immigration raid at an electric vehicle battery plant construction site for a joint venture of Hyundai Motor Group and LG Energy Solution in Bryan County near Savannah.
(Yonhap)
