World Sep 12 South Korean workers return home after days in detention following US immigration raid Their roundup and the U.S. release of video showing some Korean workers shackled with chains around their hands, ankles and waists have caused public outrage and a sense of betrayal in South Korea, a key U.S. ally.
Nation Sep 10 South Korea sends plane to U.S. to bring back workers detained in immigration raid A total of 475 workers, more than 300 of them South Koreans, were rounded up in the Sept. 4 raid at the battery factory under construction at Hyundai's sprawling auto plant west of Savannah.
Nation Sep 08 Attorney says detained Korean Hyundai workers had special skills for short-term jobs An immigration attorney says many South Korean workers detained in a U.S. immigration raid at a Hyundai plant in Georgia were brought in for highly specialized work that Americans aren't trained to perform.
Nation Sep 08 South Koreans face shock and confusion after worker detentions at Georgia Hyundai plant South Korea’s foreign minister is en route to the U.S. to finalize steps for the return home of several hundred workers detained in a massive immigration raid in Georgia.
World Sep 07 South Korea reaches deal with U.S. to return home 300 workers detained in Hyundai plant raid More than 300 South Korean workers detained following a massive immigration raid at a Hyundai plant in Georgia will be released and brought home, the South Korean government announced Sunday.
World Sep 02 North Korea’s Kim Jong Un arrives in China for military parade alongside Putin and Xi Kim and Russian President Vladimir Putin are among the 26 world leaders who'll join Chinese President Xi Jinping to watch Wednesday's massive military parade in Beijing.
World Aug 29 South Korean prosecutors indict ex-prime minister Han and wife of ousted president Yoon The wife of South Korea's jailed ex-President Yoon Suk Yeol and his former prime minister were indicted Friday as part of investigations into his administration and his attempt to overcome opposition by declaring martial law.
World Aug 28 Kim Jong Un to meet with Xi and Putin at Chinese military parade North Korean leader Kim Jong Un will make a rare trip abroad next week to attend a military parade in the Chinese capital.
World Jul 01 ‘Lovebugs’ swarm South Korea, blanketing a mountain peak The insects do not transmit diseases or sting humans, but there have been increasing public complaints about lovebugs sticking to car windows and the walls of houses, restaurants and subway trains.
World Jun 04 South Korea’s new president vows to pursue talks with North Korea and bolster ties with U.S., Japan President Lee Jae-myung said he'll pursue pragmatic diplomacy and boost a trilateral Seoul-Washington-Tokyo cooperation based on the South Korea-U.S. alliance. Lee won a snap election Tuesday for a five-year term.