World Oct 24 Will Trump meet with Kim? Speculation flares ahead of U.S. president’s visit to South Korea By Hyung-Jin Kim, Kim Tong-Hyung, Associated Press
World Oct 24 Trump will promote big investments in Japan and South Korea, but details are fuzzy President Donald Trump is going to Japan and South Korea next week to promote an epic financial windfall — at least $900 billion in investments for U.S. factories, a natural gas pipeline and other projects. By Josh Boak, Hyung-Jin Kim, Associated Press
Nation Oct 01 U.S. will allow South Koreans with short-term visas and waivers to work at industrial sites, Seoul says The announcement came weeks after South Korea flew home more than 300 of its nationals who had been detained in a massive immigration raid at a battery factory being built on Hyundai's sprawling auto plant campus near Savannah, Georgia. By Kim Tong-Hyung, Associated Press
Politics Sep 19 Trump says he and Xi will meet in South Korea next month and he’ll later go to China In a Truth Social post afterward, Trump said Xi would come to the United states and noted the leaders made progress on "the approval of the TikTok Deal. By Didi Tang, Associated Press
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. By Kim Tong-Hyung, Hyung-Jin Kim, Associated Press
Sep 11 South Korean workers who were detained in a Hyundai factory raid are now headed home. Here’s what else to know By Kate Brumback, Russ Bynum, Associated Press The workers went by bus from southeast Georgia to Atlanta earlier in the day and are expected to land in South Korea on Friday afternoon. Continue reading
Sep 11 More than 300 South Korean workers detained in immigration raid leave Atlanta and head home By Kate Brumback, Kim Tong-Hyung, Associated Press South Korea's Foreign Ministry said the detainees released by U.S. authorities included 316 Koreans, 10 Chinese nationals, three Japanese nationals and one Indonesian. Continue reading
Sep 10 South Korea sends plane to U.S. to bring back workers detained in immigration raid By Hyung-Jin Kim, Kim Tong-Hyung, Associated Press 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. Continue reading
Sep 08 Attorney says detained Korean Hyundai workers had special skills for short-term jobs By Russ Bynum, Kate Brumback, Hyung-Jin Kim, Associated Press 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. Continue reading
Sep 08 South Koreans face shock and confusion after worker detentions at Georgia Hyundai plant By Hyung-Jin Kim, Kim Tong-Hyung, Associated Press 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. Continue reading