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South Korea sends chartered plane to Atlanta for workers held in US

A Korean Air spokesperson announced on Tuesday that South Korea would send a chartered flight to Atlanta by Wednesday to return workers who were detained in a massive immigration raid on a U.S. car battery factory last week.

According to the spokesperson, a Korean Air Boeing 747-800i with 368 seats is scheduled to fly from Incheon in South Korea to Atlanta.

About 300 South Koreans made up 475 of the people arrested during the U.S. Immigration raid

The site of the $4.3 billion project between Hyundai Motor and LG Energy Solution, to build batteries for electrical cars.

Cho Hyun, the South Korean foreign minister, is visiting Washington to discuss issues including reentering detained Koreans into the United States.

After meeting the workers, a senior diplomat in Georgia told reporters that South Korean officials have begun the process to bring them home.

The raid was the biggest single-site enforcement in the history of Department of Homeland Security investigative operations. It sent shockwaves throughout South Korea, an ally of the United States that is trying to finalise the trade agreement agreed upon with Washington in July. (Reporting and editing by Ed Davies; Ju-min Park)

(source: Reuters)