Plane carrying South Korean workers detained in US lands at Incheon airport

A chartered plane carrying some 300 South Koreans, who were detained in a large-scale U.S. immigration raid at a battery project site, landed at Incheon airport on Friday, TV footage showed.
Their return capped a week of intense negotiations by Seoul to win their release and bring them home after they were taken into custody in handcuffs and shackles – shocking many in South Korea, a key U.S. ally.
South Korean businesses have long struggled with getting proper visas for specialist workers needed at project sites for months at a time, which has led to some workers relying on grey areas in U.S. visa enforcement.
The two countries are looking at establishing a working group to consider a new type of visa for Koreans, according to South Korea’s foreign minister who visited Washington this week.