New Delhi, Sept. 7 -- ore than 300 South Korean workers detained during a US immigration raid at a Hyundai plant under construction in Georgia will be released and repatriated, the South Korean government said on Sunday (September 7).

Kang Hoon-sik, chief of staff to President Lee Jae Myung, confirmed that Seoul and Washington finalised negotiations on the workers' release. A chartered plane will bring them home once remaining administrative procedures are complete.

The announcement comes after US immigration officials confirmed that 475 people, most of them South Korean nationals, were detained on Thursday when federal agents raided Hyundai's sprawling EV and battery production site, a flagship project with LG Energy Solution.

The rai...