South Korea and the United States will discuss establishing a new visa category for Koreans, Seoul's foreign minister was quoted as saying, after a US immigration raid saw 475 workers rounded up at a Hyundai Motor site.

Foreign Minister Cho Hyun also said after meeting US Secretary of State Marco Rubio that he had assurances the South Koreans who are due to be released will not face disadvantages if they try to re-enter the United States.

Cho had flown to Washington to resolve what has become a diplomatic quagmire after about 300 South Koreans working at the site of an electric vehicle battery plant in Georgia were detained by US immigration authorities last week.

A chartered plane carrying the workers will depart the US on Thursday and the group will not be handcuffed when they are tra

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