A chartered plane transporting South Korean workers detained in an ICE raid in Georgia last week arrives at the Incheon International Airport in South Korea on September 12, 2025. Kim Soo-hyeon/Reuters

More than 300 South Korean workers detained by immigration authorities in Georgia last week arrived home on Friday, marking the end of a saga that has stunned their nation and threatened to upend a close bilateral friendship between the US and South Korea.

The workers arrived at Seoul’s international airport after departing from Atlanta . A small crowd awaited their arrival in the airport – with one member putting up a tall banner that depicted an armed ICE agent carrying a gun and chain, and wearing a mask of US President Donald Trump’s face. “We’re friends! Aren’t we?” the banner

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