More than 300 South Korean workers detained in an immigration raid in the United States last week were brought back home on a charter plane and reunited with their loved ones on Friday.
They were among the 475 people detained during the Sept. 4 immigration raid at a battery factory under construction on the campus of Hyundai's sprawling auto plant west of Savannah, Georgia.
Their roundup and the U.S. release of video showing some Korean workers shackled with chains around their hands, ankles and waists have caused public outrage and a sense of betrayal in South Korea, a key U.S. ally.
After their charter plane, a Boeing 747-8i from Korean Air, landed at Incheon International Airport, near Seoul, they appeared in an arrivals hall, with senior officials including presidential chief of sta