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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Russ Bynum and Kate Brumback

Plans in the works for Korean workers detained in raid to go home while fear lingers for residents

After more than 300 South Korean workers were taken into custody during a raid on an electric battery plant in Georgia, the country's foreign minister traveled to the U.S. this week in hopes of bringing them home.

Law enforcement agents detained some 475 workers during the raid Thursday at the battery factory under construction on the campus of Hyundai’s sprawling auto plant west of Savannah. South Korea's Foreign Ministry said Seoul and Washington were discussing details for the workers' return.

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