A chartered plane will ferry hundreds of South Koreans home from Atlanta after they were detained for illegally working at a Hyundai electric battery plant.
Sept. 9 A chartered plane will ferry hundreds of South Koreans home from Atlanta after they were detained for illegally working at a Hyundai electric battery plant in Georgia.
About 300 South Korean nationals were among 475 people detained by federal agents on Thursday at the under-construction electric battery plant in Ellabell, Ga.
The South Korean government is sending a chartered plane to Atlanta on Wednesday morning to remove those who want to return to South Korea, according to CNN.
The aircraft likely will depart Atlanta during the afternoon.
South Korean President Lee Jae Myung, during a Tuesday cabinet meeting, expressed a „profound sense of responsibility“ and his „deepest sympathy“ to South Koreans who were affected, NBC News reported.
