According to Yonhap News, more than 300 South Korean citizens who were arrested in the United States and later released have arrived at Incheon International Airport in South Korea on the afternoon of September 12.
According to the introduction, the Korean Air KE9036 flight carried 351 people and departed from Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport in Georgia, the United States on the evening of the 11th Beijing time, and arrived at Incheon International Airport on the afternoon of the 12th.
Among the passengers, 330 were people who had been detained by U.S. immigration authorities and then released, including 316 South Koreans, 10 Chinese, 3 Japanese, and 1 Indonesian. In addition, 21 people from the government, enterprises, and medical personnel, including First Deputy Foreign Minister Park Yun-joo and LG Energy Solution representative Kim Dong-myeong, also returned home by plane.
The chartered flight carrying South Korean citizens took off on the evening of September 11 local time. Yonhap News
It is worth noting that the South Korean Ministry of Foreign Affairs stated on the 10th that these more than 300 South Korean citizens were originally scheduled to take a chartered flight arranged by the South Korean government at 2:30 p.m. local time on the 10th to return home, but due to reasons from the U.S. side, the plan had to be postponed.
Previously, on September 4, U.S. immigration enforcement officers conducted a surprise law enforcement operation at a battery factory jointly operated by Hyundai Motor Group and LG Energy Solution in Georgia, arresting 475 employees without legal status, including more than 300 South Koreans. Trump expressed support for this incident at the White House on the afternoon of the 5th, stating that those arrested were "illegal foreigners" and that federal law enforcement agencies were performing their duties normally. The incident caused a stir among various sectors in South Korea.
South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol stated on the 9th that he felt a great sense of responsibility for the detention of South Korean citizens in the United States, and hoped that no more incidents involving improper infringement on South Korean companies would occur for the development of the South Korea-U.S. relationship.
Yoon Suk-yeol also said that he was instructing government departments to closely coordinate with the U.S. side to quickly promote the improvement of relevant systems to prevent similar incidents from happening again. He pointed out, "To achieve substantial results, we need to actively negotiate."
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