While the workers will soon be on their way home, the impact of the detentions on US-South Korean relations – notably the countries’ deep economic ties – will likely reverberate well into the future,...

South Korea asked its ally the United States on Wednesday to allow hundreds of Korean workers to leave the country quickly and without handcuffs after they were detained in an immigration raid on a H...

Last week, US officials detained 475 people - more than 300 of them South Korean nationals - who they said were working illegally at the battery facility, one of the largest foreign investment project...