"The United States has agreed to allow South Korean workers on short-term visas or a visa waiver program to help build industrial sites in America, Seoul's Foreign Ministry said Wednesday. The announcement came weeks after South Korea flew home more than 300 of its nationals who had been detained in a massive immigration raid at a battery factory being built on Hyundai's sprawling auto plant campus near Savannah, Georgia."
"After bilateral visa talks Tuesday in Washington, South Korea's Foreign Ministry said their American counterparts reaffirmed that South Korean companies can use B-1 short-term business visas or ESTAs to send workers to install, service and repair equipment needed for their projects in the United States. The statement was consistent with earlier remarks by South Korean Foreign Minister Cho Hyun, who, after traveling to Washington to negotiate the workers' release, said that U.S. officials had agreed to allow them to return later to complete their work."
The United States agreed to allow South Korean workers on B-1 short-term business visas or the ESTA visa waiver to help build industrial sites in the United States. The decision followed the repatriation of more than 300 South Korean nationals detained in a large immigration raid at a battery factory on Hyundai's auto plant campus near Savannah, Georgia. U.S. video showing Korean workers shackled prompted public outrage and a sense of betrayal in South Korea. South Korean firms have mainly relied on short-term visas and ESTA to send workers for site launches and setup tasks. South Korea requested a new visa category to expand skilled-worker access.
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