Foreign Ministry confirmed that U.S. authorities have released the 330 detainees - 316 of them Koreans - and that they were being driven by bus to Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport, where they will board a charter flight scheduled to arrive in South Korea on Friday afternoon.
South Korean workers detained in immigration raid head to Atlanta for flight home
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South Korea’s Foreign Ministry said it was talking with U.S. officials about letting the plane return home with the released workers as soon as possible.
South Korea to bring back workers detained in immigration raid, sends plane to U.S.
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