Overview

• U.S. authorities will release roughly 475 detainees on Thursday morning after President Donald Trump dropped plans to expel them, according to South Korean officials.
• Seoul says the workers will be flown home on a Korean Air 747-8I and could return later to resume work and training in the United States.
• South Korea’s foreign minister says a preliminary agreement with Washington will shield its nationals from sanctions and prioritize voluntary departures over formal removals.
• The raid at a Hyundai–LG battery construction site in Georgia led to about 475 arrests, including more than 300 South Koreans, in what U.S. officials called the largest single-site action of the current deportation drive.
• Homeland Security Investigations in Georgia said detainees include people who crossed the border irregularly, overstayed visas, or held non‑work exemptions, as protests and criticism continue in South Korea.