South Korean workers arrive home after release from US detention

Outlook for investment cooperation with Trump administration turns cloudy

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South Korean workers who were detained in a huge immigration raid last week at the site of a car battery project in the U.S. state of Georgia, board a bus following their arrival at South Korea's Incheon International Airport on Sept 12. © Reuters

KIM JAEWON

INCHEON, South Korea -- More than 300 workers from South Korea released from immigration detention in the U.S. returned home on Friday, capping a weeklong saga that has thrown into question the East Asian country's commitment to the kind of high-tech investments coveted by President Donald Trump.

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