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Coverage dated September 30, 2025

South Korea says US agrees to let Koreans work at sites with short-term visas and visa waivers

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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 …

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  1. KOB 4

    South Korea says US agrees to let Koreans work at sites with short-term visas and visa waivers (opens KOB 4)

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    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 …

  2. PBS NewsHour

    U.S. will allow South Koreans with short-term visas and waivers to work at industrial sites, Seoul says (opens PBS NewsHour)

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    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.

  3. NBC News

    U.S. to allow South Koreans to work at sites under temp visas, but clear solution elusive (opens NBC News)

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    The United States has agreed to allow South Koreans to work on equipment at U.S. investment sites under existing temporary visas and open new channels to help its ally send workers to do business there, Seoul’s foreign ministry said on Wednesday

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