Chartered Jet to Bring Detained Korean Workers Home From US (3)

South Korea will send a chartered plane to the US on Wednesday to bring home as many as 300 workers detained in a US immigration raid on a Hyundai Motor Co.—LG Energy Solution Ltd. site that’s rocked diplomatic ties.

The aircraft operated by Korean Air Lines Co. will depart for Atlanta on Wednesday and is set to return the next day. The operation could be the country’s biggest evacuation mission since it airlifted some 700 citizens from China after the Covid-19 crisis erupted in early 2020.

The detainees are expected to travel by car to Atlanta’s airport ...