U.S. Deputy State Secretary Landau expresses regrets over detention of S. Koreans | Yonhap News Agency

According to Seoul's foreign ministry, Landau conveyed his deep regrets over the detention of hundreds of South Korean workers in an immigration crackdown earlier this month at an electric vehicle battery plant construction site for a joint venture between Hyundai Motor Group and LG Energy Solution in Bryan County, Georgia.

A total of 316 South Korean workers returned home Friday, after being held in a detention center for a week.