Korea, US to launch working group to address visa system this week

Korea and the United States will launch a working group this week to improve the visa system for Korean workers after the detention and release of more than 300 Koreans in a recent U.S. immigration raid, diplomatic sources said Sunday. The two nations will hold the inaugural meeting of the working group in Washington on Tuesday (local time), the sources said, weeks after the Georgia raid on Korean workers. In early September, more than 300 Korean workers at a factory construction site in Georgia were detained for a week over unclear violations of visa rules. They were released after diplomatic negotiations. Seoul's foreign ministry and the U.S. State Department will lead the working group, the sources said. The U.S. Department of Homeland Security and Commerce Department are also believed to be taking part in the group. The two nations are widely expected to discuss how to improve the U.S. visa system for Korean workers at a time when Korean firms have been carrying out large manufacturing projects in the U.S. Many of those who were detained in the Georgia raid had arrived in the U.S. onWeiter zum vollständigen Artikel bei Korea Times Weiter zum vollständigen Artikel bei Korea Times