The State Department has reissued visas for many workers detained in a September raid, lawyers said, as the Trump administration tries to undo damage from the operation.

South Korean President Lee Jae Myung said on Friday South Korea and U.S. had finalised a joint fact sheet on agreements on trade and security issues after his summit with U.S. President Donald Trump last month.

Two months after 300 South Korean nationals were detained and left the US following in an immigration raid at Hyundai’s electric vehicle manufacturing site in Georgia, some of those workers have returned to America to resume those jobs,

Kang Kyung-wha, the newly appointed South Korean ambassador to the United States, said her country aims to be a “bridge” between global powers in an online forum hosted by the Korea Institute at Harvard on Thursday.

South Korea and the United States signed a memorandum of understanding to realise $350 billion in strategic investments in various industries in the U.S., South Korea's Industry Minister Kim Jung-kwan said at a briefing on Friday.

Lee’s remarks come during a wave of anti-foreigner sentiment. Chinese nationals, in particular, were the primary focus of large-scale demonstrations by conservative groups in the lead-up to the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit in Busan last month.

Rice farmer Hwang Seong-yeol and four other South Korean growers have sued the state utility Korea Electric Power Corp. and its power-generating subsidiaries, alleging their reliance on coal and other fossil fuels has accelerated climate change and damaged their crops.

The U.S. and South Korea released details of a trade agreement on Friday that includes a $150 billion Korean investment in the American shipbuilding sector and an additional $200 billion earmarked for industrial sectors,

South Korea’s ousted leader, Yoon Suk Yeol, was accused of trying to stoke military tensions to justify his short-lived martial law last December.

More than half a million people in South Korea sat for the country’s gruelling university entrance exam on Thursday as police mobilised to ensure they made it to the test sites on time and all flights were halted for half an hour.

SEOUL (Reuters) -South Korea's government said on Friday it would boost subsidies for electric vehicles (EVs) by 20% next year as part of a package to help the country's auto industry weather risks caused by U.S. tariffs.