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(2nd LD) FM Cho says to consider U.S. visit to discuss immigration crackdown on S. Koreans with Trump administration

(ATTN: UPDATES with statement from LG Energy Solution in last 2 paras)By Kim Seung-yeonSEOUL, Sept. 6 (Yonhap) -- Foreign Minister Cho Hyun said Saturday he may visit the United States to discuss with Washington the arrests of hundreds of South Korea
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(LEAD) FM Cho says to consider U.S. visit to discuss immigration crackdown on S. Koreans with Trump administration

(ATTN: ADDS Cho's remarks from meeting; UPDATES throughout; RECASTS headline, lead; ADDS photo, byline)By Kim Seung-yeonSEOUL, Sept. 6 (Yonhap) -- Foreign Minister Cho Hyun said Saturday he may visit the United States to discuss with Washington t
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(URGENT) FM Cho confirms more than 300 S. Koreans detained in U.S. immigration crackdown

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(URGENT) FM Cho says he will visit Washington to discuss immigration crackdown on S. Koreans with U.S. if necessary

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(LEAD) N. Korea's state media domestically report on Kim's arrival after China trip

(ATTN: ADDS more info on documentary of Kim's trip in last 5 paras; ADDS photo)SEOUL, Sept. 6 (Yonhap) -- North Korean state media on Saturday domestically reported on leader Kim Jong-un returning home after visiting Beijing to attend China's
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FM Cho to hold urgent meeting on U.S. immigration crackdown

SEOUL, Sept. 6 (Yonhap) -- Foreign Minister Cho Hyun will preside over an emergency meeting Saturday to discuss responses after U.S. immigration authorities arrested hundreds of South Korean nationals in a major raid at a South Korean plant construct
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(URGENT) FM Cho to hold urgent meeting on U.S. immigration crackdown

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N. Korea, Russia sign agreement to bolster cooperation on public safety

SEOUL, Sept. 6 (Yonhap) -- North Korea's public security ministry and Russia's interior ministry have signed an agreement to strengthen cooperation on public safety affairs and law enforcement, according to the Russian Embassy in Pyongyang on
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(3rd LD) Trump calls workers arrested at S. Korean plant site 'illegal aliens'

(ATTN: ADDS statement from Hyundai Motor on law enforcement in last 3 paras)By Song Sang-hoWASHINGTON, Sept. 5 (Yonhap) -- U.S. President Donald Trump on Friday described hundreds of workers arrested in this week's raid at a South Korean plant co
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N. Korea's state media domestically report on Kim's arrival after China trip

SEOUL, Sept. 6 (Yonhap) -- North Korean state media on Saturday domestically reported on leader Kim Jong-un returning home after visiting Beijing to attend China's military parade, publishing photos of his daughter Ju-ae who accompanied him on th
Top headlines in major S. Korean newspapers

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SEOUL, Sept. 6 (Yonhap) -- The following are the top in major South Korean newspapers on Sept. 6.Korean-language dailies-- Concerns about people's livelihoods grow amid hike in credit card delinquency (Kookmin Daily)-- U.S. raid on Hyundai-LG ba
Saturday's weather forecast

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SEOUL, Sep. 06 (Yonhap) -- The following is the weatherforecast for South Korea's 12 major cities at 9:01 a.m. Saturday.Temperature (C)ConditionPossibilityHigh/Lowof Rain (%)Seoul30/25Rain80Incheon30/26Rain70Suwon30/24Rain70Cheongju32/25Rain70Dae
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(2nd LD) Trump calls workers arrested at S. Korean plant site 'illegal aliens'

(ATTN: ADDS photo, more info in paras 11-14)By Song Sang-hoWASHINGTON, Sept. 5 (Yonhap) -- U.S. President Donald Trump on Friday described hundreds of workers arrested in this week's raid at a South Korean plant construction site in Georgia as &
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(LEAD) Secret U.S. SEAL mission to plant device to intercept Kim's communications failed in 2019: NYT

(ATTN: ADDS Trump's remarks in paras 4-5)By Song Sang-hoWASHINGTON, Sept. 5 (Yonhap) -- A group of the United States' Navy special operations personnel infiltrated into North Korea in early 2019 on a high-risk mission to install a device to i
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(URGENT) Trump says he doesn't know anything about report on botched US Navy SEAL mission in N. Korea

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Pentagon's defense strategy draft prioritizes U.S. homeland protection over China threat: report

By Song Sang-hoWASHINGTON, Sept. 5 (Yonhap) -- A draft of a new U.S. defense document prioritizes protecting the United States' homeland and Western Hemisphere, a report said Friday, a move away from its yearslong focus on deterring the "pa
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(LEAD) U.S. raid on Korean plant site results in arrest of 457 people, majority S. Koreans: official

(ATTN: ADDS more info in paras 11-14)By Song Sang-hoWASHINGTON, Sept. 5 (Yonhap) -- U.S. authorities confirmed Friday that their raid on a South Korean electric vehicle (EV) battery plant construction site in Georgia this week resulted in the arrest
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U.S. raid on Korean plant site results in arrest of 457 people, majority S. Koreans: official

By Song Sang-hoWASHINGTON, Sept. 5 (Yonhap) -- U.S. authorities confirmed Friday that their raid on a South Korean electric vehicle (EV) battery plant construction site in Georgia this week resulted in the arrest of 475 people, a majority of them Sou
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Trump taps Maj. Gen. Hilbert to command Eighth Army

By Song Sang-hoWASHINGTON, Sept. 5 (Yonhap) -- U.S. President Donald Trump nominated Maj. Gen. Joseph Hilbert, former commander of the U.S. Army's 11th Airborne Division, to be promoted to lieutenant general and command the Eighth Army, a unit he
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(4th LD) S. Korea says rights must not be 'unfairly violated' after U.S. raid on Hyundai-LG battery plant site

(ATTN: UPDATES with new info in paras 2, 6) By Kim Seung-yeon and Chang Dong-woo SEOUL/WASHINGTON, Sept. 5 (Yonhap) -- South Korea on Friday voiced "concern and regret" after more than 300 South Koreans were taken into custody in a major