Photo by Eugene Yi How K-Town Lost, and Won Politics is dirty. Local politics is dirtier, and redistricting is as dirty as it gets. This spring, Koreatown fought back. The…
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Sa-i-gu From Our Archives: 25 Years Of Reflection On The L.A. Riots
…the 10th anniversary of the riots, with a reflection of his role — as well as that of his employer, the Los Angeles Times — in the riots: [When the…
Speak Now: LA Riots A Hard Kick In The Head
…Supervisor Mark Ridley-Thomas, who represents Koreatown and the neighborhoods most affected by the 1965 Watts Riot and 1992 civil unrest. From 1994 to 2009, he was a Los Angeles Times…
Speak Now: An Outsider Views The L.A. Riots From The Inside
…survey of riot victims was released. “It’s not as bad,” Joo said. “Just some people.” Few apparently listened. In a community town hall meeting at the Los Angeles Times in…
April Issue: LA Riots, In Our Own Words
…Photographer, Los Angeles Times, South Bay bureau I distinctly remember hearing the LAPD police scanner telling all LAPD patrol vehicles to evacuate the intersection of Florence and Normandie. They were…
Seoul Mayor Takes Cues From Los Angeles’ Emergency Preparedness
by REERA YOO This past weekend, Seoul Mayor Park Won-soon visited Los Angeles to tap the city’s expertise on emergency preparedness, reported The Los Angeles Times. Park, a potential presidential…
Dog Tales
…in the 1990s for his then-employer, the Los Angeles Times, Kang has emerged as quite the Korean dog authority, with multiple pages of his website dedicated to the Jindo in…
The 1% Factor
…later, I grew alarmed by recurring reports of black-Korean violence in the Los Angeles Times and local TV news outlets. In 1990, I took leave from the Sacramento Union again…
To Have And To Hold
…percent of Korean immigrants attend church, and it’s no secret Proposition 8 was heavily backed by religious organizations. According to the Los Angeles Times, campaign-finance data andpublic records were used…
Binna's Story: From Hell to Hope
…Los Angeles Times magazine published a widely discussed set of articles that attempted to sort out why these Korean fathers had acted, as one of those articles said, incomprehensibly. In…
Neighborhood Watch
…Plaza) prompted headlines like, “Is Little Tokyo Big Enough for Koreans?” in a Los Angeles Times blog, and “Sushi to Kimchi: Koreans Replace Japanese in Little Tokyo” in the Los…
David Ryu Sets Sights on City Council Seat
…of news reports uncovering details from his personal past. On April 20, just a month before the runoff election, the Los Angeles Times reported that a 27-year-old Ryu was charged…
Through The Lens: A Visual Exploration Of The COVID-19 Pandemic
Around the globe, the COVID-19 pandemic has brought life as we know it to a screeching halt. We are experiencing a paradigm shift in human behavior. We no longer shake…
LA City Councilman David Ryu Not Running For Congressional Seat
…Tom LaBonge. According to the Los Angeles Times, Ryu first considered running for the 34th District after Gov. Jerry Brown picked Rep. Xavier Becerra, who currently holds the seat, as…
Forever 21 Founders Ranked 5th Richest in Los Angeles
…The company is privately held so financial figures are hard to come by, however, Forever 21 President Alex Ok told the Los Angeles Times the company had 2012 sales of…
