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Sa-i-gu From Our Archives: 25 Years Of Reflection On The L.A. Riots
…Angeles. A march which took its course through the area known as Koreatown was moving, unified, strong and defined. The message was clear: Korean Americans in Los Angeles (along with…
May Issue: How K-Town Lost and Won
…Angeles Times accounts. Wesson, who started his career in Holden’s office and now represents the 10th, received a third of his reported 2011 contributions from Koreatown businesses, according to the…
Speak Now: An Outsider Views The L.A. Riots From The Inside
…truth much more nuanced than the “black-Korean conflict” headlines of that time. by Richard Fruto I was a reporter at the English-language Korea Times Weekly in Los Angeles from late…
Star-studded ’Operation Chromite’ premiere lights up K-Town
…the big screen.” Los Angeles City Councilman David Ryu attends the premiere of “Operation Chromite” in Koreatown, Los Angeles. (Morgan Alexander/Kore Asian Media) Eighteen special screenings for war veterans and…
Dog Tales
…at the time, the Los Angeles Times, I visited and met just about all the Jindos and their owners in Los Angeles and Orange counties, just as the “first wave”…
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…
Speak Now: LA Riots A Hard Kick In The Head
…little progress had been made since 1965. While the median family income in Los Angeles in 1989 was about $34,000, it was $18,000 in South Los Angeles, the riot’s epicenter….
August Issue: Who Will Lead Korean America?
…rallying behind one person to be the first Korean American elected to the Los Angeles City Council, we would have to choose. Welcome to Los Angeles’ Koreatown, where it’s not…
Los Angeles Gets K-poppin’ At KCON
…annual all-things-K-pop convention, KCON. KCON Los Angeles, which according to organizers drew a record-breaking 85,000 this year, took place inside the Los Angeles Convention Center and Staples Center from Aug….
L.A. Riots: Goodbye Los Angeles, Hello Orange County
Over the years, KoreAm has documented the impact of the 1992 Los Angeles riots on ours and other communities, and urged an understanding of lessons learned. As we count down…
LA Times Under Fire For Printing Letters Defending Japanese Internment
Many in the Asian Pacific American community are outraged over the Los Angeles Times’ printing of a Letters to the Editor this week defending the United States’ decision to intern…
The Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival Is Back in Full Swing
…one beloved event missing from lineups the past two years—the Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival. Well, the wait is finally over. After undergoing hybrid formats and scheduling changes, the…
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…
