Older Korean-Americans in LA fearful amid anti-Asian attacks

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LOS ANGELES: Yong Sin Kim, an 85-year-old Korean immigrant living in a senior apartment complex in downtown Los Angeles, says he rarely leaves ...

While police haven't said that was a hate crime, overt examples of racism have surfaced, such as a surveillance video showing a man in New York City kicking an Asian American woman andIn LA's Koreatown, Denny Kim, a US Air Force veteran said he was beaten in February by two men who shouted slurs such as"ching chong" and"China virus". Police were investigating it as a hate crime.

Arsons and looting spread from South Los Angeles into Koreatown, where merchants guarded their shops with guns. Despite the defense, much of the US$1 billion in the city's economic losses from the riots were in Koreatown. For 74-year-old Sung Hee Chae in Koreatown, it’s about a six minute walk to the nearest Korean grocery market. Chae said she doesn’t go there alone anymore. Her son accompanies her to the market these days. Her daughter in South Korea urges her not to go out at all.The bloodshed led to an outpouring of support for Asian Americans and rallies condemning hatred against any group.

 

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