Melting pot boils over: Los Angeles riots dramatise plight of Korean Americans

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The implications of the 1992 Los Angeles, CA, riots on the city's Korean-American population could result in reduced Asian investor confidence. Approximately $346 million was incurred in damages on some 100 Korean-owned businesses as a result of the riot in Koreatown. The media coverage of the riots compounded the problem by presenting the riots as resulting from the racial conflict between blacks and Korean-Americans. However, the reparation process could be adversely affected by Korea's anticipation of settlements specific to the Korean-American population.

Social aspects, Korean Americans, Los Angeles, California, Riots, 1992

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Hole in the road: US-Vietnam ties muddied by bribery allegations

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Relations between the US and Vietnam have been set back by bribery charges against Sec of Commerce Ronald Brown, accused of asking for money to end the US trade embargo. Brown has been accused by the businessman Ly Thanh Binh, a Vietnamese American whose home is in Florida. Binh charges that the intermediary in the deal between Brown and Premier Vo Van Kiet was Nguyen Van Hao, whom Brown admits to having met.

United States, Investigations, International aspects, Vietnam, United States foreign relations, Bribery, Vietnamese foreign relations, Brown, Ronald H.

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