A second Korean-owned store across the street is also being boycotted.

An incident last August prompted a black boycott of Korean-owned stores.

Another Korean-owned store directly across the street, Church Fruits, is also being boycotted.

The Korean-owned stores were burned by black and brown people.

Thereafter, up to 500 blacks had picketed both the shop in question and another Korean-owned store in the same area.

- and he barely gave the other Korean-owned store a thought.

Then, with a big smile, he walked into a Korean-owned sign-making store and asked if they made campaign posters.

Two factors are cited to explain the departure of Korean-owned stores.

Today, there are more than 10,000 Korean-owned stores in the city and the Korean population is 71,225, according to 1990 Census information.

A year later, during the riots, Koreans and Korean-owned stores were a major target of rioters.