A CITY IN CRISIS : Korean Urges Compensation
SEOUL, South Korea — The speaker of the South Korean Parliament said Saturday the U.S. government should compensate Korean-Americans for damage done to their businesses in the Los Angeles rioting.
Park Jyun-kyu, speaker of the South Korean National Assembly, urged the compensation after hearing that hundreds of businesses owned by Korean-Americans in Los Angeles had been lost or damaged, a government statement said.
In response to the concern in South Korea over the rioting, U.S. Ambassador Donald Gregg issued his own statement Saturday saying that Korean-Americans are receiving “the fullest protection” against future violence.
Gregg said that the United States deeply regrets the damage and destruction that occurred to the Korean-American businesses.
“I wish to stress, however, that the rioting is not a Korean-black issue,” Gregg said. “Some lawless elements have taken advantage of the chaotic situation.”
The ambassador said U.S. authorities are doing everything to end the violence.
“I want to assure the people of Korea that their friends and relatives in Los Angles are being given the fullest possible protection,” Gregg said.
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