In a Vermont Avenue building owned by the Korea Times, dozens of Koreatown riot victims are seated on the carpet, holding paperwork, waiting for their names to be called. If they can prove they own a business damaged in the recent riots, or that they worked for such a business, they will each receive a check for $500.
Korea Times Publisher Jae Min Chang strolls into the room and is largely ignored. But the people in charge here know him -- his paper is one of the chief organizers of ...