Of the eight people killed in this shooting, four were Korean and six were Asian. We’ll have to watch the U.S. police investigation, but as you’ve just heard from local connections, the possibility is raised as an Asian hate crime. In fact, in the United States amid Corona 19, hate crimes against Asia are rapidly increasing.
This is reporter Kim Min-kwan.
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An Asian old man walks slowly down the street.
A man wearing a hoodie comes up and suddenly pushes it away.
The old man is stuck on the street and cannot stand up.
It’s in front of a bakery in New York.
A white man throws a box at a Chinese woman waiting for her turn.
Then I push it hard and knock it down.
With the coronavirus pandemic, Asians across the United States are targets of hate crimes.
Get hit in the head for no reason and listen to swear words.
In New York, the rate of arrests for Asian hate crimes increased seven times last year compared to last year.
The suspect arrested in the Atlanta shootings is a white male.
It is possible that the majority of victims are Asian women, which is a similar type of crime.
In particular, former President Trump is regarded as the main culprit in promoting hate crimes in Asia.
[도널드 트럼프/전 미국 대통령 (ABC 방송 / 2020년 3월) : (왜 계속 중국 바이러스라고 부르는 겁니까?) 나는 인종주의자가 아닙니다. 단지 이 바이러스가 중국에서 왔기 때문입니다. 사실을 이야기하는 겁니다.]
U.S. President Joe Biden has stressed the need to stop hate crimes in Asia right away.
[조 바이든/미국 대통령 : 이런 행동(아시아 증오범죄)은 잘못된 행동입니다. 미국적이지 않습니다. 증오범죄를 당장 멈춰야 합니다.]