Hate crimes targeting Asians in the United States are on the rise, and the damage of Koreans continues. “Don’t ask, assaulted” on the street, and there were also riots at convenience stores run by Koreans. The Korean people’s anxiety is also growing.
This news is from the Washington correspondent Yunsoo Kim.
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A man in a red top rushes at the couple passing by on the street.
I want to tell my husband something, and then I start swinging my fists.
[어머, 하지마. 하지마. 도와줘요. 도와줘요!]
A couple of Korean victims in their 50s were attacked last November while walking along the street in Tacoma, Washington, USA.
My husband broke a rib when he was’don’t ask but assaulted’ by people who didn’t even have one side.
The police arrested a 15-year-old boy who was perpetrated in four months and handed it over to trial through an assault video posted on social media recently.
On the 30th of last month, a’iron bar riot’ took place at a convenience store operated by a Korean in Charlotte, North Carolina.
A young man entered the store and smashed the store’s items, such as refrigerators and shelves, swinging an iron bar.
[성열문/편의점 주인 : 우리한테 욕하면서 그냥 ‘중국인들, 너희 나라로 돌아가라’ 철근을 가져다 휘두르기 시작하면서 한 6~7분 난동을 부렸어요. 우린 뭐 전부 다 겁에 질렸죠.]
A 24-year-old young man who committed a riot was arrested by the police at the scene.
The police believe that it may be a hate crime because the criminal did not steal things.
Amidst the successive hate crimes, a survey shows that Asians in the United States are often reluctant to report hate crimes.