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protests lasted for nearly 10 days, the damage of our people in the area is also increasing. There is a voice in the United States that protesters' anger is justified, but violence cannot be justified. So far, our government has found that nearly 100 Korean shops in all 18 cities have been attacked.

This is Jung Joon-hyung.

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door of the electronics store was smashed down by a large ladder truck.

He even mobilized heavy equipment to plunder the store.

There was also a predator popping an ATM using a priest's explosive.

The damage of Korean Americans is also increasing as looting aimed at the security vacancy caused by the protests is on the rise.

In Philadelphia, 50 Korean shops were attacked.


Beauty shops, cell phones and shops selling shoes were hit.

[Sharon Hwang/Philadelphia Korean American President: I cut the iron gate with a chainsaw... Cut all the locks, lift the iron door completely, break it, break the glass and go in... .] As

police and state defense forces are deployed around important facilities in the city center, it is difficult to prevent destruction and looting in the outskirts.

[Sharon Huang /美Philadelphia Korean President: When (police) even contacted the police looting is over the situation, South Korea, people report that being plundered at home CCTV, but can not go because the risk -

the last African riots during 1992 The state's National Guard was put in to protect the shops, with some damage in the Korean town of Los Angeles, which was heavily damaged.

[Laura Park/LA Korean American: This time Koreans had a lot of experience in the past, so they were hitting the partitions with plywood.] The

Ministry of Foreign Affairs has identified 99 Korean shop property damages in 18 cities so far . I am doing it.

(Video Editing: Yonghwa Jung)