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Korean employee working at an American store told a black man to wear a mask inside the store, and he was assaulted. Since the spread of corona, crimes in the United States that hate and discriminate against Asians have increased significantly.

Reporter Jung-Ki Kim will tell.

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a store in New York, USA, a Korean employee, Mr. Kim, asks a black man to wear a mask and ask him to leave if he doesn't.

The atmosphere got tougher, and the black man shook his fist and kicked.

The black man spit on the employee's face, saying, "Where are you from? I'm not wearing a mask because of people like you."

[Store owner: When I went to the store, I was so upset that the staff faces were swollen all over the place. My nose and my mouth were torn and blood continued to leak.]

At another convenience store in New York, a white man yelled at the immigrants for the corona19 and then knocked over a Korean man who shot it.

[Dirty Southeast Asians!]

From February to April, the number of racist crimes against Asians totaled 117, more than 10 times the same period last year.

President Trump, who has to worry about the growing hatred in the United States, continues to speak up.

The Coronavirus was deliberately called the Chinese virus every time, and this time, "it is possible that China deliberately spread Corona19 out of the country to ruin the economy of a rival country."

It is assumed that there is no basis for personal feeling, but criticism is emerging that the President has become a contributor to conspiracy theories.

(Video editing: Seunghee Lee)