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Posted on: Sunday, October 16, 2005

Faces and Stories from a Korean Neighborhood

Photos by Joaquin Siopack
Advertiser Staff Photographer

 


Anna Lim of Beauty Touch, an importer and wholesaler of Korean beauty products, said 85 percent of the customers at her store in Daiei on Kaheka Street are non-Koreans.


‘Whatever you see on Korean TV, you’re probably going to see it here.’

SANG MIN JI | President of Hana Mart, a kitchenware and gifts store on Ke'eaumoku Street


‘In school, they’re not totally local, and at home, they’re not totally Korean.’

DAE LEE | Director of the Hope Learning Center on Rycroft Street. The center offers a Korean language class on weekends.


‘What better place to put it than right smack in the middle of where all of the Korean people are located?’

DANIEL LIM | Chief operating officer of Pälama Super Market, which is on the corner of Kaläkaua and Makaloa streets


‘I’m here 24/7. I’d say this neighborhood is one of the most convenient places to be.’

ANTHONY FULLER | Cashier at Pälama Super Market, who speaks fluent Korean and lives only a few blocks from work