Third, restaurants, cafes and bars/karaoke are everywhere. "All You Can Eat KBBQ", "Karaoke", "Get your boba"--these signs are everywhere. When you go anywhere in Koreatown, a food place, whether it's Korean, Vietnamese, Thai, or even America, will always be available and if you're looking for a place to have fun in the late hours, you can count on Koreatown to have bars and karaoke rooms open.

Fourth, advertisements to billboards to even more advertisements--they flood the walls and skies of Koreatown. These advertisements endorse beauty, alcohol, tv shows, and clubs. Not all these advertisements are Korean but many do have Korean writings due to the consumer population of Koreans in Koreatown.

What do all these have in common?

The history of Koreatown consisting of hurt, bitterness, hardships, tension and violence has all been suppressed and hidden and the media's effect and commercialism of Koreatown is constantly growing--Koreatown is filled with buildings and ads that encourage nightlife, chill life, everything-is-fun life. 

Koreatown is one of the top tourist sites where tourists would come to see and take pictures, and check it off their list. 

Koreatown has a multiracial and a diverse class population. From Latinos, Blacks, Whites, to Koreans and from rich and complete homeless, Koreatown consists of many people, packing themselves into buses and into the crowded streets. 

At night, restaurants, bars and clubs open up and stay open until late in the night, closer to early morning. 

Below is a slideshow of a few pictures of the streets in Koreatown.

This is a video of a blogger who gives highlights of what to do when you're in Koreatown.

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By: Joyce Park