Very surprised to see the FBI and DEA at the Korean Festival in Los Angeles! But it does make sense to recruit government agents in the Korean-American community during a community event.
I didn’t know the Federal Bureau of Investigation had a Civil Rights Unit. The festival attendees were really interested. Opening myself up to the charge of stereotyping / typecasting, I bet these Korean women were looking for employment opportunities for their sons/husbands/nephews… Leave it to the women to proactively set things right in one’s household. (wink)
Next table was the 연방 마악 단속국 — the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), part of the US Department of Justice. Coincidentally, I was just reading up on the remnants of gangs in Koreatown. Where there are gangs, there are drugs to be sold to finance operations…
There were also young men in military fatigues whom I thought at first were recruiting for the South Korean army. Turns out they ‘re from the U.S. Marines and the Army too. You can still catch them at the 2009 Korean Festival in Los Angeles, running till Sunday (September 20).
