All posts tagged "Lee Young-ok"

  • Mourners gather in front of OK Liquor in Los Angeles' Koreatown following Owner Lee Young-ok's death Thursday. (Park Sang-hyuk/The Korea Times)
    Latino neighbors mourn the loss of ‘Korean Mama’

    Lee Young-ok ran OK Liquor in Los Angeles for 33 years, where she became known as “Korean Mama” to the Latino residents of Koreatown. Her death Wednesday at age 72 has now drawn out more than 200...

    • Posted October 31, 2014
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