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Preface: Due to continuity, locations within the background story have been adjusted however in order to remain realistic the names of those involved from the references made to the 1992 riots have remained untouched until clarified by server continuity.

 

This thread serves as the development of two intertwined characters and will contain their own progression beyond any group or organization they may be linked to.

 

Maddie Yeun is portrayed by @honey. — Jason Yeun is portrayed by @hipsxn.

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History: Origins

Newlyweds, young Michael and Amy Yeun were in the process of living out their dream of residing on their own, independently from their controlling families after investing their lifesavings into building a Korean ceramic store from the rubble of a closed laundromat. Amy had spent her entire life within the arts sector, in love with anything creative, whereas Michael spent his time in labour, construction. The pair did not have much, but together they believed they had it all. Their 5-year plan being to build their store up, gain a steady footing in their newly independent life before settling down locally and raising their own family.

 

Despite both being born within San Andreas, the pair still faced the same tensions as many others of Korean descent since before the 1970s. ‘In 1981, Harlem’s Black merchants staged an anti-Korean boycott. Black leaders called Korean shop owners “vampires” who came to Harlem to “suck black consumers dry.”’

 

Their heritage having been a target from foot-traffic of an African American decent due to various claims of other store owners saying they “under-cut” prices, whereas customers say they “over-charged” with their prices. In 1884, 7 years before Latasha Harlins was shot, an editorial was posted in a Black community newspaper encouraging, urging a boycott of Korean stores. Members of the Black community were dubbed as, ‘traitors’, if they were to interact with the Korean store-owners, wrote the editorial.

 

3 March 1991

Rodney King along with 2 other friends were driving under the influence in Los Angeles when they were spotted speeding and consequently evaded police due to being caught driving under the influence would violate his parole for his previous robbery conviction. King was eventually cornered with both of his friends and they were all brought out of the car. The video footage of the over-use of force on Rodney King was widely distributed.

 

16 March 1991

Rumors, newspapers and televised news began flooding down what was their peaceful street in Little Seoul. Latasha Harlins, 15, an African American girl shot and killed by Soon Ja Du (두순자), 51, a Korean American store owner. Every story you would hear on the street would be different, some claiming self-defence, some claiming outright murder.  

 

Michael and Amy and their ceramics business were subject to scrutiny and backlash from the local community, as were many of the other Korean businesses within the local area. Their business facing a massive decline in their cash-flow which almost led them to go bust numerous times throughout the following months. Amy, ever optimistic, continued to try and raise up the community spirit and gather in order to support one another.

 

Tensions remained high.

 

15 November 1991

Soon Ja Du was found guilty of voluntary manslaughter, an offense that carries 16 years, however was sentenced to no jail time. As a result, a year later when the riots struck Los Santos, Koreatown was targeted harshly. "A state appeals court later unanimously upheld Judge Karlin's sentencing decision, 3-0, on April 21, 1992, about a week before the LS riots. In July 1992, the Harlins family was awarded $300,000 in settlement."

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People march calling for peace in Koreatown, Los Angeles, California on May 2, 1992 during the 1992 Los Angeles Riots.

29 April 1992.

29 April 1992, is known as "sa-i-gu" to Korean Americans. It was the day that four white police officers were found not guilty in the beating of Rodney King. As a result, violence erupted in Los Santos, affecting the nearby Koreatown. King’s beating had been widely spread across televised networks and has received a considerable amount of attention due to the climate of the racial situation already present within the city.

 

“Rooftop Korean” references back to when Korean American storeowners defended their own stores during the riots, armed. Gunfire, fires, and destruction wreaked havoc throughout their town while they were forced to stay on the roofs or nearby their businesses as law enforcement abandoned them to fend for themselves.

‘The nearly weeklong, widespread rioting killed more than 50 people, injured more than 1,000 people and caused approximately $1 billion in damage, about half of which was sustained by Korean-owned businesses. Long-simmering cultural clashes between immigrant Korean business owners and predominately African American customers spilled over with the acquittals.

 

Despite the fact that Korean-American merchants were victimized, no one in the mainstream cared because of our lack of visibility and political power," Chang said. "Korean immigrants, many who arrived in the late 1970s and early 80s, learned economic success alone will not guarantee their place in America. What was an immigrant Korean identity began to shift. The Korean-American identity was born.’

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Blood Ties

Michael and Amy began to rebuild their ceramic store after parts of the exterior had been destructed within the riots that plagued the city. It took them years together to get the business back on its feet through the aesthetic appearance of the exterior to the actual productivity of the business on a monetary level. Michael had begun laundering funds through the business and partaking in fraudulent activity as he stole from his own wife to fuel his growing narcotic addictions to pills and cocaine. Amy, unaware of her husband’s antics, continued to pressure her husband for children. She was at an age in 1998 where she wanted to have children before it would be too late.

 

Michael hated the idea, although he could never explain to his wife why he could not support it despite years earlier having always wanted to build up their own family. Michael was turned selfish by the drugs and consequently lost himself as time went on and his consumption of the powder and pills continued. Amy began to become more suspicious of Michael’s antics which put his paranoid mindset on over-drive, their agreement was that in exchange for Michael to become more independent outside of the family, they would bare children. In 1999, Amy gave birth to Jason Yeun, who was promptly followed by his twin sister, Maddie Yeun.

 

Despite Michael’s initial detachment for having children, he quickly bonded with his daughter, Maddie, while his wife bonded with her son, Jason. The entry of the two children far from saved Michael and Amy’s marriage, his drug abuse continued until 2011 when Amy found suitcases of money tucked away within their residence. Under the impression Michael was planning to run away with the children due to their arguments, she confronted him. Michael had no choice to come clean about the drugs he had been consuming, he informed Amy that it was how he managed to fund their family and her indulging lifestyle.

 

Amy, in a state of guilt after being manipulated by her husband, dedicated herself fully to the ceramic store and raising her beloved naïve children. On 16 August 2014, Amy returned home to find their house surrounded by the Los Santos Police Department, her two children wailing as their father was dragged away by Metropolitan officers. An arrest warrant had been signed for Michael Yeun for an assortment of drug and fraud related felonies, along with a first-degree murder charge.

 

The remaining Yeun family faced criticism from their neighbors and bore the weight of the man of the houses’ debts and regrets. Amy found consolidation within a friend of Michael’s, Johnny, who would soon become the twins’ stepfather in the years to come as they moved to Vespucci to reside in his residence there.

 

Johnny on the outside seemed to be the perfect father figure for the Yeun’s, an honest businessman working a 9-5 in a produce business. However, behind closed doors, Jason would hear the flip side of his kindness when his mother returned home. Awaken numerous times from his slumber, he would attend to Maddie’s side as the violent domestic abuse plagued their household. Johnny had a bad habit of blaming his wife for his failures at work, telling her that her children brought an unfair amount of undue stress onto him. Amy felt trapped within their marriage, he had been able to take full control of her finances as well as her ceramic business and left her with no options to leave, Johnny knew it too.

 

Jason and Maddie spent years promising themselves they would get their mother a better life, both falling into the spiral of blaming themselves for their mothers’ problems. In 2020, they were able to place down a deposit on a tiny run-down apartment in Little Seoul as well as consultations with a marriage lawyer.

 

The family fled from Vespucci to Little Seoul during their stepfathers work day and Amy filed for divorce the same day.

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