Se habla Español and … Korean? – Latino, Korean store owners work side by side at Waukegan mall – Illinois
Tagged: IllinoisPosted on: March 30th, 2007“Using the Spanish word for gold, Mr. Oro Jewelry Store caters to the Latino majority that shop at the Belvidere Mall in Waukegan.
When asked the price of a pair of earrings in Spanish, he answers in Spanish.
But Mr. Oro, like many of the retailers at Belvidere Mall, is Korean — Won Bae Kim. And since “kim” is the Korean word for gold, he simply translated his name into Spanish when the store opened 13 years ago, and named his jewelry store “Mr. Oro.”"
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