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According to Park (1998), the violence against Korean Americans in 1992 stimulated a new wave of political activism among Korean Americans, but it also split them into two main camps. The "liberals" sought to unite with other minorities in Los Angeles to fight against racial oppression and scapegoating. The "conservatives," emphasized [[law and order (politics)|law and order]] and generally favored the economic and social policies of the Republican Party. The conservatives tended to emphasize the political differences between Koreans and other minorities, specifically blacks and Hispanics.<ref>{{cite journal |last=Park |first=Edward J. W. |title=Competing visions: Political formation of Korean Americans in Los Angeles, 1992–1997 |journal=Amerasia Journal |year=1998 |volume=24 |issue=1 |pages=41–57 |doi=10.17953/amer.24.1.320208pj23401021 |s2cid=146498339 |url=http://aascpress.metapress.com/content/320208pj23401021/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130826231444/http://aascpress.metapress.com/content/320208pj23401021/ |archive-date=2013-08-26}}</ref> Abelmann and Lie, (1997) report that the most profound result was the politicization of Korean Americans, all across the U.S. The younger generation especially realized they had been too uninvolved in American politics, and the riot shifted their political attention from South Korea to conditions in the United States.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Abelmann |first1=Nancy |last2=Lie |first2=John |title=Blue dreams: Korean Americans and the Los Angeles riots |year=1997 |location=Cambridge |publisher=Harvard University Press |isbn=0-674-07705-9 |pages=184–185}}</ref>
Also accelerated by the 1992 riots, [[Orange County, California|Orange County's]] Korean population grew from its starting point in [[Koreatown, Garden Grove]]. As of 2020, Orange County had the second largest number of Korean Americans of any county in America, neighboring Los Angeles County has the most, numbering over 229,593.<ref>{{Cite web |last=왕 |first=길환 |date=2022-03-18 |title=재미동포 인구 192만명…캘리포니아주에 55만7천여명 거주 |url=https://www.yna.co.kr/view/AKR20220318039200371 |access-date=2023-11-21 |website=[[Yonhap News Agency]] |language=ko}}</ref> Koreans originally moved into [[Garden Grove, California|Garden Grove]] after Olympic gold medalist [[Sammy Lee (diver)|Sammy Lee]] bought a home in the 1950s signaling to other ethnic minorities that they could move into Orange County. Since then, Koreans have spread throughout northern Orange County, mainly concentrating in [[Buena Park, California|Buena Park]], [[Fullerton, California|Fullerton]], [[Cerritos, California|Cerritos]], [[La Palma, California|La Palma]], [[Cypress, California|Cypress]], and [[Irvine, California|Irvine]]. Garden Grove is now{{When|date=November 2022}} home to more than 1,500 Korean businesses, and has held a Korean festival, night market, and parade every year since 1983.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NRxROUKX-TU | title=Korean Festival 2009 | website=[[YouTube]] }}</ref> Mostly older and more traditional Korean businesses and food are found in Garden Grove, while newer and trendier Seoul based chains often locate in Buena Park and Irvine.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.latimes.com/food/story/2019-11-27/koreatown-orange-county-garden-grove-guide | title=A guide to Koreatown in Garden Grove: Orange County's Korean cultural center | website=[[Los Angeles Times]] | date=27 November 2019 }}</ref> [[The Source OC]] is a multi-level Korean themed mall in Buena Park that houses over 100 restaurants, as well as Korean themed bars, a school, K-pop stores, and a PC gaming café.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://voiceofoc.org/2022/08/a-vibrant-korean-community-is-thriving-in-north-o-c/ | title=A Vibrant Korean Community is Thriving in North O.C. | date=26 August 2022 }}</ref>
[[File:Randall_Park_2015.jpg|thumb|upright|left|Actor [[Randall Park]], who since 2015 portrayed [[Eddie Huang]]'s father, Taiwanese-American restaurateur Louis Huang, in [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]]'s television show ''[[Fresh Off the Boat]]''.]]
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