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    Press Play with Madeleine Brand

    Working at a Korean restaurant: Long hours, little pay

    It's not tough to find good Korean food for cheap in LA.

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    By Madeleine Brand • Jul 30, 2019 • 1 min read

    It's not tough to find good Korean food for cheap in LA. But behind those meals is a worker washing hundreds, if not thousands, of tiny plates every night; a waiter hunched over multiple hot grills for hours, cooking slabs of beef to perfection; a chef making delicate cuts of pork belly and short ribs. Many of these workers are underpaid, overworked, and exploited. That's all according to LA Times columnist Frank Shyong.

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    2. 9:54Californians' biggest environmental concerns
    3. 18:35Working at a Korean restaurant: Long hours, little payYou’re reading this
    4. 25:51The silent political activism of Marshawn Lynch
    5. 40:30How 'Orange Is The New Black' redefined TV
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