Korean-Americans find home in Brooklyn Park

This senior center is used by many of the Korean immigrants in the area. Very often, older immigrants stay home and don't go out at all, they are lonely and have a very hard time here. - - Donna Poisl

by ALLISON BOURG, Staff Writer

It's Wednesday at the Brooklyn Park Senior Center, and at least a hundred seniors are there for their weekly dose of laughter, food and fellowship. Volunteers serve up traditional Korean food for lunch, including spicy soup, noodles and a sweet concoction known as rice punch.

A few members play Baduk, a board game popular in East Asia.

Friends gather at the tables set up around the recreation room, chattering away - in Korean, their native tongue.

"It feels like home. It's so comfortable," said George Song, a Brooklyn Park resident.
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