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Tell you that. >> david: thanks, mom. this is delicious. >> jane: this is awesome. [ laughter ] >> anthony: it, it is indeed. thank you. >> jane: i love it. >> anthony: during the riots of '92, jim and jane cho worked as real estate agents and property managers. so the destruction in koreatown had a direct impact on their lives. the chos watched from home as the chaos unfolded on tv. after the riots, jim wrote a letter to the editor that was published in the "l.a. times". >> jim: i am extremely angry with the lapd for their outrageous action. while the cops let looters run wild and rape our ci...

Province in china. >> david: been coming here for about two years now. >> anthony: uh-huh? >> david: there's no one ever in here. every time i've ever come in -- i don't understand how they're open. they're the best dumplings i've ever had. maybe people just get them to go. >> anthony: right. >> david: they all look like buttholes, actually. [ laughs ] but -- >> anthony: kind of. yeah, pre-prolapse. [ laughter ] >> anthony: wang mandu. king dumpling. thick dough, stuffed to the gills with pork, kimchi, and vegetables. precisely made, weighed, and crimped. steamed until soft. eat. >> anthony: w...

[ laughter ] but now she's telling me she's going to be the best artist in the world. so, she's very competitive. she said she's going to destroy me. >> jane: awesome. [ laughter ] >> anthony: food is ready. >> david: so, do you want to explain what everything is, mom? >> jane: the food i prepared tonight is a very common korean food. which is a beef ribs, uh, stew. >> david: the kimchi's looking fresh. >> jane: yeah, the kimchi's fresh. >> jim: today is, uh, chestnut rice. >> jane: no one has this kind of rice. >> david: it's a special rice. >> jane: special rice for anthony, you know. >> dav...

I'll show you my dad's painting. hey, dad? >> jim: yeah? >> david: hey, come over here for a second. when did you paint this, dad? 30 years ago? >> jim: uh, '73. 1973. >> david: every christmas, he unrolls it, um, and just, like, scotch tapes it to the wall. [ chuckles ] >> david: and my mom's the artist in the family, now. >> anthony: so, this is a family of artists. [ chuckles ] >> anthony: the chos are devout christians, which is not unusual in the korean community. but they are unusual in that they're both artists of a sort. jane treats the house like an ongoing art project, drawing sungla...

>> david: in some occasions, anthropologists have recognized han as cultural-specific medical condition. someone who dies of han is -- >> jane: right. >> david: is said to have died of -- [ speaking korean ] [ speaking korean ] >> jane: it's a heartburn. it's heartburn. >> anthony: wow. i mean, it's been described to me in a way that made it sound benign. this is a burning, uh, sense of injustice, besiegement, and, and desire for revenge. >> david: the han is the reason why, like, we are who we are. but it's also the same reason why i won't marry a korean woman. [ laughter ] >> jane: no. you n...