— Jerry Young, jewelry store ownerAbout two dozen stores are packed into a single Chinatown strip mall, and about 30 more crowd the downtown jewelry district. There isn’t any single reason for the proliferation of Cambodian jewelry stores. Cambodian jewelry stores in particular have served multiple purposes for an immigrant population made of refugees with a strong distrust for government institutions. Gina Ferazzi / Los Angeles Times There are more than a dozen Cambodian jewelry stores in the jewelry district. There are more than a dozen Cambodian jewelry stores in the jewelry district.

Source: Los Angeles Times August 07, 2017 12:02 UTC