About K-Town Archive

Preserving stories of collective healing

The K-Town Archive is an intergenerational oral history and digital archive preserving the lived experiences, cultural practices, and collective healing of Los Angeles' Koreatown.

Intergenerational workshops
Multilingual documentation
Public archive access

A Koreatown street in Los Angeles lined with storefronts carrying Korean-language signs, with cars parked along the curb and a pedestrian crossing the road, in a black-and-white photograph.

2020

Program launched at the start of COVID-19 lockdown

1975

KYCC has served Koreatown since 1975

Oral histories collected, and growing

A line of people in white shirts work together clearing a paved lot in front of a wall painted with large lettering, in a black-and-white photograph.

Two people smile closely together at an indoor gathering, captured in a soft black-and-white photograph.

Dried medicinal roots and pieces of bark arranged in a fanned pattern on a plain surface.

The K-Town Archive

A living community repository

“These narratives span generations and nations — stories of migration and belonging, of loss and resilience, of neighborhoods transformed and traditions carried forward.”

The K-Town Archive

A living community repository

“These narratives span generations and nations — stories of migration and belonging, of loss and resilience, of neighborhoods transformed and traditions carried forward.”

Our Mission

To nurture a sovereign record of community resilience for future generations.

Institutional Partner

UCLA Archive of Healing

Supporting the scholarly documentation and preservation of global healing traditions within urban centers.

A journalist wearing headphones holds a microphone toward a woman seated on a couch during an interview while several other people look on in an indoor setting with decorative frosted glass panels.

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