 Of the 380 businesses damaged or looted by the rioters, 100 of them were owned by Korean-Americans.Despite the riots costing Korean-American business owners half a million dollars in damages, many stores have reopened with the help of the Korean Society of Maryland and other Korean-American fundraisers.While Baltimore has a history of racial tension between African-Americans and Korean-Americans, some Korean-Americans such as Korean Society of Maryland member Eunhae Gohng believe that Korean-owned stores were targeted for economic rather than racial reasons.