Nearly two hours into a welcome ceremony last month at the lavish home of a Korean diplomat in Hancock Park, the guest of honor — the first Asian American to lead the Los Angeles Police Department — had yet to step on stage. Dominic Choi took over last month as LAPD's 58th chief, and since then he has managed to keep a relatively low profile, so far avoiding the kinds of headline-grabbing controversies that plagued the department in recent years. After a performance by a traditional nanta-buk... Read this story
