Author Archives: Young

Young’s English Channel – YouTube

Posted on March 19, 2022 by Young

This is more news unrelated to writing, but the more I get off my plate, the more time I have to write. My COVID stuck-at-home project for the last year has been making animations presenting different English language points for … Continue reading →

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Long absence

Posted on February 16, 2022 by Young

It’s been a while since I last posted. It’s been weird for everyone the last couple of years, but it’s been weird for me in a slightly different way. Ordinarily, the pandemic wouldn’t have affected me too much. I’m an … Continue reading →

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Attention all male F-4 visa holders (Korean-heritage, other-nationality males)

Posted on August 18, 2019 by Young

In the past two weeks, I’ve been contacted on separate occasions by two Korean-American males, one who has been serving in the Korean Army since last October and one who is being pressured to join right now. Both of them … Continue reading →

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The Case of the Burger King Cripple

Posted on April 11, 2019 by Young

I was interrogated by the police for two hours on Thursday of last week. It wasn’t a pleasant experience, but what interrogation is? It started with a phone call during my smoke break at work. “Is this Young Chun?” I … Continue reading →

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Another victim of the system

Posted on March 2, 2019 by Young

My reporter friend Fred contacted me the other week to let me know that the memoir was referenced in a Stars and Stripes article. The story is about Don Yi, a 1.5-generation* Korean-American from Ohio who served in the US … Continue reading →

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Christmas Eve in East Asia is for lovers

Posted on December 24, 2018 by Young

It’s an hour before midnight, and I’m sitting in the first-floor lounge of a hostel in Tokyo, alone with a couple of cans of Kirin-brand chuhai and my laptop. Well, there was the Middle Eastern guy who sat at the same … Continue reading →

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New Book: Student Error Correction Guidebook for EFL Teachers in Korea

Posted on April 28, 2018 by Young

Of the four projects I’ve been working on for the past two to three years, I’ve finally managed to get one out of the way, the English version of the “textbook.” I’ve called it a textbook for lack of a … Continue reading →

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Web Review and Interview: Bookish Asia

Posted on April 12, 2018 by Young

It’s been a long time since my last post and even longer since the last posting related to promotion for the memoir (almost three years). So I was surprised when I was contacted by John Ross at Camphor Press, “an … Continue reading →

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A rare update

Posted on November 5, 2017 by Young

When I woke up yesterday, I was feeling slightly depressed, which was an unfamiliar feeling because I’m generally satisfied with my life. There are other contributing factors, but the problem is that I haven’t been writing much. I haven’t written … Continue reading →

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20 Reviews

Posted on June 19, 2017 by Young

I finally got my 20th review on Amazon. It’s actually not many at all, but it was something nice to discover since the 10th review was written almost two years ago, in August 2015. 4.6 out of 5 is a … Continue reading →

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