
Yoojin Choi
Experiential marketing manager and photographer based in Auckland, New Zealand; immigration advocate who moved from Korea at age 9.
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Jul 6, 2026
Ep.16 — Youjin Choi: Growing Up, Moving Abroad and Finding Contentment
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Romy LeeHOST
And, um, definitely over the years, um, I've been doing a lot of reflecting on that responsibility I had, I had as a kid as well.

Yoojin ChoiGUEST
And I think growing up, uh- I couldn't help but feel a slight bit of resentment towards my parents just because I had to take on the mother role of my younger sister.

Yoojin ChoiGUEST
But then now that I am a little older, um, I now see them as more my friends rather than my parents.

Yoojin ChoiGUEST
I think, I think my year abroad in Germany kinda allowed me to see things in their perspective because you're plopped into a foreign country, don't understand the language.
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Romy LeeHOST
What do you feel like some- some of those key learnings or key takeaways for you are after traveling?
Finding soldier Tom
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14:20Faranak AmidiHOST
My colleague Yoojin Choi from BBC Korean Service has been looking into what it's all about.

Yoojin ChoiGUEST
An AI fortune-telling center opened in February in Jongno, central Seoul, and it's proved to be a quite a hit, attracting around 200 to 300 visitors a day.

Yoojin ChoiGUEST
When you walk in, it doesn't feel like a traditional fortune-telling shop, to be honest, but what you find inside is a couple of AI-powered kiosks with visitors standing in front of that and are greeted by a face on a screen.
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15:45speaker_7UNKNOWN
It's very interesting and, uh, very, uh, strange because in France we don't have this.

Yoojin ChoiGUEST
Some people told me that they actually felt more comfortable opening up emotionally to AI than to another person.

Yoojin ChoiGUEST
Another visitor told me that she thinks many people turn to things like Saju to ease their anxiety.