History

The AYF was founded in 1999 with the help of English teachers who are members of the Pan Asian Conference, an organization for English teachers in East Asia. To date, the AYF has members from Korea, Japan, Russia, the Philippines, Thailand, Indonesia, and Taiwan. Every two years, the Pan Asian Conference (PAN) sponsors a conference for English teachers in East Asia and it was in 1999 when the Asian Youth Forum was first incorporated in the event. This year, the AYF conference was recently held in Russia.