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S. Korea: China & Taiwan 2 countries?

womanbearpig — Sun, 23 Aug 2026 20:13:06 +0800

SEOUL — A fierce diplomatic controversy has broken out following high-level bilateral summits in Seoul, after South Korean foreign policy leaders launched a direct backlash against Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi.

The row erupted over Wang Yi’s official comments referring to the Korean Peninsula as “the two countries of South Korea and North Korea”. The backlash from Seoul hits Beijing at its most vulnerable spot: If China officially classifies divided regimes under a single national constitution as "two separate countries," then by Beijing's own logic, China and Taiwan must also be treated as two separate countries.

People Power Party (PPP) lawmaker Rep. Kim Gun, a former top diplomat, publicly demanded a formal diplomatic correction from Beijing after Foreign Minister Wang Yi used the term during meetings with South Korean Foreign Minister Cho Hyun and National Security Adviser Wi Sung-lac.

Rep. Kim warned that allowing neighboring powers to normalize "two countries" terminology damages South Korea's constitutional mandate for eventual Korean unification. Rep. Kim cited historical precedents—such as past diplomatic feuds over naming designations on Taiwanese entry forms—to demonstrate that naming conventions carry binding political consequences.

Samsung S26 kills privacy screen protectors!

womanbearpig — Thu, 26 Feb 2026 13:08:53 +0800

How good is the s26 customizable privacy screen that can not only function as a full on privacy screen but even partially block out just rhe messages notification that pops out on your screen from the people sitting beside you.

Privacy screen protectors that use to suck cause you cant watch with your kids or spouse on the same screen when put on has now been overcome by s26 privacy screen function where you can turn it on or off and even customise it as you wish.

How much do you trust your mechanics?

womanbearpig — Sat, 24 Jan 2026 15:31:20 +0800

If you can't fully be well versed with the entire mechanics/components of your car when a problem arise, how do you know if the workshop you frequent is honest?

How do you guys find a balance between trusting the mechanic to do their job, but at the same time not getting slaughtered by some dishonest ones where they'd just simply tweak or repair a certain small valve or piping fixing the problem, and then asking you to replace a whole lot just to get it working?

The honest ones are definitely worth the respect, but problem is there are just too many shady ones out there imo. Share your experience.

Whats up in Uptown PJ

womanbearpig — Sat, 28 Jun 2025 11:29:53 +0800

Anybody in uptown pj? Why are there so many people pressing on their phones in groups walking around the street? Some event happening?

Gov Vet help please

womanbearpig — Thu, 13 Jun 2024 12:09:39 +0800

Trying to help a poor stray dog, and prevent further killing. Does anyone know of any gov vet that does the pemandulan procedure at a low cost or even free? Please help. Preferably Selangor region

Is this normal? Can't brain!

womanbearpig — Sat, 03 Feb 2024 22:28:07 +0800

Let's say there's a product that's selling for RM30, and the overall cost is RM20.

And when someone offer's to buy 200 pcs of the product, the business owner claims the price to be rm6k (full price for all 200pcs without discount).
Then when asked what if its a bigger bulk order of 1000-2000 pcs? The owner claims no discount.

do businesses really work like that? can't brain.

minta tolong Wifi-6 Expert!

womanbearpig — Tue, 14 Mar 2023 23:16:53 +0800

am I doing something wrong?

just upgraded to wifi-6 from unifi, and have fully set up everything as instructed only to find out the speed i'm getting after moving the mesh unit to another floor is even slower than my previous tp-link deco mesh.
Despite having so many antennas on the D-Link WIFI6 Ax3000, why is the mesh connection slower than my previous set up?

Did I miss out anything, or are there steps I should set that were not included in the instructions?
I've paired the mesh unit with a cable and made sure all lights were blinking and stable before moving the unit to another floor.
is there some other settings I should alter on the router itself to achieve the speeds they claim WIFI 6 should have?

Also, I do understand some devices don't support wifi6, but even so, shouldn't those devices be getting equal speeds to the previous set up and not even slower?

Fibre sifus please advise.

how you deal with nasty neighbour?

womanbearpig — Fri, 21 Oct 2022 16:43:49 +0800

granny plants tree in front of her house. The tree grew fine without affecting anybody for 1 whole year (not even extending into neighbor's area), and then this sick man living next door came and cut it down in the middle of the night. Sadly no cctv, so no evidence. This guy has been creating a lot of problem in the neighborhood and even once barged in the granny's house and kicked a cat claiming the cat went and took a dump on his property. Granny too old and weak to voice back.

What will you do?

Russian general tells putin to F off

womanbearpig — Wed, 14 Sep 2022 14:08:00 +0800

Russian general tells putin to f off amidst his conversation.. must have some balls.

Did you get your Touch n Go Refund?

womanbearpig — Wed, 15 Jun 2022 19:29:18 +0800

Anyone entered the Tng unlimited 10 cents lucky draw earlier? did you all get back your full refund?
It's been 10 working days as stated in the terms and condition and they haven't refunded the amount I entered.

transferwise balance

womanbearpig — Tue, 17 May 2022 18:03:23 +0800

does anyone know if there is a specific balance limit you need to leave in your transferwise account?

I'm intending to withdraw my entire remaining balance from transferwise, but am curious if they would deactivate my account if there isn't any balance in it after a certain amount of time.
I know most banks do so.

Please advise.

Putin to undergo cancer surgery?

womanbearpig — Mon, 02 May 2022 22:17:02 +0800

no wonder he set a date assuming he would have it done by then..
delayed his surgery. If this is true, things will change and the war might come to an end.

TSMC brief explanation

womanbearpig — Sat, 30 Apr 2022 11:01:14 +0800

Saw a thread where people commenting US forcing TSMC into submission of chip manufacturing where people kept commenting US wants to steal their technology etc.
Please do understand before simply making false statements.

Highlight 1:
yes TSMC is based in taiwan, but they RELY on US tech to build their chips, and US has been updating them on their new tech regularly to improve their system.

Highlight 2:
If you guys know HSMC (Hongxin Semiconductor, Wuhan China) or even heard of it, you will know who is actually secretly interested in the tech within TSMC.

HSMC is a BILLION DOLLAR heist or scam that was EXPOSED in the past few years by the resignation of Chiang Shang Yi from HSMC. Chiang was one of the former founders of TSMC in the past which was offered a high sum for him to leave TSMC and join HSMC.

Story Begins: Why chiang left HSMC? Chiang stated that in his period of working for HSMC, HSMC was a billion dollar shell of nothing, and due to the insufficient of equipment and build up, Chiang and his men were given a task to ACT as if they were working in TSMC (like main masak masak) and to write a full on report everyday based on their imagination of the work they imaginely done. The crackdown was then due to the fact that Chiang couldn't take it as it went on further, and that he sees no future, assuming it could be merely an agenda earlier to jeopardise the growth of TSMC.

Highlight 3:
Part of china's agenda over taiwan could also be partly due to all that TSMC is and is doing. China's agenda over Taiwan was never simply to unite Taiwan with China as they never really cared for the wellbeing of the people in Taiwan. Cause why force a nation to unite when it is not on willingly terms, and state that even by FORCE we will take back taiwan. During the pandemic, which was a crucial period, china even denied the rights of Taiwan from WHO where important information weren't accessible to Taiwan. If China really cared for Taiwan as a big brother, they would've put on differences behind during desperate times and help them when needed. If they had done so, Taiwan would see and note otherwise that China is sincere and truly care for the wellbeing of their people, and therefore more would reconsider in the unity of both countries.

Hence, I don't mean no offence to anyone or any party.
But this is a sad and cold hard truth. So decide on your own means.

NEVER use SOCAR.

womanbearpig — Wed, 06 Apr 2022 20:03:25 +0800

extremely disappointing. Worst service ever.

friend planned everything, booked a car for interstate travel way beforehand like 1-2 weeks back for urgent matters only to have it being cancelled right at the night before the actual date (reason:flat tyre) which they had all the time to inspect on or do repairs. And what's worse is, they only offered to refund her the money.

The problem now isn't the fees but the VERY last minute notification, and too little time to reschedule and solve the issue.
moreover their service center doesn't accept phone calls, and when my friend messaged their customer service (via app) to request for at least a replacement, they seem reluctant to actually help and ask you to try booking another car (which she checked and there isn't any car available).

I believe socar services should be held responsible for these last minute cancellations as it's not the fees that matters, people have important and tight schedules planned and there are repercussions as to if the trip is not made.

NO MORE SO CAR.

Penang Tol Touch n Go

womanbearpig — Sat, 02 Apr 2022 15:09:36 +0800

does anybody know if you need to top up credit DIRECTLY on your TNG CARD for the tol payments when you go up to penang (from KL), or you can use the credit directly from your app when you scan? Please help.

Thanks.

STRONG car phone holder?

womanbearpig — Tue, 01 Mar 2022 15:00:59 +0800

anyone knows of any car phone holder models that are strong and won't fall? (don't wan't too expensive, less than rm100) phone is more towards the note(bigger) kind.

saw tons of reviews on other phone holders, alot of bad reviews on suction not strong and all.
Was looking at the Ugreen gravity holder, but still with bad reviews saying it makes ridiculous noise when driving without phone and also some falling off problems.

anyone who has tried out multiple models and brands with a firm conclusion?

Puchong Sim Replacement Kiosk Machine?

womanbearpig — Wed, 23 Feb 2022 09:51:05 +0800

Anybody knows which maxis store around puchong area (or nearby) has the sim replacement machine?
was thinking of replacing my sim during lunch.