I don’t buy as much as I used to from Amazon, partly because the platform is now also plagued with generic items that are also available on Chinese platforms. Why pay for pacific crossing twice, only to be charged double or more for the same product? But there are still products that can only be bought from Amazon, — as to why they didn’t move to different storefront, I have no clue — but the platform’s international shipping capabilities are also deteriorating with less than ideal shipping service.
Tagged South Korea
How to Transfer to eSIM: Lessons From SKT SIM Breach
Though the title may sounds like a proper how-to, I ended up deciding to write it as “documentation” of what happened in my particular case. It obviously won’t work for everyone, and your mileage will vary greatly. I believe the common core issues for everyone would be that nearby carrier stores would not have enough physical SIM cards to serve all the affected customers, roughly 23 millions, so we are being waitlisted. Unless you absolutely do need a physical SIM card, you can apply for transfer to eSIM. This post covers staying in the same contract, but changing the carrier…
Standardize “South Korea” before “Korean”
There is a tidbit racist commentary on the history of unicode, called “Korean mess”. It is completely unrelated to the topic on hand, and frankly I do not wish to comment on the subject as most op-eds I’ve read ended up in a blazing hellfire for most. To give some tastes of what is at hand, there are at least three groups of Korean speakers (North, South, and diaspora), two governments and their regulations, and multiple companies who had stakes on the matter. Unicode headache is mostly for developers, especially the ones who have not worked outside of latin alphabets,…
Electrophobia Fueled EV-Phobia in South Korea
An EV in South Korea caught fire out of the blue; the car was parked and it was not charging. It burned down 140+ vehicles parked on the same underground parking and damaged the water main and power lines for the building. The reports so far fortunately said there were no injuries, and residents were able to evacuate safely. And Koreans are panicking over EVs, with some building managements swiftly banning EVs from entering.
How America Grades Samsung on Pass or Fail
Calling out on Galaxy Fold debacle as “graded on a curve” apparently was an understatement. It is time to face the ugly truth. Samsung already has a bad track record, and none of the reviewers had gull to question the product in their hand. These pre-launch reviews that had been published prior to the issue treated the smartphone as though it is a holy relic. Had it not been for the delay, these articles would have been nothing but praises from untrained eyes for a product that is essentially a bomb waiting to go off.
“Colonial Boomerang” Can’t be Worse Choice of Word
ORIGINALLY ON NYT, SEOUL’S COLONIAL BOOMERANG The issue of comfort women is devastating. Let’s leave it there. Because there hasn’t been a single article that dealt the issue with a proper perspective it deserves. It was Americans who decided to give Japan a slack in American military court, not Asians nor Europeans, both the victims of “Comfort Women” system. It was Americans who decided give peace to a country full of statutory-rapists or a.k.a. Johns.
Sony Leaks Korean-Sub The Amazing Spider-Man 2 on Youtube
On July 20th, a trailer of The Amazing Spider-Man 2 was released on Youtube for South Korean audiences with two quirks. First, the description was switched from Heaven is For Real. And Second, the trailer was 72 minutes long.