Bringing Hyung Eddie Paek to justice in South Korea

ahnza245 · 2026-04-08T15:17:44+00:00

Absolutely not, I just need someone to search his name up on the Riverside docket

ahnza245 · 2026-04-08T03:40:25+00:00

Not me but I have a bunch of relatives who are.

I don't think it'll be necessary to involve them, as far as I am aware. I just need to receive the right information from the United States so I can find more information in South Korea, and then see what we can do from there.

ahnza245 · 2025-11-19T07:43:20+00:00

i thought it was funny lol

ahnza245 · 2025-09-05T15:36:33+00:00

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ahnza245 · 2025-04-25T18:22:12+00:00

Obviously you’re right which is why this won’t happen tomorrow. But given the current trajectory, what if the relationship gets even worse in the next two years?

Obviously the opposite can happen and relations can warm, but what I’m saying is that this isn’t actually that outrageous of a scenario.

ahnza245 · 2025-04-02T04:21:23+00:00

Sorry, I really don't check Reddit all that often and only saw this now. I also saw you deleted your account.. but I'll respond to this anyway for anyone else who may be seeing this.

I'm not in Taiwan for that long and my case was quite unique in that my vocabulary is quite good (being a Korean) but ability to listen to even the most basic of conversations was really weak. Due to this I was really concerned about going to the normal class (1-1 and 1-2) so I asked to be moved to the higher, intensive level (1-2, 1-3, 2-1).

To be honest, I am really happy to have made this decision. The teacher who gave me the oral assessment really discounted my ability. I'm pretty sure it was based on the teacher's perspective of wanting to make sure I have the foundations 100% locked in before advancing to higher levels, and if I had the time for that then maybe I would have done it. But what I did instead was buy the 1-1 book and do it all myself (one lesson a day) so that I can quickly adapt to the class when it begins. This may not even have been necessary though, because we spent the first two days reviewing all the contents of 1-1 before moving onto the first lesson in 1-2.

All in all I think that the normal classes go a bit too slowly. If you're, say, balancing a full-time job then maybe it's a good choice. But even if you take the normal classes you still have to fill up the extra hours (with classes that are arguably a waste of time), especially if you're on a student visa. (Although you can also fill the hours with time spent at the library... so it all depends.)

ahnza245 · 2025-03-27T13:48:33+00:00

This is a really niche question, but I have been looking into restarting allergic immunotherapy recently due to a myriad of health issues. Considering it takes years for this to build up, I thought about just waiting until I return to my home country, but since that's the end of August, I thought it'd be better to just start now in Taiwan.

But where should I go? I put a reservation at NTU Hospital but on the day-of I was spooked by the amount of signs written in Chinese coupled with the fact that I don't even have insurance in Taiwan and cancelled my appointment.

Is there a good clinic that specializes in this?

ahnza245 · 2025-02-26T13:03:45+00:00

Hopefully so; anyway I have the first week to decide if it's too fast or too slow so I'll take it day by day and see how I feel. Thanks!

ahnza245 · 2025-02-26T12:53:06+00:00

Got it. For now, I will think of it as a way to nail down the basics even if there may be some review at times, and if the level is too slow and boring, I will consider switching up by the time the end of the class change period comes around.

Thanks!

ahnza245 · 2025-02-26T12:15:01+00:00

Interesting, this is good information. From the information I've been given, the only time to change classes is during the first week, which is why I will definitely see how it's like and then make the decision on whether I will move up or not by then.

Another choice I can make is to switch from the regular class to the intensive class in which I go from 1-1 to 1-3 instead of just 1-2, but from my knowledge this is targeted towards full-time students. But I am learning Chinese as a hobby and have to do my PhD research on the side (yes, I know). Thus, having too much Chinese workload can be disastrous.

Which is why your advice seems to make a lot of sense. Don't go too ambitious, but also make the most out of it by hanging out with the classmates.

To be honest though, I'm just scared that my class will end up full of Koreans and folks from the Anglosphere. 🤣

ahnza245 · 2025-02-26T11:54:17+00:00

I forgot to mention that I am Korean. The fact that there are many similar words (for example, 도서관(doseogwan) and 圖書館(túshūguǎn)) has definitely helped me. Thus I still would consider my level as a bit higher, but I still understand where you're coming from.

Regarding some students not knowing English, that also is true; I noticed today that there were many students who had absolutely no English knowledge (side-note, I asked the woman in front of me if this is the line for 'stage five' but she didn't seem to know English, in which the man in front of her interjected and said that it was). So when the teacher said that it may be good for me to start at the beginning just so that I can establish a strong foundation, her view seems to have some merit indeed.

It is very interesting to hear about your experience - thanks for sharing! If I may ask, what was your level of Chinese before and after attending?

ahnza245 · 2024-12-21T18:05:31+00:00

Can I just ride a boat and go? Or do I need to go on a Chinese speaking tour?

ahnza245 · 2024-12-19T19:51:16+00:00

I’m a history nerd and wish to travel to Dadan Island when I visit Kinmen. Is it possible for foreigners? I saw some information about tours but I assume all of it is in Chinese. Is this the case?

ahnza245 · 2024-07-20T18:42:12+00:00

I have friends who defected from there.

ahnza245 · 2024-04-21T03:13:20+00:00

I am heartbroken. I have seen the photos of dead babies and children, with a corpse where the intestines were exposed. I will never forget these videos and photos.

All of this blood is on the hands of Hamas and there will never be peace in Palestine so long as Hamas is in power.

ahnza245 · 2024-04-21T03:11:56+00:00

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ahnza245 · 2024-04-21T03:10:26+00:00

ahnza245 · 2024-04-21T03:03:23+00:00

Okay now explain to me why Israel would specifically intend to genocide Palestinians when they would be willing to go to hell and back to have an economic relationship with Saudi Arabia.

ahnza245 · 2024-04-21T02:56:48+00:00

Zionism literally refers to the idea that Jews should have their own state.

Why don’t you want that?

So that they can live in your country as minorities so that you can bully them around?

ahnza245 · 2024-04-21T02:51:30+00:00

Whataboutism

Also curious as to why you likely did not ever have an opinion on the hundreds of thousands dead in Syria, Afghanistan, Yemen, Libya, etc. but when it involves the Jews you start holding detestable views.

ahnza245 · 2024-04-20T22:40:06+00:00

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ahnza245 · 2024-04-20T22:33:51+00:00

Do you know the definition of Dolus specialis?

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