1. Squid Game: The netflix show adding Murder to Playground nostalgia. Everyone has been talking about the hyper-violent thriller that has become a massive hit ever since it launched on netflix two weeks ago. Squid Game is a Korean series which is a brutal survival game with a variety of interesting characters. In Squid Game, a group of 456 people, in debt and desperate, are lured into a bloodthirsty survival game where they have the chance to walk away with 45.6 billion Korean won if they win a series of six games. Specialists additionally characteristic the show's success to its characters, lots of whom are marginalised members of society. although they are all connected via huge money troubles, they come from all walks of lifestyles. The Oscar-prevailing 2019 Korean movie that still looked at the wealth disparity and unfairness of society. however in east Asia, visitors have talked about how the display bears similarities with the 2014 eastern film as the Gods Will. The movie is targeted on excessive schoolers however it follows a comparable storyline, and a few have even accused Squid game of plagiarism. . .

. 2. Covid threat looms over thailand's plans to open up to tourists. Inmid-June, Thai Prime Minister Prayut Chan-ocha surprised everyone by promising to open the country to foreign tourists by October. Thailand has been vigorously guarding its borders, imposing quarantines and stacks of paperwork on all arrivals since April last year. Covid-19 was successfully contained through most of 2020, but in June this year infections rose rapidly, and the government was heavily criticized for being too slow to start vaccinating. So this does not allow Thailand to open its country to foreign tourists. In fact, in July and August, all Intensive Care Unit (ICU) beds in Bangkok are full. there are other barriers to tourism apart from the relatively low vaccination rate, namely Thailand's notorious nightlife cannot restart with a 10pm curfew, with all bars forced to close since early April in Bangkok. The acute economic hardships are now very visible in Thailand, in the rows of closed shops, in long queues to distribute food, and among the crowds of angry and unemployed youth who have joined the anti-government protest movement and are out every weekend in parts of Bangkok to celebrate. against the police. This is what has forced the hand of the unpopular government. But this month's heralded reopening is just the beginning. They still have a long way to go.