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• As Squid Game ends, South Koreans return to the reality that inspired it

  The show's themes of unemployment and inequality are all too relatable for Korean viewers.

• BBC investigation reveals hidden deaths at India festival crush

  The Uttar Pradesh government says 37 people were killed in the Kumbh Mela crush, but the BBC has verified at least 82 deaths.

• Hundreds of kids to be tested for disease after childcare rape charge

  An Australian man has been charged with 70 offences, which police allege relate to eight children.

• Manila warns of health emergency over mounting rubbish

  Newly-elected Mayor Francisco Domagoso has advised residents to refrain from taking out their waste.

• Uproar over sexual assault in Bangladesh after video spreads online

  Protests broke out across the country after footage of the incident was circulated.

• China partially lifts ban on Japanese seafood imports

  It imposed the ban in 2023 over Japan's release of treated waste water from the Fukushima nuclear plant.

• 'Every word has come back to haunt me': China cracks down on women who write gay erotica

  At least 30 writers have been arrested across the country since February, a lawyer tells the BBC.

• Watch: Humanoid robots stumble through football match in China

  The robots kicked, scored and tumbled while competing at a tourmentant in Beijing.

• One of Hong Kong's last major pro-democracy parties disbands

  It is the third major opposition party to disband this year, ahead of the fifth anniversary of the Beijing-imposed national security law.

• Thousands protest in Bangkok calling for Thai PM to resign

  Demands to resign follow a leaked phone call the prime minister had with Cambodia's former leader about a border dispute.

• 'Proud to be gay': K-pop star on coming out to the world

  Only a handful of K-pop artists have come out as gay, but none as publicly as Bain. Is this a turning point?

• India recovers data from crashed Air India flight recorders

  The data from the recorders can be used to reconstruct the flight's final moments and determine the cause of the incident.

• How Indian chef defied odds to win food Oscar and take Tamil cuisine global

  Chef Vijay Kumar’s 2025 James Beard win marks a quiet revolution, spotlighting south Indian cuisine globally.

• Sholay: Bollywood epic roars back to big screen after 50 years with new ending

  Fifty years on, Sholay - arguably Hindi cinema’s most iconic film - makes a spectacular return.

• Thailand's 'weed wild west' faces new rules as smuggling to UK rises

  A number of British travellers have been arrested and prices have collapsed due to overproduction.