It is the first unscripted series to top the streaming giant’s non-English chart, building on the popularity of Singles Inferno, a Korean dating show that became a sleeper hit worldwide last year.Part of the charm of such shows is the contestants: Jo, who started hitting the gym as a weedy teenager and has never been a professional athlete, found he could hold his own against some of South Korea’s strongest people.

’Tis the season to be jolly, and to make resolutions for the year ahead. ’Tis also the season – for those who work in language matters – to identify the words defining us in the year past, with dictionaries and other language-related bodies announcing their Word Of The Year (WOTY). Last year’s WOTYs – including “pandemic”, “quarantine”, “lockdown”, “social distancing” and “remote” – centred around the coronavirus outbreak and our immediate responses.

When it comes to diamonds, who better to give advice than Harry Winston, the “King of Diamonds”? Apart from taking the stress out of the purchase – as the firm only deals in diamonds in the top grades of colour (D, E and F) and clarity (flawless to VS2) – Harry Winston is a die-hard romantic. A man and a woman meet serendipitously, recognise something in each other, pursue that connection and find their perfect partners for life.

2/5 stars Adapted once again from Ken Wakui’s bestselling manga series, the time-travelling gangland action romance returns with the first half of an epic two-part finale, titled Tokyo Revengers 2: Bloody Halloween – Destiny. Twenty-something slacker Takemichi (Takumi Kitamura) must magic himself back to his halcyon high-school days to prevent the rise of the formidable Tokyo Manji (aka Toman) gang responsible for killing his true love, Mani (Mio Imada). The endless brawling that defined the first film takes a back seat as Takemichi turns detective to investigate the bitter rivalry between the feuding Toman and Valhalla gangs.

China and the US are still more connected than almost any other pair of countries in the world in 2023 despite diminishing ties, but that scaling-down may accelerate this year amid US elections and regional conflicts, analysts have concluded. While the world’s two largest economies have seen widespread drops in direct flows in terms of trade, capital, information and people in the past years, such shifts represent “less a decoupling and more a reduction of what had previously been an unusually high level of integration”, according to the DHL Global Connectedness Report 2024, which was released on Wednesday.