by Teuvo Tuomi | Jan 23, 2025 | Equality, Finland, Lifestyle, News, Society, Thailand
The Royal Thai Embassy in Helsinki has started marriage registration services regardless of gender, following the launch of Thai marriage equality act. The service will be available for Thai-Thai and Thai-foreigner couples. The applicants need to submit the...
by Teuvo Tuomi | Jan 21, 2025 | Business, Economy, Finland, News, Philippines
Finland is actively encouraging Filipino workers to consider employment opportunities in the European country, citing the Philippines as one of its focus countries for talent attraction. Laura Lindeman, senior director and head of Work in Finland, told reporters the...
by Teuvo Tuomi | Jan 20, 2025 | Business, Economy, Manufacturing, News, Thailand
The Thai industrial sentiment index dropped for the first time in three months in December, falling to 90.1 in December from 91.4 in November. The sentiment was hurt by weak domestic demand and competition from Chinese products, the Federation of Thai Industries says....
by Teuvo Tuomi | Jan 20, 2025 | Economy, Equality, Indonesia, News, Reports
Indonesia has a historically low poverty rate, according to the latest survey conducted by Statistics Indonesia (BPS). However, inequality has worsened. The poverty rate for September was at 8.57%, the first time the indicator has ever dropped below 9%. “This is the...
by Teuvo Tuomi | Jan 19, 2025 | China, Culture, News, Social Media, Technology
American “TikTok refugees” have immigrated on popular Chinese social media app Xiaohongshu, “Little Red Book”. Amid TikTok’s likely closure in the US within days, some of its American users have migrated to the Chinese Instagram-like social media app. The...
by Teuvo Tuomi | Jan 17, 2025 | Indonesia, Investment, News, Reports, Technology
Indonesia’s standard VAT rate rose to 12% in January. This adjustment targets luxury goods and services while maintaining exemptions for essentials like staple foods and healthcare. For businesses, this change represents both a compliance challenge and an opportunity...
