by Teuvo Tuomi | Nov 18, 2024 | News, Economy, Food & Drinks, Thailand
The commerce ministry says Thai rice exports were up 20% from January to October 2024 compared to the same period a year earlier. Thailand exported 8.37 million tonnes of rice in the first 10 months of the year and is expected to export over 9 million tonnes over the...
by Teuvo Tuomi | Nov 13, 2024 | Art, Finland, Lifestyle, News, Thailand, Tourism
Bangkok’s annual light and digital-art festival, “Awakening Bangkok”, has returned for its seventh year with the theme “One Light, One Rising”. A special highlight this year is a digital-art collaboration with Marimekko, a renowned...
by Teuvo Tuomi | Nov 13, 2024 | Event, Lifestyle, News, Thailand, Tourism, Travel
Government deputy spokesman Karom Polpornklang estimates that flight bookings to Thailand are expected to surge by 36% during the Loy Krathong festival, which falls on Friday, 15 November. He adds that many countries have planned to host their own Loy Krathong...
by juuso | Nov 12, 2024 | Business, Asia, Bangkok, Finland, Hong Kong, Thailand, Vietnam
For nearly 15 years now, Iglu has been one of the biggest names in remote work inSoutheast Asia. Positioned as a specialist in the outsourcing of tech talent and businessprocesses, Iglu’s competitive edge lies with its people—and the unique model it employs toattract...
by Teuvo Tuomi | Nov 9, 2024 | Business, Economy, News, Thailand
Thailand plans to increase the daily minimum wage to 400 baht next year, Labor Minister Phiphat Ratchakitprakarn says. Mr. Phiphat hopes that the National Wage Committee in its December meeting will decide to approve the wage increase. Increasing the minimum wage from...
by Teuvo Tuomi | Oct 26, 2024 | ASEAN, Cambodia, News, Thailand, Tourism, Travel
Cambodia has agreed to study the Thai government’s initiative to facilitate cross-border travel for tourists from six countries in Southeast Asia through a single visa policy called “6 Countries, 1 Destination”, according to an unnamed Thai...
