by Antti Rahikainen | Mar 24, 2026 | Editors Choice, AI, ASEAN, Business, Digitalization, Economy, Innovation, Investment, Southeast Asia, Visions
Executive Summary: The Demographic Cliff: According to World Bank data, manufacturing powerhouses like Thailand will become “super- aged” societies by 2030. The multi-decade era of building industrial capacity on an endless supply of cheap manual labour...
by Antti Rahikainen | Sep 17, 2025 | Education, AI, Editors Choice, Innovation, Visions
How leading education institutions are leveraging Finnish expertise and AI to transform learning outcomes In today’s competitive education landscape, student wellbeing isn’t just a nice-to-have; it’s a strategic imperative. Recent research confirms...
by Teuvo Tuomi | Apr 11, 2025 | Asia, Business, Economy, Investment, News, Trade, Visions
Tariffs have created another new normal. Companies and individuals in all parts of the world are scrambling to make sense of what should be the response. The decision of several Asian countries to embrace free trade agreements (FTAs) is worth highlighting. There is a...
by Teuvo Tuomi | Mar 24, 2025 | China, Finland, Investment, News, Technology, Visions
Easpring is planning to construct a new plant to produce cathode active material, CAM, which is needed to produce lithium-ion batteries, in Kotka, Finland. The plant’s first-stage capacity will be 60,000 tonnes of cathode active material per year. The investment...
by Teuvo Tuomi | Mar 15, 2025 | ASEAN, Business, Economy, Investment, News, Southeast Asia, Visions
ASEAN aims to become the world’s fourth-largest economy by 2030, as the region strengthens trade, investment and economic partnerships. Speaking at the “ASEAN Secretary-General’s Vision Forum 2025”, current ASEAN secretary-general Kao Kim Hourn highlighted the...
by Teuvo Tuomi | Dec 1, 2024 | Aviation, China, Hong Kong, Infrastructure, Transportation, Travel, Visions
The Hong Kong International Airport’s 18.18 billion USD three-runway system, Hong Kong’s largest-ever infrastructure project, has taken off. The airport will accommodate over 120 million passengers and handle 10 million metric tons of freight annually by 2035. The...
