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The Philippines will impose a 12% value-added tax on digital services offered by tech giants such as Amazon, Netflix, Disney, and Alphabet, in a move that will level the playing field with domestic brick and mortar players, the internal revenue agency said on Thursday.
Philippine authorities have detained more than 250 people, most of them Chinese, in a raid on a suspected online scam farm in Manila, law enforcement officials said on Friday.
President Yoon Suk Yeol’s planned trip to Southeast Asia next week aims to bolster South Korea’s role in the region, primarily by establishing a comprehensive strategic partnership with the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and strengthening bilateral relations with the Philippines and Singapore.
A total of 24 households in Seoul were found to have cancelled their contracts to hire Filipino workers as their nannies under the city’s pilot programme, according to officials.
“This is a call to action,” Teodoro told reporters on the sidelines of a defence forum in Manila on Monday. “Our lawmakers know of the urgent need to amend our espionage law to punish those involved in such acts, and so that the government can move or act to suppress it.”
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The report highlighted the poor working conditions prevalent in nickel smelters, primarily located on the islands of Sulawesi and Maluku, where workers face harsh treatment including arbitrary wage deductions, violence and constant surveillance.
HANOI, Vietnam (AP) — Vietnam condemned China on Thursday while saying that Chinese law enforcement personnel assaulted 10 Vietnamese fishermen, damaged their fishing gear and seized about 4 tons of fish catch near the disputed Paracel Islands in the South China Sea.