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The Swedish software and systems development company Telelogic will open a representative office in Bangkok. Telelogic’s Thailand office will serve the Indochina region as well as Thailand. The Bangkok office …
Telelogic opens Bangkok office Read MoreHow many Thais travel to Scandinavia for work and where? It depends on who you ask. There are big differencies between numbers given by Thai authorities and those from the …
Mysterious Thai employment statistics puzzle Scandinavians Read MoreAsk a Singaporean to name a typical Swedish dish and you are likely to hear “meatballs with boiled potatoes, lingonberry jam and cream sauce”. That thanks to Ikea on Alexandra …
Singaporeans stomach millions of Swedish meatballs Read MoreExpect a record number of around 1300 Thais traveling to Sweden this summer to earn money as wild berry pickers. That is well over last year’s around 500 seasonal workers …
Berry picking all time high this summer Read MoreSwedish retailer Ikea can open its second Singapore store by 2007 thanks to a move by Singapore’s Economic Development Board, EDB. Ikea’s plans were revealed after a pilot program called …
New regulations pave the way for second Ikea store Read MoreAlmost twenty Swedish companies and organisations have so far committed themselves to exhibit at Communicasia2004 in Singapore 15 to 18 June. Sweden will also have a national pavilion at this, …
Large attendance at Communicasia Read MoreIndonesian author Pramoedya Ananta Toer has received the Norwegian Authors’ Union award. The prize is given for Pramoedya’s contribution to world literature and struggle for the right to freedom of …
Pramoedya awarded by Norway Read MoreIndosat, one of the biggest Indonesian telecommunications operators has selected Ericsson to integrate Indosat’s two GSM networks. The turnkey contract includes an expansion of network capacity and improved quality within …
Indosat signs multimillion USD contract Read MoreThai style houses built with Swedish quality standards is one of the offerings in Stefan Widing’s new venture Logans Thailand. “Another is hotels. The first we have built, Logans …
Thai housing projects built the Swedish way Read MoreSeveral Swedish and Sweden related exhibitors displayed their goods and know how at the recent Architect 04 trade fair in Bangkok. Thailand’s construction market has recuperated a lot since the …
Swedish manufacturers enter Thai housing market Read More