Nordic News, Business and Life in Asia
The Immigration Bureau has published a new regulation that allows tourists, including those who enter Thailand under visa exemption category, to extend their stay in the kingdom by another 30 …
Nordic tourists to get up to 60-day visa-free stay in Thailand Read More
At lunchtime in Hanoi Thursday the 28th August the sidewalk in front of the Swedish Embassy will turn into a street café. Swedish TV-chef Tareq Taylor will be cooking the …
Swedish TV-chef serves local food in Vietnam Read More
Sweden-based automaker Volvo Cars Corp, owned by Zhejiang Geely Holding Group, saw its sales in the Chinese market grow to 7,583 units in June, hitting a new record in single-month …
Volvo Cars sales in China up in H1 Read More
Thai police have caught two ATM skimmer suspects – a Swedish man and a Filipino – in Chiang Mai’s Muang district along with 500 fake electronic cards. Thai newspaper The …
Swede arrested for ATM skimming in Chiang Mai Read More
The International Organisation of Good Templars (IOGT), headquartered in Stockholm, has chosen Thailand as the venue of its first congress in Asia, to be held in the beach resort of …
IOGT picks Thailand as venue of first ‘clean living’ conference in Asia Read More
A 45 year old Swedish man begs to survive and sleeps on the sidewalk of Soi Nana (Sukhumvit Soi 4), just 3 months ago he is said to have …
Swede lives on the streets of Bangkok after allegedly being swindled out of his life savings Read More
Sweden’s Inter Ikea Systems BV, the world’s largest retailer for home furnishings, said China became one of its top 10 markets by revenue for the first time in the current …
China becomes one of Ikea’s Top 10 markets Read More
Another international taxation information-exchange agreement is now in place, this time with Hong Kong China. This is the 44th of its kind in the Nordic Region. Since 2007, a unique …
Nordics, Hong Kong China enter tax information pact Read More
In order to raise money for Barnhem Muang Mai, a group of young Swedes decided to walk from Bangkok to Phuket. Calle Wollgard was the leader of a group of …
Epic bike journey from Sweden for Phuket’s post-tsunami orphanage Read More
Ali Khan and his family, originally from Thailand, have established several Lai Thai-restaurants across Sweden. The robot restaurant, Asia Taste, will open in September 2014. It will serve Asian food …
Thai/Asian restaurant in Sweden served by robotic waiters Read More