Nordic News, Business and Life in Asia
Jeff Thomsen, the legendary Danish blues musician and businessman, passed away on Wednesday 22 April 2015 by a heart attack only 54 years old. Jeff, whose real name is Jesper, came …
Jeff Thomsen has passed away Read More
Danish Thai Chamber of Commerce held its most exciting Annual General Meeting ever on Wednesday night, 22 April 2015, as usual at the Royal Danish Embassy in Bangkok. The excitement culminated when …
Contested elections in Dancham Read More
All four editions of the ScandAsia magazine was distributed to all subscribers of the e-magazines today. The four editions cover the China Edition, the Thailand Edition, the Singapore Edition and the South …
ScandAsia April magazine distributed Read MoreScand-Media has set up a new website. It is based on WordPress and a theme from www.slocumthemes.com. For years, the site reflected our ability to create e-books and the e-book is still displayed on the page, but as more and more visitors open the website in their mobile phone, it had become obsolete.
Scand-Media creates new website Read MoreThe Confucius Institute of the Copenhagen Business School is arranging the Niels Bohr Donation Ceremony on April 17, 2015 from 13:30-15:30 in Copenhagen, where six sets of Niels Bohr’s Collected …
Six works of Niels Bohr in Chinese to be donated Read MoreFinnair has opened sales for flights with the all-new Airbus A350 XWB starting from 25 October 2015 to Shanghai. Later, Beijing, Bangkok, Hong Kong and Singapore routes will follow. Finnair …
Finnair to Shanghai: First new Airbus A350 XWB Read MoreMany Cambodian children do not get registered by birth. Sweden has between 2007 and 2009 helped Unicef fund a program, which put 6 million birth certificates into the database of …
Sweden helps Cambodian children being registered Read MoreThe Swedish government has appointed Anne Höglund, previously the first Swedish Ambassador in Phnom Penh, to be the next Ambassador to the Republic of Korea based in Seoul. Anne Höglund …
Anne Höglund to be Ambassador in Korea Read More
While I was waiting for the new smartphone case from the Swedish company Krusell to arrive at my mailbox, I wondered what I could possibly write about it that hasn’t already …
New smartphone case from Krusell Read More
Japanese culinary debut in Singapore Syun is a new Japanese restaurant at Festive Walk, Resorts World Sentosa, well worth a visit. The new restaurant which is close to Resorts World …
Japanese seafood by celebrity chef Read More
The Sears restaurant in 50RP gives you a quality cut treated with respect! Elevated high above Singapore’s Central Business District on the 45th storey overlooking Marina Bay from the Singapore …
The ultimate steaks in Singapore Read More
Denmark supports the organisation Solidarités International (SI) which has an important impact on people’s life in Myanmar Dry Zone through the management of water resources and the development of home …
Denmark helps Myanmar people with water access Read More
Anja Pedersen, Head of the Visa Department at the Royal Danish embassy in Beijing, explained on 4 March 2015 the Danish visa requirements in a meeting with 14 Chinese tourist agencies. …
Danish Embassy explains visa requirements for Chinese Read More
Ambassador Friis Arne Petersen visited Hong Kong 2-3 March. A statement from the Danish Ministry for Foreign Affairs says the ambassador met the highest levels of the HK SAR government …
Danish Ambassador visits Hong Kong Read More
The Danish Consulate in Pattaya will be closed down on 10th March 2015. According to the Embassy, the closing is part of an overall adaption of the structure and tasks …
Danish Consulate in Pattaya closing Read More
A group of MASBA members, took the time off and made a very informative morning visit to Invest KL in Menara SSM @ Sentral Kuala Lumpur. InvestKL helps to set up …
MASBA visit to InvestKL Read MoreThe groundbreaking ceremony of a new naturist boutique resort, “BareFeet Naturist Resort”, was performed today at the site 30 minutes north of Bangkok city center. The resort will be the first in Bangkok offering a secure environment for tourists and locals enjoying a clothes free lifestyle. Barefeet Naturist Resort will be operated as a member resort of Naturist Association Thailand Co., Ltd.
First naturist resort in Bangkok Read MoreDisraporn Yatprom, MD of Scandinavian Publishing Co., Ltd. (right) and Aticha Kommales, CFO of the company, on 23 January 2015 signed the long term rental contract for the newly finished building that will open on 1 February 2015 as BareFeet Naturist Resort – the first of this kind in Bangkok. Scandinavian Publishing Co., Ltd. will remain the owner of the property.
First Bangkok naturist resort completed Read More
From February 28 to March 1, over 1,600 rugby players from around the world will descend on Bangkok to celebrate a weekend of sports and family fun at the Bangkok International …
Over 1600 rugby players coming to Bangkok! Read More
Arla Foods is integrating its markets in China and South East Asia in a new regional market called Business Unit Asia. The regional office will be placed in Kuala Lumpur, …
Arla establishes new business region in Asia Read More
Families with young children are invited to join a morning of wintertime excitement at KIS’s Winter Wonderland Picnic on Saturday January 17th 2015 from 09:30-12:30. The picnic features arts, crafts, …
Join the Magic of a Winter Wonderland Picnic at KIS Read More
Attended by more than 340 guests from the Business Councils from Denmark, Finland, Norway & Sweden, this year’s Nordic Business Christmas Dinner was held at JW Marriott Kuala Lumpur in …
Nordic Business Christmas Dinner in Kuala Lumpur Read More
Contemporary Italian and Mediterranean restaurant, Gattopardo, located in the heart of Tanjong Pagar, has the tagline ‘Ristorante di Mare’, which simply translates to “Seafood Restaurant” in English. The soul of …
Gattopardo – Sicily in Singapore! Read More
Born out of a need for to create awareness about the new Nordic diet & paying back to Singapore, Smør decided to introduce a palatable & acceptable method in the heart of Singapore’s …
Smørrebrød near Raffles Place Read More
Christ Church was once again filled with Scandinavian residents in Thailand in the afternoon of Christmas Eve. The special service during which the gospel is read in your own tongue – with other …
Traditional Christmas Service in Bangkok Read More
Danish Thai Chamber of Commerce has lined up its first activities for the first quarter of 2015. The first event is a Beer Tasting Networking Event at Mikkeller Bangkok – …
Beer tasting and other Dancham event in 2015 Read More
DABS’ Danish Charity Ball was this year attended by a record breaking 350 members and guests – the highest number of participants ever. “We are very happy and proThis year …
DABS Ball gave 17.000 SGD to charity Read More
Thai broadcaster PBS on Sunday 20 December 2014 broke the news in English about a 24-year-old Swedish man Jens Viktor Bengtson who jumped to his death from a rented condominium room on Soi Sukhumvit 13 …
Swedish youth jumps to death Read More
All Danish Embassies and Consulates General and Visa Application Centres (VAC) will be closed from end of working hours on 23 December 2014 and onwards during the Christmas and New …
Danish representations closed during Christmas and New Year Read More
In mid-November MASBA held the yearly Ambassador’s Dinner, which was attended by a record-breaking number of our members and spouses. For the second year in a row, we were enjoying …
MASBA’s yearly Ambassador Dinner Read More
Robert Kronberg, a high-profile Danish resident in Thailand since June 2002, has decided to put his current business in Thailand on hold and move to Denmark at least for the …
Robert Kronberg puts Piro Consulting on hold Read More
Usher in the festive spirit this New Year with tantalizing treats from Serenity Spanish Bar & Restaurant at Vivo City. Revel in with an enticing array of specially created platters …
Christmas & New Year Suckling Pig Promotion Read More
Prime Minister General Prayuth Chan-ocha told some 800 foreign businessmen, on Wednesday 3 December 2014 about what he thinks should be improved in a range of areas. The businessmen were all …
Thai Prime Minister met with foreign business community Read More
Swedish national Stig Johan Kristian Hammarsten was found dead on Friday 5 December on the 43 floor of an abandoned construction site for Satorn Unit Tower in Bangkok. Mr. Hammarsten …
Swede found after suicide in empty building Read More
Thai-Danish Club had invited members for a tasty and fun afternoon at Dexter, the new hip place on Sathorn Soi 8, on Saturday 29 November 2014. As always when it …
Thai-Danish Club Christmas games at Dexter Read More
Dancham – Thai-Danish Chamber of Commerce – held one of its most popular events of the year, the Christmas Lunch, at the Royal Danish Embassy on Friday 30 November 2014. …
Special Dancham Christmas Lunch 2014 Read More
Martin Roll swapped a thriving career in the Copenhagen advertising industry with an entirely new life in 2000, without a safety net on the other side of the world. Read …
Danish superstar in the business guru league Read More
Domestic abuse can happen anywhere at any time. The question becomes: Will a bystander witnessing violence between two intimate partners step in and take action? The Swedish organization STHLM Panda …
Domestic Abuse ‘Social Video Experiment’ Does Not Go As Planned Read More
Volvo Buses Malaysia recently unveiled its new chassis range to the Malaysian market – the new Volvo B7R and Volvo B11R. Launched in the presence of the Ambassador of Sweden …
Volvo Buses launches new chassis range for Malaysia Read More
Swedish fashion giant H&M opened its first highly anticipated flagship store in Sabah on Thursday. Located in 1Borneo Hypermall in Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, this is the second store to be opened …
Fashion giant H&M opens its first flagship store in Sabah Read More
Norway’s sovereign fund, the world’s largest, plans in 2015 to start investing in real estate in Asia, Karsten Kallevig, its real estate chief, this month told Reuters. Norway’s fund …
Norway’s oil fund to invest in Asian real estate Read More
>Hamid Ijazm, Sales Manager at Alpine Sale in Thailand is challenging ambitious Danish talents in telemarketing to attend two “Boot Camps” that Alpine Sale is arranging in Thailand in January …
Wanted: Ambitious Danish telemarketers Read More
Friday, 5 December 2014, the 16th Nordic Business Christmas Dinner hosted by Malaysian Danish Business Council Malaysian-Finnish Business Council Malaysia Norway Business Council Malaysian-Swedish Business Association takes place at Mayang Sari Grand Ballroom …
16th Nordic Business Christmas Dinner in KL Read More
Blogging has become the number #1 method that businesses and organizations are using to publish marketing content. But the process can be very time consuming and you never know if you will appear high enough in the result list when customers search for your products or services on Google, Bing or Yahoo. What you need is Mynewsdesk, represented in Thailand by Scandinavian Publishing Co., Ltd.
Content Marketing: Blogging to Promote Your Business! Read More
A Scandinavian Christmas Bazaar is this year organized by Kids Action for Kids (KAFK) and Scandinavian Ladies with their international friends in Nichada on Saturday, November 29th at Nichada Plaza. Kids …
Kids Action for Kids Nordic Christmas Bazaar Read More
KIS International School is inviting ambitious students to create their own success story by applying for the coveted IB Diploma academic scholarship, also known as the “One Million Baht Scholarship”, …
Scholarships Offered at KIS Iinternational School for IB diploma Read More
Mint, a grade 10 student, at KIS International School in Bangkok, has designed her own set of stickers on the messaging application LINE, and they were just accepted into the …
Grade 10 student at KIS International School Bangkok sells LINE sticker Read MoreService learning at NIST places students in impoverished communities, where they work with locals to identify and solve developmental needs. In October a group of 22 year 12 students and …
Immersive Service Learning Takes NIST Students to Cambodia – NIST International School Read More
University of London and University of Edinburgh are jointly conducting a research project in ‘Cross-cultural leadership’ which will identify and analyze the challenges that foreign business leaders experience in leading …
Leading Thai subordinates – what are the challenges? Read MoreStaffan Nordstrand’s River trilogy has been a strongly growing success, selling more than 50 000 copies in Sweden. Following up on the success and the articles previously published about Staffan …
Nordstrand’s River Trilogy now available on ScandShop Read More