Nordic News, Business and Life in Asia
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
Mads Søndergaard Løvig passed away in his apartment in Pattaya on 24 October 2014 only 54 years old following a sudden, fatal rupture of Aorta, the main blood vessel from …
Mads Søndergaard Løvig passed away Read More
European Union has decided on a “trial basis” to relax some Schengen Visa procedures for Chinese travelers. The good news is shared by the Danish Embassy in Beijing where Ambassador …
Easier Schengen visa procedure for some Chinese travellers Read More
The Gala Dinner marking the 25 Year Anniversary of Thai-Swedish Chamber of Commerce took place on Saturday night 25 October 2014 at Landmark Hotel, Bangkok with 200 guests participating in …
25 Years Anniversary Gala Dinner of the Thai-Swedish Chamber of Commerce Read More
By Saniya More (G12) and Pranav Kalra (G11) Are you someone who loves debating, discussing worldly issues and current affairs? Do you like giving your opinion on different issues, and …
KISMUN 2nd Annual Conference at KIS Read MoreBangkok is set for a weekend of Swedishness with the centerpiece being a big promotional event at Eden1, in CentralWorld from today, Friday 24 to Sunday 26 October 2014. Among the leading …
Swedish Days in Bangkok Read MoreDanish Water Technology House (DWTH) and the Danish Industry Foundation (DIF) visited Singapore’s national water agency, PUB on 21 October 2014) to discover opportunities and discuss future collaboration. The visit follows-the signing of …
Bridging the Danish-Singaporean Water Sectors Read MoreThe first Acne Studios store opened in Hong Kong on Saturday 17 October 2014, writes Inside Retail Asia. The move is so new, that when Inside Retail Asia on Monday 20 …
Swedish fashion brand lands in Hong Kong Read More
Well over a hundred Scandinavians of all ages swooped Sunday evening 19 October 2014 in on the popular Danish restaurtant Stable Lodge in Sukhumvit Soi 8 in Bangkok to help …
Stable Lodge’s 22 Year Birthday Party Read More
The College of Management, Mahidol University held the 2014 CMMU Showcase at its campus in Bangkok on Sunday, September 21, 2014. More than 200 alumni, faculty members, students and invited …
CMMU Showcase 2014: Sharing knowledge for greater public good Read MorePATTAYA: — Immigration police have arrested a 69-year-old Swedish man, Christian Ingvar Palmgren who is wanted on arrest warrants of the Swedish government and Interpol. He was accused of collaborating …
Swedish arrested in Pattaya for alleged fraud Read More
Danish old-timer, Jorgen Lundbaek looks back at almost 50 years of good time in Bangkok. Photos Disraporn Yatprom Jorgen Lundbaek celebrated his 70 year birthday on Sunday 12 October 2014 …
Jorgen Lundbaek’s big 70 year birthday party Read More
Thai-Australian Chamber of Commerce has dropped printing the member magazine Advance. From now on, all communication with the members will be online and via emails.
Scandinavian Publishing Co., Ltd. – who has for the past ten years been selling advertisements and producing the layout and printing of the magazine – believes the move as doing irreparable damage to the member relationship.
Thai-Australian Chamber drops print for online communication Read More
[wzslider lightbox=”true”]A large group of MASBA members, recently took the time off and made a very informative afternoon visit to Volvo Car Manufacturing Malaysia Sdn Bhd with factory in Shah …
Volvo: A passion for customers and cars Read More
Danish immigration authorities throws out Filipina mother and three of her children from Denmark – but allows her 16 month old son to stay in Denmark. The Danish daily “Ekstra …
Danish-Filipino family seeks refuge in Sweden from Danish extradition Read More
Nyhavn, the colourful houses in Copenhagen which attract thousands of tourists every summer, was surprisingly on exhibit at the TFIC Furniture Outlet Fair in Bangkok, Thailand held by the end of …
Nyhavn as a cupboard Read MoreScand-Media staff and construction workers building the first naturist resort in Bangkok on a piece of land owned by Scand-Media in the Ramintra area of Bangkok celebrated together a traditional Nordic topping out ceremony on Friday 12 September 2014. The Barefeet Naturist Resort Bangkok will offer a secure environment for a clothes free lifestyle for both Thai and foreign guests.
Topping out ceremony on first naturist resort in Bangkok Read MoreScandShop in Thailand is a website dedicated to selling products from back home to Danes, Swedes, Norwegian and Finns living in Thailand – or products that are almost as good when the real thing is not available. The online shop is here: www.scandshop.in.th
ScandShop in Thailand now ready to launch Read More
Your next weekend out of town should go to VIP Chain Resort and Sea Sand Sun Resort in Rayong. With prices starting from only 1.000 baht per night and it …
Wake up to Rayong Read More
Sweden is among the top ten countries where most vacationers have been naked or topless on the beach. The majority of the Swedes also say they welcome nudity among other …
Swedes welcome beach nudity and toplessness Read More