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The Stock Exchange of Thailand dropped significantly on Thursday 15 October, Dagens Industri, the largest business newspaper in Sweden, reported on Thursday, linking the drop to the uncertainties related to …
Worried about HM The King’s Health Read MoreThe program for the State Visit by Her Majesty the Queen Margrethe II and His Royal Highness Prince Henrik to Vietnam is now close to finalized. Her Majesty the Queen …
Royal Visit with a Busy Schedule Read MoreKLM Royal Dutch Airlines will resume flying between Amsterdam Airport Schiphol and Denpasar Ngura Rai Airport Bali effective 6 December. The Amsterdam-Bali service was last operated on 15 October 1997.The …
KLM Resumes Service to Bali Read MorePandora – the famous Danish jewellery manufacturer located in Bangkok – sponsored a highly succesful networking evening for members of the Danish-Thai Chamgber of Commerce on 7 October 2009. Plenty …
Full House for Pandora Networking Read MoreIn cooperation with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Denmark, the Confederation of Danish Industries, the Danish Agriculture and Food Council and the Danish Export Association, the Danish Chamber of …
Business Delegation Joins State Visit to Vietnam Read MoreHis Majesty King Bhumibol Adulyadej of Thailand is in Siriraj Hosptal in Bangkok, according to Manager online. The website shows PM Abhisit Vejjajiva visiting the hospital and signing a visitor’s …
His Majesty King Bhumibol in Siriraj Hospital Read MoreMrs Chloé Marchand has been appointed Air France KLM’s new Commercial Director for Singapore, Indonesia, Australia and New Zealand. She succeeds Mr Olivier Benoit who will be relocating to Paris …
Air France KLM Appoints New Commercial Director Read MoreBy Kathrine Gravrok Butt Many women who come to Singapore with their spouses wish to find a job and continue their working career. However, finding suitable work is not always …
Finding a Career in Singapore Read MoreMr. Otto Kreuger, the Swedish businessman who was convicted to one year imprisonment in a trial involving the transportation of a submarine from Sweden to Thailand, has issued a pressrelease …
Convicted Swedish Businessman Explains His Case Read MoreSwedish businessman Otto Kreuger was on 14 August sentenced to a one year prison term by a court in Nonthaburi and ordered to pay the plaintif 10 million baht. The …
Swedish Businessman Sentenced to Prison Read MoreMalaysia Airlines will suspend its thrice-weekly services from Kuala Lumpur to Stockholm and onwards to New York by October 2009.The last flight from Kuala Lumpur to Stockholm will be on …
Malaysia Airlines Suspends Stockholm Route Read MoreAks Ammundsen passed away very peacefully on June 21th 2009. Aks came to Thailand in 1979 when she married her former teenage boy friend Dr.Einar Ammundsen. Both he and Aks …
Aks Ammundsen Has Passed Away Read MoreLennart Avnby, Managing Director of Herkules Crane Co., Ltd., passed away on Tuesday 09 June 2009 after suffering from a heart attack. The 56 year old well known Danish crane …
Lennart Avnby Passed Away Read MoreChurch of Sweden on Thursday 14 May hosted an evening for the Nordic community in Thailand to explain its decision to terminate renting its current villa on Sukhumvit Soi 33 …
Church of Sweden to Terminate Permanent Place in Bangkok Read MoreA new website for Nordcham in Hanoi was presented at the Annual General Meeting of Nordcham held on Thursday 7 May 2009 at Press Club in Hanoi. The Hanoi Branch …
Nordcham Hanoi Launches New Website Read MoreTwenty one members assembled at the Annual General Meeting on Thursday 7 May 2009 decided to change the bylaws of the Society so that they now stipulate that the Board …
Scandinavian Society to Employ Executive Director Read MoreOlof Ohlsson, the Swedish priest at the Scandinavian Church in Bangkok from 1995 – 2000, his wife Marie and two children Filippa and Kajsa, have been assigned to establish a Church of Sweden in Florida. Olof and Marie moved from Bangkok first to Halmstad …
Former Scandinavian Priest Moving to Florida Read MoreBo Bjerregaard Rasmussen has been appointed Commercial Counselor at the Royal Danish Embassy in Bangkok, succeeding Linda Jakobsen who returned to Denmark in February to take up the challenges as …
Bo Bjerregaard Rasmussen New Commercial Counselor in Bangkok Read MoreThe political crisis in Thailand is not ScandAsia news. It is not about us as Scandinavians. If, however you are looking for goods news link to follow the developments. I …
ScandAsia and the Political Crisis in Thailand Read MoreAround forty Swedes joined the special service in Christ Church to welcome Lovisa Möller, their new priest at the Church of Sweden in Bangkok on Sunday 5 April, 2009. Among …
Lovisa Möller Installation Read MoreLess than half a year ago the Swedish Association in Hua Hin was founded at a meeting in November at “Sweden Retaurang” with 52 participants. Today, the Association has over …
Fast Growing Swedish Association in Hua Hin Read MoreGert Nisted Møller Christensen, Executive Director of the Danish-Thai Chamber of Commerce until this Friday, died suddenly on Saturday 31 January 2009. Gert had been doing workout at the Landmark Hotel …
Gert Nisted Møller Christensen Passed Away Read MoreFormer Prime Minister of Thailand, Taksin Shinawatra, who was ousted by a military coup in 2006, is in Thailand widely believed to have created a plan to turn Thailand into …
Taksin’s Finland Conspiracy Read MoreLinda Jakobsen, Commercial Counsellor at the Royal Danish Embassy in Bangkok, has been appointed Head of Globalisation for The Danish Chamber of Commerce, known in Danish as Dansk Erhverv. The …
Linda Jakobsen Head of Globalization in Dansk Erhverv Read MoreThe Battle of Thailand is raging. It is a battle in which hundreds of thousands of tourists from all over the world have become hostages. But he battle is not …
The Battle of Thailand Read MoreDemonstrators at the Suvarnabhumi airport woke up jubilant to another day of occupation. The fact that they were not evicted by police with assistance from special forces from the Navy …
PAD Enterpret Delay in Eviction as Evidence of Support from Above Read MoreBy Gregers Moller, Rikke Bjerge Johansen and Annelene H. Larsen TRH Crown Prince Frederik and Crown Princess Mary of Denmark on Monday night paid an extensive visit to the Danish …
Life Style Exhibition and Gala Dinner Marked 150 Years of Thai Danish Diplomatic Relations Read MoreHRH Crown Prince Frederik and HRH Crown Princess Mary will this afternoon be granted an audience with The King Bhumibol of Thailand in his Hua Hin residence. The royal …
Royal Couple Granted Audience With The King Read MoreThe largest ever business promotion of Denmark in Thailand kicked off yesterday with a briefing of the current economic situation in Thailand by National Economic and Social Development Board, predicting …
Danish Delegation Briefed on Expanding Thai Economy Read MoreSWEA Bangkok held the first ever SWEA KAN in Thailand on Sunday afternoon 16 November. SWEA KAN is a bazaar kind of event where members and others get an opportunity …
First SWEA KAN in Thailand Read MoreScandAsia is curently being targetted by one or more spammers, posting mostly garbage comments after many of our articles. We are not sure if the websites which some of the …
ScandAsia Under Spam Attack Read MoreHenrik Lunk, a Danish criminal who spent close to four year in a Bangkok prison trying to avoid being deported back to Denmark, but eventually lost the battle, was on …
Sentenced to ten years in Denmark – after four years in Thailand Read MoreThe smell of fresh coffee. The friendly chime of windows opening up. Dingeling-ding-ding! Secretaries are snuggling up in their chairs with the inevitable pillow on their stomach. It’s another lovely …
Thai Computer Law Wake Up Call Read MoreEvery year, thousands of Thais comply with the often humiliating scrutiny of their financial situation when applying for a Schengen visa to Europe, believing that the hassle is necessary in …
Schengen Countries Have No Overstay Control Read MoreThe long processing time for Thai tourists to be granted a visa to Denmark is not because the Danish Immigration Authorities in Copenhagen now scrutinize all the applications, as opposed …
Slow Visa Processing Not Our Fault Read MoreWaraporn was visiting Denmark for the third time when in 2005 she met Martin van der Muts in Copenhagen. Soon their relationship became more serious and before Waraporn returned to …
Denied Wedding in Denmark Read MoreWhen a 42 year old Dane fresh out of a prison got away with cashing in a check of 5,6 million kroner and quickly moved the cash – and himself …
Got Away With 5,6 Million Kroner Read MoreA Norwegian man with Vietnamese origin, has been arrested by the Tourist Police in Thailand in front of Sintanee Village, in Chiangrai in the North of Thailand. He was sentenced …
Norwegian Robbery Suspect Caught in Thailand Read MoreThai-Danish Club has a special ability. These guys can make people wake up at 5 in the morning to gather at 6.30 outside the main auditorium of Kasetsart University – …
Thai-Danish Club Did It Again! Read More“By mid-Autumn we hope that one new priest and one new assistant will be present in Greater Phuket Area to serve the many Swedish and Scandinavian tourists there,” vicar Lennart …
Church of Sweden Expanding Presence in Thailand Read MoreDamco, the global freight forwarding company in the Danish A.P. Moller – Maersk Group – has established a new Intra-Asia hub in Singapore. The new hub for less-than-container-load shipments has …
Damco Launches Intra-Asia Hub in Singapore Read MoreA huge crowd of members and other good people packed Thursday 15 May the House No. 1 on Sukhumvit 14, which will be the new networking venue of the Danish …
Huge Crowd Inaugurated DTCC Networking Venue Read MoreCrown Prince Frederik and Crown Princess Mary of Denmark will lead a Danish business delegation to Thailand in the period 24.-26. November 2008, the Royal Danish Embassy In Bangkok informs. …
Danish Crown Prince Couple to Visit Thailand Read MoreFinland’s Ambassador to Thailand Lars Backström has been granted a visa to Myanmar. The visa will enter into force on Sunday 11 May.Ambassador Backström will fly from Bangkok to Yangon …
Finland’s Ambassador to Thailand travels to Myanmar Read MorePatong Hospital in Phuket which on Friday informed ScandAsia that the body of a deceased Dane, Kenneth Schou was till in their morgue unclaimed by both the wife and the …
Hospital Apologizes for “Honest Mistake” Read MoreINTERPOL is requesting the public’s assistance to identify this man, assumed to be a Scandinavian, pictured in a series of child sexual abuse images posted on the Internet. The man …
Help find this man in child sex abuse images Read MoreA uniquely well preserved gold embroidered Royal robe – a gift from King Chulalongkorn of Siam to Danish Commander in Chief of the Royal Thai Navy, Vice Admiral Andreas du …
The Ultimate Danish-Thai Friendship Gift Read MoreAmbassador Niels Erik Andersen, currently based in Jakarta as Ambassador of Denmark to Indonesia will per 1 September 2008 move back to the Head Quarters of the Ministry of Foreign …
New Danish Ambassadors to Indonesia, Malaysia and the Philippines Read MoreSwedish Trade Council is offering a free buiness seminar on Thursday 8 May 2008 in Gothenburg for anyone interested in business and investment in Thailand. The seminar is organized together …
Thailand Seminar in Gothenburg Read MoreNeonode, the Swedish mobile communication company that develops touch screen technologies and designs mobile handsets, today announced that Excel Field International LTD, a major privately held Asian distributor, has placed …
Swedish Mobilephone Handset Entering Asia Read More