Nordic News, Business and Life in Asia
Swedish Oatly is a vegan food brand that produces alternatives to dairy products from oats. With headquarters in Malmö, Sweden, the company started producing alternatives to cow’s milk over 30 …
Swedish Oatly is rapidly expanding into the Asian market via Singapore Read More
Danish badminton player Mia Blichfeldt got off to a dream start in the opening round of the YONEX Thailand Open Super tournament. Part of the Badminton world elite is gathered …
Danish badminton player defeats world champion at YONEX Thailand Open Super Event Read More
Malaysia plans to file a lawsuit on 15 January against the European Union (EU) on the trade bloc’s policy to phase out palm oil-based biofuels imports to the World Trade …
Malaysia to file WTO lawsuit against EU Read More
Fresh and frozen fish is a large part of the diet in Malaysia. According to a report released by the Norwegian Seafood Council (NSC), 87 percent of the Malaysian respondents …
Norweigan Seafood Council reports on seafood consumption in Malaysia Read More
The Danish company Group 88 has been hit hard in 2020 by the lack of tourists from Thailand, China, Denmark, and Sweden. Group 88 owns eight of the luxury stores …
Lack of tourists from Thailand, Denmark and Sweden hit Oslo luxury shops hard Read More
The Shanghai Higher People’s Court has rejected the appeal from a group of six people and upheld the verdict of prison for counterfeiting Lego building blocks and selling them under …
Chinese counterfeit Lego makers jailed after appeal fails Read More
According to a 32-nation study in December, China, Vietnam, and Denmark had the highest levels of Covid-19 vaccine acceptance. The survey was done across 32 countries with almost 27,000 respondents …
China, Vietnam and Denmark most positive about Covid-19 vaccine Read More
According to the Thai Cabinet, Thailand has secured deals for a total of 63 million doses of the Covid-19 vaccine from different pharmaceutical manufacturers. The vaccine will be given out …
Thailand secures 63 million doses Covid-19 vaccine with vaccinations scheduled to start next month Read More
Swedish Falun Gong activist Li Zhihui, 53, risks being extradited to China after he has been detained in Poland for almost two years. The Swedish Ministry of Foreign Affairs is …
Swedish Li Zhihui could face death penalty if extradited to China Read More
Norwegian Ole Jørgen and his wife Gjertrud owns and runs three orphanages and one youth home in Mae-Sot, western Thailand. The couple has since March been forced to run the …
Norwegian couple run their four orphanages in Thailand via FaceTime during the pandemic Read More
China plans to expand the country’s free trade network with agreement negotiations with Norway and other countries. According to Commerce Minister Wang Wentao, China wishes to enlarge its “circle of …
China sees more free-trade deals with Norway and other countries Read More
The Danish Ministry of Health is working on introducing a covid-19 vaccine passport, which will be launched in early 2021. The Danish vaccine passport will be a ‘self-print’ solution on …
Denmark to introduce Covid-19 vaccine passport Read More
Members of the Danish Parliament Uffe Elbæk (Independent Greens) and Katarina Ammitzbøll (The Conservative People’s Party) helped in December pro-activist Ted Hui escape Hong Kong police and flee to Denmark. …
Hong Kong is investigating the possibility of prosecuting several Danish top politicians Read More
The Danish company Mountain Top, which produces equipment for pickup trucks, is expanding into a new market in Thailand and has opened a factory in Chonburi Province, Thailand. The family …
Danish company Mountain Top opens factory in Chonburi, Thailand Read More
Henley & Partners has released the latest results of the 2021 Henley Passport Index which shows how powerful the Asian and Nordic passports are in terms of travel freedom. The …
Asia’s & Scandinavia’s best and worst visa-free passports revealed Read More
In a recent interview with Swedish Newspaper Expressen, China’s ambassador to Sweden Gui Congyou makes it very clear that there is no room for negotiation or discussion regarding the case …
No room for negotiation from the Chinese side about imprisoned Swedish-Chinese Gui Minhai Read More
The arrival of the Pfizer-BioNTech coronavirus vaccine in Sweden and the ongoing vaccinations of Swedish people have boosted travel bookings for summer 2021 and winter 2022 trips to especially the …
Vaccine in Sweden sparks a boost in travel booking to Thailand for winter 2022 Read More
The Danish Embassy in Bangkok announced that 2021 marks the 400-year anniversary of relations between Denmark and Thailand. The two nations historical relationship leads back to 1621 when the fist Danish …
Tribute from Danish Embassy on 400 years relationship between Denmark and Thailand Read More
Foreo, Swedish skincare and beauty tech brand received $ 500,000 in compensation for design infringement after a ruling by the Shanghai Intellectual Property Court in 2019. The never-before-seen compensation has …
Swedish Foreo successfully fights Chinese copycats in court Read More
It is more expensive to apply for Finnish citizenship as well as Residence permit for employed and self-employed this year. The Finnish Immigration Service (Migri) has published the new fees …
Applying for Finnish citizenship comes with a higher price tag in 2021 Read More
Danish Tican Fresh Meat A/S, pork producer and exporter of fresh and frozen pork, are weekly testing its employees for Covid-19 in an attempt to secure a regular export to …
Danish Tican Fresh Meat A/S tests employees weekly to avoid halt in export to China Read More
Norway has been elected by the General Assembly for the 2021-2022 term and the country took up seat as non-permanent members in the United Nations Security Council on 4 January …
Norway and Vietnam take up seats as non-permanent members of UN Security Council Read More
Swedish telecom giant Ericsson has according to a report in China Daily been seeking the government of Sweden in an attempt to revoke the appeals court’s October ban that prohibits …
China Daily: Ericsson wants Swedish government to repeal Huawei 5G ban Read More
Filipino Magazine Lifestyle.INQ celebrates representatives from around the world who plan to help the Philippines. In the seventh article of the series, the magazine highlights, amongst other, Grete Sillasen, Denmark’s …
Ambassadors from Denmark and Laos highlighted by Filipino magazine Read More
Finnish Antti Toivonen, who has been living in Singapore for the past 10 years, has co-written and produced the 2020 Singaporean black comedy art film ‘Tiong Bahru Social Club‘. Antti …
Finnish Antti Toivonen co-write feature film in Singapore Read More
A jump in Thailand’s household debt level has meant that the country is now close to being amongst the top 10 countries worldwide with the highest ratio of household debt …
Thailand’s household debt jumps to resemble that of the Nordic nations Read More
According to BT, World champion Danish badminton player Viktor Axelsen has just opened a company in China together with his father. The new company will develop a supplement in relation …
Danish badminton player Viktor Axelsen opens company in China Read More
Scientists at the University of Copenhagen (UCPH) have figured out a way to turn pig’s blood into a potent, neutral-tasting protein powder for the food industry. Head researcher Rene Lametsch, …
Danish researcher suspects China’s interest in new protein powder made from pigs blood Read More
MK International Investment and Development Co., Ltd. of Norway (MKI Norway) is investing $1.8 million for 3-year educational-entertainment programmes exclusively developed for Cambodia. Educational entertainment or edutainment is media designed …
New Cambodia-MKI Norway partnership for edutainment content development Read More
Finland has been given almost EUR 3 million by the European Union to help finance a project aimed at promoting the export of pork and poultry meat to the Chinese …
EU grants Finland EUR 3 million to promote export of meat to the Chinese market Read More
Norwegian controlled DTAC has selected Finish Nokia as its first 5G RAN partner in a three-year deal covering the North and North Eastern regions of Thailand. Nokia will play a …
Nokia selected as DTAC’s first 5G RAN partner in Thailand Read More
The Swedish government has provided funding for a pilot project for a solar energy micro grid launched by The Ministry of Mines and Energy and the UN Development Programme (UNDP) …
Swedish government funds solar energy project in Cambodia Read More
The Anderson brothers Hugo, 30, and Joel, 32, who live in Väring, Skövde, usually spend a few months a year in Thailand and have visited South East Asia on several …
Swedish brothers built heated Thai Beach Bar as traveling is still restricted Read More
Helsinki Times will from now on be published in Chinese language in addition to English. The new edition launched 1 January 2021 has been in the planning for more than …
Helsinki Times launches new Chinese language edition Read More
A new regional report from China Blocktrain&Bitcon news (8tbc) and statements from the head of operations at Genesis Mining, the largest cloud mining company on the market indicate that Chinese …
Report indicates Chinese Bitcoin miners migrate to Nordic Regions Read More
Due to the H5N8 avian influenza (bird flu) detection in Denmark in recent months, some countries, including Singapore, Japan, Russia, the United and Arab Emirates have temporarily stopped importing eggs …
Singapore temporarily halts import of egg and poultry from Denmark due to Bird flu Read More
20 year old Danish rising star Maximilian released a new version of his 2019 viral hit ‘Beautiful Scars” in cooperation with 27 year old Filipino singer-songwriter Moira Dela Torre. The …
Danish singer Maximillian teams up with Filipino Moira for 2021 update of ‘Beautiful Scars’ Read More
The key suspect in the 2015 kidnapping of Norwegian Kjartan Sekkingstad, Canadian John Ridsdel and Robert Hall and Hall’s Fillipina girlfriend Marines Flor was arrested in Manila, Philippines on Christmas …
Suspected kidnapper of Norwegian national in 2015 arrested in Manila on Christmas Eve Read More
The Danish company Nordic Gin House has aligned with new global partners in China, Singapore, Vietnam and Myanmar in the midst of the pandemic, to secure export opportunities and save …
Export to Asia saved Nordic Gin House during the pandemic Read More
The Swedish company Alfa Laval, global provider of specialized products and solutions for heavy industry, heat transfer, centrifugal separation and fluid handling, has secured an order with a value of …
Swedish Alfa Laval secures SEK 75 million wastewater treatment order in Singapore Read More
Women workers at clothing factories in Asia are particularly hard hit during the corona pandemic. Finnish Finnwatch is now looking for a corporate team both at home and at EU …
Finnwatch wants to ensure human rights for women textile workers in Asia Read More
Finland has achieved a prominent role in a new Chinese romantic drama ‘I remember’ which was shot last year in Lapland and Helsinki. The story of the movie is about …
Chinese movie promotes Finland in new romantic drama Read More
A total of 20,957 small unsolicited packets containing seeds have throughout 2020 been intercepted at the international post office in Kastrup, Denmark. According to the Danish Agency for Agriculture the …
Danish Agency for Agriculture suspects packages with seeds from China are a scam Read More
Just before the November election The Danish Embassy’s TechPlomacy (technological-diplomacy) initiative provided six Myanmar based groups with pilot funding for fact checking. The country faces challenges around disinformation, misinformation, hate …
Danish Embassy in Myanmar funds fact-checking groups as fake news mutates Read More
Per Augustsson, Sweden’s new consul general to Hong Kong is carrying the work of ‘Operation Santa Claus’ forward this year by donating 500 gift boxes to Operation Santa Claus beneficiaries, …
New Swedish Consul General in HK pledges to continue charitable work Read More
The young football talents will not be allowed to play in the championship planned to be held in Indonesia next year, as the International Football Association (Fifa) have postponed the …
FIFA men’s U20 World Cup in Indonesia postponed to 2023 Read More
Norwegians love sausages. So much in fact that each Norwegian consumes an average of about 100 sausages a year, which is amongst the highest in the world. But local sausage …
Norway exports intestine but sausage casing on Norweigan sausages comes from China Read More
According to The Guardian, Pig farming in China has taken another step to streamline operations in order to save costs, shorten breeding times and even improve pig welfare. The new …
Danish expert questions value of new Chinese face recognition tool for pigs Read More
The town of Tianjin in northern China has found the COVID-19 virus on a sample collected from the packaging of imported pig trotter, local authorities have announced. The food had …
China finds Coronavirus on packaging of imported food from Denmark Read More
H&M Group, Swedish intercontinental clothing-retail company, introduces new sustainable packaging solutions. At the company’s distribution centers in China, Russia, The Netherlands and Australia millions of packages have already been sent …
H&M reduces plastic waste with new sustainable packaging solutions Read More