Sweden has announced a shift of focus of their aid in Cambodia. According to a press statement by the Swedish Foreign Ministry and the Swedish Embassy in Phnom Penh on 12 June 2020, the plan is to ‘out phase’ the funding of bilateral Development to instead focus on promoting human rights, democracy and rule of…
The Danish ‘soulpop’ artist Maximillian has gone viral in the Philippines with over 15 million streams of the song ‘Beautiful Scars’ on Spotify. The strong Filipino support has made the Philippines one of his top 5 audiences on the digital musical platform. “That’s unbelievable. My mind is just blown. It’s great to see that I…
The former ambassador of Sweden in China, Anna Lindstedt, is facing a trial on accusations of overstepping her mandate when she allegedly arranged meetings that would seal the fate of Gui Minhai. The prosecutor argues that former ambassador Lindstedt put relations with China at risk. The daughter of Gui Minhai, Angela Gui, have publicly been…
The Vietnam Administration of Seas and Islands (VASI) and the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) announced on 8 June 2020 that the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation (Norad) would fund two environment-projects. The projects will tackle waste and plastic pollution – both at land and sea. “Plastic is…
The Danish meat giant Danish Crown has discontinued a ‘manufacturing and distribution’ agreement in China, according to the site Just Food. The partner was Win-Chain. The decision to end the partnership is based on drastic decrease in production volume of pork. The $338.8 million deal between Danish Crown and Win-Chain was supposed to run for…
The Norwegian government has confirmed its dedication and involvement in supporting the Cambodian mine clearance efforts. The Norwegian support will come through Norwegian People’s Aid (NPA) and will provide $5 million over the next four years. The announcement was made by Zlatko Vezillic, the Program Manager for NPA’s division for Mine Action and Disarmament in…
The murder of the black American George Floyd, who died by the hands of four local police officers in Minneapolis, Minnesota in America, has led to global protests – including in the Nordic countries as well as in Asia. In Asia there has been protest in Japan and the Philippines – and a virtual protest…
The Foreign Ministry of Denmark are hosting a live event on 11 June 2020, where you can ask questions and get advice from Danish ambassadors in Sweden, Singapore, the UK and the General Consul in New York. The focus of the event is ‘How to get Danish export back on track?’. The event will touch…
The controversial Danish football player Nicklas Bendtner has accepted an offer from a Chinese football club. “I have said ‘yes’ to an offer in China,” says Nicklas Bendtner in an episode of ‘Bendtner og Philine’, a docu-series about the footballer and his girlfriend. The name of the club goes unmentioned but Bendtner emphasizes that his…
The Norwegian Film Institute has awarded six international film productions with a monetary award, amongst which two of the projects are Southeast Asian; one from Vietnam and one from Myanmar. The awarded productions were chosen from 45 applications to the Sørfond Fund, according to Screen Daily, a site for news in the film-industry. The Norwegian…
