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SBAS Ball 2015 – Party of the Year in Singapore Welcome to celebrate Singapore’s Heritage and SG50 with SBAS, on 28 November 7 pm to 1 am at the Churchill …
SBAS Ball 2015 – Party of the Year in Singapore Read More
Every Tuesday evening a conference room at Mermaid Hotel in Bangkok is turned into a classroom where excited Thais challenge themselves to pronounce the Danish letters ”Æ, Ø, Å”. Rød..Rød …
Editor in Chief brings back Danish language lessons to Bangkok Read More
“Don’t miss out on the biggest event of the year,” the Finnish Chamber of Commerce in Hong Kong calls out! This year commemorates Jean Sibelius, Finland’s most famous composer, in …
All welcome to join Celebrate Finland 5 Dec gala in Hong Kong Read More
Pork, potatoes and parsley. The dish “stegt flæsk med persillesovs” (=fried pork with parsley sauce) is as Danish as can be. Last year on 20 November 2014 Denmark elected the …
Official day of the National Dish of Denmark will be celebrated in Thailand Read More
This weekend saw the Norwegian Seamen’s Church in Singapore hosting their annual Christmas Bazaar. more than 800 people visited the bazar that had around 60 volenteers, served cinnamon buns at …
Christmas Bazaar at The Norwegian Seamen’s Church Read More
Over 100 Vietnamese and Swedish education managers and experts shared experience on public policy-management in university education in Hanoi on 11 November 2015. Not only was the Vietnamese-Swedish workshop focused …
Vietnamese and Swedish workshop on public policy-management in Hanoi Read More
Slush. It might be a little word, but Finnish Slush is huge. Not only in Scandinavia, but worldwide – and it’s still growing. Today Slush is one of the leading …
Finnish Slush makes ideas grow in Asia Read More
In 2014 Kim Bohman made a radical change in his life. “I want to move to Thailand and make a career as an actor and a model”, the 27-year old Thai-Swedish …
Kim Bohman builds an acting career in Asia Read More
The video which was produced by Steen Trolle and Jesper Nymann, DigitalCreative, is now available. The production is rare as the two volunteers shot and produced the whole video as a …
Video from Danes World Wide meeting Read MoreUsually a trip to Thailand equals family visits according to Michael Johansen. On November 2015 his trip to Ubon in Northern Thailand was something quite else than meeting with relatives. …
Michael traveled from Denmark for a photographer workshop in Bangkok Read More
“My task is to facilitate the Danish community in Shanghai and to make its members’ experience here more meaningful and inspiring.” Anneli Vilu is the Executive Director of the Danish …
Anneli Vilu, Executive Director DCCC: an Estonian woman in Danish environment, China Read More
On 27 October, an information evening, with a surprise performance of song Group Vocal Six, was arranged for newly arrived Swedes in Hongkong. Some of the longer residing Swedes also …
Hong Kong Info evening for newly arrived Swedes Read More
When Claus Gundersen of Scandinavian Society Siam started planning for a walk through the old EAC legacy in Bangkok with Poul Weber as special guide, he had no idea that over …
Guided tour with Poul Weber in old Bangkok Read More
Yet another interesting breakfast dialogue at the Danish residence was held on 4 November 2015. The Malaysian Danish Business Council (MDBC) in collaboration with the Embassy of Denmark in Kuala …
Danish breakfast dialogue series in Malaysia continues: AEC Read More
Yechiela Pojanamesbaanstit is tired of people thinking she is a prostitute just because she is Thai. In October 2015 she wrote her first article to the Danish newspaper Information. It …
“Just because I’m Thai doesn’t mean I’m a prostitute” Read More
24 Danish seniors living in Thailand have been caught red-handed for cheating with their pension valued for over two million Danish kroner. A single Danish senior in Thailand receives 13.000 Danish kroner …
Danish seniors caught in social fraud in Thailand Read More
The Danish Chamber of Commerce in Shanghai hosted the 9th Business Person of the Year and Entrepreneur of the Year award ceremony on 24 October 2015. While 3 Danes were …
Danes awarded with prestigeous titles at the DCCS Gala Ball 2015 in Shanghai Read More
Can you say ”how are you?” in Chinese? Maria Johnsen from Trondheim, Norway can. Actually, she manages to answer and turn the casual “how-are-you”-question into a deeper conversation in …
Norwegian woman learned Chinese in 3 months – now she speaks 18 languages Read More“It’s like working in heaven,” is what the nurses at MediCall tell when you ask about their job. From an office in the Thai costal city Hua Hin they answer the emergency line and …
MediCall: Swedish night time working is a dream job in Thailand Read MoreALTERNATIVE OVERSKRIFT: PREPARED FOR THE AFTERLIFE? THINKING ABOUT GETTING OLD IN ASIA? AsiaOne: One hour of planning for forever peace/AsiaOne prepares you for forever peace OR ALTERNATIVE OVERSKRIFT: PREPARED FOR …
AsiaOne: One hour of planning for forever peace/AsiaOne prepares you for forever peace Read More
So far, around 25 Scandinavians have signed up for the walk and boat ride on Sunday 1 November 2015 visiting the old EAC head quarters, the new Asiatique and the …
Historical EAC walk in downtown Bangkok Read More
If you thought a beautiful face was enough to participate in a beauty contest, you were wrong. “Miss Grand International is not for soft girls.. This is tough,” says Sonia …
Miss Grand Norway prepares for the Miss Grand International Finalshow 2015 in Bangkok Read More
Jamtland in the center of Sweden are famous for their mooses and Sami people. What is little known is Jamtland also are the home to the beautiful Royal Thai Pavilion in …
Unique Thai pavilion in Swedish village promotes Thai-Swedish relationship Read More
Norwegian businessman Morten Bosterud will return a 9th century head of Shiva God and a 12th century head of Male Divinity to Cambodia. The Cambodian Ministry of Foreign Affairs will also …
Norwegian hands over two artefacts to Cambodia Read More
A video of a Norwegian couple stuck in deep mud who was rescued by a Thai fisherman went viral in Thailand last week. Partly because the fisherman laid himself down …
Norwegian couple saved by Thai fisherman Read MoreAll for editions of ScandAsia – the Thailand edition, the Singapore edition, the China edition and the edition for Malaysia, Vietnam, Indonesia, Philippines, Cambodia and Laos – were last week …
All four ScandAsia editions for October distributed as eMagazines Read More
[wzslider] The fourth networking evening with the Embassy of Sweden, Kuala Lumpur & MASBA (Malaysia-Swedish Business Association) was held on Tuesday 22 September 2015. The night started with mingling over …
Embassy of Sweden, Kuala Lumpur and MASBA host networking with Scania and SEB Read More
On Wednesday evening 7 October the Danish Ambassador to Singapore hosted a networking event for the Danish students in Singapore. These study at: Singapore Management University, National University of …
Ambassador hosts Danish students in Singapore Read MoreRemember Beach Boys singing “would’nt it be nice if we were older“? Indeed it would. The new Healthy Aging Clinique to Bumrungrad International Hospital aims to make the gift of long …
New Healthy Aging Clinic makes aging in Asia easy Read More
The lovely garden terrace of the Royal Danish Embassy in Bangkok, decorated with a Dannebrog, was filled with over 100 Danes and Danish-related people when Anne-Marie Dalgaard, General Secretary of Danes Worldwide, on Wednesday 7 …
Danes Worldwide event in Bangkok Read More
Nordic football teams from Denmark, Finland and Sweden participated in a football tournament arranged by China’s foreign ministry, earlier in September, 2015, reports the Embassy of Denmark in China. “More …
Nordic participants in Chinese Foreign Ministry football cup Read MoreOn September 30th SBAS and DABS organized the 10th Nordic Golf Tournament in Singapore at the beautiful Jurong Country Club. This was the last time the Nordic Golf tournament was …
Nordic Golf Tournament 2015 Read More
As the next Young Professionals (Swedish Chamber of Commerce in Hong Kong) company visit Nasdaq OMX will be visited in the evening on Thursday, 15 October 2015. Nasdaq OMX Group …
SwedCham Hong Kong visit to Nasdaq OMX Hong Kong Read More
A retiring Dane, Flemming Undercover Johannesen, will as his first job after his retirement will be to collect clothes and toys to Fader Khuong, Bien Hoa to support the poor people in …
HCMC Dane will donate your used toys and clothes Read More
About 100 Danish and Danish related persons in Thailand will get together at the Royal Danish Embassy in Bangkok on Wednesday 7 October about several issues related to being Danish in …
Big Danish meeting at the Embassy in Bangkok Read More
Denmark is experiencing a historical low birth rate. Together with potential grandmothers, Danish travel agency Spies now takes up the battle with a new sexy campaign and a new traveldeal …
“Do it for Mom”-campaign asks Danes to make more babies Read More
The adventure of Norwegian Thor Heyerdahl entertained more than 150 guests Monday 28 September 2015. The Norwegian Embassy in collaboration with the Foreign Correspondent’s Club of Thailand (FCCT) welcomed to …
Norwegian screening attracted 150 guests in Bangkok Read More
Sweden’s H&M will open 70 stores in China in the fiscal year ending November 2015, and the largest Asian store yet will open in Causeway Bay, Hong Kong, on 30 October. …
Largest Asian H&M store will open in Hong Kong Read More
“Danish tourists really miss a lot when dining out in Thailand” freelance writer Sofie Lisby says. After a decade in Thailand she and her co-writer Christina Lund Sørensen noticed a sad …
Message to Denmark: taste Thailand! Read More
This weekend the Norwegian Seamen’s Church in Singapore celebrated it’s 60 years in the country. The first Norwegian sailor priest came to Singapore in 1955 where a church committee …
Norwegian Seamen’s Church celebrated 60 years in Singapore Read More
The Swedish-developed exhibition “Facing the Climate” opens in Vietnam 28 September 2015. Here five Swedish and five Vietnamese cartoonists will show their climate-themed cartoons in the exhibition in Hanoi, presented by …
Swedish and Vietnamese cartoonists express worries at “Facing the Climate”-exhibition Read More
With Danish support from Danmission and University of Copenhagen local activists in Cambodia fight against illegal lumbermen and corrupt politicians. By using mobilephones and a special-developed app the activists from Prey …
Forest project in Cambodia funded by Denmark wins UN-prize Read More
A four-week Norwegian salmon-campaign ends today Friday 25 September 2015 in Hongkong. For a month buses and inside MRTs have been decorated with posters and ads featuring pictures of Norwegian …
Final day of Norwegian salmon-campaign in Hongkong Read More
Thursday 24 September 2015, the legendary Danish restaurant “Stable Lodge” in Bangkok was filled with Danish ”hygge”. At the entrance, a giant version of Arne Jacobsen’s classic wooden Royal Guard soldier …
Newcomers and “old and wise” were welcomed by Dancham in Danish style Read More
The 54 year-old Dane should have learnt the decision of his case on Tuesday 22 September 2015. Instead, his prison sentence in the Philippines has been extended indefinitely. The court system …
Danish man imprisoned indefinitely in the Philippines Read More
Finding a proper playgroup for one’s child in as big a city as Bangkok can be a bigger project than expected. Swedish father Robert Akerblom, Danish father Steen Trolle and …
Project Play Group Read More
Late night Monday 20 September 2015 four people were kidnapped on the resort Holiday Oceanview Resort in Southern Philippines by unidentified gunmen. The President of Philippines Benigno Aquino III issued …
Filipino president issues press release about kidnapping where Norwegian man is among hostages Read More
Filipino Erich Caparas was supposed to be back in Philippines 15 September 2015 after a working trip in Thailand. Instead, one of the most photographer from Philippines was surrounded by 14 bald, …
Filipino photographer shoots for Scandinavian Make Up Studio Read More
22 September 2015 four people were abducted from a resort on a southern Philippine island by unidentified gunmen, among them the resort’s marina manager Kjartan Sekkingstad. According to Regional Military spokesman …
Norwegian resort manager kidnapped from Philippines resort Read More
Thailand is very popular in Norway. However, Norwegians are not very popular among Thais according to a new study from Hoegskolen in Hedmark. ”The cultural difference is the reason”, professor Ellen …
New study shows Thais likes Danes better than Norwegian Read More