Nordic News, Business and Life in Asia
To celebrate the European Climate Diplomacy Day the Danish Embassy in Beijing on June 17th opened its doors for a group of journalists, NGO’s and followers of the Embassy’s social …
Royal Danish Embassy in Beijing celebrates Climate Action Day Read MoreAll human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights. That is the premise of the third Human Rights Human Dignity International Film Festival, a weeklong event that …
Scandinavian documentaries on human rights film festival in Yangon Read More
FAO and IKEA of Sweden has agreed in June 2015 to begin working together on a forestry certification initiative aimed at promoting the sustainable management of forest plantations and empowering …
IKEA of Sweden and FAO begin collaboration on forestry certification initiative Read MoreThis week, Bangkok experienced a wave of lightning, and torrential overnight rain left the city flooded. The monsoon season in Thailand has begun, and looking at the weather forecast more lightning will strike the city the …
Increased risk of lightning in big cities Read MoreThis weekend, the Danish band Dúné joins the ‘Voice of the Youth’ festival in Yangon. Besides one other international band from France, 30 local bands from Myanmar will be playing on the scene. …
Danish Electro-rock band plays in Yangon Read More
As the most recent effort in promoting Swedish culture, including its cuisine, the Embassy of Sweden in Singapore, in partnership with $100Gourmet, invited the Michelin-starred Swedish chef Niklas Ekstedt to …
Swedish Embassy Singapore successfully showcases cuisine with Michelin chef Read MoreAbdul (11) was at sea for one month after he was abducted from his parents in Myanmar. Save the Children is now asking for a long-term solution. ‘With particular focus …
Smugglers are abducting children Read MoreYangon: Saturday, the Kachin Peace Network marked the 4th anniversary of the resumed war in the Kachin region. The organization urges to support the IDP camps where thousands of people are living …
Myanmar network: Kachin victims have been forgotten Read MoreFriis Arne Petersen was recently nominated as Adjunct Professor in international business and international relations at the Asia Research Centre. One June 3 he will hold his inaugural lecture on Copenhagen Business …
Ambassador Friis Arne Petersen nominated as Adjunct Professor Read MoreA 41-year-old Norwegian man was found hanged inside a hotel room in Udon Thani’s Muang district late Wednesday night. The body of the Norwegian national, whose name is being withheld, …
Norwegian man found hanged in Udon Thani Read More
For a second time Indonesia has extended the forest moratorium for another two years through The moratorium aims to combat rapid deforestation in Southeast Asia’s largest economy, preventing new clearing …
Indonesia’s forestry moratorium extended again despite loopholes Read More
The Global Sushi Challenge kicks off on 17th of May, including among the select countries Singapore to search for a top sushi chef who will join the inaugural 2015 challenge …
Global Sushi Challenge is open in Singapore Read More
In nod to the international café culture, and with some key Swedish flavours added to the menu – including bakery temptations such as Swedish cinnamon bun, chocolate balls and the …
Sapparot Group’s Swedish baker Jeff Oberg Read More
Sapparot Group, looking to strengthen its team of skilled bartenders, as the owners increasingly have to manage, and let go of their favourite function of being hands-on cocktail shakers, has …
Sapparot Group’s Swedish bartender team reinforced with Sebastian De la Cruz Read More
[sliderpro id=”20″] Sapparot Group could very well be the name of a producer and exporter of Thailand’s tropical fruit pineapple. But no, we are talking restaurateurs, where the three Swedes …
Swedish bar trio brings international café culture to Bangkok Read More
A 35-year-old Finnish tourist has been sentenced to four weeks in jail after acting violently against policemen in Singapore, as he was reported to be naked and looking drunk in …
Naked ,“drunk” Finn sentenced to jail in Singapore Read More
Singaporean student Priscilla Seah was given an opportunity of a lifetime to meet a prince. As a member of the Danish Youth Goodwill Ambassador Corps – shared with Prince Joachim …
Singaporean Youth Goodwill Ambassador meets Danish Prince Joachim Read More
The Swedish Embassy, Beijing, in collaboration with CSR Asia in China has released a comprehensive CSR study, showing an increased awareness for CSR, and that weak enforcement of legislation is …
Swedish Embassy Beijing and CSR Asia China study looks at the development for CSR Read MoreYANGON – Experts of Myanmar and Norway are jointly conducting fishery survey in Myanmar waters and exclusive economic zone, aimed at creating a long-term vision for the establishment of a …
Myanmar: Norway jointly conduct fishery survey Read More
Singapore’s Deputy Prime Minister Tharman Shanmugaratnam is leading a ‘SkillsFuture’ delegation to the European countries Switzerland and Sweden from 6 to 12 May 2015. SkillsFuture is a national movement to …
‘SkillsFuture’ Singapore education delegation visits Sweden Read More
The Danish pop (‘soft rock’) group Michael Learns To Rock is coming to Singapore on July 24th 2015 for their very first show there as part of the greatest hits …
Michael Learns To Rock tour reaches Singapore in July Read More
The members of the Swedish Chamber of Commerce in Beijing, Hong Kong and Shanghai respectively had the unique opportunity of hearing a personal perspective on China from a Swede going …
Göran Leijonhufvud looks back at 50 years of covering China Read More
The world of disc jockeys has up until now been very male-dominated, though female DJs have become more common in recent years as the electronic dance music scene has invaded …
Swedish female DJ school ‘Femme Beat’ visits Hanoi Read MoreSwedish newspaper Expressen has reported on a Swede’s new information, which she also tried to bring to the attention of the Malaysian Transport Ministry: the discovery on a beach on …
Witnesses and Swede’s mysterious beach discovery links to MH370 disappearance Read More
On 10 April the Danish clothing and accessories company Bestseller held its donation day, GIVE-A-DAY, where their consumers’ spending contribute to giving back to communities, including in China and the …
Danish clothing company Bestseller’s mega donation day Read MoreSource The Local se Almost eight out of ten Swedes are either “not religious” or “convinced atheists”, according to a new global study that concludes the Nordic nation is the …
Sweden the ‘Least’ and Thailand the ‘Most Religious’ In The World Read MoreApril 16 the new movie ‘Rosita’ has premiere in the Danish cinemas. Danish actor Mikkel Boe Følsgaard, known from ‘A Royal Affair’ and the Danish TV series ‘Arvingerne’, plays Johannes in the new …
New Danish-Filipino movie ‘Rosita’ Read More
A team of 13 international scientists, including the Swedish Professor Sven Pettersson as one of two principal investigators, in a joint multidisciplinary study by Nanyang Technological University (NTU) and Sweden’s …
Karolinska (Sweden) and NTU Singapore make significant colon cancer treatment discovery Read MoreDHI Water & Environment, the Danish water environments expert consultancy held a ‘MIKE 21’ (modelling software developed by DHI) and marine scour course in Shanghai, China, from 16 – 20 …
DHI holds hydrodynamic modelling, marine scour course in Shanghai Read More
The Finns racing in the 2015 Formula One season, Ferrari’s Kimi Räikkönen and Williams’ Valtteri Bottas, finished fourth and fifth respectively in Malaysia, with Räikkönnen recovering remarkably in a race …
Formula 1 Finns doing well in Malaysia and ready for Chinese Grand Prix Read MoreIt is dangerous to go to school in Southern Thailand, Danish media DR reports yesterday. The teachers are terror targets. Separatists in Thailand are attacking schools and teachers because they …
Dangerous to go in school in Southern Thailand Read More
21 and 23 April, 2015, are the dates for live concerts with Ole Edvard Antonsen and Band, in Kuala Lumpur and Singapore respectively. The Sound Of Nordic With Ole Edvard …
Norwegian trumpetist Ole Edvard Antonsen plays in Kuala Lumpur and Singapore Read MoreOn the 25th of March the Danish Royal Consulate General in Shanghai and DCCC Shanghai co-hosted a seminar on “How the Vikings Connected Scandinavia with the World” featuring guest speaker …
Denmark representatives host viking seminar in Shanghai Read More
In its strive to highlight any positive results, Malaysia’s government should not resort to be using unscientific and questionable studies to convince themselves, MP from Bukit Bendera, Mr Zairil Khir …
Swedish Education First’s English Proficiency test in Malaysia ”not representative” Read MorePHUKET: A Norwegian man was arrested in Talad Neua today (April 1) for staying in Thailand illegally after his visa had expired. At 1 pm Immigration police arrested Hermansen Arnt …
Norwegian arrested in Phuket for visa overstay Read MorePhilippine authorities report that the powerful typhoon “Chedeng” (known internationally as Maysak) has entered the Philippine area. There are doubts about the forecasts, but it is believed that the typhoon “Chedeng” will enter …
Powerful typhoon heading towards the Philippines Read More
Chalmers Challenges you! Are you ready to pull up your socks and show us what you are made of? Bachelor’s engineering students from Thailand and Indonesia can compete in the …
The Chalmers Challenge competition: Indonesia, Thailand Read More
On May 1st, Thai sex worker Thanta Laovilawanyakul enters the Danish stage in Copenhagen to add a new perspective to the question; why do Westerns travel around the globe to …
First Thai sex worker on Danish stage Read More
People from the Nordic countries living in Malaysia or visiting from Southeast Asia and beyond can look forward to the 2015 Formula 1 Petronas Malaysia Grand Prix (27-29 March) with …
Nordic drivers to follow in Formula One 2015 Read MoreLast week, the national police in Denmark arrested 10 men, who are suspected of having ordered and watched live-streaming of children being sexual abused in the Philippines. Wednesday last week, …
Danish men arrested for watching Philippine children being abused Read MoreFINNWATCH and the Migrant Worker Rights Network (MWRN) have embarked on a three-year project to boost migrant workers’ bargaining power. “Migrants often lack accessible channels to voice complaints and have …
Finland to help migrant workers Read More
At the eleventh hour the organizers of the Future Music Festival Asia 2015 (FMFA) have been forced to cancel the event for 13-14 March after failing to obtain the license …
Singapore music festival with Swedish dance star Avicii cancelled Read MoreMar 5th 2015, 12:10 BY R.L.W. & D.H. Where is the best place in the world to be a working woman? IN SOME countries International Women’s Day on March 8th …
Finland is the best place for a working woman Read More
Foreign tourist arrivals to Vietnam in February 2015 reached 756,000, a 7.9% rise from the previous month, according the General Statistics Office (GSO). In particular Finns seem to flock to Vietnam. …
Finns flock to Vietnam Read More
Vietnam’s travel and tourism agencies have actively promoted Vietnam as a peaceful, hospitable and attractive destination to tourism markets around the world through a number of international tourism fairs. From …
Vietnam promotes tourism in Scandinavia Read More
Music artist Erlend Øye from Norway is touring March in 2015 along with his band The Rainbows, playing in Hong Kong on 17 March, followed by Singapore on 19 March …
Erlend Øye (Norway) Asia Tour March 2015 Read More
Sweden’s top diplomat in Hong Kong, a 19-year veteran in foreign affairs, has apologised for verbally abusing staff at the exclusive Foreign Correspondents’ Club in Central during a heated argument …
Sweden’s top diplomat in Hong Kong insults bar staff Read MoreOn the 7th of March, world’s first MAYA MUSIC festival will be held in Bangkok. Among the artists, Swedish famous Steve Angello is represented. The world’s first MAYA will be held in …
World’s first MAYA MUSIC festival in Bangkok Read More
One of the most successful pop groups ever in the planet, Ace of Base, has announced the worldwide release on 6 March 2015 of album titled Hidden Gems, consisting in …
Famous Swedish pop stars Ace Of Base releases new album Read More
A 60-year-old Danish man died of drowning in Pattaya in the early evening of February 21. According to Pattaya police, the man was brought ashore by other swimmers after he …
Elderly Danish tourist dies of drowning in Pattaya Read More