Nordic News, Business and Life in Asia
The first charter flight of TUI Fly traveled directly from Copenhagen, Denmark to Krabi, Thailand with a total of 304 Danes and safely arrived yesterday, 7 December 2022. In addition, …
304 Danes arrive in Krabi by first TUI Fly flight from Copenhagen Read More
The 52-year-old Swedish man who had been on a warrant of Sweden’s authorities was recently arrested on 4 December 2022 from a house in Hin Lek Fai sub-district of Hua …
Swedish man arrested in Thailand due to accounting crime back in Sweden Read More
The Danish Embassy in Singapore draws attention to the newest episode of Little Globetrotters, a Chinese-language kids’ infotainment series that gives children in Singapore the opportunity to learn more about …
Singaporean children on a Danish adventure in newest episode of kids’ infotainment series Little Globetrotters Read More
The Danish Prince, Prince Joachim is to move his family to the U.S. in 2023 after his four kids’ royal titles were removed by Queen Margrethe. Currently, they are living …
Prince Joachim of Denmark to move his family to the U.S. in 2023 Read More
Danish man, Mr. Brian Michel Andresen and his Thai wife returned from a five-month trip abroad to find out that his house on Koh Samui, Surat Thani Province was completely …
Danish man house on Koh Samui is completely robbed Read More
As emphasized by EUROCHAM Malaysia, the EU Commision has proposed new EU-wide rules on packaging to tackle the constant growing source of waste and consumer frustration. For consumers, the proposed …
EU aims at tackling waste and boost recycling capacity by proposing new rules on packaging Read More
EUROCHAM Malaysia congratulates its corporate partner, Ericsson Malaysia, who won the Best Vendor 5G Innovation at the Glotel Awards last week. Ericsson won in a joint submission with Digital Nasional …
Ericsson won Best Vendor 5G Innovation at the Glotel Awards in London Read More
BBC 100 Women has announced its 2022 list of the 100 most inspiring and influential women from around the world on which a number of women from the APAC region …
BBC reveals 100 Women list 2022 including Thai rapper, Milli, Indonesian activist, Velmariri Bambari and Greenlandic psychologist, Naja Lyberth Read More
CNN has reported the Indonesian volcano, Mount Semeru, began erupting Sunday at 2.46 am local time prompting evacuations of nearly 2.000 residents in East Java Province. Video footage from Indonesia’s …
Indonesia’s Mount Semeru erupted prompting large evacuations Read More
The Swedish retailer, H&M Home, recently introduced its latest collection which collaborated with Berlin-based jewelry brand, Uncommon Matters. “This collaboration presents elegant statement interior pieces and remind us of the …
H&M collabs with Berlin-based jewelry brand creating home decors Read More
The Embassy of Denmark in Vietnam in collaboration with Danes Worldwide and the Nordic Chamber of Commerce of Vietnam (NordCham) are to hold an online webinar, “Global Danes in Vietnam” …
Danes Worldwide to hold “Global Danes in Vietnam” webinar Read More
The nationwide protests over China’s zero-Covid policy led several cities in the country to further relax their Covid restrictions on Friday, 2 December 2022. The restrictions include loosening daily mass …
Massive protests lead China to further unwind Covid rules Read More
The Swedish Chamber of Commerce of China (SwedCham) is to organize a seminar “Women Who Lead” on 6 December 2022 at H&M Office in Shanghai, China. The speakers include Cathy …
Discuss “Women Who Lead” with SwedCham China Read More
As a clear sign of how Telenor is executing on the strategy it presented at the Capital Markets Day in September, Celcom Digi commenced its operations on 1 December and …
Next phase of Telenor in Asia begins in Malaysia Read More
A new study by academics from the University of Oxford and other international researchers suggested that British women have more risks on maternal mortality more than Norwegian and Danish women. …
British women have more risks on maternal mortality than Nordic women Read More
Transport Minister Saksayam Chidchob recently shared that Suvarnabhumi Airport in Bangkok expected to receive over 130,000 passengers (both domestic and international) in December 2022. As the high season of Thailand’s …
Thailand Suvarnabhumi airport to receive tons of passengers in December Read More
Swedish fashion retailer H&M has announced 1.500 job cuts as part of a plan launched in September to save 2 billion Swedish crowns per year. The fashion giant said the …
Fiashion giant H&M slays 1.500 jobs due to low consumer spendings Read More
Swedish newspaper Aftonbladet reported it is no longer illegal to be homosexual in Singapore. Previously, men having sex with men could be punished with up to two years in prison, …
Singaporean Parliament decriminalize homosexual acts Read More
The European Chamber of Commerce of the Philippines (EuroCham) is to organize the second forum on “Living with Water: Solutions to Reduce and Mitigate Water-related Disasters” on 5 December 2022 …
European communities continue to assist Philippines on water crisis Read More
A 22-year-old Vietnamese woman recently reported her case to Vietnam’s authorities that she was tricked and sold by Moong Thi Nang and Ven Van Tuan for VND180 million (US$7,200) seven …
Vietnamese woman accuses two people of human trafficking to China Read More
The Food & Hotel Vietnam 2022 will be held at the Saigon Exhibition and Convention Centre in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam on 7-9 December 2022. The exhibition is aimed …
International Food & Hotel exhibition to be held in Vietnam Read More
The Danish fintech, Pleo has recently hired Meri Williams, the former chief technology officer (CTO) at UK challenger Monzon, its new CTO. According to Fintech Futures, Pleo’s co-founder, Nicco Perra …
Danish fintech Pleo hires new chief technology officer Read More
China’s electric vehicle maker, Nio, recently launched its first power-swapping station in Varberg, Sweden. According to the company’s LinkedIn post, its partners including Mechanum Sverige AB and other general visitors …
China Nio launches its first power-swapping station in Sweden Read More
The Embassy of Sweden in Bangkok encourages all participants to join “Running for Women’s Rights” on 29-30 November 2022 at Fitness24Seven all sites, from 6:00 AM to 10:00 PM. According …
Join “Running for Women Rights” with Swedish Embassy in Bangkok Read More
The Embassy of Denmark in Hanoi organized a workshop on organic production and management on organic products on Friday, 25 November 2022. Joining the event was the Danish Ambassador Nicolai …
Denmark and Vietnam collaborate on organic production and management Read More
The Norwegian seafood brand, King Oscar, is to celebrate its 120th anniversary on 29 November 2022. According to Bangkok Post, the brand recently debuted a line of all-new, ultra-premium Yellowfin …
Norwegian “King Oscar” seafood brand to celebrate its 120 years Read More
On Thursday, a week after the general election, opposition leader, Anwar Ibrahim, was officially recognized as Malaysia’s new Prime Minister. This was reported by Swedish news media, SVT. Anwar is …
Anwar new Malaysian Prime Minister; pro-shariha law party claimed most Parliament seats Read More
SWEA Singapore has published a new episode of its podcast “SWEA Podden” in which Helena Samsioe talks about coming up with the idea of starting Globhe, a global drone platform. …
Helena Samsioe on starting her drone platform in new episode of SWEA Podden Read More
The Embassy of Denmark in Vietnam in collaboration with the Ministry of Culture of Denmark, Ashui.com, Ebbe Gehl, and Gehl Design DD are to organize the opening of “A Century …
Join the opening of “A Century of Danish Interior Design” exhibition and “Interior design stories” talk Read More
It might be safe to say, that we would all have liked a point or two in the match against Tunisia on Tuesday, so cross your fingers and bring them …
Support Denmark in second World Cup 2022 match at Danish Seamen’s Church Singapore Read More
The Bangkok-based media production company, GMMTV, announced its new upcoming projects for 2023 on Tuesday, 22 November 2022 and one of the releases is a new movie, “The Interest” starring …
Norwegian-Thai actress Urassaya set to star in new movie “The Interest” Read More
The Embassy of Denmark in Singapore has concluded the 2nd annual meeting of the OPEN Southeast Asia (SEA) which it hosted in collaboration with the Obesity Policy Engagement Network (OPEN) …
Embassy of Denmark, OPEN SEA and Novo Nordisk facilitated an open debate on obesity Read More
Michael Bach Petersen is the new Secretary General of Danes Worldwide. In November, he and legal advisor Lisbeth Kjersgaard visited Bangkok and Singapore on a roadshow to present the organization …
Top motivated Danes Worldwide Secretary General Read More
The Japanese authorities in Yamanashi came up with a new approach to help teenage suicide problem by printing supportive messages on toilet paper. Here is an example of the messages: …
Japan to help teenage suicide problem with messages on toilet paper Read More
The 2022 Global Corruption Index (GCI) measures the state of corruption and white collar crimes of 196 countries around the world and it shows that the top 10 countries that …
Nordic countries are classified “very low” risk to corruption Read More
The second Energy Transition Council (ETC National Dialogue) was recently organized by the Department of Energy Philippines and the British Embassy Manila to discuss energy efficiency and energy transition. Also …
Denmark joins discussion on energy efficiency in Philippines Read More
Camilla Engström was born in Örebro, Sweden in 1989. From a very young age, she was very interested in fashion and studied Women’s fashion at the Institute of Technology in …
Camilla Engström, a young Swedish artist and her exposition in Bangkok. Read More
The Embassy of Denmark in Singapore has reflected on Nordic Green 2022 and said the talk had fostered Nordic-Asian cooperations and highlighted Nordic strongholds. The theme of this year’s Nordic …
The Nordic ambassadors in Singapore hosted the event Nordic Green 2022 Read More
Norwegian economic news agency, E24, reported Telenor to drop its voluntary stock offer to all shareholders of dtac and True as the fusion of the mobile phone companies is expected …
Telenor drops voluntary stock offer to dtac and True shareholders Read More
On Monday, an earthquake hit near the city Cianjur, located 100 kilometers south of Jakarta, on Indonesian Island Java. Local media Kompas.dk reported Monday evening that death tolls had reached …
Magnitude-5.6 earthquake leaves over 160 dead in Indonesian city Cianjur Read More
As a supporting partner, the Danish Chamber of Commerce Malaysia (DanCham) said it was pleased to announce the return of the GO ESG ASEAN 2022 Summit, themed “Data Driven Sustainability …
Call to action for companies to engage in sustainable actions at GO ESG ASEAN 2022 Summit Read More
The Thai-Norwegian Chamber of Commerce (TNCC) in collaboration with several foreign chambers of commerce is to organize “Khon Kaen Business Forum 2022” on 8 and 9 December 2022 in Khon …
Explore new opportunities in “Khon Kaen Business Forum 2022” Read More
The Swedish fashion retailer, H&M, is to release its “Innovation Metaverse Design Story” collection in selected stores and online from 8 December 2022. “The increasingly virtual dimension of fashion creates …
H&M to release its “Innovation Metaverse Design Story” collection Read More
Despite the fact that the Malaysian general election has come to an end, there is yet no clear indication to who is going to lead the country through the forthcoming …
Two candidiates to declare winner of Malaysian general election Read More
The Embassy of Finland in Jakarta presents the NordCham Sustainability Committee Launch on 30 November 2022. In line with the Nordic Countries’ pledge to make the Nordic region the most …
NordCham Indonesia to launch Nordic Sustainability Committee Read More
The Singapore Norway Chamber of Commerce has proudly presented two new board members, Pia Meling and Finn Bjørnstad in the past week. Pia Meling is the Managing Director of Greig …
SNCC welcomes new Board members Pia Meling and Finn Bjørnstad Read More
The Embassy of Sweden in Manila is to hold “Democracy Talks: The Right to Decent Work” via Facebook Live on 7 December 2022 from 2.30 PM to 4 PM. Joining …
Join “Democracy Talks: The Right to Decent Work” Read More
The International Bazaar Foundation, Inc. (IBF) is to organize the “International Bazaar 2022” on Sunday, 20 November 2022 from 9 AM to 7 PM at the World Trade Center Metro …
Join International Bazaar 2022 in Manila Read More
On 17 July 2014, flight MH17 – a Boing 777 of Malaysian Airlines – was shot down above the Eastern Ukraine with a Russian buk missile. The flight was on …
Dutch court convicts three men of shooting down Malaysian Airline flight MH17 in 2014 Read More
In cooperation with Danish Business Association Singapore (DABS) , the Royal Danish Embassy and Maersk Singapore, Danes Worldwide offers a unique opportunity to gain information on family reunification and related …
Danes Worlwide, DABS, Danish Embassy and Maersk Singapore to host event on family reunification Read More