Nordic News, Business and Life in Asia
So far, twelve Swedish businesses in Thailand have signed the paternity leave pledge on 1 August 2022, together with the Embassy of Sweden, Business Sweden in Thailand and the Thai-Swedish …
12 Swedish companies in Thailand sign paternity leave pledge Read More
If you’re eating snow crab in Vietnam, prawn or cod in China, or king crab in Hong Kong, there is a good chance it’s travelled all the way from Norway, …
Norwegian seafood on menus across Asia Read More
Due to substantial backlash, especially on social media, the Communications and Information Ministry has again allowed access within Indonesia to popular online platforms PayPal, Yahoo and online games provider Valve …
Indonesian government backtracks on PayPal ban Read More
The Czech Embassy in Vietnam announced on 2 August 2022 that the Czech Republic has stopped recognizing Vietnam’s new-style passports. “Vietnam’s new passport issued on July 1 does not meet …
Schengen countries reject Vietnam’s new passports Read More
PayPal users in Indonesia have been given only until Friday the 5th of August to withdraw their funds from their PayPal accounts and find other means of storing and transferring …
Indonesia grants a 5-day reprieve on PayPal ban Read More
A Danish national was among 11 people arrested in a raid on a gambling den on Koh Siray, east of Phuket Town, early Friday morning on July 29, 2022. According …
Dane caught gambling in Phuket Read More
The beer brand Karhu, a Finnish brand of the brewing giant Carlsberg, has come up with a brand-new concept of a breathalyzer – or lickalyzer – in the form of …
Carlsberg’s handy alcohol tester Read More
Nordic Film Festival returns this year to Singapore with films from Denmark, Finland, Norway and Sweden. Exclusively showing at The Projector with a curated selection of new Scandinavian films previously …
Nordic Film Festival in Singapore 2022 Read More
The Swedish football player Marcus Danielson is back in Swedish football playing for his old club Djurgården. The 33 year old centre-back Marcus Danielson left Djurgården back in 2019 to …
Swedish football star back after breaking contract in China Read More
“I thought “now you will die”, recalls 24 year old Danish-Norwegian Sebastian Kronstad in an interview with Dagbladet in Norway about the accident back in the middle of June 2022 …
Danish-Norwegian recalls near-death experience in Thailand Read More
A earthquake measured to be of 7.1 strength happened in the early morning of Wednesday on the north of the Philippine island of Luzon, around 300 km north of the …
Strong earthquake 300 km north of Manilla Read More
Record number of Thai berry pickers are once again expected in Finland this summer, reports YLE.fi Two years ago, a new law was passed protecting the berry pickers and this …
Thai Berry pickers to Finland increase again Read More
Three out of ten Swedes are considering buying a home abroad and Spain is by far the most popular country, a recent Sifo survey shows. Sifo is a Swedish company …
The Swedes dream of living abroad – Spain at the top Read More
Norwegian Ambassador to Singapore HE Eivind Homme, the President of the Norway Singapore Business Association Leonard Opitz Stornes and Norwegian Turid Solvang, Founder & CEO, FutureBoards, will be keynote speakers …
Norway supports more women board members in Singapore Read More
The World’s 50 Best Restaurants award has for the second year in a row crowned a less known restaurant than the famous Noma restaurant in Copenhagen as the best place …
Danish restaurant tops list again – no, not Noma Read More
Janthana Kaenprakhamroy came from Thailand to Sweden when she was 13 and finished her school education there. Later, she moved to London to study. Here, in 2016, she co-founded a …
Gig economy CEO is a Thai-Swede Read More
A new survey from Swedes Worldwide, which has just been released, shows that almost 700,000 Swedes are estimated to live abroad. The exact number is just over 685,000 Swedes. This …
700.000 Swedes live abroad Read More
HEI Schools, the Finnish award winning pre-school system that opened in Bangkok in September 2021, recently arranged an activity that shows very well, how the concept works. The students participated …
HEI School went to the moon the Finnish way Read More
The Norwegian Embassy in Thailand paid a visit to Chef Christian André Pettersen to chat to him about his promotion of Norwegian fjord trout in Thailand at Goji Kitchen + …
Chef promotes fjord trout in Thailand Read More
The Danish singer-songwriter, Maximillian, will perform for the first time in Manila, said a news report. “The shows will mark the singer’s first performances in the country. “Danish singer-songwriter Maximillian …
Danish singer-songwriter to visit the Philippines Read More
Polestar’s sales rose sharply by 125% to about 21 000 in the first six months of the year, said a news report by Yahoo!Finance. “Sales at the Swedish EV maker, …
Swedish EV maker founded by China’s Geely reports high vehicle delivery figure Read More
The Facebook page of the Embassy of Sweden in Bangkok announced that “The Swedish Embassy, Business Sweden and the Thai-Sweden Chamber of Commerce are proud and honoured to present the …
Swedish company Atlas-Copco signs paternity leave pledge in Thailand Read More
The Finnish telecom giant, Nokia, recently won two patent lawsuits in Germany that banned the Chinese smartphone brands Oppo and OnePlus from being sold in Germany. With the loss of …
Oppo loses to Nokia Read More
Torbjørn C. ‘Thor’ Pedersen is a Danish traveller whose goal it is to visit every country in the world without the use of air travel, tells of his adventure in …
Danish globetrotter happily stranded in Hong Kong during pandemic Read More
Denmark was one of 27 EU member countries to be notified that Lucky Me! pancit canton noodles produced in Thailand were found to contain traces of pesticide. According to a …
Denmark recalls Thai noodle products from store shelves Read More
Nio is hailed as China’s Tesla. With its first steps into the European market being Norway, it sped ahead in the EV market and garnered 500 total deliveries in Norway …
EV manufacturer Nio streaks ahead in Norway Read More
Denmark has voiced its concern about yet another climate change activist who was jailed for tax evasion in Vietnam on 17 June 2022. News reports said that “a Vietnamese court …
Denmark concerned about climate change activist’s jailing in Vietnam Read More
According to a local Thailand news report, a Norwegian man cut open his own stomach in Pattaya, Thailand. He was found after midnight on June 30 wounded in his hotel room …
Weed blamed for Norwegian’s self-inflicted wounds in Pattaya, Thailand Read More
It may be some people’s opinion that divine justice was meted out by the universe when the leader of an extremist Norwegian anti-Islamic group was involved in a collision on …
Divine justice for anti-Islamic Quran burning Norwegian perhaps? Read More
You can now travel to two Scandinavian countries, being Norway and Denmark, and Thailand without needing to show results of a PCR test, as reported in the media. There are …
No PCR test required for Norway, Denmark or Thailand Read More
The landslide of Thai people applying for visa to Denmark and Iceland is causing severe distress among the applicants. Most complaints are about being left in the dark with no …
Danish Embassy in Bangkok hopes visa rush will be over by September Read More
The first thing I personally heard about this little village ‘off-the-beaten-track’ called Khanom was: “You need to go and eat at Dusty Gecko…and say hi to Mikko from me.” That was …
Finnish Chef Mikko Vuori cooking his heart out in Khanom Read More
Kicking off in Copenhagen for what is being called the northernmost start in history, the Tour de France cycle race begins in Denmark on Friday, 1 July 2022. Asian countries …
Singapore to host Tour de France Criterium after Denmark race Read More
Sweden has granted political asylum to a Hong Kong journalist and activist, ruling that he would otherwise “risk arrest” in the city for activities that would be “considered in breach …
Hong Kong activist granted political asylum by Sweden Read More
Finnair is nearly broke after a ban from Russian skies, a news report said recently. The airline has incurred financial losses from having to fly around the world’s biggest country. …
Finnair must fly AROUND Russia to get to China Read More
Lecturers from Sweden, Finland, Malaysia, China and Hong Kong were among those asked to participate as keynote speakers at the recent 3rd International Conference on Bioprocess for Sustainable Environment and …
Scandinavian and Asian keynote speakers at 3rd International Conference ICBSEE -INDIA 2022 Read More
Fast-melting sea ice has opened a potential new Arctic shipping lane across the North Pole, which will give powerful nations easier access to the frozen zone’s vast riches — but …
China claiming “near Arctic” status like the Scandinavian countries Read More
Smilla Sundell is a fast-rising star in the sport of Muay Thai. Even though her parents have returned to Sweden, this tenacious 18-year-old remains in Bangkok living up to her …
Swedish Girl in Bangkok Taking the Muay Thai World by Storm! Read More
Malaysia says it cannot follow the same process of discipline in schools as in countries like Finland and other western countries. The first minister of the Malaysian state, Kedah, said …
Discipline in Malaysian schools cannot be the same as in Finland Read More
In January this year, Transparency International released its 2021 Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI), which ranks 180 countries and territories around the world by their perceived levels of public sector corruption. …
Which Scandinavian and Asian countries are the least corrupt? Read More
A Swedish court on Wednesday rejected an appeal from China’s Huawei over the government’s decision to ban the network equipment giant from the rollout of 5G mobile network infrastructure in …
China’s Huawei loses Swedish appeal over 5G ban Read More
“The Danish Ministry of Foreign Affairs, including the Danish Embassy in Bangkok, is working hard to increase our, as well as VFS Global’s, capacity in order to reduce the general …
Danish Embassy in Bangkok: Working hard to increase visa processing capacity Read More
The Swedish Club welcomed Mingfa Liu, Director for Ship Services, IMC Shipping, Singapore, as well as three other new members to The Swedish Club’s board. Celebrating its 150th Anniversary in …
Singaporean Director for Ship Services welcomed at the Swedish Club’s 150th Anniversary Read More Thai citizens will have to apply now if they hope to go to Denmark for Christmas. First they will have to get a time slot for the VFS office in …
Visa for Thais to visit Denmark seriously delayed Read More
Denmark, Singapore and China are three of the eleven countries that make up the International Alliance of Research Universities (IARU). IARU, which was established in 2006, is a network of …
Denmark, Singapore and China part of IARU Read More
Indonesia was one of the global energy and climate leaders that recently gathered in Denmark for a major ministerial meeting that brought together decision-makers from around the world. Global energy …
Global energy and climate leaders gather in Denmark for IEA meeting Read More
Denmark used to hold the fourth place in the world for the fastest internet but it has slipped down to the fifth position recently, while Singapore is hailed as the …
Singapore fastest internet speed while Denmark gets demoted to fifth place Read More
Two militants accused of kidnapping and killing four foreigners in the restive southern Philippines were detained after surrendering to the military, authorities said in a news report on Saturday. The …
Militants finally captured in Philippines for kidnapping a Norwegian in 2015 and for murders committed Read More
An unidentified Chinese citizen who visited his family in Denmark arrived back in Shanghai, China with COVID-19, shine reported in its statistical overview last week. The city reported three locally …
Chinese citizen visiting family in Denmark arrives back in Shanghai with COVID-19 Read MoreEffective from 1 July 2022, Thailand ends the Thailand Pass registration and a health insurance of 10,000USD for foregin visitors. The mandatory facemask is also lifted. What’s new: Foreign nationals …
Thailand removes Thailand Pass and requirement for face mask Read More