Working in Asia - Scandasia

A new lease of life: the third corporate adventure in Asia begins for Allan Jensen

December 17, 2025December 19, 2025 - by Joakim Persson - Leave a Comment

He started the career as an employee of Denmark’s largest company Maersk (A.P. Møller – Mærsk) and was sent to China; followed by working for the Danish energy efficiency expert …

Business in Asia / Hospitality / Innovation & Technology / Sweden / Thailand / Working in Asia

Swedish hotelier Alexander Parry thrives in Thailand – as resort owner and tech entrepreneur

November 20, 2025November 20, 2025 - by Joakim Persson - Leave a Comment

The story about hotelier, come tech startup entrepreneur, Alexander Parry (Alex), and Let’s Hyde resort, takes us on a journey that spans several continents; including making it the land of …

Business in Asia / Malaysia / Sustainability / Sweden / Working in Asia

Masba director Jenny Westin shares post Covid-19 benefits and challenges in Malaysia

March 24, 2023March 26, 2023 - by Joakim Persson - Leave a Comment

As Malaysia is gradually coming back to its normal self, post-Covid, ScandAsia talks to the Director of MASBA (the Malaysian-Swedish Business Association), and also a long-time resident in Kuala Lumpur: …

Denmark / General news / Thailand / Working in Asia

Successful Danes Worldwide meeting in Bangkok

November 17, 2022November 17, 2022 - by Gregers Møller - Leave a Comment

A great number of Danes and their families living in Thailand participated on Wednesday 16 November 2022 in a meeting at the Royal Danish Embassy in Bangkok where Danes Worldwide …

Living in Asia / Moving to Asia / Working in Asia

Thailand offering new 10 year visa

August 30, 2022August 31, 2022 - by Gregers Møller - Leave a Comment

Thailand has introduced a new visa called “Long-Term Resident (LTR Visa)” which is a program that provides a 10 year visa and a range of tax and non-tax benefits. This …

Basic guides / Doing things legally / Home and Garden / Living in Asia / Moving to Asia / Schools News / Staying healthy / Thailand / Traveling around / Working in Asia

New book: Thailand Expat Guide 2022 now out!

July 1, 2022August 6, 2025 - by Gregers Møller - Leave a Comment

ScandAsia has published the 2022 edition of “Thailand Expat Guide”. Read the book online here: ScandAsia Magazine June 2022 This book is intended as a help for both newcomers and …

Finland / General news / Hong Kong / International relations / Singapore / Working in Asia

Finnish Business Council announces free Webinar on Diversity, Equity and Inclusion with FinnCham Hong Kong and Aalto EE, Singapore

May 6, 2022 - by Jaqueline Deeon - Leave a Comment

The Finnish Business Chamber Corporate member, Aalto Executive Education Academy, invites you to join the free webinar “Diversity, Equity and Inclusion: Just another management fashion or a source of sustainable …

Hong Kong / Living in Asia / Opinion / Philippines / Singapore / Staying healthy / Thailand / Traveling around / Working in Asia

PANIC!!! I CAN’T FIND MY CELL PHONE!!!

April 20, 2022April 20, 2022 - by Agneta de Bekassy - 2 Comments.

The mobile telephone, to have or not to have? Not a question anymore. Today we can all agree to that we live in a totally digital world. When I grew …

Carousel / General news / Indonesia / Philippines / Singapore / Thailand / Vietnam / Working in Asia

The Ultimate Digital Nomad Guide to Southeast Asia

April 8, 2022September 5, 2023 - by Gregers Møller - Leave a Comment

Remote working is no longer a trend – it’s a common lifestyle. During the COVID-19 pandemic, 70% of full-time employees worked from home. Millions of workers adapted to the idea of …

China / Doing things legally / Indonesia / Malaysia / Singapore / Thailand / Working in Asia

Work from Wherever Index

March 23, 2022March 23, 2022 - by Gregers Møller - Leave a Comment

Why work from home when you can work from another country and explore in your free time? The travel booking website KAYAK has checked out which countries are best for …