Nordic News, Business and Life in Asia
A broad majority of parliament today approved dual citizenship in Denmark on June 4. The new law will permit Danes to apply for citizenship of another country without losing their …
Dual citizenship approved by Danish parliament Read More
The Swedish Ministry for Foreign Affairs today, May 29, publishes its annual human rights reports. The 2014 reports look at 41 countries in Asia and the Pacific Region. Overall, much …
Sweden maps the situation for Human Rights In SE Asia Read More
The Danish jazz ensemble “Martin Jacobsen Trio” will be performing in Phnom Penh on June 12, at Raffles Hotel Le Royal. Check the poster for more details and watch below …
Jazz ensemble “Martin Jacobsen Trio” to play in in Phnom Penh Read More
Katja Nordgaard, Norway’s current ambassador to Thailand and former envoy to Burma from 2010 to 2013, has been appointed as Executive Vice President in charge of Coporate Affairs at Telenor …
Norwegian ambassador to join Telenor Group in August Read More
Do you miss following your favorite home team live? Watching the Norwegian live knitting show? The Swedish Hollywood Wives? A quick search on the web shows there is a huge …
TV from your home country Read More
Danes Worldwide, the organization for Danes abroad, has initiated 6 live chat sessions with their panel of experts (in Danish). First counselling session will take place Wednesday 7th May at …
Free counseling for Danes abroad Read More
The Swedish Ambassador in Poland, Staffan Herrstrom, recently spend two weeks in Cambodia. “Cambodia was a great experience. My wife Karin and I went there to visit our eldest daughter …
Swedish Ambassador talks about Cambodia trip Read More
Denmark-based Sam Serey, president of the Khmer National Liberation Front (KLNF), is, according to Cambodia’s courts, the ringleader of an international organization that planned to topple the government of Prime …
Denmark-based Cambodian dissident sentenced to jail in absentia Read More
The government of Norway has pledged $1 million to the UN-backed Khmer Rouge tribunal. That makes it the first country to make a pledge since a new budget was approved …
Norway Pledges $1 Million to Khmer Rouge Tribunal Read More
Through the Mekong River Commission Denmark supports the work for sustainable development, utilisation, management and conservation of the water and related resources of the Mekong River Basin. The Mekong River Commission (MRC) …
Denmark supports Mekong River Commission Read More
A drive to increase wages for Asian clothing workers is likely to hit profit margins at world number two fashion retailer Hennes & Mauritz (H&M) as weak consumer demand and …
H&M warns wage rises in Asia to hit profit margins Read More
Do it for Denmark: The Danish travel agency, Spies Rejser, has launched a competition calling for Danes to have more sex to tackle declining birth rates, British media, The Independent, …
Lets all conceive in Asia! Read More
The Embassy of Sweden participated in the 2nd anniversary of the establishment of the Cambodia Women Entrepreneurs Association (CWEA). Sweden is supporting CWEA to develop their Strategic Plan. Photos: Swedenabroad
Swede’s at CWEA anniversary in Cambodia Read More
The IKEA Foundation has published its 2013 annual review, announcing a 21% increase in total giving to organisations that are improving life for children in some of the world’s poorest …
IKEA Foundation gave €101 million to help children in 2013 Read More
With support from Sweden, SEI will be funding events focused on sustainable development, gender equality and poverty reduction; organizations across Asia are invited to submit concept notes. The Regional Asia …
Sida-SEI call for sustainable development proposals Read More
Three Danish Universities – Copenhagen Business School, Technical University of Denmark and Aarhus University – have opened up for application to their summer university programs. Summer University at Copenhagen Business …
Time to apply for a Danish Summer University Read More
The Swedish Ambassador in Cambodia, Anna Maj Hulgaard, gave a speech at The Norton University in Phnom Penh on February 28. The talk centered around the importance of freedom on …
Ambassador discusses Internet-freedom in Phnom Penh Read More
The Calendar of events on ScandAsia crashed on Sunday 02 March 2014 after an advised update from the plugin developer Time.ly. The update reset all calendar entries to 1 January …
ScandAsia Calendar crashed Read More
Ms Kristina Kühnelm, Head of Development Cooperation, Swedish Embassy, made a speech at the opening of the National Conference on Education, “Promoting Integrity to Strengthen the Quality of Education in Cambodia”, …
Swedish Embassy speech on education in Cambodia Read More
Some foreign buyers, like Sweden’s H&M, are fleeing China for Bangladesh, Cambodia and Indonesia, not just for cheaper labour but also because of rising tensions between the workers and their …
H&M, other buyers flee China for SE Asia, Bangladesh Read More
Several Danish travel agencies arrange trips to orphanages as a part of package tours to Myanmar, Thailand and Cambodia. The Chairman of Børns Vilkår, Peter Albæk, a Danish children’s organisation, …
Unethical “orphanage-tourism” for visiting Danes in SE Asia Read More
This year’s Norway-Asia Business Summit, held in Bangkok on the April 24, highlights opportunities and challenges for Norwegian businesses in this fast-growing region. Inspiring speakers deliver expert advice and insights …
Keeping Norwegian business’ competitive Read More
Global brands Puma and H&M are among a group of international buyers met Cambodian government officials in Phnom Penh on Wednesday, only weeks ahead of planned labour action that could …
H&M, int’l brands discuss labour issues with Cambodia Read More
The preparations for this summer’s Asian Culture Festival in Aalborg in June has already begun. This year the festival will be held at Gammel Torv in Aalborg from the 20th …
Aalborg’s Asian again Read MoreThe ScandAsia magazine for Thailand has been distributed by email to all recipients, who have signed up for this distribution form. The email presented the magazine as shown below. The …
ScandAsia for Malaysia, Indonesia, Philippines, Vietnam, Cambodia and Laos distributed by email Read MoreSweden’s leading medical university Karolinska Institutet is going to offer online MOOCs (massive open online courses) to students worldwide, regardless of background or qualifications, said the university in a statement …
Sweden’s prestigious medical university to offer online courses Read More
Countries praised by the European Commission for experiencing little or no corruption at home are failing to stop their own companies paying bribes overseas, raising concerns that the squeaky-clean reputations …
Least corrupt Scandinavians fail to police bribery abroad Read More
KONE has been awarded four 2013 GOOD DESIGN awards for its design offering, functional elevator signalization series and sleek new elevator car design. This is the third time KONE has …
KONE wins prestigious GOOD DESIGN awards Read More
The application period for Swedish Institute scholarships is now open! SI scholarships cover tuition fees and living costs for master’s programmes in Sweden. Visit http://www.studyinsweden.se/Scholarships/ for eligibility guidelines and to …
Swedish Institute scholarships open for applications Read More
Chris Beaufait has been appointed new Group Senior Vice President of Vestas and President of Vestas Asia Pacific & China. Chris, who comes from a position as President and General …
Vestas appoints new Asia/China chief Read More
Captain of the Swedish national football team, Zlatan Ibrahimovic is the star of Volvo’s latest campaign. Zlatan Ibrahimovic, his wife and their two sons were filmed in the north of …
Zlatan stars in new Volvo commercial Read More
With a sharp drop in number of non-EU students coming to Sweden since tuition fees were introduced, industry and university heads argue that the only way Sweden can compete internationally …
Sweden needs foreign students to stay competitive Read More
Norgesskolen is an opportunity for children ages 9 to 18 from around the world to live in Norway for three weeks, between July 13th and August 1st. Students will receive …
Learn Norwegian language, culture in Norway Read More
H&M and other major labels that source clothing and shoes from Cambodia have written an open letter to the government, manufacturers and union leaders of the country, expressing major concern …
H&M, major brands decry violence against Cambodian workers Read More
The Swedish author of the trilogy with focus on the topic of human trafficking in Southeast Asia has launched a new effort to promote donations directly to selected NGO’s doing …
Trafficking Author Initiates Campaign Read More
The call for the Swedish Institute Study Scholarships for the academic year of 2014/2015 is now open. The application period is 3-11 February 2014. Information about the procedure and eligibility …
Study in Sweden: Apply for scholarships! Read More
Clothing giant H&M is considering raising retail prices and passing the buck onto the consumer to help pay higher wages to garment workers in poor countries. There won’t be any …
H&M may raise prices to increase Cambodian workers’ wages Read More
13 December is Lucia Day, celebrated around Denmark in nursing homes and hospitals as well as in many schools and day-care institutions. A small group, comprising mostly girls, processes along …
Swedes, Danes celebrate Lucia Day Read MoreThe Swedish Church in Bangkok arranges a study trip to Cambodja and Burma for journalists in the beginning of March 2014. The exact dates are decided in the middle of …
Swedish Church arranges study trip to Cambodja and Burma Read More
Maersk Line and the intra-Asia container shipping specialist, MCC Transport, celebrated their 20 years of business co-operation in Cambodia with a major celebration in Phnom Penh attended by Public Works …
Maersk Celebrates 20 years in Cambodia Read MoreHydropower dams are poised to exacerbate and even outstrip the impact of climate change, according to a report by Finland’s Aalto University and NGO Southeast Asia START. “Within the next …
Dam, climate: a bad mix, says Finnish report Read MoreH&M has pledged to pay a living wage to 850,000 textile workers after expressing frustration over a lack of action by governments to address working conditions in Asian factories in …
H&M to pay ‘living wage’ in Cambodia, Bangladesh Read MoreBeardy Pirate Bay co-founder Gottfrid Svartholm Warg will be extradited to Denmark next week to face hacking charges, after a long journey which has already seen him deported from Cambodia …
Sweden to deport Pirate Bay co-founder Warg to Denmark Read MoreFast fashion retailer H&M has teamed up with three of its best suppliers in Bangladesh and Cambodia to create model factories where it can test new ideas and standards before …
H&M to test ‘model factory’ concept in Cambodia Read More
For Norwegian insurance companies, 2013 has been a year of record high payouts as the result of huge numbers of sickness claims by travelling Norwegians. Never before have so many …
Travelling Norwegians’ sickness claims hit record high Read More
The Cambodian government should construct an effective annual review system for the minimum wage to ease worker unrest, according to clothing retail giant H&M, just-style.com reported. The Swedish company’s comments …
H&M calls for annual minimum wage review in Cambodia Read MoreDanish beer giant Carlsberg, a partner in Cambodia’s largest brewery, Cambrew, said it is not concerned by a call to boycott its popular Angkor Beer brand over a partner company’s …
Carlsberg shrugs off Beer Boycott Read MoreThe Embassy of Sweden in Bangkok this month committed SEK 7 million for a second phase of the Southeast Asia Press Alliance (SEAPA), with the grant cycle from 2013-2016. It …
Sweden commits SEK 7 Million to SE Asia press freedom Read More
Everyone born in the years 1995–1998 from anywhere in the world may apply for the 2014 Millennium Youth Camp through online service. The application process is two-phased. Application for the …
Application for Finland’s 2014 Millennium Youth Camp is open! Read More
The 53 years-old Norwegian Mack London escaped from Thailand to Cambodia, because the Norwegian Embassy would not issue him with an emergency passport, newspaper Aftenposten reported. The Norwegian citizen Mack …
Norwegian escaped indictment in Thailand Read More