Nordic News, Business and Life in Asia
A popular SAS Manager is leaving Copenhagen behind and sets out for Thailand. Niels Henrik Hansen has with a varied background and career been appointed Regional Manager of SAS in …
New Regional Manager of SAS Asia Read MoreThe Prachachart Business Newspaper reports that the Danish beer Carlsberg will soon be back in Thailand. The Danish brewery is according to the business paper currently negotiating with Siam Winery …
Carlsberg Returning to Thailand Read MoreThe 7th Anti-Corruption Dialogue meeting held on 28 May focused on corruption in the education system. Government and donor representatives, NGOs and media learnt that corruption is so widespread that …
Danish Ambassador: Corruption in Vietnamese Education is a Major Burden on Parents Read MoreTo day three brand new Visa Application Centres will start operating in Beijing, Shanghai and Guangzhou. For visa applicants with ordinary passports this means easier access to visa centres, longer …
Three New Danish Visa Application Centres in China Read MoreDen Danske Sprogskole – the Danish Language School – is the new additional name that the Danish company Thai Integration has taken to clarify its core services: Danish language training. …
Danish Language School in Bangkok Read MoreThe top Nordic fashion labels will flock to China this coming August to attend the Nordic Fashion Week in Shanghai. The purpose of the event is to expose Chinese consumers …
Experience Nordic Fashion in Shanghai Read MoreFamous female Thai boxer and singer “Kratae” together with her sister “Kratai” perform concert in Aarhus on Fri 4, June from 6.00 pm to 2.00 am. The venue is Gjelleruvej …
Kratae and Kratai Concert in Aarhus Read MoreThe Norwegian and Danish TV-reality show Robinson Expedition has been stopped due to an outbreak of dengue fever. For now all the crew and participants are kept behind closed doors …
Scandinavian Robinson People Behind Closed Doors in Malaysia Read MoreNghe An province has approx. 5000 small fishing vessels, but the majority of them loose part of the value of their catch due to on-board deterioration before landing at the …
Danida Supporting Access to High Value Fish Markets Read MoreDanish Thai singer Christina Chanée and her partner won the fourth highest votes in the EuroVision Grand Prix Finals on Saturday night in Oslo. Torwards the end of the voting …
Danish Thai Chanée On 4th Place in Oslo Read MoreThe feared tropical disease dengue fever has really got hold on this years Robinson Expedition. Saturday morning its host, Jacob Kjeldbjerg felt badly and was immediately rushed to a hospital …
Robinson Expedition Host Jacob Kjeldbjerg Rushed to Hospital in Malaysia Read MoreDnp denmark has contributed four large dnp Giant Wide Angle (GWA) Screens for the Danish pavilion at World Expo 2010 in Shanghai. Each one is showing Welfairytales, which presents new …
Dnp Supplies Danish Pavillion at World Expo 2010 in Shaghai Read MoreThailand’s authorities have lifted a night-time curfew imposed 10 days earlier in Bangkok and 23 provinces after deadly anti-government protests, the prime minister said Saturday. “The curfew will be lifted …
Thai Authorities Lift Curfew Imposed After Deadly Unrest: PM Read MoreHenrik Friis is a busy man. As the Managing Director of Dantherm Filtration Ltd in Bangkok, he is responsible for the production and sales of filters produced by almost 100 …
Making Asia a Better Place to Breathe Read More15 primary and secondary schools in Jilin, Liaoning, Inner Mongolia, and Beijing were visited 12-25 May by a Sino-Danish Wind Energy Development (WED) programme. The purpose of the Danish Wind …
Danish Wind Energy Road Show Hits The Chinese Schools Read MoreThe Group’s revenue for the first quarter ended 31 March 2010 increased by 30.6 per cent compared to the corresponding quarter in the previous year. The higher revenue was mainly …
Carlsberg Malaysia Revenue for the First Quarter Increased by 30.6 % Read MoreAsia and Europe is represented in one person at the Eurovision Song Contest. Danish contestant Christina Chanée has a Danish mother and a Thai father. She is born and raised …
Denmark Brought Thailand to Eurovision Song Contest Read MoreThe Danish hope for the Eurovision Song Contest, the Danish Thai singer Christina Chanée and partner passed on Thursday nigh the Semi Finals and will now be in the Finals …
Chanée In The Eurovision Finals Read MoreToday, Danish Novozymes, and the two Chinese partners COFCO and Sinopec, signed a Memorandum of Understanding covering the next steps towards commercialization of cellulosic biofuel in China. As part of …
Danish Novozymes Signs MOU for Production of Cellulosic Biofuel in China Read MoreWhen pictures of Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama’s multi-colored button down shirt started spreading on the Internet, people around the world cringed. But not Peter Crawfurd and Michael Yang with own …
Danes Turns Buck on the Back of Japan PM’s Fashion Read MoreToday at a press conference at the Embassy of Denmark in Hanoi, the Danish ambassador and chairman of the Cultural Development and Exchange Fund (CDEF), Mr. Peter Lysholt Hansen, presented …
Danish Ambassador Presented CDEF Talent Prize 2010 Read MorePoor children selling their bodies. Men buying children for sex. Child pornography on the internet. Asia is one of the big problem areas: “We all know of the problem but …
Danish NGO: Break the Silence and Stop Child Abuse Read MoreNils Bernstein, the Director of the Danish National Bank, has spent almost 150,000 kroner on a week long trip to Singapore. This was paid for by Danish tax payers and …
Danish National Bank Investigates Overspending in Singapore Read MoreBangkok is progressive recovering from politic crisis. We hope this third time will be lucky. The Board of Scandinavian Society Siam (SSS) arranges new date for 91st Annual General Meeting …
Scandinavian Society Siam Annual General Meeting New Date Read MoreFor the past eight weeks, Per Arne Granbo has had a lot on his mind. He has had to take care of his babies, as he calls them – the …
Thoughts from a Norwegian Red Shirt Read MoreTV3 has been forced to evacuate the Danish and Norwegian team from a tropical island in Malaysia after several of the 200- strong team has been hit by high fever …
Dengue Fever Stops Danish and Norwegian Robinson Expedition in Malaysia Read MoreAs of Monday 24 May the Embassy has resumed operations at the usual address. The Visa Section is in process of finishing pending visa cases (already submitted applications) and we …
Re-opening of the Danish Visa Application Centre Read MoreText and photos: Nicolai Wichmann / Plan Denmark Like many other primary schools in Indonesia, up until a year ago, Kalimaro Primary School on Central Java was rundown, dirty and …
Danish School-Building Teddy Bears in Indonesia Read MoreThe cabinet agreed to extend the curfew in Bangkok and 23 other provinces to Friday night, Deputy Prime Minister Suthep Thaugsuban said after the cabinet meeting on Tuesday aorund noon. …
Thailand Update: Curfew Extended (Only) to Friday Read MoreLeaders tend to be successful. Market leaders tend to shape the industry, guide its trajectory and weave exciting experiences for customers. By Martin Roll With the advent of the Internet, …
Martin Roll: Nokia’s Fall From Grace Calls for a Return to Its Pioneering Days Read MoreDanish Carlsberg and other brewers in Cambodia have been criticized before and in 2006 set up an association to improve conditions. The objectives of the Beer Selling Industry of Cambodia …
Carlsberg: We Pay the Beer Girls Better Than the Garment Factories Read MoreLast year it year it was uncovered that the Danish company Burmeister & Wain Scandinavian Contractor (BWSC) has been engaged in corruption in the Philippines. Now they are being accused …
Danish Company Accused of Bribery – Again Read MoreAt 7 PM on Friday Night the news broke that the curfew has officially been lifted in Pattaya, writes PattayaOne. This follows a meeting held at Pattaya City Hall earlier …
Back to Normal – Pattaya Curfew Cancelled Read MoreA Dane and two other foreign mountaineers have reportedly died and one was injured while trying to explore mountains in Tibet during this spring mountaineering seanon, according to the China …
Danish Mountaineer Dies in Tibet Read MoreVietnam has witnessed the largest ship ever to call at her shores. The ‘Mathilde Maersk’ made its inaugural call as part of Maersk Line’s new direct service between South Vietnam …
‘Mathilde Maersk’ largest vessel ever to call Vietnam Read MoreIn the popular tourist town of Pattaya – far from unrest in Bangkok and Northern Thailand – a Danish man has lost his life in a traffic accident, informs the …
Dane Killed in Traffic Accident in Thailand Read MoreWhile Denmark’s Grand Prix hope Chanée is in Oslo to prepare herself for next Thursday’s great semi-final in the Eurovision Grand Prix song contest, a political conflict is raging in …
Chanée Worried about Her Family in Bangkok Read MoreEven though the Red Shirt leaders surrendered, unrest and violent actions continued to take place all over Bangkok throughout the whole day yesterday. The protesters had been encouraged to go …
Men in Black Attacking Bangkok Read MoreMore than 25 million Filipinos are living for less than one 1.25 US Dollar a day, UN’s international poverty line. And 80 percent of the population live for less than 3 …
Fighting Pistol Liberalism in the Philippines Read MoreCarlsberg and Heineken, two of the worlds largest brewers have been criticised for paying low wages to the women who promote their beers across Cambodia. Researchers from a Canadian university …
Danish Carlsberg Ignores Risk to Their Sex-selling Beer Girls Read MoreOn Wednesday Night at 8pm, Pattaya Police backed up by Pattaya City Hall Security Officers began a tour of the city and ordered all establishments, including Bars, Discotheques, Banks, Shopping …
Pattaya Under Curfew Read MoreDespite the turmoil engulfing parts of Bangkok and some other Thai cities, Phuket’s top cop insists Phuket remains safe.Commenting on reports that two provincial halls in Northeast Thailand have been …
Turmoil In More Cities, But Top Cop Says Phuket Safe Read MoreThe Centre for the Resolution of Emergency Situation (CRES) on Wednesday imposed a curfew across the capital following arson attacks in downtown Bangkok and several areas after anti-government red shirt …
CRES Imposes Curfew in Bangkok Read MoreThe crisis in Thailand is very serious, says Johannes Schmidt who is an Associate Professor of International Politics at the University of Aalborg in Denmark. According to him, one solution …
Expert: This Is Why It Went Wrong Read MorePhD Marte Nielsen of the University in Lund is an expert on Thailand and the current situation.At 2 p.m. (7 p.m. Thailand time), she will give her evaluation of the …
What Will Happen To Thailand? Read MoreIn the main conference room at Pattaya City Hall, Admiral Phutthi Mangkhalapruek (Permanent Secretary of the Defence Ministry) along with Pattaya City Mayor Ittiphol Khunpluem chaired a meeting to discuss …
Danes Attend International Fireworks Festival in Pattaya Read MoreYesterday, it was decided by the government that Bangkok and 23 other provinces were to be under a curfew from 8 p.m. until 6 a.m. Thursday morning. This resulted in …
Norwegian Trapped in Bangkok Fears Prison Time Read MoreThe curfew in Bangkok and several provinces of Thailand which was imposed on Wednesday will remain in place for the next three days, the emergency center has announced. The time, though has …
Thai Curfew Next Three Days Read More“Don’t Buy Trouble” is the name of a new Danida funded anti-wildlife trafficking campaign at Noi Bai Airport in Hanoi, raising awareness among travellers regarding wildlife protection and warning them …
Danish Supported Campaign: “Don’t Buy Trouble” Read MoreHow to penetrate new markets is one of biggest challenges of Vietnamese exporters. Besides, the farmers face more severe problem due to the lack of information, technology and know-how for …
Soon Vietnamese Farmers Jump in to E-commerce Read More