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The tradition of International Women’s Day were founded in Copenhagen one hundred years ago. In 2010 this day is celebrated all over the world, where women face harder life circumstances …
8th of March is International Women’s Day Read MoreDemanding equal rights for both sexes. Up to 1000 women and men representing 43 different organisations walked the streets of Bangkok Monday morning. They met at the Royal Plaza and …
Women’s Demonstration Read More08.03.2010 | news Niels C. Jensen and Pimjai Chaimongkol | photos Niels C. Jensen At the first level in a four storey house in the Somrong area in Bangkok a group …
Garment Workes Start Own Production Read MoreText Edison Ong, Manilla BulletinWhere the wind blows, money flows. Vestas Wind Systems, a leading supplier of wind power solutions in the world, has looked to the East where business opportunities …
Vestas Opens Manila IT Hub to Support Global Operations Read MoreThursday night was Nordic networking night at the cosy Minibar Royale at Sukhumvit Soi 23. Not less than 120 Scandinavians and Thais was packed together at the 75 cosy square …
Swedish Meatballs, a Packed Bar, Cold Beers, and Business Card Swap Read MoreKim Dreyer has sent this invitation to join his survey: We are currently investigating whether there is interest in Danish foods and products in Malaysia.We know that there can be …
Danish Food in Malaysia? Read MoreThe Thai government has donated 20,000 metric tons of Thai rice to for the Haitians. The first load has arrived in Haiti already, flown in for free by Thai Airways …
Thailand and Maersk Line Jointly Relieve Haiti Read MoreElizabeth Romhild together with well-known Danish artist participate the charity auction and managed to send the Ecstasy bronze sculpture to Bruun Rasmussen where all the proceeds go to Breast Cancer …
Elizabeth Romhild’s Bronze Sculpture was the 4th Highest in Charity Auction Last Night Read MoreThe Singaporean navy warns that a terror group is planning one or more terror attack at oil tankers in the Malacca Strait, and the authorities in Malaysia, Singapore and Indonesia …
Threat of Terror Attacks in The Malacca Strait Read MoreDanish companies are absent in the most promising part of China. Denmark risks losing a huge market with 200 million consumers, writes Berlingske Business.
Denmark Misses Billion Dollar Market in China Read MoreThe Danish PM Lars Lokke Rasmussen visits Singapore, Japan, and South Korea from the 5th-12th March.The mission is firstly to strengthen and consolidate relations with three countries that have growing …
Danish Prime Minister to Asia Read MoreThursday 10 a’ clock around 90 businesspeople, government officials, and representatives from different Chambers of Commerce was gathered at the One Start One Stop Investment Center at the 18th floor in …
Easier To Do Business in Thailand Read MoreReactions from some of the guests at the Joint Foreign Chambers’s visit at the One Start One Stop Investment Center. Two of the guests at the Joint Foreign Chambers’s visit …
A Tender Start To Facilitate Business in Thailand Read MoreUPDATE: There has been giving notice of big demonstrations in Bangkok in the middle of March, especially on the 14th of March. The demonstrations were postponed from the end of …
Keep Away From Big Demonstrations in Bangkok Read MoreDanish brewer Carlsberg last Tuesday reported higher net profit for 2009, based on market gains in Eastern Europe and Asia. The net profit of 4.2 billion kroner (771 million dollars), …
Brewer Carlsberg Increase Net Profit and New Breweries To Come Read MoreIn order to help Vietnam respond and adapt to climate change, Japan will give Vietnam a preferential loan of 450 million USD, Denmark pledged to support with 53 million USD, …
Denmark Helps Vietnam Respond To Climate Change Read MoreKuala Lumpur: Søren Ravn has replaced Søren Holm Jensen asCarlsberg Brewery Malaysia’s managing director. Carlsberg told this Monday that Søren Ravn had been with the Carlsberg group since 1998 at …
New Søren to Lead Carlsberg in Malaysia Read MoreThree Scandinavian Chambers of Commerce moved office Saturday, February 27, 2010A short move from Tower B to Tower A. DanCham, the Swedish-Thai Chamber of Commerce and the Finish-Thai Chamber of Commerce will …
Trade Chambers Moved Office Read MoreDanish pharmaceutical company Lundbeck is planning to aim at the Asian markets in future as Lundbeck predicts big decline in sales in Europe and the US according to Euroinvestor. Asia …
Lundbeck Dreams of Further Expansion in Asia Read MoreElizabeth Romhild’s bronze sculpture “Ectasy” is available for online bidding at a special auction held by the Danish Auction House Bruun Rasmussen where all the proceeds go to Breast Cancer …
Elizabeth Romhild Sculpture on Auction until Thursday 4 March Read MoreOn 11th February 2010 HRH Prince Henrik was welcomed to Phuket by Boathouse (http://www.boathousephuket.com) General Manager Louis Bronner, a personal friend of Prince Henrik, and Mom Tri’s Villa Royale (http://www.villaroyalephuket.com) General …
HRH Prince Henrik Visited Phuket Read MoreWhen the Danish singer Sidsel Storm went to the Rhythmical School in Vig in 2001, it was love at first sight in more than one way. She met her future husband there and he was the one who introduced …
Sassy, Jazzy Sidsel Storm Read MoreFour Scandinavian and one Southeast Asian country is in top 10 at the Corruption Index made by Transparency International.The Scandinavian countries has a big tradition of not being corrupt at …
Corruption Not Popular in Scandinavia and Singapore Read MoreAt the opening of the Centre, the Ambassador to Thailand Michael Sternberg said that the processing of visa applications in Thailand have not always been easy. Over the years, different …
Danish Visa Application Centre Now Open in Bangkok Read MoreSchool principles get 1.8-2.0 million DKK a year and the teachers are paid the same as engineers and get 100 lessons of supplementary training a year. It is prestigious to …
Study Trip to Singapore Unveiled Prestige About the Job As a Teacher Read MoreSunday night, the famous Danish award winning jazz singer, Sidsel Storm gave an exclusive concert at the Grand Millennium Sukhumvit. The concert was a preview of her newly released album “Swedish …
Danish Jazz Singer, Sidsel Storm, Performs Live in Bangkok Read MoreText and photo: Majbrit Madsbøll / Maiken Hallingskov This year’s carnival celebration was on the 7th February from 10-13. One week before our friends in Denmark celebrates this day. But …
Danish Women’s Network in Thailand: Children’s Carnival 2010 Read MoreText: Ulla Behrend Photo: Julie Amsinck On the 9th February, the 35-year old Scandinavian Women’s Association (SWA) held its Annual General Meeting and proudly showed that the good old viking ship is …
The Scandinavian Charitable Hands Read MoreWhite sandy beaches, lots of sun, palm trees, spicy food, and polite and smiling people is maybe what you normally link with Thailand. But according to the Terrorism Risk Index …
Thailand 9th Most Dangerous Country in The World Read More“The Government has no plans to allow double citizenship” said the Danish Minister of Integration Birthe Rønn Hornbech (V) in a consultation the 11th February with the parties of Parliament …
The Danish Government Refuses Double Citizenship Read MoreThese services includes Business Class check-in, Fast Track security, priority boarding, bigger seats with more leg room, better meal service and a personal entertainment system on board. 64,740 baht, including …
SAS: Economy Extra Passengers goes Business Read MoreThe Danish businessman and third-world supporter Jørgen K. Hansen is still imprisoned in Cambodia at the Banteay Meanchey Provinsual Prison close to Poipet suspected for having sex with minors and …
Jørgen K. Hansen Enjoys Prison Life in Cambodia Read MoreThe global crisis has caused a decrease of 15.5 percent of Danes moving abroad. In 2009, 20.085 Danes chose to leave Denmark for a life overseas, but just two years …
Fewer Danes Become Expats Read MoreMichael Borch-Jensen, the Danish man who was arrested in the weekend for sex with a 14 year old girl has been released by the police. The 43 year old Dane …
Dane Arrested for Underaged Sex Released Read MoreAs the oldest organization for Scandinavians in Thailand, Scandinavian Society Siam (SSS) has been a central meeting point for Scandinavians for almost a century. It has given its members a …
The Future of SSS Lies in the Hands of Its Members Read MoreThe Danish dry bulk and tanker shipping company Norden is optimistic in the middle of the ongoing global economic crisis, reports Channelnewsasia.com. Norden have just bought new ships and have …
Norden Shipping Sails Through the Global Economic Crisis Read MoreAs part of the company’s internationalisation strategy Ib Andresen Industri has established a production unit in Thailand. The factory is situated in a so-called free zone in Laem Chabang container …
Ib Andresen Industri Starts Supplementary Production in Thailand Read MoreThe Danish part of Lao Brewery Company, Carlsberg Brewery were surprised when they got the news about Lao Brewery Company is going to public listed this year reports the Danish …
Carlsberg Unaware of Public Listing in Laos Read MoreDanish citizen Michael Borch-Jensen, 43, was at 2 am on 7 February arrested in his room in L.K Apartment Pattaya. After Super Intendant Chusak Kethong and his team following a tip …
Dane Arrested for Sex with Underaged Girl in Pattaya Read MoreJørgen Heide a 75-year-old Danish cruise line passenger died the 4th of february in a hospital in Kochi, India reports Press Trust of India. Jørgen Heide was on the cruise …
Danish Cruise Tourist Dies on His Way to Thailand Read MoreAccording to China Radio International The Lao Brewery Company, a joint venture between the Danish Carlsberg Brewery Company and the Lao government is going to be at the listed at …
Lao-Danish Brewery to be Public Listed Read MoreThe Malaysian Government has chosen Putrajaya and Cyberjaya to become Green Cities reports CSR Asia. The model of Green Cities are seen several places around world for example in the …
Green Cities to Come in Malaysia Read MoreThe documentary film shows the munks uprising in Burma/Myanmar in September 2007 in a completly new angle. The footage in the documentary are made by courageous Burmese munks who risked …
The Danish Produced and Directed Burma VJ Nominated for an Oscar Read MoreThe Vietnamese Prime Minister, Nguyen Tan Dung did Wednesday choose state-run Vietnam Electricity Group, or EVN to plan the construction of a wind power plant in the southern province of …
Danish Aid Money to Develop Wind Power in Vietnam Read MoreThere are huge differences between in the salaries of the Prime Ministers in among others Denmark, Sweden and Singapore. According to the column the Singaporean PM, Lee Hsian Loong, earns …
The Singaporean Prime Minister Earns 12 Times More Than the Danish and Swedish Read MoreAll applications for visa and for work- and residence permits to Denmark previously submitted to the Royal Danish Embassy must as of 15 February be submitted to a new Visa …
New Visa Application Centre for Denmark in Bangkok Read MorePress Release from EAC: In line with its strategy to further expand its position in South and South‐East Asia, EAC IndustrialIngredients has as of 29 January 2010 completed the acquisition …
EAC Industrial Ingredients acquires Malaysian Seawards Read MoreGlunz & Jensen announced today that it has signed an agreement with Singapore Press Holdings Ltd (SPH), through Agfa Graphics to upgrade the complete pre-press production at SPH Print Centre …
Huge Singapore Contract to Danish Glunz & Jensen Read MoreBy Stephan Volmer Jensen Burma VJ was the winner of the top award for best documentary over 60 minutes in length at the International Documentary Film festival in Amsterdam 2008. …
The Dane Behind “Burma VJ” Documentary Read MorePearls, feathers, dresses, smoking and red lipstick – and of course a Martini. The theme was 1920’s gala when Scandinavian Society Siam celebrated its 90 Year Anniversary. The Grand Ball …
The 90 Years Anniversary of Scandinavian Society Siam Read More