Nordic News, Business and Life in Asia
The Danish “old hand” Ib Ottesen and his lovely wife, Kannikar, on Sunday 13 October inaugurated their latest impressive achievement, Jomtien Boathouse, a high quality hotel and restaurant on Jomtien …
Jomtien Boathouse – a dream come true Read MoreKim Poulsen will be coaching Singapore’s national U-18 team as of January 1, 2003. He will be joining Denmark’s former U 21 coach Jan Poulsen, who has been coaching Singapore’s …
Danish football coach to Singapore Read More“It’s nonsense,” Police Colonel Apirak Hongthong, head of Phuket immigration office, says to Reuters. “Our security has been tightened and those blacklisted people can’t get here. This is the world’s …
Phuket rejects Danish terror warning Read MorePrime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra and the Danish Prime Minister Anders Fogh Rasmussen agreed at a bilateral meeting during the ASEM-IV in Copenhagen in September to encourage a further expansion of …
ASEM-IV: Strengthening Thai-Danish business relations Read MoreSririta Jensen, the leading actress in the recently released Thai movie “999-9999 Dat Dor Dai” (Dial 999-9999 to Die), is half Danish – half Thai, but her heart is with …
Sririta Jensen – Danish ‘Luk Krueng’ with a Thai heart Read MoreMærsk Sealand started using the new harbour in the South of Malaysia about eighteen months ago. As the mission of the Danish Seamen’s Church is “To be present whereever Danish …
New Danish Church in Malaysia Read MoreDLH – the largest Danish wholesale company within tropical wood offered its employees in Indonesia to leave the country if they felt insecure after the Bali bombings. “We source wood from …
DLH offers employees to leave Indonesia Read MoreThe tragedy of the bomb at Kuta Beach had several Scandinavian victims, both dead and wounded. A website has been established where all the names are listed as they become …
Scandinavian victims of Bali terror bomb Read MoreThe Scandinavian community in Ho Chi Minh City is shrinking as more non-Scandinavian expatriates take over positions previously occupied by Scandinavian personnel. “The Swedish companies are doing great here – it is …
Fewer Scandinavian in Ho Chi Minh City Read MoreThe Sitachitt family, founders of Mala Chemical Industries in 1961, has bought back all its shares from Rosti of Demark and A.P. Moller. The Sitachitt family previously held a 49% stake …
Family buys Rosti (Mala) Ltd. back Read MoreOne hundred years ago – on October 14, 1902 – a young Danish soldier in the service of HM King Chulalongkorn prevented the whole Northern part of Thailand to fall …
Danish captain Hans Marqvard Jensen in Thai service honoured Read MoreMr. Ulrik Holt Sørensen took up his new position as Head of the Consular Section at the Royal Danish Embassy, Bangkok on September 1, 2002. He succeeds Tove Wihlborg Andersen, …
Ulrik Holt Sorensen new head of Danish Consular Affairs Read MoreECCO on Saturday 21 September opened its second shop in Thailand in Central City Bangna. The opening was performed by Deputy Prime Minister Korn Dabaransi after a short introduction by …
New ECCO Shop opened in Bangkok Read MoreEAC Industrial Ingredients has been appointed agent in the Philippines for distribution of refrigerant gases for Honeywell, the U.S. group. Honeywell is active in many commercial sectors and is the …
EAC boosts business in the Philippines Read MoreThe Asia Europe Business Forum (AEBF) organized this year in Denmark by the Confederation of Danish Industries (DI) in connection with the ASEM meeting in Copenhagen in September looked at …
EU to increase its business in Asia Read MoreNordic businessmen in Vietnam shared a sense of positive business developments when they earlier this year met in Hanoi for the Annual General Meeting of Nordcham – the Nordic Chambers …
Nordic businessmen sees business climate improving Read MoreMr. Lasse Reimann, Denmark’s ambassador to Malaysia, made headlines when he shortly after the Danish take-over of the EU presidency told the press that a proposal to form a Joint …
One EU-Malaysia Chamber considered Read MoreIn one shot, the April 23 acquisition of Eurogestion added pest control on a large scale to ISS. In Singapore, they immediately took this new situation seriously. Woon Chiap Chan, …
ISS Singapore strengthens its pest control service package Read MoreTanapol Vanich Co., Ltd. – the exclusive distributor of the Danish product Dry-Bag – is moving into the retail market. So far, the company has mainly focused on Thai exporters …
Danish Dry-Bag moving into the Thai retail market Read MoreThe European Union today expressed its disappointment with the Federal Court decision to uphold the conviction of former deputy prime minister Anwar Ibrahim on charges of corruption. “The EU recalls …
EU disappointed with Anwar’s appeal verdict Read More
Last year, the number of Danish tourist traveling to Thailand dropped 1.49%. By the end of 2001, only 78.728 had come to visit the land of smiles. This year, however, …
Danish Thai tourists coming back Read More
The significant chapter in the history of one of the most prominent Danish construction and engineering companies, Christiani & Nielsen, is about to be written. The decision to formally close …
Christiani & Nielsen – a Danish legend lives on in Thailand Read More
Danish-Thai Chamber of Commerce was conceived by Ambassador Mogens Isaksen, Royal Danish Embassy; Peter Miller, Maersk Bangkok Branch, and Poul Weber, Berli Jucker Public Co., Ltd.. The idea was first …
Danish Thai Chamber of Commerce: 10 Years Anniversary Read MoreFormer electronics manufacturer in Denmark now serves Danish and Swedish companies with components from Singapore, the Philippines and other places in South East Asia.“They are cheaper and better,” says Mr. J๘rgen …
Electronic Components from Asia Cheaper and Better Read MoreBreaking a long silence over the government of Laos’ conviction of Gem Mining Lao PDR company officers in late 2000, Bjarne Jeppesen and Julie Bruns have called for an end …
Danish Gem mining partners speaks out Read MoreCarlsberg in May made a major investment in Lao Brewery. The acquisition of shares in the brewery was made by two separate companies: Carlsberg Brewery Hong Kong Ltd, a subsidiary …
Carlsberg partner acquires Lao Brewery Read MoreSingapore-based Danish dressage trainer Inge Merete Thorsen has according to the website www.Equestrian.com.my in June formally apologized to Masood and Maliha Faizullah Khan. It brings to a close a three-year …
Danish Coach Inge Thorsen Apologises Read MoreClose to one year on the September 11 it is hardly any secret that commercial flights are still not that safe. Several journalists have proved that it remains possible to …
Watch out for the parcels! Read MoreCarlsberg Asia Pte Ltd., the 50/50 joint venture between Carlsberg Breweries A/S and the Chang Beverages Pte Limited, will as of 1 October, 2002 gradually change its top management team. …
New management for Carlsberg Asia Ltd. Read MoreDanish designer in Chiang Mai sells his in many countries – and in shops in Bangkok Not many business people have anything nice to say about the crisis in 97. …
Company built on chop-sticks Read MoreIntroduced in Thailand only two years ago, an increasing number of export shipments from Thailand are protected on their journey to their final destination all over the orld by a …
Unique Danish product keeps Thai exports dry Read MoreDenmark-based firm guns for top-three spot in brown-shoe sector within 5 years ECCO, a Danish footwear brand, opened its first local retail shop yesterday and announced it had plans for …
ECCO shoes enters local retail market Read MoreAbout a hundred close friends and embassy colleagues gathered at the Royal Danish Embassy on Wednesday evening, 16th of July, to bid Farewell to Mrs. Tove Wihlborg Andersen, Mr. Claus …
Three staff leave the Danish Embassy Read MoreBang & Olufsen Thailand invites all Scandinavians in Thailand to be among the first to experience a new cool Bang & Olufsen product – the BeoSound 2 (a pocket friendly …
B&O new MP3 player introduced in Thailand Read More
Thailand and Denmark, two kingdoms located far apart and in different hemispheres of the world, have long had a close relationship, thanks to their much-revered dynasties. The two countries will …
The Special Ties of Friendship Between Thailand and Denmark Read More
By Henrik Petersen, Royal Danish Embassy Deadline is fast approaching for Thailand to make use of a Danish offer to finance additional supplies of Danish medical equipment to hospitals in …
Danish Mixed Credit for Public Health Ministry worth 2 billion Baht Read More
On March 18-19, 1999, His Royal Highness Prince Henrik, the Prince Consort of Denmark, visited Thailand. Prince Henrik is the protector for the World Wildlife Fund for Nature (WWF) in …
Prince Henrik Visits Thailand Read More
“The first Maersk shipment to Thailand was railway equipment from Japan. That was in 1948. A year later, Maersk Line set up an office and a regular route from Thailand …
Maersk Celebrates 50 Years in Thailand Read MoreBy James Eckardt One of the perks of being a journalist is to interview a character so fascinating that you can’t stoP telling your friends about him for days. Such …
Memories of Dr. Ammundsen Read More
Thai Minister of Agriculture and Cooperatives, H.E. Pongpol Adireksarn, together with a delegation from the Ministry of Agriculture visited Denmark from the 3rd to the 6th of June 1998. “There …
Thailand’s Minister of Agriculture visits Denmark Read More