Nordic News, Business and Life in Asia
The Scandinavian Society Siam is back with the annual Garden Party in the garden of the Residence of the Danish Ambassador. It has been several years since the social club …
The Scandinavian Society Siam is back at the Danish Embassy Read More
The Asian Oasis, another Thai package tour operator, has announced that it will no longer provide elephant rides with all tour packages, citing its objection to cruel treatment animals in …
More Thai operators drop elephant rides from tour package Read More
A growing number of European travel agencies have decided to exclude elephant rides from their package tour itineraries based on reports of widespread animal abuse. But one of Thailand’s leading …
Thai animal welfare activist urges gradual phase-out of elephant rides Read More
According to a fresh report, foreign-owned data centres could bring Finland tens of thousands of jobs and billions of euros in economic impact. Foreign companies’ server farms in Finland could …
Finland reaps windfall from foreign-owned data centres Read More
Nordea has the most valuable brand in Scandinavia, according to the annual Banking 500 report by Brand Finance. The Sweden-based bank has a brand value of about 44.1 billion kroner, …
Nordea has the best Nordic bank brand Read More
Former German and Finnish joint-venture ETSI Technologies. popularly known as “ETSI”, the is now completely taken over by Filipino investors. For 33 years and still progressing, ETSI boasts one of …
Philippine investors take over Finnish-German telecom venture Read More
Metso will supply automation technology for PT Cikarang Listrindo’s two power boilers under construction in Babelan outside Jakarta in Indonesia. With advanced automation solutions, the company will be able to …
Metso supplies automation for Indonesian power plant Read More
The Nordic Embassies have learned from the 2004 Tsunami. In Phuket, the area in Thailand with the most Scandinavian tourists, a Nordic Emergency Group was created in the wake of …
Nordic disaster relief collaboration Read More
Opportunities afforded by the growing consumer markets of Asia play an important role in Marimekko’s internationalisation. Over the past three years, new markets have been opened up in China, Hong …
Marimekko expands into SE Asia with Singapore, Bkk stores Read More
When it comes to the average number of cigarettes consumed per year, Denmark is a long way ahead of its Nordic brethren, according to a new analysis by the Czech …
Danish nicotine junkies lead Nordic pack Read More