Nordic News, Business and Life in Asia
The annual garden party organized by Scandinavian Society Siam was held at the Danish Embassy this Saturday. Meet some of the people who joined the event and hear what they think …
Scandinavians Rocked through the Night Read More
Rovio is pushing “Angry Birds” in China. The Espoo, Finland-based developer is taking advantage of the country’s obsession with mobile gaming by tailoring its games to the Chinese market under …
‘Angry Birds’ passes half a billion downloads in China Read More
Cambodian Foreign Minister Hor Namhong met on February 18 with his visiting Finnish counterpart Erkki Tuomioja to discuss ways to promote bilateral ties and regional cooperation for mutual benefits. Speaking …
Cambodian, Finnish FMs explore ways to enhance ties Read MoreScandinavia and Thailand is in top ten, when it comes to adultery in marriage, a new survey made by Statista and with numbers from Match.com shows. Only Sweden stays out of …
The World’s most Adulterous Countries Read More
Finland’s Foreign Minister Erkki Tuomioja will lead a delegation to pay a two-day official visit to Cambodia on February 18, according to a statement from the Cambodian Ministry of Foreign …
Finland’s FM to visit Cambodia to boost ties Read More
At &SONS, a bar at the Chinese Square Centre, Scandinavian businessmen and -women are starting to gather. The collar button is unleashed and cold beers are being served along with different …
First ScandBizBar of 2015 Read MoreFinnish mobile messaging company Jongla has launched what it says is the lightest ever instant messaging app. Jongla Lite is a new 2.7MB version of the Jongla cross-platform instant messaging …
Finland’s Jongla mobile messaging app targets SE Asia Read More
Rovio Entertainment and Dreamkids Kindergarten team up to launch the first Angry Birds Playground in Southeast Asia. The playground will be opened in Singapore. Angry Birds Playground is an early …
Rovio launches Angry Birds Playground in Singapore Read More
Finnish President Sauli Niinisto has praised bilateral trade relations between his country and China, saying Finland’s economic ties with China have served as a balance during times of recession in …
Niinisto: Finland ‘lucky’ to trade with China Read MoreA Finnish man apparently hanged himself in the morning of February 9 outside the apartment of a friend after he was thrown out by her the night before. Chiang Mai …
Finnish man thrown out of friend’s apartment, kills self Read MoreThe Norwegian Seamen’s Church has its first social happening for Scandinavian students in Singapore the 25th of February. Dinner and conversation are key words for the event. But the church is also a place …
First Event for Scandinavian Students in Singapore Read MoreTwelve companies from Finland led by Nokia are scouting for business and trade opportunities in the Philippines. Executives of the 12 Finnish firms arrived in the country Monday as a …
Nokia, 11 Finnish firms explore Philippine opportunities Read More
The Hong Kong Economic and Trade Office has kicked off its 2015 Chinese New Year celebrations in countries under its purview by holding events in Finland and Norway. The London …
HK trade office celebrates Chinese New Year in Oslo, Helsinki Read MoreThe 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
The Finnish meat industry is authorized to export pork to China, the country’s Agriculture Ministry confirmed on January 16. Atria and HKScan, two Finnish companies, have gained permits to export …
Finland to export pork to China Read More
The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), a forum of 34 countries which aims to address globalisation issues, released a new report on Burma on Wednesday, part of the …
OECD highlights opportunities in Burma, urges reforms Read More
Finland’s national carrier Finnair’s plan to replace part of its cabin crew with cheaper Asian labor have been delayed due to problems with work permits. Finnair recruits the Asian personnel through …
Finnair’s Asian outsourcing is delayed Read More
Scientists at the eastern Lappeenranta University have calculated that China would become even more profitable if it were to make the switch to renewable energy within the next five to …
Finnish experts: solar, wind cheapest energy options for China Read MoreThe European Union on January 13 renewed its seven-year support strategy to the Philippines and more than doubled the figure for its development aid for 2014 to 2020. Ambassador Guy …
Denmark focuses on income gap as EU doubles aid to Philippines Read More
A 22 year old Finnish woman was riding on the back of a motorcycle in the afternoon sun Thursday the 8th of January when she and her 30 year old …
Finn face deportation after naked bike ride in Cambodia Read More
Oilon has broken new ground in China. While Oilon has previously supplied burners and burner systems mainly for energy-production plants, the groundbreaking new agreements cover the delivery of burner systems …
Oilon seals burner systems deals for hazardous waste plants in China Read More
Finland’s government has defended a project it funded in a conflict-affected part of eastern Burma as “successful” in assisting both villagers and government officials “to make positive changes.” The project, …
Finland defends controversial aid project in Myanmar Read More
Finland is ranked No. 2 on the lost of do-gooder in the world!, according to The Good Country Index. The idea of the Good Country Index is pretty simple: to …
Finland is second in world’s do-gooder list Read More
The Vietnamese government on December 29, 2014 issued a resolution on waiving visas within a certain time period for tourists from seven countries, starting in January. The waiver will be …
Vietnam waives visas for Nordic tourists Read More
The fastest average mobile networks in the world are in Denmark 21.6 Mbit/s, Singapore 16.7 Mbit/s, and in Switzerland 16.5 Mbit/s. In the US, the average mobile internet speed is …
Denmark, Singapore have world’s fastest mobile networks Read More
Attended by more than 340 guests from the Business Councils from Denmark, Finland, Norway & Sweden, this year’s Nordic Business Christmas Dinner was held at JW Marriott Kuala Lumpur in …
Nordic Business Christmas Dinner in Kuala Lumpur Read More
Christ Church was once again filled with Scandinavian residents in Thailand in the afternoon of Christmas Eve. The special service during which the gospel is read in your own tongue – with other …
Traditional Christmas Service in Bangkok Read More
HERE, a leader in navigation, mapping and location experiences, on December 15 announced that it has teamed up with Baidu, the leading Chinese language Internet search provider, to power its …
Nokia powering maps for Baidu outside of China Read More
A Sino-Finnish joint vocational education center opened last week in Minhang district. The China-Finland Center of Excellence in Vocational Education, or the “Harmony and Love” Creative Space, serves as a …
Sino-Finnish effort to raise vocational education standard Read More
Moomin Language School, a Finnish edutech startup and a spinoff from Promentor Solutions Ltd. is building a language learning service for kindergartens in China. The company has just signed its …
Finnish Moomin Language School goes to China Read More
A lack of demand in Finland has led to Finnish travel agents to cut the number of package holiday deals they offer during the winter months. Over the years, package …
Finnish agencies cut back on winter package tours to Thailand Read More
The Ministry of Science and Technology (MoST) and the Finnish Embassy in Vietnam jointly held a ceremony in Hanoi on December 12 to launch the second phase of the Vietnam-Finland …
Vietnam-Finland Innovation Programme enters second phase Read More
There was a Pure Finland Clean Day event in Beijing, on Nov 25, where the city of Beijing’s Economic and Technological Development Area, or E-town, established ties with Finland’s Trade …
Finland, China collaborate on eco-innovation town Read More
On 12-13 December 40,000 revellers gather for the electronic dance music festival Zoukout on Siloso Beach, Sentosa island in Singapore. Over 20 international and local artists over two stages performs, …
Nordic artists among headliners at Zoukout festival Singapore Read More
The fair trade watchdog Finnwatch says Finnish publishers are selling books made on the back of sweatshop labour from China. According to a fresh report by the NGO Finnish publishers …
NGO: Finnish publishers use China’s sweatshop labour Read More
Finland is aiming to boost cooperation in the fields of education and tourism, the latter having grown significantly in interest from both sides. Finnish Ambassador to Indonesia Paivi Hiltunen-Toivio told …
Finland seeks education, tourism cooperation with Indonesia Read More
A rapid process of urbanisation and an expanding middle class with increasingly western tastes will keep energy consumption and carbon dioxide emissions in China at high levels over the next …
China to do more in global climate change mitigation Read More
Prime Minister General Prayuth Chan-ocha told some 800 foreign businessmen, on Wednesday 3 December 2014 about what he thinks should be improved in a range of areas. The businessmen were all …
Thai Prime Minister met with foreign business community Read More
Denmark is ranked number one as the least corrupt country in the world, according to Transparency International’s Corruption Perceptions Index 2014. The index, which covers 175 countries or territories, ranks …
Denmark is the world’s least corrupt country Read More
The leading producer of laminating paper products, Kotkamills, starts an about 13 million euros two-phase investment programme to strengthen its position as the leading global supplier of overlaying films for …
Kotkamills invests in Malaysia, Finland Read More
Finnish group opens first packaging plant in Asia / China-based facility focuses on food and healthcare markets Finnish packaging specialist Wipak Group (Nastola; www.wipak.com) in November started operations at its …
Finland’s Wipak sets up shop in China – 1st in Asia Read More