Nordic News, Business and Life in Asia
Mikael Hed, CEO of Rovio Entertainment, Finland-based maker of Angry Birds, announced on October 2, the company would shed 130, or about 16% of workforce. In his blog post, Hed …
Rovio, creator of Angry Birds, announces lay-offs Read More
Vice Premier of China Mr Ma Kai presented on Monday 29th September, the honorary Friendship Awards. It is the People’s Republic of China’s highest award for “foreign experts who have …
Finnish professor receives China’s Friendship Award Read More
In autumn 2014 the capital of China, Beijing will be hit by a series of awesome events related to Finland. Those who have wanted see, hear and feel more about …
Pure Finland campaign in China shifts into high gear Read More
Neste Oil Singapore signed a deal on September 26 with Singapore-based National Oxygen (NOX) to install a new carbon dioxide (CO2) recovery and liquefaction plant at its renewable diesel refinery …
Neste installs CO2 capture plant at own Singapore diesel refinery Read More
Energy Absolute Public Company Limited (Bangkok, Thailand) has awarded the international consulting and engineering company Pöyry (Vantaa, Finland) with engineering assignments for the “EA Solar Lampang” solar photovoltaic (PV) project …
Pöyry awarded instalment of 130 MW solar project in Thailand Read More
[wzslider] For the first time the Finnish Chamber of Commerce in Hong Kong has succeeded to attract a younger crowd at their annual crayfishparty. Apart from ensuring a lively party the …
FinnCham hosted an entertaining and youthful crayfish party in Hong Kong Read More
Finland supported the acceleration of the signing of a free-trade agreement between Viet Nam and the European Union and the bloc’s recognition of Viet Nam as a market economy, Finnish …
Finland backs EU-VN free trade deal Read More
Finland is a pure and unpretentious country with an abundance of know-how and creativity. Such was the picture portrayed of Finland as the representatives of Iittala, Reima, Suunto and Marja …
Finnish brands target China’s competitive consumer markets Read More
Finnish manufacturer of composters and dry toilets Biolan has transferred some of its production from its China factory back to Finland, as a result of rising freight costs and an …
Dry toilet maker shifts production back to Finland Read More
In October the television crew behind the Thai TV documentary series “World 360 degree” will be travelling to Finland to make a four-episode series about the Finnish educational system. The …
Thai television goes to Finland Read More
The learning concept Me & My City was awarded as the winner of World Innovation Summit for Education on Monday the 15th of September. The programme is meant to promote entrepeneurship …
Finnish school programme wins innovation award Read More
A new Christmas-themed attraction is being developed in the Chinese city of Chengdu. SantaPark Ltd, which operates what is marketed as the “official home of Santa Claus” in Lapland, has …
Lapland-style Santa theme park to open in China Read More
The UN Development Program (UNDP), in partnership with Finland, will support Myanmar’s democratic governance, according to the UN organization here on September 14. Under an agreement signed between the two …
UNDP, Finland support Myanmar’s democratic governance Read More
Finland’s Minister of Agriculture and Forestry Petteri Orpo says he hopes to begin exports of pork and powdered milk to China next year. On a visit to China in the …
Finland to boost food exports to China next year Read More
Finnish logistics services provider Nurminen Logistics has signed a letter of intent to build a railway across the Asian continent, which will shorten the cargo passage between Finland and China, …
New railway route to speed up Finland-China transport Read More
A new report from the Finnish Ombudsman of Minorities shows that women at some Thai-massage parlors in Helsinki are victims of human trafficking. Even though they work at a massage …
Women in Helsinki’s Thai-massage parlors get no payment for regular massages Read More
Stamps designed as a tribute to homoerotic artist and gay icon Touko Laaksonen — also known as Tom of Finland — went on sale on September 8. According to the …
Finland’s homoerotic art stamps set new sales record Read More
More than 300 creative industry professionals gathered at the Europe-Asia roundtable sessions (EARS) of 2014, a four-day event that wrapped up in the Finnish capital of Helsinki on September 7. …
Finnish, European talents target China’s booming creative economy Read More
Pattaya Police took into custody a Thai woman in Pattaya in the early morning hour of September 4 for allegedly peddling Ecstasy pills on the streets of this well-known tourist …
Finn arrested in Pattaya’s Ecstasy drug bust Read More
Presenting the ABBA legacy in Bangkok is The Arrival, from Sweden. Ever since its inception in 1995, this troupe of musicians and singers has toured over 50 nations and appeared …
The next best thing to an ABBA reunion Read More
One of Northern Europe’s leading contemporary dance companies, Danish Dance Theatre, is set to wow the audience during the upcoming Bangkok’s 16th International Festival of Dance & Music 13 September …
Danish Dance troupe descends on Bangkok Read More
The trial of a British researcher from the Finnish NGO Finnwatch has begun. The researcher, Andy Hall, face up to seven years in prison for comments he made about the …
Researcher from Finnish NGO is on trial in Bangkok Read More
Icepeak has come a long way since the brand manager Kalle Korvenranta packed his backpack with sales samples and went to Germany to introduce a new brand to buyers. Icepeak …
Icepeak is Finland’s little known success story Read More
Belgium-based Business Social Compliance Initiative (BSCI) expressed great concern about civil and criminal charges pressed by Thai-based Natural Fruit Company against FinnWatch activist Andy Hall. These charges pertain to his …
Thai Pineapple industry urged to cooperate instead of litigate Read MoreAfter three years of negotiations with Finnairs cabin personnel stalled this spring, Finnair has signed a contract with crew management company OSM Aviation, the company that also recruit cabin crew …
Finnair outsources cabin operations to Asians Read More
A group of importers that includes some of Scandinavia’s largest retailers has publicly criticized the Thai food industry’s response to reports alleging human rights abuses. In a letter to the …
Scandinavian buyers decry Thai food industry’s actions Read More
Finnish dairy group Valio has revealed plans to invest EUR70m (US$92m) to expand its whey powder production as it targets growing demand for infant formula in China. The company said …
Valio to invest in whey powder production in China Read More
There are a small number of citizens of Nordic countries among some 16,000 foreign inmates in Thai prisons, according to Thailand’s Department of Corrections. As of August 2014, nine Swedes, …
Nordics a tiny minority among 16,000 foreign inmates in Thai prisons Read More
The Europe-Asia Roundtable Sessions (EARS) in Helsinki from September 4–7, 2014 draws together creative-industry professionals from countries, including Finland, China, Japan, Korea, Serbia, Indonesia and Sweden, to focus on the …
East-West creative types to meet in Helsinki Read More
The Immigration Bureau has published a new regulation that allows tourists, including those who enter Thailand under visa exemption category, to extend their stay in the kingdom by another 30 …
Nordic tourists to get up to 60-day visa-free stay in Thailand Read More
The Chinese leading geographic information service provider Wuda Geoinformatics Co., Ltd (GeoStar) on August 25 officially opened its Finnish branch in Espoo, a southern city next to the capital Helsinki. …
Chinese leading GIS firm opens branch in Finland Read More
A 41-year-old Finnish man was found dead in a room filled with cooking gas at a Bangkok guesthouse in an apparent suicide, according to police. An investigator was quoted by …
Finn found dead by cooking gas inhalation in Bkk guesthouse Read More
Another international taxation information-exchange agreement is now in place, this time with Hong Kong China. This is the 44th of its kind in the Nordic Region. Since 2007, a unique …
Nordics, Hong Kong China enter tax information pact Read More
A taxi driver in Hanoi was put in police custody on August 14 for snatching a mobile phone from a Finnish woman after having attempting unsuccessfully to overcharge her and …
Vietnam police nab cabby for snatching phone from Finnish tourist Read More
Thailand Expat Guide 2014 is the second edition of the popular booklet. Packed with practical and useful information, the guide remains an indispensable primer for newcomers and a versatile tool …
Thailand Expat Guide 2014 – Out Now! Read More
Between the 16th and 28th of August nearly a hundred young Scandinavians will be fighting to prove themselves in the Youth Olympic Games(YOG) held in Nanjing, China. The youths are …
92 Scandinvians will participate in the Youth Olympics Read More
Routes between Scandinavia and China will be strongly affected if Russia chooses to ban EU flights over Siberia. According to Financial Times signs has emerged that a ban on western …
Russia consider a ban on EU flights Read More
Indonesia’s Minister of Defence Purnomo Yusgiantoro visited Finland and Estonia to discuss possible partnerships with the two countries in cyber security. Estonia is one of Europe’s cyber security hubs. NATO’s …
Finland, Indonesia in cyber security cooperation talk Read MoreA Finnish backpacker who stole a Samsung Galaxy Tablet form fellow tourist was jailed for three months. Veijo Ilmari Nurmi (pic), 28, was also fined RM500 after he admitted to …
Finnish backpacker jailed 3 months for stealing tablet Read More
Metso has been selected to supply cutting-edge flow control technology to the PETRONAS Gas Berhad’s gas processing plant modernization project in Kerteh, Terengganu, Malaysia. The new flow control solutions will …
Petronas Gas picks Finland’s Metso for flow control technology Read More
Tetra Pak (Thailand) Limited announces the appointment of Henrik Hauggaard as the new Managing Director effective 1 July 2014. Henrik takes over from Rusty Kekuewa, who has relinquished his roles …
New Danish MD takes helm at TETRA PAK Thailand Read More
Finnish mobile phone manufacturer Jolla announced on Thursday that its smartphones will be on sale in Hong Kong starting from August 12. Jolla works with mobile operator 3, Hong Kong’s …
Jolla announces Hong Kong launch for smartphone Read More
The quota of almost 6,000 Thai berry pickers employed to work in Sweden and Finland this harvesting season has been filled, according to Thailand’s Ministry of Labour. The Nordic countries …
Sweden, Finland recruit fewer Thai berry pickers this year Read More
Finnish customs say a shipment of air-to-air missile parts that was stopped at the Helsinki airport last month was part of “normal military cooperation” between Ukraine and Vietnam. Read more: …
Finland: Vietnam’s Ukraine-bound weapon part of routine maintenance Read MoreAn independent and unbiased investigation into the crash of Malaysia’s Boeing 777 in Ukraine’s east should be carried out, Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev and Finnish Prime Minister Alexander Stubb …
Russia agrees to Finnish initiative for independent MH-17 crash probe Read More
Thailand’s National Food Institute has identified the Nordic countries as an important target for the country’s food and beverages export growth. Petch Chinabutr, President of National Food Institute, said consumers …
Thailand targets Nordics for food export growth potential Read More
Statement by the European Union Spokesperson issued on July 23 on the political agreement reached in Cambodia: “We welcome the agreement reached on 22 July by the two main political …
EU welcomes Cambodian government-opposition accord Read More
Thaivisa.com reported on July 24 that it was told by the Immigration Bureau that the new regulation that would impose harsh punishment, including blacklisting, on visa overstayers and those guilty …
A wiggle room for visa overstayers to avoid blacklisting Read More
Marc Spiegel, President of Thai-Finnish Chamber of Commerce, in a recent message to Chamber members, said the ongoing crackdown on the misuse of tourist and education visas by the Immigration …
Visa overstayers told to clean up their act Read More
THE COURT of Tax Appeals has ordered the Bureau of Internal Review (BIR) to return P27.6 million to Nokia Philippines, awarding a little less than half of the company’s requested …
Nokia Philippines gets P27.6-million refund from Court of Tax Appeals Read More