Nordic News, Business and Life in Asia
Year 2018 marks the 50th anniversary of diplomatic ties between Malaysia and Norway. What began as a partnership between two oil and gas (O&G) producing country peers has now been …
Norwegian investors continue to put faith in Greater KL Read More
Nordea Bank’s General Managers in China and Singapore talk to ScandAsia about how they navigate the many regulatory challenges and the importance of being on top of things to serve …
Nordea Bank navigates the highly regulated markets, the do’s, don’ts in Asia Read More
Press release: Jotun is using DNV GL’s Veracity platform to combine external and proprietary data to optimize the delivery of its maritime coatings at port. Veracity creates an ecosystem where …
Jotun turns to DNV GL’s Veracity platform to optimize delivery of maritime coatings Read More
Press release: On Wednesday the 15th, Danish Ambassador in Malaysia, Jesper Vahr, met with Secretary General of Urban Wellbeing, Housing and Local Government (KPKT Malaysia), Dato’ Sri Haji Mohammad Bin …
Danish Ambassador in Malaysia meets with secretary general Read More
As the atlas shrunk due to the internet and the subsequent globalization, the opportunity to spend part of your life abroad in a foreign and strange country became more appealing …
Millennials ranks Scandinavia and Asia low in expat survey Read More
Southeast Asia is still among the most corrupt regions in the world and, for the most parts, slowly descending into further corruption, at least according to Transparency International (TI) annual …
Corruption still reigns in Southeast Asia Read More
The first noteworthy thing when arriving for the latest visit to Penang was to find only one plane parked at the gates at the airport – nearly unheard of these …
Penang: where cultures blend and living heritage keeps evolving Read More
Should the current bio fuel-demand for palm oil continue to rise, the demand for it may be six times higher than it is today. That is the basic conclusion of …
New study: Palm oil demand to increase six-fold by 2030 Read More
Researchers from Lund University of Sweden has recently discovered a previously unknown language in the heart of the forest in northern Malaysia. The language has been named Jedek and according …
Unknown language discovered in Malaysia Read More
In a recently published report by analyst firm Euler Hermes, Indonesia and Malaysia ranks as some of the worst countries in the world to collect debt, based on the complexity …
Indonesia and Malaysia among the world’s worst debt collectors Read More