Nordic News, Business and Life in Asia
The spacious four-story training center “Global Platform” of the International NGO ActionAid,in Myanmar’s capital city of Yangon, is gaining the reputation as a hotbed of creative political activism that could …
The house of a new tomorrow Read More
Norwegian Ambassador to Thailand Katja Christina Nordgaard met with scholars sponsored by Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs at Asian Institute of Technology. Almost all scholarship holders are from Myanmar but the …
Norwegian envoy meets Myanmar scholarship students at AIT Read More
The Myanmar Journalism Institute will be established through a collaboration among members of private commercial and public media organisations from Denmark, Sweden, Germany and Myanmar. It will offer diploma courses …
Myanmar’s first journalist school set for May launch Read More
Ericsson is named network supplier and managed services provider for Telenor in Myanmar. The deal covers: – Multi-vendor implementation and managed services to support Telenor’s nationwide network rollout – Frame …
Ericsson is Telenor Myanmar’s network supplier and service provider Read More
Myanmar-Nordic Liaison Ltd. – a company owned by three experienced Danish Partners – establishes permanent office location and physical presence on Strand Road in the heart of Myanmar’s commercial hub …
Consulting firm to promote Nordic-Myanmar trade, investment Read More
Do it for Denmark: The Danish travel agency, Spies Rejser, has launched a competition calling for Danes to have more sex to tackle declining birth rates, British media, The Independent, …
Lets all conceive in Asia! Read More
Norwegian oil firm Statoil has a won a license to explore for oil and gas in a deepwater block offshore Myanmar together with U.S. major ConocoPhillips, the Asian country’s energy …
Statoil wins deepwater oil license off Myanmar Read More
Two members of The Elders will travel to Nay Pyi Taw and Myitkyina in Kachin State during a three-day visit to Myanmar this week. They will then visit the Thai-Myanmar …
Elders to visit Myanmar this week Read More
A 27-year-old Norwegian has built three village-based children’s homes on the Thai-Burmese border for war orphans and victims of neglect and abuse. It must have been a culture shock for …
Ole’s village-based children’s homes Read More
The IKEA Foundation has published its 2013 annual review, announcing a 21% increase in total giving to organisations that are improving life for children in some of the world’s poorest …
IKEA Foundation gave €101 million to help children in 2013 Read More