Nordic News, Business and Life in Asia
Tore Naerland and his friends from the Bike For Peace organisation will now push their pedals harder than ever before to get trough with the group’s biggest event, a double …
Bike For Peace Launch Doubletrip To Thailand And Vietnam Read MoreIt’s getting tougher, and more expensive, to get a Norwegian passport. Starting September 1, 2008 persons applying for Norwegian citizenship will have to prove their proficiency in the Norwegian language. …
Norway Toughens Rules For Citizenship Read MoreJohan Dennelind, DiGi’s Chief Executive Officer revealed that the ICT industry is set to surpass the aviation industry as a major contributor of CO2 emissions by 2012, according to a …
DiGi Go” Deep Green” Read MoreNorwegians engaged in the identification of victims from the tsunami in South-East Asia have since been suffering from respiratory infections. And experts believe these are caused by the strong chemicals …
Norwegians Sick From Tsunami Spray Read MoreThailand’s PTT Exploration & Production PLC (PTTEP) has struck a deal with Norway’s Golar LNG Ltd. to pursue investment in floating LNG (FLNG) production projects worldwide. Two parties will jointly …
PTTEP, Golar to develop floating LNG production Read MoreDiGi.Com Berhad (“DiGi”) has announced the appointment of Sigve Brekke as its Chairman, and Non-Independent and Non-Executive Director with immediate effect succeeding Arve Johansen who returns to Telenor Headquarters in …
Sigve Brekke Is DiGi’s New Chairman Read MoreWe want YOU to do more than just switch on your TV and do a wave on your couch! We invite you toenjoy a full day of Soccer and fun. …
GOAL! 4th ECCP Soccer Cup 2008 Read MoreThe mosquitoes carried virus dengue fever, is raging with massive force in Thailand and Southeast Asia. In Thailand especially Koh Samet, Koh Mun and Koh Kodi devastated by dengue fever …
Deadly Dengue Fever Raging In Thailand Read MoreScaberia, a Norway-based Technology and Innovations Consultancy firm, announced on August 20 2008 that it has extended its strategy with a new concept called “Business meets Technology”. The principle idea …
Norway-based Scaberia Extends Strategy and Opens New Office in Singapore Read MoreNorway`s Red Cross is providing Rp15 billion of Rp18 billion needed to build much-needed facilities at Nanggroe Aceh Darussalam (NAD)`s Mental Hospital, NAD Deputy Governor Muhammad Nazar said. The start …
Norwegian Assistance To Build New Facilities At NAD Mental Hospital Read MoreThailand‘s Total Access Communication PCL said on Tuesday it expected to launch a third generation (3G) mobile service in the first quarter of 2009, which should generate revenue in 2010. …
Thailand’s TAC To Launch 3G Early In 2009 Read MoreIngeborg Steinholt has been appointed Executive Director of the Thai-Norwegian Chamber of Commerce on August 11 2008. She is the successor of John Svengren, who will continue as executive director …
New Executive Director of the Thai-Norwegian Chamber of Commerce Read MoreThe Norwegian Embassy in Jakarta has decided to give financial support to Jakarta International Film Festival (jiffest). The festival will last from 5 – 14 December 2008. The Norwegian …
Norway Support Film Festival In Jakarta Read MoreSAS Scandinavian Airlines has noted a growing interest for its upcoming winter program, which offers a new route to Delhi and the return of two popular seasonal routes: Copenhagen-Dubai and …
Strong Demand For SAS’ Asian Routes Read MoreH.E. Eivind S. Homme handed over his credentials to His Excellency President Susilo Bambang Yudhojono during a state ceremony at the Presidential Palace on August 12. Coming from the position …
New Norwegian Ambassador To Indonesia Read MoreElectromagnetic Geoservices ASA (EMGS), Trondheim Norway, has been awarded a contract worth more than USD 5 million by a repeat customer in Malaysia. The work has commenced and EMGS is …
Norwegian EMGS Awarded Shallow Water Contract In Malaysia Read MoreThe travel agency Exotissimo Travel has made a group on Facebook. The purpose is to make a forum, where Exotissimo travelers can connect and exchange experiences. There will also be …
Exotissimo Travel on Facebook Read MoreThe red and white colours of the Viking Wheelers, the DTCC and SSS cycling team, again dominated the landscape near Pattaya during the weekend of August 9 and 10. Four …
Viking Wheelers In Pattaya. Read MoreNorway and the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) will fund US$5.2 million to help Vietnam accelerate business administration reform, according to the Norwegian Embassy in Vietnam. Under an agreement …
Norway Funding Vietnam’s Business Registration Reform Read MoreDanish Software Company manages the production of giant cranes for the offshore industry in Kristiansand (Norway), Singapore, China and Malaysia. Hans Tørsleff management systems has developed a solution that manages …
New Danish Software For Giant Cranes In The Offshore Industry Read MoreMajuikan Sdn Bhd, which is wholly owned by Lembaga Kemajuan Ikan Malaysia (LKIM), has established a RM10mil eco-friendly farm to produce fish fry. The project is 100% Malaysian-owned but operated …
Fish Farm With Norwegian Technology Set Up In Malaysia Read MoreCosco expects to deliver its first Sevan 650 drilling unit for Norwegian Sevan Marine this December, Li said today at the sidelines of a financial results briefing in Singapore. Sevan …
Cosco Mulls Norwegian Turnkey Rig Building Project Read MoreThailand Elite, a subsidiary of Tourism Authority of Thailand. Specially designed for friends of Thailand, the members can enjoy unprecedented access to benefits including expedited immigration, privilege on Visa (life …
Invitation To Join Thailand Elite Read MoreSandy Nicholas Stuvik Norway/ Thailand wins the 4th round and qualifies for World Championship. Yes. It was all to go for this weekend as Sandy again was very fast in …
Norwegian Sandy Nicholas Stuvik Qualifies For World Championship Read MoreBI Norwegian School of Management is launching a new Executive MBA in Shipping, Offshore and Finance. Former President of both the International Institute for Management in Switzerland and BI Norwegian …
Executive MBA Programme In Shipping, Offshore And Finance Read MoreNordic Semiconductor in Trondheim Norway intents to set-up a regional supply chain headquarters in Manila, the Philippines. This will later be expanded to include a regional RF test-engineering group to …
Nordic Semiconductor To Relocate Supply Chain Headquarters To The Philippines Read MoreA Norwegian father wanted by Interpol over allegedly abducting his six-year-old Swedish daughter arrived Tuesday in Sweden after being deported from Cambodia, police and local media said to DPA. …
Father Who Allegedly Abducted Girl To Cambodia Is back In Sweden Read More“Gate Gourmet told us the taste of our bread is good, the texture is right and overall quality is up to the high European standards,” said Odd Gunnar Engebretsen, the …
THAI: Our Bread Is Tasty And Cheap Read MoreA Norwegian officer drank an entire bottle of liquor and went amok on a KLM aircraft on its way to Kuala Lumpur in Malaysia. And now he has been fired …
Officer Fired After He went Amok On Aircraft Read MoreBy Patcharee Lae-ya Thai tourists going to Scandinavia has dropped 20 percent this year. But the decline is mostly due to the increasing prices on airplane tickets and the cost …
Thai Tourists Drop Scandinavia Read MoreAugust 3, 2008 the go-kart people from Kartthai will drive around them self´s once again. The great event will be held at Pattaya’s Bira circuit, wich is situated beside the …
Go-kart Race At Pattaya´s Bira Circuit Read MoreA customer became acutely ill after eating a filet of fish, bought at a Rema 1000 store in Haugesund. The Norwegian Food Safety Authority found dangerous bacteria and toxins from …
Dangerous Bacteria Found In Frozen Fish From Vietnam Read MoreA Norwegian ship officer drank an entire bottle of liquor and then went amok on a KLM aircraft on its way to Kuala Lumpur in Malaysia. He was handcuffed and …
Norwegian Officer Handcuffed On A Plane And Jailed In Malaysia Read MoreA Norwegian man wanted by Interpol on charges of kidnapping his six-year-old daughter more than a year ago has been arrested in Cambodia, an interior ministry official said. Torgeir Nordbo …
Norwegian Held In Cambodia On Kidnap Charge Read MoreThe six year old girl who has been held away in Cambodia by her father landed in the morning at Arlanda airport. Along with her was her mother. “It …
Kidnapped Girl Back In Sweden With Her Mother Read MoreA Norwegian man with Vietnamese origin, has been arrested by the Tourist Police in Thailand in front of Sintanee Village, in Chiangrai in the North of Thailand. He was sentenced …
Norwegian Robbery Suspect Caught in Thailand Read MoreThailand’s second largest cellco by subscribers DTAC has reported that its second-quarter net profits rose by 193% year-on-year to THB3.9 billion (USD117 million), up from THB1.33 billion a year earlier, …
DTAC Profits Up 193% Read MoreUltra-low power RF specialist Nordic Semiconductor ASA will be setting up a regional supply chain headquarters in Manila, the Philippines. This will later be expanded to include a regional RF …
Nordic Semiconductor To Relocate Supply Chain HQ To The Philippines Read MoreNorway‘s Stolt-Nielsen has announced plans to build a 325,000 cubic mtr chemicals storage terminal on Jurong Island by mid-2010. The terminal is estimated to cost over $100m and is slated …
Stolt-Nielsen To Build Jurong Island Tankfarm Read MoreA 69-year-old man from Bergen would move to Thailand together with the mother of the girl he should have molested. Then the police in Norway went into action, writes Bergenaviserne. …
Norwegian Police Confiscated Passport Read MoreNorway-based SN Power has announced that its joint venture with the Aboitiz Group, SN Aboitiz Power Benguet, has acquired the Ambuklao and Binga hydro power plants in the Philippines for …
SN Aboitiz Power Benguet Acquires Hydro Power Plants In Philippines Read MoreThe Philippines and Norwegian governments have signed an agreement for the latter to provide a $300,000 grant for the drafting of an omnibus maritime and merchant marine modernization bill. Elena …
Govt Drafting Omnibus Maritime Law Supported By Norway Read MoreSasha Gabor came to Bangkok at the beginning of June. The man who has played in a long series of porn movies celebrated his 63-anniversary. June 27, 2008 he was …
Norwegian Porn Star Died During A Virtual Vacation In Thailand. Read MoreNew CEO to stick with strategic plan. The mobile operator DTAC expects no organisational changes and is preparing to move forward as planned after CEO Sigve Brekke leaves. Mr Brekke, …
Brekke: DTAC on right path Read MoreThe Cambodian governments hopes 10 snuffling pups will become the nation’s next generation of heroes, sniffing out TNT and exposing lethal buried land mines, writes Chronicle Foreign Service. “Of all …
Norway Help Cambodia Train Mine Detecting Dogs Read MoreScorpion Offshore Ltd. said it has ordered a new deepwater semi-submersible drilling rig from Keppel shipyard in Singapore, at a cost of approximately $700 million. “Construction is expected to span …
Scorpion Offshore Order To Keppel Shipyard In Singapore Read MoreThe Filipino community and friends of the Philippines in Norway and Denmark have donated a total of P565,840 to victims of Typhoon “Frank,” Malacañang said Monday. A Palace statement said …
Pinoys In Norway, Denmark, Give Aid To ‘Frank’ Victims Read MoreMr. Sigve Brekke takes up the position as head of Telenor Region Asia and joins Telenor’s Group Executive Management on September 1st 2008. Brekke succeeds Mr. Arve Johansen, who returns …
Sigve Brekke Appointed New Head Of Telenor Asia, Tore Johnsen New CEO Of DTAC Read MoreTAC, controlled by Norway‘s Telenor has said it expects to launch the service using HSDPA (high speed downlink packet access) in early 2009. HSDPA is an advanced 3G mobile technology …
TAC Has Said It Expects To Launch The Service Using HSDPA Read MoreThe Indonesian embassy in Oslo joined an international cultural festival called “Stoppested Verden` which was held in Hamar, Norway. The embassy presented Indonesia`s traditional Bali music `gamelan` in the festival, …
Indonesia`s Embassy Joins Cultural Festival In Norway Read More