Nordic News, Business and Life in Asia
Norway’s commitment to relations and trade with the Philippines has been strengthened as the new Royal Norwegian Embassy office was officially inaugurated on 9 March 2015 in its new location …
New Royal Norwegian Embassy Philippines inaugurated Read More
On 13 March 2015 the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Singapore hosted a visit by State Secretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of The Kingdom of Norway, Mr Morten …
Norway MFA State Secretary on Singapore visit Read More
The Swedish bank Handelsbanken’s new Representative Office in Jakarta was inaugurated on Mach 12 by Sweden’s Ambassador to Indonesia, Johanna Brismar Skoog. Handelsbanken is the first Scandinavian Bank to open …
Handelsbanken opens Representative Office in Jakarta Read More
The strike is finally over within the Scandinavian entity of Norwegian Air Shuttle ASA, commercially branded “Norwegian”. Norwegian has gone to great lengths to reach an agreement to resolve the …
Norwegian Air’s Scandinavian pilot strike ends Read MoreThe finalists for the 2015 NBCP Awards have been selected, ahead of the awards ceremony taking place at the Annual Northern Lights Dinner & NBCP Awards. The Board of Judges …
NBCP Awards 2015 finalists chosen Read More
Telenor Group has announced the launching of company-wide retail roaming initiative in a move to eliminate high and unpredictable costs for data-hungry consumers using mobile services while abroad. The company …
Telenor starts introducing company-wide retail roaming service Read MoreFollowing on the pilot strike on Thursday 6 March the conflict has remained unsolved, with continued strikes throughout the weekend. On Sunday 8 March almost all domestic flights in Norway …
Norwegian Air Norway strike continues Read MoreMar 5th 2015, 12:10 BY R.L.W. & D.H. Where is the best place in the world to be a working woman? IN SOME countries International Women’s Day on March 8th …
Finland is the best place for a working woman Read More
Vietnam’s travel and tourism agencies have actively promoted Vietnam as a peaceful, hospitable and attractive destination to tourism markets around the world through a number of international tourism fairs. From …
Vietnam promotes tourism in Scandinavia Read More
Music artist Erlend Øye from Norway is touring March in 2015 along with his band The Rainbows, playing in Hong Kong on 17 March, followed by Singapore on 19 March …
Erlend Øye (Norway) Asia Tour March 2015 Read MoreNo news regarding the recently announced midnight curfew, one of the most popular night clubs in Bangkok tells. The curfew has a big impact on the clubs’ revenues. Bangkok police …
Midnight curfew starts this weekend Read MoreAmbassador of Norway to the Philippines Erik Førner has announced Norway’s full commitment with a new initiative to support efforts and keep the path of peace in the Philippines on …
Norway supports Philippines’ peace process efforts Read More
On 5 March 2015 a pilot strike within Norwegian Air Norway (NAN) is affecting 35 000 customers. The flights between Scandinavia and Thailand (just as between Scandinavia and USA) are …
Norwegian Air’s pilot strike not affecting Thailand route Read MoreOn the 7th of March, world’s first MAYA MUSIC festival will be held in Bangkok. Among the artists, Swedish famous Steve Angello is represented. The world’s first MAYA will be held in …
World’s first MAYA MUSIC festival in Bangkok Read More
In its reporting on the full year financial results Ewos, a leading supplier of feed and nutrition for the international aquaculture industry, reports that higher sales volumes combined with a …
Norwegian aquaculture producer Ewos increases in Vietnam Read MoreFor a quarter of a century Norwegian Training Center Manila (NTC) have been training the majority of the roughly 25.000 Filipino seafarers that work on Norwegian ships around the planet. …
25 years with Norwegian trained Filipino seafarers Read More
A dream has come true for 35 years old Savija Pannark Korslund, who is the owner of Dexter Cafe & Bar located in Bangkok. In few months the place has become a …
Popular Scandinavian cafe rocks on TripAdvisor Read MoreYesterday students in Singapore were participating in the Norwegian Seamen’s Church’s first student event this year. It was an evening filled with laughter, the President of ANSA Singapore says. On top of the highest …
Students on top of the hill Read More
Aibel was awarded on February 24 the contract for engineering, procurement and construction for the deck of the drilling platform on the Johan Sverdrup field. The contract has an estimated …
Aibel to build drilling platform structures in Thailand, Norway Read MoreThis Saturday the annual MAMA CUP golf tournament takes place at the Royal Golf and Country Club in the Bang Sao Thong district. Both Swedes, Danes, Finns and Norwegians are represented on the field. …
All nations join the MAMA CUP 2015 Read MoreNext month two Norwegian jazz artists are playing and singing for Scandinavians living in Singapore. It is their first time in Asia. A vocal and a trumpet are soon …
Norwegian jazz artists in Asia for the first time Read MoreThe 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 MoreThe Norwegian Institute of Public Health has been informed that a woman from Oslo died in December 2014 after returning from Thailand where she had been infected with the Naegleria …
Oslo woman dies of rare amoeba infection contracted on Thailand trip 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
Investors from five foreign countries including Norway and Sweden have started investing in Myanmar for the first time, according to the Directorate Investment and Company Administration (DICA). The DICA said …
Norway, Sweden among 5 countries invested for 1st time in Myanmar this year Read More
The high-profile boss of low-fare carrier Norwegian Air is frustrated over Russian authorities’ refusal to let his airline’s Oslo-Bangkok flights fly over Russian airspace. Bjørn Kjos is calling on Norwegian …
Norwegian Air CEO asks Oslo to close airspace to Russian airliners Read More
Telenor Group has announced the appointment of new Chief Executive Officers (CEO) in dtac in Thailand and Digi in Malaysia, effective April 1, 2015. Lars-Åke Norling, currently the CEO of …
Telenor appoints new CEOs in Thailand, Malaysia 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 More
The Royal Norwegian Embassy in Manila is moving to Bonifacio Global City 25 February 2015. Due to the transfer, the Embassy will be closed on 23-24 February. The new location …
Norwegian Embassy to move to new location in Manila Read More
Telenor Group attributed a Q4 fall in EBITDA margin to its launch in Myanmar and the sale of subsidised handsets in various markets, particularly Thailand, as organic revenue grew 5.3 …
Telenor profit hit by Myanmar launch, Thai handset subsidies 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 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 More
After Swedish and global criticism of Norway’s plans for law designed to punish people who give money to homeless people, the country’s opposition Centre Party decided not to back the …
Norway halts anti-begging law after international outcry 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 MoreWhile a political counsellor at the Chinese Embassy in Norway has been using big words about Norway after the expelling of a Chinese doctorate student, the Norwegian Embassy in Beijing avoids …
Diplomatic stalemate between China and Norway Read More
Norway urges sustained focus on peace process in the Philippines ‘I am saddened by the recent loss of lives in Mamasapano in the Philippines and would like to offer my …
Norway urges Philippine govt, rebels to renew peace process Read MoreSAS immediately stopped ticket sales to the new long distance route to Hong Kong. The airline does not have all the licenses. Only one week ago, SAS announced the opening …
SAS forced to stop sales to Hong Kong 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 MoreMyanmar’s Ministry of Hotels and Tourism, expect to receive 4.5 million tourists and US$2 billion in revenue in 2015. In 2014,an all-time high of over 3 million tourists entered Myanmar, …
With Norway’s help, Myanmar develops its tourism sector 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
President Joko Widodo has disbanded Indonesia’s BP REDD+ agency, which was established in 2013 to help the country meet greenhouse gas emission targets from deforestation, and merged it with Ministry …
Norway-funded Emissions Agency now part of Indonesia’s Forestry Ministry Read More
The last 5 years more Swedes and Norwegians have died in Thailand, while the death of Danes seems to be somewhat constant. A rising number of deaths do not seem …
More Scandinavians die in Thailand Read More
Singapore’s Minister of State in The Prime Minister’s Office and Ministry Of Culture, Community and Youth, Sam Tan visited Norway during 18 to 22 January 2015. Minister of State in …
Norway, Singapore seek closer ties on Arctic affairs Read More
The Danish and Norwegian embassies are starting a new bi-monthly bicycle trip to promote cycling and Scandinavian cycling culture in Indonesia. The first Viking Biking trip will be in Jakarta …
Embassy launches “Viking Biking” trips 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 MoreHavyard Group ASA has a strong brand name in Asia and has delivered design and equipment packages to shipping companies and shipyards in Singapore, India and China, in addition to …
Havyard shifts focus to Asia Read More
Pattaya police arrested a 46-year-old Norwegian national for allegedly causing damage to an automated cash machine in Banglamung area on January 24. Pol Lt Kwanchai Namkanisorn said the man, identified …
Norwegian nabbed for vandalizing cash machine in Pattaya Read More
A 76-year-old Norwegian tourist was reported missing after she went out for a late afternoon walk on January 20 in Phetchaburi’s Cha-am seaside town, triggering a massive search operation. An …
Elderly Norwegian lost and found after 26-hour search in Cha-am Read More
At an Extraordinary General Meeting on January 15, REC’s shareholders approved to sell the business as the largest European supplier of solar panels worldwide and to combine with the Norway-based …
Shareholders approve sale of Norway’s REC Solar to Chinese firm Read More