Nordic News, Business and Life in Asia
This year the “Fastelavn”, the Danish tradition of Shrovetide, was held at the Church of Christ in Thailand in Ratchathevi on Sunday, 3 March 2019 with the collaboration between …
“Fastelavnsfest”, the Danish tradition of Shrovetide, in Bangkok Read More
After its unofficial launch in September 2018, Nordic Innovation House (NIH-SG) celebrated its official opening in Singapore on 22 February 2019. NIH-SG is a joint effort between the Ministry for Foreign Affairs …
Nordic Innovation House celebrates its official opening in Singapore Read More
Danish Women’s Network (DWN) in Bangkok organized their charity concert for Children of the Forest (COF), a Thai Foundation for Stateless children, on Thursday, 28 February 2019. This second concert was …
Danish Women’s Network presents the first concert of HUSH, Danish Duo, in Thailand for charity Read More
Thailand-based Swedish actor Kjell Bergqvist helps underprivileged Thai children learn a vital survival skill – swimming. “Do you know how many Thai children drown every day?” Kjell Bergqvist, a famous …
Keep them afloat Read More
As Thailand assumes the Chair of ASEAN for the year 2019, we cannot help but look back with pride at the accomplishments of this remarkable and resilient regional grouping ever …
Thailand’s Chairmanship of ASEAN in 2019 Read More
Carsten Dencker Nielsen, Honorary Consul for Thailand in Denmark, EAC Managing Director and Honorary Chairman for Asia House passed away on 25 February 2019. The funeral will take place on …
Carsten Dencker Nielsen passed away Read More
IKEA Malaysia is going to open its fourth store in Batu Kawan, Malaysia on 14 March 2019. The new store in Batu Kawan, a town located in Penang, will be …
Countdown to the opening day of IKEA’s 4th store in Malaysia Read More
Thai Airways cancelled all its flights for Europe on 27-28 February 2019 to avoid Pakistan and northern India. Thai Airways has 13 routes to Europe and it was forced to …
Thai Airways cancels flights to Stockholm, Copenhagen and Oslo due to the Kashmir conflict Read More
Staffan Herrström, the Ambassador of Sweden to Myanmar, together with colleagues from the Section Office attended two important meetings which took place in Nay Pyi Taw, the capital city of …
Swedish Ambassador attended two meetings in Nay Pyi Taw Read More
European Chamber of Commerce of the Philippines (ECCP) Southern Mindanao Business Council held a round-table meeting on the EU investment in Mindanao with H. E. Franz Jessen, Ambassador of EU …
Round table discussion between ECCP Davao and EU Read More
Wonderful Copenhagen, an official tourism organization for the Capital Region of Denmark, cooperated with Copenhagen Airport and Aalborg Airport to launch a project that will make the transportation easier for …
Copenhagen plans to share Chinese tourists with Aalborg in 2019 Read More
The Embassies of Denmark, Sweden, Norway and Finland in Vietnam together with the National Ho Chi Minh Academy of Politics co-hosted a week-long seminar on “Continuity and Change in the …
“Digital transformation”, a major seminar by four Nordic countries in Vietnam Read More
The Swedish School organisation meets regularly Saturday mornings at NIST on Sukhumvit soi 15. On Saturday February the 9th, NIST was closed, so we took some of our young pupils …
Swedish School Organization Bangkok pays a visit to “Mamma’s Kök” Read More
Dansk Kirke Thailand together with Danes Worldwide, Danish Women’s Network and Danish-Thai Chamber Of Commerce invites all Danish families to a “Fastelavnsfest”, the Danish tradition of Shrovetide in Bangkok, Thailand …
Join “Fastelavn” a Danish traditional Shrovetide in Bangkok Read More
KLM Thailand offers 4,000 THB account off the trip from Bangkok to Copenhagen, Stockholm and more than 7 countries in Europe including Amsterdam, London, Barcelona, Rome, Dublin, Warsaw, Zurich and Prague. The customers can …
Discount Flight tickets from Bangkok to Copenhagen, Stockholm and more Read More
A-5-years old Finnish boy, Eemi Nikula, was mauled by several stray dogs at Ao Nang Beach, in Krabi province, Thailand in the evening of 20th February 2019. According to the …
Finnish boy attacked by a pack of stray dogs in Krabi, Thailand Read More
A 28-year-old Swedish man, Kenneth Tobias Christoffer Moberg who is wanted in his home country for scam and swindling cases, has been arrested in Iloilo, Philippines on 11 February 2019. …
Swedish man arrested in Philippines for scam Read More
H.E. Mr Kim Højlund Christensen, the Ambassador of Denmark to Vietnam and Laos made a visit to Laos from 13-14 February 2019. On Wednesday 13th, the first day of the …
Danish Ambassador to Vietnam and Laos visits Laos Read More
The Embassies of Sweden, Denmark, Finland and Norway together hosted the yearly celebration of Nordic Day in Myanmar on Friday, 15 February 2019. This year, Nordic Day was more successful …
Better and Bigger than ever: Nordic Day in Yangon Read More
“It Came from the North” a photography exhibition is lunched on Tuesday, 19 February 2019 in the cooperation by the embassies of Sweden, Denmark, Norway, Finland and ISA Art Advisory. …
Nordic photography exhibition in Jakarta Read More
A Swedish man, aged 57, attempted to kill himself by dashing in front of the cars driving on Thepkasatree road, the main road in Phuket, Thailand at 2.30 a.m. of …
Swedish man attempted suicide by jumping in front of a car in Thailand Read More
Gunn Jorid, the Ambassador of Norway to Malaysia, appeared on Malaysian talk-show “Let’s Talk with Sharaad Kuttan” on the evening of Wednesday, 13 February 2019. A panelist on the show …
Norwegian Ambassador on Malaysian TV show Read More
Sweden’s equivalent to CIA is investigating Anna Lindstedt, the Ambassador of Sweden to China, after she was alleged of set up secret meetings without the awareness of the Swedish Ministry …
Sweden investigates its Ambassador to China involving in secret meetings Read More
Norwegian People’s Aid Cambodia (NPA Cambodia) transferred on Friday, 15 February 2019 equipment used in its operation to the Cambodian Mine Action and Victim Assistance Authority (CMAA). The equipment handed …
Norwegian People’s Aid transferred equipment to Cambodia Read More
Since the Swedish Chamber of Commerce (SwedCham) was formed in Singapore its professional business activities have exceeded anything seen under the previous organisational format, known as SBAS. “We have increased …
High grade of activity,‘ Business Blueprint’ concept: SwedCham Singapore Read More
Where to start? Lifestyle in Singapore these days is exciting, vibrant, history-rich, multi-facetted, impressive, opulent – and transformed! The city state has been undergoing a sea change in its upgrade …
Lifestyle galore! Singapore! Read More
It would be an incredible idea to organize an event that would allow people to enjoy good taste in music and at the same time would give them an opportunity …
Charity Jazz Concert for Thai-Myanmar kids by Danish Women’s Network Read More
The European Parliament has approved three keys of the EU-Singapore agreement which are EU-Singapore Free trade Agreement (EUFSTA), EU-Singapore Investment Protection Agreement (EUSIPA) and EU-Singapore Partnership and Cooperation Agreement (ESPCA). …
European Parliament says yes to the EU-Singapore agreement Read More
Staffan Herrström, the Ambassador of Sweden to Thailand met with United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (UNESCAP) Executive Secretary, Armida Salsiah Alisjahbana and her colleagues at …
Ambassador of Sweden to Thailand meets UN ESCAP Read More
Greencarrier Freight Services, the large global logistics company in the Nordic region, expands their market in China by opening up a new office in Mainland China, according to their press …
Greencarrier opens its new office in Tianjin, China. Read More
Myanmar National Education Policy Commission invited John Nielsen, Ambassador of Denmark to Myanmar to the meeting taking place around 4-8 February 2019. During the meeting, the Ambassador and representatives from …
Ambassador of Denmark attends educational meeting in Myanmar Read More
Jari Sinkari, Finnish Ambassador to Indonesia visited an exchange student’s orientation organized by a Finnish company, Asia Exchange at Udayana University, Indonesia on 1 February 2019. At the ceremony, the …
Finnish Ambassador attends exchange student’s orientation in Indonesia Read More
Swedish Embassy joined in the alumni seminar “The Swedish-funded International Training Program: Strategic Environmental Assessments (SEA)” on Thursday, 7 February 2019 in Yangon, Myanmar. Among the attendees were Johan Hallenborg, …
Swedish Embassy supports Myanmar’s environmental assessment Read More
Swedish Film Institute in collaboration with Thai Film Archive will bring “The Seventh Seal” one of the Swedish world’s best classical movie to be on screen once again on Sunday, …
The Seventh Seal will be screened in Thailand Read More
Everyone has heard about co-working places by now. But what is it really about? A ‘workplace revolution’ is under way where IWG (International Workplace Group) is leading the way in …
Lars Wittig, IWG leads the workspace revolution Read More
Shermine Gotfredsen is a Singaporean who moved to Denmark after getting married to a Dane, learned the language and its business culture – and was then tasked to represent that …
Singaporean representing Danish business culture in SEA: Shermine Gotfredsen Read More
Embassy of Finland in Singapore has grown its contact network tenfold in the last three years. The number of new Finnish business entities starting their business in Singapore has grown …
Finland’s Singapore-based innovation, trade specialist continues Read More
‘Infrastructure Asia’ (IA) is one of the Singapore Government’s most recent and very important initiatives (launched during its presidency of ASEAN in 2018, at the 8th Asia-Singapore Infrastructure Roundtable) – …
Denmark takes pole position as Singapore initiates ‘Infrastructure Asia’ Read More
Claus Rasmussen, a 45 years old Danish diver who was involved in the Tham Luang rescue project, was robbed in Nakhon Si Thammarat, in the South of Thailand on Tuesday, …
Danish diver, hero at Tham Luang cave, robbed in Thailand Read More
Two Huawei employees have been expelled from Denmark by Danish authorities after a work permit inspection. According to the police, four of Huawei’s staff failed to comply with laws covering residence …
Two Huawei employees expelled from Denmark Read More
The Embassy of Sweden in Manila together with Swedish fashion brands, H&M Philippines, BabyBjorn and Houdini Sportswear, has launched a three-month long fashion exhibition named “Fashion Revolution: The Future of …
Visit Swedish Fashion exhibition in Manila Read More
The Embassy of Sweden to Myanmar cooperates with H&M, a well-known Swedish clothing-retail company, to join in the International Labour Organization (ILO)’s event, which took place on 31 January 2019 …
H&M together with Swedish Embassy support ILO in Myanmar Read More
Norwegian Ambassador to Malaysia, H.E. Gunn Jorid Roset met with representatives from Urbanice Malaysia on 31 January 2019. The purpose of the meeting is to invite the Ambassador to hold …
Norwegian Ambassador meets with Urbanice Malaysia’s representatives Read More
The Embassy of Sweden in Singapore gave a warm welcome to Head of Borgholm Health center, Dr. Åke Åkesson who came to visit Singaporean health organizations around 28-31 January 2019. …
Swedish Embassy welcomes Head of Borgholm Health center to Singapore Read More
The Norwegian Seafood Council (NSC) appoints Asbjorn Warvik Rortveit as a new envoy to represent the country’s seafood interests in Southeast Asia. Asbjorn Warvik Rortveit will replace Jon Erik Steenslid, …
Norway’s seafood council appoints new envoy to SE Asia Read More
LEGO, the world leading Danish toy-maker, has announced its plan to open more 80 shops up from 60 shops at present across 30 different Chinese cities at the end of the …
LEGO plans to have 140 shops in China this year Read More
Thai-Swedish Chamber of Commerce representatives led by two of their board members, Anders Lundqvist and Nicklas Moberg joined in the opening ceremony of Fitness24Seven third branch in Bangkok on Wednesday, …
TSCC joins in Fitness24Seven’s 3rd branch opening in Bangkok Read More
Annika Ben David, Sweden’s Ambassador-at-large for Human Rights, Democracy and the Rule of Law visited representatives from government, academia and organizations in Singapore on Friday, 1 February 2019. During the …
Sweden’s Ambassador for Human Rights visits Singapore Read More
Multiconsult, a Norwegian consulting engineer and designer company, launched a new office in Bangkok on Monday 21 January 2019. During the official opening, Kjersti Rødsmoen, the Ambassador of Norway to …
Multiconsult launches a new office in Bangkok Read More
Mr. Sardar Umar Alam, the new UNESCO Representative to Cambodia, paid a courtesy visit to Ms. Maria Sargren, Sweden’s Ambassador to Cambodia at the Embassy on Thursday, 31 January 2019. …
New UNESCO rep visits Sweden Ambassador to Cambodia Read More