Nordic News, Business and Life in Asia
Alpine Saleforce, the Danish telemarketing company in Hua Hin, held an open gathering for members from Danskerklubben on Saturday, February 1. Business Manager Rasmus Møller welcomed the members and gave …
Member event at Alpine Saleforce Read More
The number of victims of human trafficking to Denmark has increased in the past several years, statistics from Center mod Menneskehandel, Socialstyrelsen shows. The majority of them were from Nigeria, …
Human Trafficking to Denmark on the rise Read More
Countries praised by the European Commission for experiencing little or no corruption at home are failing to stop their own companies paying bribes overseas, raising concerns that the squeaky-clean reputations …
Least corrupt Scandinavians fail to police bribery abroad Read More
Myanmar and Norway will seek cooperation in the environmental conservation sector, according to a media report on 7 February 2014. The letter of intent was signed between the ministry of …
Norway, Myanmar ink environmental cooperation pact Read More
Taiwan’s HTC Corp. and Finland’s Nokia Oyj have reached a patent and technology collaboration agreement to settle all pending patent litigation between the two smartphone makers since 2012. HTC will …
HTC, Nokia in patent and tech collaboration Read More
Marimekko, Finnish fabric designer company, said the prospects for economic growth and business opportunities in East Asia are promising. The plan for 2014 is to open at least six new …
Marimekko targets E Asia expansion Read More
KONE has been awarded four 2013 GOOD DESIGN awards for its design offering, functional elevator signalization series and sleek new elevator car design. This is the third time KONE has …
KONE wins prestigious GOOD DESIGN awards Read More
The Swedish Film Industry is represented at The European Film Festival in Hong Kong with highly acclaimed comedy, Cockpit(2012), directed by Mårten Klingberg. The event takes place on February 22 …
Swedish film “Cockpit” at The European Film Festival in Hong Kong Read More
A 37 year old Norwegian man hospitalized in Phuket is in desperate need for a O-negative blood transfusion in order to survive, according to Phuket Gazette. The man, suffering from anemia, is in intensive …
Norwegian man in desperate need of rare blood type Read More
It was a well attended get-together last night, when The Swedish Chamber of Commerce held its first networking evening of the year, at The Huntsman Pub, Landmark Hotel in Bangkok. …
Swedes turn up in force at 2014 inaugural networking Read More
Norwegian carried more than 1.5 million passengers in January 2014, an increase of 24 percent compared to January last year. The load factor increased despite major capacity growth. In January, …
Norwegian’s passenger growth continues apace Read More
Im and Suthida Nielsen have finally been granted residence permits in Denmark, three months after they were deported to Thailand. Up until the residence permits came through, both of them …
Im Nielsen and mom finally granted residence permit in Denmark Read More
The Swedish Embassy in Jakarta gathered for a wish of Happy New Year of the Horse on January 30, as the year of the snake draws to a close.
Happy New Year of the Horse Read More
The application period for Swedish Institute scholarships is now open! SI scholarships cover tuition fees and living costs for master’s programmes in Sweden. Visit http://www.studyinsweden.se/Scholarships/ for eligibility guidelines and to …
Swedish Institute scholarships open for applications Read More
On the occasion of the new year of the Horse, Ambassador Camilla Mellander shares with Vietnam Investment Review about the Sweden – Vietnam bilateral relationship, as well as the position …
Sweden, Vietnam on track to fruitful relations Read More
Nokia Normandy aka Nokia X, the Finnish company’s first alleged Android-powered smartphone, is in news again as the device has been listed on certification database of Indonesia and Malaysia. Read …
Nokia X appears on Malaysian, Indonesian certification database Read More
Nido Petroleum has been advised by operator, Sweden’s Lundin Petroleum, that the Hakuryu-11 jack-up rig is being towed to the Balqis-1 location in Indonesia. The Balqis-1 well will be followed …
Nido, Lundin ready to drill Indonesia’s oil well Read More
Krabi in southern Thailand is the Norwegians´ preferred travel destination during winter. An opinion poll among thousands of Star Tour customers showed that the limestone cliffs and white sand beaches …
Krabi is favourite tourist destination among Norwegians Read More
Three months after Typhoon Yolanda (Haiyan) hit the Visayas, the International Labor Organization (ILO) expanded its livelihood programs in typhoon-ravaged areas with the support of the Norwegian and Japanese governments. …
Norway’s aid helps typhoon-hit people find livelihood Read MoreA Phuket public bus driver saved the day for a Finnish tourist who left behind an important bag, containing cash, plane ticket to Finland and passport, in a songtaew on …
Honest minibus driver returns cash, passport to forgetful Finn Read More
The World Bank may be dangling the prospect of affordable cell phones in Burma at the expense of freedom of expression and privacy rights. Foreign investment in Burma’s underdeveloped telecommunications …
Telecom investments threaten privacy rights in Burma Read More
The Danish shipping company Nordic Shipholding will in the future be managed from Singapore, writes the Danish business daily Børsen. Hedgefond PAG, the company that acquired Nordic Shipholding in January …
Danish shipping company to be managed from Singapore Read More
Karin Josefsson has spend ten days in a hospital in Phuket, following a speedboat ride through rough waters to Phi Phi Islands, January 19. “The waves were too high and …
Swedish woman severely injured as speedboat hits rough waters Read More
Espoo, Finland — Digital marketplace IT solutions provider Tecnotree is pleased to announce it has been awarded a project to supply a convergent Business Support System (BSS) solution for GMM …
Tecnotree awarded project with Thai digital content provider Read More
In a ceremony organized at the Royal Norwegian Embassy in Yangon on 30 January, Ambassador Ann Ollestad announced that the third tranch of scholarships for Myanmar students to study at …
Norway grants scholarships for Myanmar students in Thailand Read More
Norway’s most high-profile gay politician, Health Minister Bent Høie, plans to bring his husband along to the Winter Olympics in Sochi when he go to Sochi as the country’s government …
Norway’s gay minister to bring husband to Sochi Read More
Finnair and fellow oneworld alliance members Japan Airlines and British Airways are now selling joint fares between Europe and Japan, for travel after April 1, 2014. Customers will benefit from …
Finnair sells joint fares on Europe-Japan routes Read More
Arla Foods unveiled a US$400m investment plan, to boost growth in exports to emerging markets, as hopes rose for further gains in China’s demand that is “supporting the entire dairy …
Arla to capitalize on booming China milk demand Read More
Thailand’s state oil producer, PTTEP, plans to speed up development of its Canadian oil sands assets once an agreement to split up a multibillion-dollar partnership with Statoil ASA is finalized, …
Thailand’s PTTEP plans to speed up oil sands development Read More
There is still no news regarding the 34-year-old Finnish diver, Kalle Johane Rasman, who has gone missing just outside the coast of Indonesian island, Gili Trawangan since Sunday, January 26. …
Fate of missing Finnish diver unclear Read More
The uninsured 47-year-old Danish man, Michael Christensen, who had been stranded at a Philippine hospital for five months, finally got sent back home last week, BT reports. He is now …
Uninsured Danish patient finally home from Philippines Read More
Danish travel-agency Spies just announced that Danish tourists in Thailand can get eleven percent more Thai Baht than normally when converting the Danish krone. This is due to the political …
Weaker Thai currency due to political unrest a boon for Danish tourists Read More
Over 40,000 people fought the freezing temperature and gathered at the center of Helsinki, the capital of Finland, to celebrate the Chinese new year in the evening of 30 January …
Chinese New Year gets popular in Helsinki Read More
Finnish heavy metal pioneers such as Nightwish, Apocalyptica and HIM, known worldwide, proved to be inspiring. Since 2006, a priest has regularly organised metal mass – mass for metal music …
In Finland, metal music rocks churches Read More
China will speed up the exploration of immigration policies this year to attract skilled foreign workers, a senior official said in January 2014. However, Zhang Jianguo, head of the State …
China to attract global talents with relaxed immigration rules Read More
The Norwegian duo of Maria Arredondo and Torstein Sødal, wellknown Christmas concert singers, held an exclusive concert on Thursday, January 30th, at the Norwegian Seamen’s Church in Singapore. Torstein Sødal …
Popular Norwegian singers wow fans with intimate concert in Singapore Read More
Esben Lunde Larsen, Danish Parliament member (Venstre), held on Monday 27 January 2014, a presentation on perceptions of freedom and civil society set in a Danish-Singaporean historical context. Twenty people attended the …
Engaging debate on “Freedom” at Danish Seamen’s church in Singapore Read More
Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Abdul Razak thanked the Swedish government for its special consideration which has enabled four children of a Malaysian couple detained in Stockholm, to return to …
Malaysian PM thanks Sweden for children’s repatriation Read More
Agriculture Minister Sylvi Listhaug (FRP) said: “We have eaten pork in Norway for years. It is completely wrong to stop pork because Muslims has arrived to Norway. Anyone who has …
Norway’s minister wants more pork served at state institutions Read More
Friland A/S, Denmark’s largest specialist organic meats producer, plans to adopt a market entry strategy of “thinking big but starting small” in China, following the company gaining an important foothold …
Danish meat firm to tap China organic market Read More
Tomra Sorting Recycling has officially opened a test center in Xiamen, China, its first test center in China. The company officially opened the test center in December, 2013. In a …
Norway’s Tomra opens test center in China Read More
The nomination was made on 29 January 2014 by two Norwegian politicians, Snorre Valen and Bord Vegar Solhjell, who say Snowden made the world more safe by revealing the scope …
NSA whistleblower nominated for Nobel Peace Prize Read More
The Danish cattle breeding company, Viking Genetics, announced on Wednesday it has received an order for bull semen from Thailand’s Dairy Farming Promotion Organisation (DFPO). The initial order is for …
Danish breeding company begins cattle-semen export to Thailand Read More
Telenor Group today announced that it has signed an agreement with the Union Government of Myanmar for a nationwide telecommunications license. The license includes spectrum in the 900MHz and 2.1GHz …
Telenor Group signs mobile license in Myanmar Read More
The DTCC Dairy Agro group and a visiting trade delegation from Danish dairy industry joined this year’s National Dairy Cow Festival in Muak Lek in Saraburi. The festival was opened …
The Danes are back in the Thai dairy sector Read More
Thai agricultural university students entered fierce competition to win HRH Princess Sirindhorn’s first prize trophy and a study tour to Denmark Students from Suranaree University of Technology from Korat have …
Thai students win trip to Denmark Read More
Novo Nordisk increased operating profit in local currencies by 15% in 2013. In China Region, sales increased by 13% (12% in Danish kroner). Sales in North America increased by 18% …
Novo Nordisk 2013 China sales up by 13% Read More
Statoil and the Thai exploration and production company PTTEP have signed an agreement to divide their respective interests in the Kai Kos Dehseh (KKD) oil sands project in Alberta, Canada. …
Statoil and PTTEP swap Canadian oil sands assets Read MoreA 25-year-old Danish man was hospitalized for stabbing wounds after he was attacked by two European men in South Pattaya in the early hours of 31 January 2014. According to …
Dane hospitalized after knife attack in Pattaya Read More
For nine excruciating days, the mother of an 8-month-old boy feared for the worse when her Swedish husband ran away with the baby. The disappearance of the husband, identified as …
Swede gone missing with toddler, reunites with wife Read More