Nordic News, Business and Life in Asia
A newly-leaked document from NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden confirms Denmark’s formal agreement to work with the US surveillance agency NSA. The document was revealed by Swedish television channel SVT as …
All Scandinavian nations, except Finland, spy for US Read More
A year out of bankruptcy and with just two cars a day rolling off its production line, Saab is betting on an as yet unbuilt electric version of a decade …
Saab’s revival hinges on electric cars, China market Read More
Norwegian flotel player Prosafe has secured a contract for use of a semi-submersible accommodation unit off Indonesia. The Safe Astoria will serve offshore gas gathering facilities in the Natuna Sea …
Norway’s Prosafe to rent out ‘flotel’ off Indonesia Read MoreAn air-powered car built of Lego, that can reach a top speed of around 20km/h (12mph) has hit the roads of Melbourne. It was built by an Australian entrepreneur and …
Crowd-funded Lego car powered by air Read More
Sweden’s Linköping Football Club will be playing with the Thai National Women’s team in an unofficial international friendly football match on Saturday, January 25. The match would be a part …
Linkoping women challenge Thai national football squad Read More
Police are looking for three European men who allegedly threatened a 25-year-old Danish tourist into handing over his entire kiteboard kit on a Phuket beach in the morning of 17 …
Dane robbed of kiteboard kit on Phuket beach Read More
Thailand’s Immigration Bureau will ask the Foreign Ministry to reconsider the decision to exempt visa fees for tourists and travelers from 17 countries, including Denmark, Finland, Norway and Sweden. Apart …
Thailand reconsiders visa fee exemption for Scandinavians, others Read More
The Danish Writers Association and Kim Dong Publishing House launched a 2013–2015 Writing for Children campaign in Hanoi on December 17. The campaign, part of a larger Vietnam-Denmark project supporting …
Denmark promotes children’s literature in Vietnam Read More
A Norwegian man driving an electric wheelchair said police stopped him for drunken driving and accused him of stealing the chair. Thor Geir Benjaminsen, 20, whose Emery-Dreifuss muscular dystrophy impairs …
Norwegian man pulled over for drunken wheelchair driving Read More
A whopping €1m has been invested in the development of a computer game as a recruitment tool to attract young people to seek a future behind the steering wheel of …
Cargo Dynasty: So you want to be a truck driver? Read MoreJames Christensen, who was arrested in February 2005 for allegedly trying to kill a chickenfarmer by setting fire to his roof, was today Wednesday 18 December finally acquitted of the …
Danish arson suspect walks free Read More
Danish Pulse – Danish Design Exhibtion will be held between 29 November and 25 December 2013 at LAN Wave and the exhibition. The exhibition will present classic modern Danish design …
Classic Modern Danish Designs in Shanghai Read More
In early December 2013, Minister for Trade and Nordic Cooperation Dr. Ewa Björling visited Indonesia – for the third time in three years! We spoke to her to find out …
Swedish-Indonesian trade reaches new heights Read More
On 16 December 2013 afternoon around 300 Danes attended a Danish Christmas Service at St Mary’s Cathedral in Kuala Lumpur, where young boys and girls performed the Lucia parade. The …
300 Danes show up for Christmas service in KL Read More
On 14 Dec, TSCC organized yearly Christmas Lunch at Rembrandt Hotel. There was more than 100 guests and 30 kids participate the event. On the arrival guests were welcomed with …
Strong turnout at TSCC Christmas Lunch Read More
The call for the Swedish Institute Study Scholarships for the academic year of 2014/2015 is now open. The application period is 3-11 February 2014. Information about the procedure and eligibility …
Study in Sweden: Apply for scholarships! Read More
UD Trucks on 16 December 2013 delivered the first units of Quester, its all-new heavy-duty truck range, designed specifically for growth markets in Asia and the rest of the world, …
Thai UD Trucks delivers first Quester heavy-duty trucks Read More
The Danish Embassy in cooperation with Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs (MOLISA) organised a Seminar on Promotion of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) in Vietnam in early December 2013. …
Denmark urges Vietnam to invest in people Read More
DKSH’s Business Unit Healthcare has entered into an agreement with Nordic Bioscience to offer clinical trial logistics services in Hong Kong. As part of the deal, DKSH will import investigational …
Nordic Bioscience inks clinical trial logistics deal in HK Read More
A Danish government-funded six-year programme, contributed to the reduction in average poverty rate in the five provinces of Vietnam from more than 25% in 2007 to 10 – 12%. The …
Denmark’s US$42 million helped Vietnam reduce poverty Read MorePHUKET: Tommy Viktor Soderlund, one of two Swedish nationals charged for the stabbing murder of Maksim Schantz two years ago, reiterated his plea of not guilty at Phuket Provincial Court …
Phuket murder trial of Swedes enters closing stages Read More
High school experiment attracts interest from scientists across Europe Does radiation from wi-fi routers and cell phones have health consequences? That’s the question five high school girls in Denmark set …
Danish experiment: plants die when placed next to Wi-Fi routers Read More
IKORNESS, Norway — Upper-end upholstery producer Ekornes has signed a letter of intent to acquire fellow Norwegian producer IMG for an undisclosed price. Ekornes officials said the deal will give …
Norway’s Ekornes acquires IMG Read More
Veteran Foreign Correspondent Bertil Lintner warns foreign businessmen of bitter lessons to be learned in Burma. By Gregers Moller Bertil Lintner, award-winning Swedish Foreign Correspondent based in Thailand, is highly …
Risky Burma Dreams Read More
The Telkänpesä pool reverberates with the sounds of laughter and happy dabbling. The Pikku Joutsen (Little Swan) swimming school is teaching swimming skills to infants over one year old. However, …
Finnish baby swimming lesson makes a splash in China Read More
Most travellers outside Scandinavia will be unaware that Thai offers probably the best “premium economy” seating anywhere in the world on B777-300ER flights departing Copenhagen and Stockholm for Bangkok. After …
Does THAI Scandinavia have the best “premium economy”? Read More
Clothing giant H&M is considering raising retail prices and passing the buck onto the consumer to help pay higher wages to garment workers in poor countries. There won’t be any …
H&M may raise prices to increase Cambodian workers’ wages Read More
Sweden, the third-largest exporter of sawn timber globally, expects shipment to China to triple this year from 2012 on rising demand. Mikael Eliasson, president of Swedish Wood, an industry association, …
Sweden’s timber export to China to triple in 2013 Read More
Volvo Car Corp said November vehicle sales in China jumped 69 percent in November to 5,995 units on strong demand for its XC60 SUV. The company said China was its …
Volvo November sales soar 69% in China Read More
China International Marine Containers Group (CIMC) has acquired 90-percent ownership of Swedish rig specialist Bassoe Technology AB, announced CIMC Raffles, the group’s major offshore business, on 14 December 2013. Bassoe …
Chinese Group Acquires Swedish Rig Specialist Read More
Many of us cannot recall the last time we got a letter in the mail, but Santa will this year receive a record eight million of them, the United Nations …
Santa to get record 8 million letters: UN Read More
Denmark’s Haldor Topsoe will invest about DKK900 million to build catalyst plant in China. The board of directors of Haldor Topsoe has approved the capital investment needed to carry out …
Denmark’s Haldor Topsoe to set up catalyst plant in China Read More
13 December is Lucia Day, celebrated around Denmark in nursing homes and hospitals as well as in many schools and day-care institutions. A small group, comprising mostly girls, processes along …
Swedes, Danes celebrate Lucia Day Read MoreOn the occassion of last months devasteting typhoon in the Philippines the Swedish DJ Otto Knows has chosen to donate his salary from a performance in Manila on December 14 …
Swedish DJ donates to UNICEF and Filippino typhoon victims Read MoreAfter a few years in the shadows the old favourite Bali is back on the list of popular travel destinations, said Swedish Fritidsresor in a press release. In the winter …
Bali is back on the charter tourism map Read MoreThe Swedish Church in Bangkok arranges a study trip to Cambodja and Burma for journalists in the beginning of March 2014. The exact dates are decided in the middle of …
Swedish Church arranges study trip to Cambodja and Burma Read More
Swedish CENTEC Vietnam, the centre for environmental technology cooperation between Vietnam and Sweden, will close down at the end of 2013. The organisation was tasked with identifying and supporting partnerships …
Swedish CENTEC Vietnam closes down by end of 2013 Read More
Christmas is the season of giving, and employees of Intermarine Shipping & Chartering Sdn Bhd in Kuala Lumpur lived up to this much welcomed festive tagline this Christmas season. The …
Intermarine donates staff’s Christmas gifts to victims of typhoon Haiyan Read More
The Danish Christmas tree is the only Scandinavian Christmas tree represented in Central World shopping mall’s Christmas tree competition, where Ambassador’s wives from 11 countries have decorated each their Christmas …
LAST CHANCE: Vote for the Scandinavian Christmas tree to win 100,000 baht Read More
The Danish missions’ visa and consular section will be closed during Christmas and New Year From the 23rd to 27th of December 2013 (both days included), the Danish missions’ visa …
Hotlines for Danes in China during holiday season Read MoreOn Saturday December 7 Swedish Chamber of Commerce China held the annual Christmas Party at Grand Ballroom, Radisson BLU Hotel in Beijing. This year the Swedish comedy troupe Fågäng, consisting of …
Swedish Christmas Party with entertainment in Beijing Read More
State Secretary of Swedish Ministry for Defence State Secretary Carl von der Esch visited Thailand recently to discuss issues of common interest related to the defence cooperation. During the visit …
Sweden seeks closer defence cooperation with Thailand Read More
Danish bio-innovation company Novozymes and the China Knitting Industry Association (CKIA) have signed a strategic partnership in a bid to jointly promote sustainable development in the Chinese textile industry by …
Novozymes boosts China knitting industry’s green credentials Read More
A stuffed toy wolf has sold out at Hong Kong’s IKEA stores, the Swedish furniture giant said Tuesday, after it became an unlikely symbol of opposition to the city’s unpopular …
IKEA stuffed toy wolf now anti-govt symbol in HK Read More
A section dedicated to Danish food products has recently been opened in the high-end supermarket CenturyMart in Bailian Xijiao Mall in Shanghai by the Consul General in Shanghai, Mr Nicolai …
Chinese supermarket showcases Danish food products Read More
A Swedish man in Phuket apparently committed suicide by slashing his throat in the afternoon of 11 December 2013, according to local newspaper Phuketwan. The man was identified by police …
Chronically-ill Swede dies after reportedly slashing own throat Read More
“From the Time of the Crocs” is a new book about the Danes in Siam from 1865 and upwards. The book is a selection of some of the best historical …
New book about the Danes in Siam Read More
On Sunday the 1st of December, the Ambassador hosted a Christmas market at the Swedish residence together with the Swedish Church, Swedish Women’s Educational Association (SWEA) and the Swedish School …
Swedes flock to Christmas market at ambassador’s residence Read More
Together with Torben Venning, the Danish CEO of Humana Child Aid Society, the Danish Ambassador to Malaysia handed over awards to students at a school for children of migrant plantation …
Denmark envoy joins migrant children’s graduation celebration Read More
IKEA urges all customers that have an IKEA SMILA wall mounted lamp to check immediately that the lamp and cord are out of reach of children when in a cot …
IKEA recalls wall-mounted lamps due to strangulation hazard Read More