Nordic News, Business and Life in Asia
When the Malaysia Sweden Business Association celebrated its 25 years anniversary with a bonanza on October 13th 2011 it did so without any representatives from the Embassy of Sweden, Kuala …
MASBA Celebrating 25 With Back to the 80’s Read MoreThe Swedish Embassy in Bangkok invited members of the Thai media, PR representative, Consultants, Communication Strategists, and Embassy colleagues on 14 December 2011 to show how they can be active …
Swedish Embassy Media Event Read MoreDanes who wish to be registered on the List of Danes Abroad are encouraged to register on the new list, since the previous data will not be tranferred to the …
New List of Danes Abroad Read MoreA study conducted by the Lappea Research Institute of the University of Lapland notes that foreign berry-pickers will be needed in Finland in the future, too, but improving the berry-pickers’ …
Clear Rules Precondition for Successful Berry-Picking Read MoreAs of 3 January 2012, the Danish Embassy in Singapore, Hanoi and Hong Kong will be part of the Danish Visa Self Service website (VSS). Through the website, applicants for Schengen visa can …
Self-Service for Schengen Visa Read MoreSingapore’s first Archer-class submarine, the RSS Archer, entered on Friday 9 December active service. Defence Minister Ng Eng Hen officiated at a commissioning ceremony at the Changi Naval Base together …
Submarine Commissioning Ceremony Read MoreA year ago media surveillance company Newswatch declared they were going to take the market of media surveillance in Denmark. With a mere 15 employees that plan sounded farfetched. Today, …
NewsWatch – Ambitious Danish Media Surveillance Company Read More“Sweden is a leading IT-country and the Swedish Embassy in Bangkok is right up front, too, when it comes to applying digital means of serving its clients.” That was the …
Sweden – digitally yours Read MoreAround a hundred invited guests recently took part in the festive celebration of Lucia at the Swedish Residence. Ambassador Ingemar Dolfe warmly welcomed all friends of Sweden and described how …
Lucia Celebration at the Singapore Swedish Residence Read MoreHilton Hotel Singapore is set to serve an authentic Nordic cuisine at Checkers Brasserie come this Christmas season. The hotel will be collaborating with the well-known FINDS restaurant in Hong …
Hilton Singapore Celebrates Christmas with Nordic Flair Read MoreClarke Quay invites you to its most anticipated and extravagant “I Love New Year” countdown party come Saturday, 31 December 2011, from 22:00 at Central Fountain Square, Clarke Quay. The …
New Year’s Countdown Party at Clarke Quay Read MoreAmong the most appealing and interesting technical jobs you can find in the world, locksmiths are without any doubt among the top number 1 jobs. Locksmiths, as you might know …
Role of Swedish locksmiths in Europe Read MoreKarina C. Mosgart, the Administrative Coordinator of the Danish Business Association (DBA) of Indonesia has stepped down allowing Camilla Luxhøj assisted by Sabrina Lundager to take over daily communication and …
DBA Indonesia Changes Administrative Coordinator Read MoreIt will be the month of the 80s hit-makers as Roxette and Duran Duran are set to perform at the Singapore Indoor Stadium within days of each other in March.First in …
Roxette to Perform in Singapore March 2012 Read MoreFor a few years now MalaysiaSpecialisten have been promoting Malaysia to Scandinavians as a tourist country and also its Malaysia My Second Home (MM2H) programme targeting foreign investors. The former …
Portensis Strongly Believing in Malaysia Investment Read MoreThe number of Chinese tourists visiting Denmark sets a new record. Even before the year has ended, last year’s record has been set and Denmark has already a strong focus …
Chinese Tourists to Denmark Sets New Record Read MoreDJ Stonebridge is throwing a huge New Years Eve Countdown Party on 31 December 2011 in Singapoe from 8PM right up to 5AM along with ADTagTeam and New Asia’s Chris …
New Years Countdown Singapore Party with DJ Stonebridge and Friends Read MoreOn 22 November 2011, IN’s Energy Management Program and DEEC hosted the conference “Methods and Project Models for Energy Efficiency in Chinese Buildings” in Dalian with the speaking slots shared …
Successful energy efficiency conference in Dalian Read More
Text and photo by Swedish Chamber of Commerce in China – Swedish Chamber of Commerce’s most popular events just took place, the Christmas party in Beijing was held on December …
Big Christmas Party in Beijing and Shanghai Read MoreScandinavian Airlines’ long-haul premium economy offering, Economy Extra, has been named the world’s best in a new survey by Global Traveler. Over 36,000 frequent travelers participated, of which almost all …
SAS Economy Extra Named the World’s Best Read MoreOn December 6th 2011, thirty months after the actual beginning of the project Mandala in Bang Tao, it was finally recognised by the Thanachart Bank Thailand Property Awards for its …
Swede Wins Property Award in Thailand Read MoreNear the visitor centre in the Singapore Botanical Garden you will find a Christmas tree in traditional Norwegian style. The ‘Norwegian’ tree is one of close to 300 tropical trees …
Norwegian Christmas Tree at the Botanic Gardens Read MoreNordcham HCMC’s Christmas Party on Friday 2 December 2011 was yet another great event. The guests were served glögg on arrival until everybody had arrived. Then followed a traditional Nordic …
Great Nordcham HCMC Christmas Party Read MoreMartin Roll, the Danish brand expert based in Singapore, has joined Burson-Marsteller, a leading global public relations and communications firm, as Senior Adviser to the firm’s Global Strategy Team. Martin …
Martin Roll Joins Burson-Marsteller Global Strategy Team Read MoreA 27 year old Swedish man from Tumba, who shared a house with a katoey ladyboy in Phuket, has been accused of stealing her belongings when he moved out. The …
Thai Ladyboy Claims Swede Stole Her Valuables Read MoreSerenity’s X’mas & New Year Platters, available from 13 December 2011 to 1 January 2012, comes with a portion of Spanish style Suckling Pig, Carvings of Herbal Roasted Turkey, Premium …
Serenity Spanish Bar & Restaurant’s Festive Season Platters Read MoreIn June 1881 the Norwegian explorer and scientist Carl Bock sailed up Chao Phraya River on board the steamship ‘Kongsee’ from Singapore. The ship passed the newly constructed and impressive …
Carl Bock: A Scientist among Ghosts and White Elephants Read MoreScandinavian and Thai people have many things in common, but also some that set us fundamentally apart. The typical European addiction to perfection is one. The equally deep rooted Thai …
Fundamental Differences Read MoreText Anna Pia Hudtloff The alluring whirl of notes disappearing into the counting machines, piles of Dong covering the giant table – this looks more like a bookmaker or some dubious …
Did Anyone Beat the Danes? Read MoreHua Hin has for a number of years attracted Scandinavian tourists in general and Sweeds in particular. Apart from the traditional charter tourism in Hua Hin an established part of …
New Swedish School to Open in Hua Hin During 2012 Read MoreThe United Nations human rights office on Friday 9 December called on Thai authorities to reform laws that jail people convicted of insulting senior members of the country’s royal family, …
UN Concerned with Thai Lese Majeste Laws Read MoreWell-known Danish documentary filmmaker Jørgen Leth was interviewed by the Tuoi Tre Newspaper in Vietnam about the isssue of money as a precondition for making good films. Jørgen Leth was …
Jørgen Leth at Danish Film Week in Vietnam Read MoreHis Majesty King Bhumibol Adulyadej’s birthday was this year celebrated extravagantly with a festive reception on Monday 5 December 2011 at The Old Stock Exchange in central Copenhagen. H.E. Ambassador Piyawat …
King Bhumibol’s Birthday Celebrated in Copenhagen Read MoreLundin Petroleum has “spudded” an appraisal well offshore Malaysia. In oil drilling “spudding” means the very start of drilling on a new well. The new well is at the PM307 …
Lundin Starts Drilling Malaysian Offshore Well Read MoreSixty silk batik paintings of Joko Sudadiyo, a batik painter from Bantul, Yogyakarta, are being displayed at an exhibition in Trondheim City in Norway from Dec.8 to Dec.22.The exhibition, titled …
Indonesian silk batik paintings exhibited in Norway Read MoreThe Norwegian Embassy in Manila has posted an advisory on its website warning prospective visa applicants about bogus and unscrupulous people or companies posing as visa agents who demand “show …
Beware of Visa Agents in The Philippines Read MoreThe Philippine Embassy in Oslo has received complaints that various unlicensed, unaccredited and informal Norwegian Language Schools/Courses are proliferating in the Philippines, enticing many Filipino professionals, especially nurses, to pay …
Warning Against Norwegian Language Schools in the Philippines Read MoreIndonesian company North Sea Boats (NSB) established by the Swedish boat builder John Lundin has secured a deal with Composites Technology Research Malaysia Composites Engineering (CTRM CE) to build and …
Malaysia-Indonesia Co-operation Buys Swedish Boats Read MoreBy June 2011 the Swedish Chef de Cuisine had been over seven years at the helm of Senses, Hilton Kuala Lumpur. And in December the previous year he launched his …
Cook Australian and Swedish Dishes By Chef Michael Elfwing Read MoreThanks to his wife, Bjarne Foldager today is the Managing Director for Maersk Line in Malaysia and Singapore and their three children are growing up studying in English and getting …
Foldager Family Prefers Being Out of Denmark Read MoreSwedish Foreign Minister Bildt welcomes Indonesian endorsement of the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty, December 6, 2011 “The Indonesian Parliament has today ratified the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty (CTBT). Sweden warmly welcomes this …
Sweden Lauds Indonesia for Ratifying Nuclear Treaty Read MoreScania (Malaysia) Sdn Bhd Managing Director James Armstrong said on 2 December 2011 that the Swedish manufacturer of heavy trucks and buses aims to sell some 630 vehicles in Malaysia …
More trucks and buses in Malaysia Next Year, says Scania MD Read MoreRepresentatives from Greater Mekong Subregion (GMS) countries gathered at a seminar in Hanoi on December 1 to discuss measures to realise the goal of building a more prosperous and equitable …
Mekong countries act for green economy Read MoreDanes Worldwide together with the organisation statsborger.dk met on Friday 2 December 2011 with the Danish Ministry of Justice to talk about allowing dual nationality for Danes. “It was a …
Danish Government Open for Dual Citizenship for Danes Read MoreFinland is currently home to two Chinese state-funded organisations that promote the Chinese language and culture. Some say these are a clever way for Beijing to build influence in Finland. …
China exerts soft power in Finland Read MoreBased on the results of a study carried out by Poyry, a Finnish water resource consultancy company leaders of ministries concerned with natural resources and the environment hope to come …
Vietnam convenes with neighbours on dam project in Laos Read MoreScandAsia has moved its office and busy getting all the office equipment up and working in the new place. The new office is located less than 100 meters down the road …
ScandAsia Moving Office Read MoreThe Norwegian Ambassador to Indonesia Eivind S. Homme said on 30 November 2011 that the Norwegian Embassy in Jakarta has encouraged and fully supported the efforts of any Indonesian cultural …
Norway Supports Indonesian Arts Read MoreAccording to the Ecosystems Climate Alliance on 30 November 2011, Norway and Indonesia’s $1 billion deal to halt the destruction of peatland and forests for two years in Acheh, a …
Norway – Indonesia $1 Billion Forest Pact Broken Read MoreThe EURO is in it´s worst crisis with Greece and Portugal as the worst affected countries close followed by Spain, Italy and Ireland. Some sources suggests a melt down of …
EURO Crisis for Scandinavian Expats Read More