Nordic News, Business and Life in Asia
More and more people try to swindle with their travel insurances. According to Jan Sander, vice president at SOS International, the number of fraud cases has increased by 15 percent …
Danes Commit Travel Insurance Fraud Read MoreYear after year more and more Scandinavians and tourists in general travel to Thailand. On that basis the work to preserve the local culture and environment is now strengthened through …
Thai Tourism Goes Green Read MoreThe Malaysian Chinese Association is warning its members against taking foreign wives, including from Indonesia. Datuk Michael Chong, head of the MCA’s public services and complaints department, was quoted by …
Don’t Take a Foreign Wife Read MoreIn the weekend, Dominik Iacono, 22, and Dave Ackermann, 23, both German nationals, were arrested in Bangkok. Supisarn Bhakdinarinath, Chief of the Crime Suppression Division, said according to Bangkok Post …
Systematic Hackers Stole 100 Million Baht Read MoreMaersk Line said its new technology has successfully carried out a trial shipment of fresh bananas to Rotterdam in the Netherlands from Davao in the Philippines using reefer containers. Maersk …
Maersk Invents Ground-Breaking Shipping Technology Read More”It might be a ‘dangerous’ time to start up a new travel agency, but on the other hand it is also the right thing to do because the suppliers are …
New Danish Travel Agency Flying to Thailand Read MoreThe Association of Norwegian Students Abroad (ANSA) invites student from Singapore and elsewhere to visit their ScanArt 2010 Exhibition from September 29 to October 4th at the 1000 Pound Bend, …
Scandinavian Art Students Exhibition Read More“Next year, I turn 60 and that is also when my contract expires. I believe that I have done my share for SAS,” Mats Jansson wrote in a company press …
SAS CEO to Step Down Read MoreIn the Philippines dental problems is the most common reason to school absence as a frightening 97 percent of all six-year-old Philippine children have active caries. In Vietnam and Cambodia …
Danish Volunteer Organisation Seeks Dental Assistants Read MoreThe ecosystem in the Gulf og Thailand needs a boost. A rusty collection of army trucks and disused army tanks are to form an artificial underwater structure. They are supposed …
Tanks to Create Artificial Life in Thai Water Read MoreDanish facility services group ISS has added security services to its portfolio in India by acquiring 49 percent in city-based SBD Cisco (India) Ltd for an undisclosed sum. SDB Cisco …
Danish ISS Acquires Indian / Singaporian Company Read MoreIf you are planning on spending your Christmas holiday in Thailand, but do not have your flight ticket secured – this is the final call. At Norwegian travel agency Ving, …
Norwegian-Thai Flight Route up 15 Percent Read MoreAccenture has signed a five-year application outsourcing contract with Nordea, a leading financial services group in the Nordic and Baltic Sea region, to develop and maintain applications that will support …
Nordea to Outsource to Bangalore Read MoreTake off your shoes, step into the shallow pool at the Denmark Pavilion and take a close look at the Little Mermaid. This is not another poolside bash like the …
Mermaid Greets Little Girl as 3 millionth Visitor Read MoreSingapore will be hosting the inaugural Singapore Youth Olympic Games(YOG) from Aug 14 to 26 2010. During the YOG, Young Olympians aged between 14 to 18 years will compete in …
Team Sweden at the Singapore YOG Read MoreMalaysian Nature Society will have 50 000 euro for upgrading of its MNS-BOH field study centre in Cameron Highlands. BOH field study centre is one of MNS’s many centers providing …
Fund for Local Cooperation Allocations Read MoreThe Swedish restaurant Two Chefs in Kata Center on Friday 6 August 2010 hosted a traditional Crayfish Buffet, serving: Crayfish boiled Swedish style with dill, hot smoked prawns, Two Chef’s …
Crayfish Buffet at Two Chefs in Phuket Read MoreLocal police arrested a Norwegian national on underage sex charges in Pattaya on Monday. A bust was instigated after an unidentified informant notified police of the offender’s activities with an …
Norwegian in Dubious Sex Bust Read MoreThree Swedes visiting the flood hit region of Ladakh in northern India are reported to be missing by relatives with the Swedish foreign ministry unable to confirm their whereabouts, according …
Swedes Missing After Indian Floods Read MoreA month-long closure of the Thai-Burmese border to trade has caused a shortage of consumer items such as televisions and refrigerators in Rangoon, media reports said Sunday. Burmese ruling junta …
Thai-Burmese Border Closure Leads to Shortages Read MoreOrganizers say a Russian finalist at the annual Sauna World Championships in Finland has died, while his Finnish rival was rushed to a hospital before competition closed. Spokesman Ossi Arvela …
Russian Dies in Finnish Sauna Contest Read MoreThe Danish royal family put an end to months of speculation about Princess Mary’s baby bump with a brief statement on its website. “Their royal highnesses the Crown Prince and …
Denmark’s Crown Princess Mary Expecting Twins Read MoreIKEA in the world for the highly localized Marketing Policy. Headquarters in Sweden, under the guidelines, over the introduction of new and peculiar, “deviant” non-traditional marketing on a global scale …
IKEA – Global but Local Read MoreRecently, a group of volunteers representing Maersk Malaysia, a shipping company based here, headed for the 1Malaysia Soup Kitchen in Section 16, here, in two cars. The boots were filled …
Chicken Soup for the Poor Read MoreAfter several weeks battling a serious fire on the foredeck of their vessel, the crew of Charlotte Maersk was welcomed ashore last week in Malaysia. Happy to put the fire …
Charlotte Maersk Crew Honored After Fire Read MoreOver 800 confirmed cases of the potentially deadly dengue fever virus have been reported in the northeastern Thai province of Ubon Ratchathani recently. Thai Health Ministry spokespeople have since revealed …
800 Cases Dengue Fever in Ubon Ratchathani Read MoreLV Technology Plc (LVT) was founded in 1996 by Hans Jorgen Nielsen, a Danish engineer with more than 20 years of experience in developing technology for material sorting machines. It …
“Danish” LVT Cements its Reputation Read MoreAfter being relegated to the shadows for decades by its more powerful neighbors, Laos is finally taking the lead role in a global campaign to ban the use of cluster …
Laos in Front in Cluster Bombs Treaty Read MoreBurma has tripled the size of the world’s largest tiger reserve in an effort to save the endangered species, which now numbers less than 3,000 in the wild, a conservation …
Burma Triples Size of Tiger Reserve Read MoreAs criticism mounts of the Thai government’s response to the deaths of two foreign newsmen during recent political violence in Bangkok, the sister of slain Italian photographer Fabio Polenghi says …
Bangkok: Vows to Uncover Truth Read MoreOne of Indonesia’s most active volcanoes erupted Friday, sending lava and a searing gas cloud tumbling down its slopes. At least four people were feared dead, officials said, and several …
Karangetang Volcano Erupts in Indonesia Read MoreShare15 A Swedish climber died in an accident on the mountain K2 in the Karakoram Himalayas early on Friday morning while taking part in an Austrian-led expedition. Fredrik Ericsson fell …
Swedish Climber Dies in Himalaya Expedition Read MoreA firm in northern Sweden has claimed in a letter to the Work Environment Authority (Arbetsmiljöverket) that its berry pickers face a slew of dangers including poisonous mushrooms, elk hunters, …
Elk Hunts and ‘Paparazzi’ Threaten Berry Pickers Read MoreWhile China’s economy continues to grow so rapidly its steel producers cannot meet local demand, foreign steel manufacturers and related companies have had to accelerate production and drastically reduce delivery …
ASSAB Steel in China Finds Success in Speed Read MoreAround 120 Chinese seasonal berry pickers in northern Sweden went on a 15 kilometre march overnight on Friday to protest their salaries, a local social services official said. Thousands of …
Chinese Berry Pickers Protest in Sweden Read MoreThemed “Well-being, Competence and Environment”, the Finland Pavilion encourages an exchange of views and interaction among visitors by displaying advanced technologies and interactive activities. “Like a good society or a …
‘Giant’s Kettle’ is Right on the Boil Read MoreThe first live show of Nguyen Tuan Nam, the youngest lecturer at the Vietnam National Music Institute will take place at the Hanoi Opera House on August 22, sponsored by …
Live Show for Jazz – piano in Hanoi Read MoreMaersk Line is in discussions with far eastern shipyards on the construction of a new generation of giant container ships with a much larger capacity than the shipping industry has …
Maersk Eyeing New Generation of Mega Ships Read MoreMr. Per-Arne Hjelmborn, the new Ambassador has assumed his new position in Malaysia on 2nd August 2010.Ambassador Hjemborn has a long experience from the foreign service. He has been posted …
New Ambassador of Sweden Has Arrived to Malaysia Read MoreThe Sino-Danish Wind Energy Development Programme (WED) and the Royal Danish Embassy in Beijing visited the Guang Ai School on the outskirts of Beijing, in order to promote knowledge of …
Wind Energy Can Be Fun Read MoreThe strike has lasted for a week, Per-Martin Johansson told AFP, but a labour conflict which has slowed down production has been going on for about three months, he added. …
Indian Volvo Workers Strike Over Pay Read MoreDanish drummer Kalle Mathiesen is a little unorthodox. He doesn’t just play the drums, he often beats them violently with his fists. He’s also been known to use all sorts of …
Wacky Drummer Plays With Everything Read MoreThe pond with the Little Mermaid statue at the Denmark Pavilion, among others, have become a popular place for visitors to throw or leave coins. Chinese visitors have labeled the pond …
Wishful Thinking at Expo Read MoreAfter three months some of the World Expo’s security guards and armed police finally got to see why millions of people are coming to see the world fair. The Shanghai …
Denied Access to the Sweden Pavilion Read MoreMove over, Vietnam brides. Here come the Myanmar maidens. Aged between 20 and 35, they are ethnic Chinese who can speak Mandarin and cook Chinese meals. So they would find …
Now Myanmar Brides? Read MoreAfter One Year, Over 500,000 IKEA SUNNAN Lamps Purchased and Matched for Donations to Children in India and Pakistan The sunshine story continues. Since the IKEA SUNNAN campaign began June …
Over 500,000 Lamps Help Children to Read Read MoreThe Philippine Overseas Employment Administration (POEA) has said job opportunities for Filipino nurses in Denmark among other European countries remain to be “minimal.” The POEA issued the clarification that only …
Small Chances for Filipino Jobs in Denmark Read MoreSwedish AVEVA Group announced that Thai-based The Bangkok Dock Company have concluded a contract for the use of AVEVA Marine solutions. Established in 1865, The Bangkok Dock Company has a …
AVEVA Ink New Contract i Thailand Read MoreDamco, the logistics division of Denmark-based shipping group AP Moller Maersk, has expanded its operations in Thailand by starting operations at a new export freight hub in Bangkok and by …
Damco Connect Bangkok with Cambodia and Vietnam Read MoreFor the first time in history a Sumatran tiger cub has been born in a Swedish zoo in Eskilstuna, a few hours south of Stockholm. The Sumatran tiger is one …
Sumatran Tiger Cub Born in Sweden Read More