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School principles get 1.8-2.0 million DKK a year and the teachers are paid the same as engineers and get 100 lessons of supplementary training a year. It is prestigious to …
Study Trip to Singapore Unveiled Prestige About the Job As a Teacher Read MoreSunday night, the famous Danish award winning jazz singer, Sidsel Storm gave an exclusive concert at the Grand Millennium Sukhumvit. The concert was a preview of her newly released album “Swedish …
Danish Jazz Singer, Sidsel Storm, Performs Live in Bangkok Read MoreFor the eighth time the Swedish magazine Travel News has given the Best Tourist Country Award to Thailand, reports mcot.net Thailand was voted as this year’s winner in competition with …
The World’s Best Tourist Destination: Thailand – Again Read MoreText: Ulla Behrend Photo: Julie Amsinck On the 9th February, the 35-year old Scandinavian Women’s Association (SWA) held its Annual General Meeting and proudly showed that the good old viking ship is …
The Scandinavian Charitable Hands Read MoreText and photo: Majbrit Madsbøll / Maiken Hallingskov This year’s carnival celebration was on the 7th February from 10-13. One week before our friends in Denmark celebrates this day. But …
Danish Women’s Network in Thailand: Children’s Carnival 2010 Read MoreWhite sandy beaches, lots of sun, palm trees, spicy food, and polite and smiling people is maybe what you normally link with Thailand. But according to the Terrorism Risk Index …
Thailand 9th Most Dangerous Country in The World Read MoreAccording to Thailand’s Industry Minister Chanchai Chairungruang is the Swedish company M2 Engineering going to invest 4 billion Baht in solar energy production in Thailand. M2 Engineering attributed its keen …
Swedish M2 Engineering to Invest 4 Billion in Thailand Read MoreThe current iPhone carrier in Thailand, True Move has been selling the iPhone since January 2009. According to macnn.com some 100,000 iPhones were sold in the Thailand last year.
Norwegians to Sell iPhone in Thailand Read MoreMs. Jocelyn Teo, assistant manager of sustainability at IKEA Singapore, said: “We wanted to encourage sustainable life in schools and saw this as a great opportunity to teach kids about …
IKEA Helps Singapore Go Green Read More“The Government has no plans to allow double citizenship” said the Danish Minister of Integration Birthe Rønn Hornbech (V) in a consultation the 11th February with the parties of Parliament …
The Danish Government Refuses Double Citizenship Read MoreThese services includes Business Class check-in, Fast Track security, priority boarding, bigger seats with more leg room, better meal service and a personal entertainment system on board. 64,740 baht, including …
SAS: Economy Extra Passengers goes Business Read MoreProbably, you didn’t expect that hobbies can be really different according to cultural roots. Actually, Chinese people don’t usually go out to play football with friends, while this is a …
Hobbies: these are the top hobbies for Scandinavians Read MoreThe Danish businessman and third-world supporter Jørgen K. Hansen is still imprisoned in Cambodia at the Banteay Meanchey Provinsual Prison close to Poipet suspected for having sex with minors and …
Jørgen K. Hansen Enjoys Prison Life in Cambodia Read MoreThe Norwegians in KL will be invited to the opening of a Norwegian architectural exhibition at Pavilion shopping centre on March 10th at 10 a.m. Their Royal Highnesses Crown Prince …
Meet the Royal Crown Prince Couple in KL Read MoreAfter one week of relaxing at Koh Chang the Swedish couple Jim Petersson and Maria Larsson are ready to roll again. Wednesday morning they left Samut Songkhram.They started out in …
Swedish Duo Ready to Roll Read MoreThe global crisis has caused a decrease of 15.5 percent of Danes moving abroad. In 2009, 20.085 Danes chose to leave Denmark for a life overseas, but just two years …
Fewer Danes Become Expats Read MoreBy Foong Thim LengThe Star Online Norwegian couple Leif and kari Aagaard enjoy Pangkor Island in Malaysia so much that they have visited the resort for the 11th consecutive year.“We …
Norwegian Couple Returns to Pangkor Island Read MoreMichael Borch-Jensen, the Danish man who was arrested in the weekend for sex with a 14 year old girl has been released by the police. The 43 year old Dane …
Dane Arrested for Underaged Sex Released Read MoreAs the oldest organization for Scandinavians in Thailand, Scandinavian Society Siam (SSS) has been a central meeting point for Scandinavians for almost a century. It has given its members a …
The Future of SSS Lies in the Hands of Its Members Read MoreAccording to a press release Norwegian Peoples Aid (NPA) Friday the 5th February signed an agreement with the Lao National Unexploded Ordnance Programme, part of the Lao Government, about disarming …
Norwegian Peoples Aid gets Green Light for Third Lao Province Read MoreThe Danish dry bulk and tanker shipping company Norden is optimistic in the middle of the ongoing global economic crisis, reports Channelnewsasia.com. Norden have just bought new ships and have …
Norden Shipping Sails Through the Global Economic Crisis Read MoreAs part of the company’s internationalisation strategy Ib Andresen Industri has established a production unit in Thailand. The factory is situated in a so-called free zone in Laem Chabang container …
Ib Andresen Industri Starts Supplementary Production in Thailand Read MoreJim Petersson and his girlfriend Maria Larsson is from January to June on the trip of their lifetime. The Malaysian newspaper The Star has Monday the 8th a big interview …
Swedish Couple Skates Thailand, Malaysia and Singapore Read MoreThe Danish part of Lao Brewery Company, Carlsberg Brewery were surprised when they got the news about Lao Brewery Company is going to public listed this year reports the Danish …
Carlsberg Unaware of Public Listing in Laos Read MoreDanish citizen Michael Borch-Jensen, 43, was at 2 am on 7 February arrested in his room in L.K Apartment Pattaya. After Super Intendant Chusak Kethong and his team following a tip …
Dane Arrested for Sex with Underaged Girl in Pattaya Read MoreA Finnish company is planing to build retirement homes for elderly Finns in Hua Hin. The idea is to make a peaceful area where the elderly can enjoy and relax …
Retire in Paradise Read MoreJørgen Heide a 75-year-old Danish cruise line passenger died the 4th of february in a hospital in Kochi, India reports Press Trust of India. Jørgen Heide was on the cruise …
Danish Cruise Tourist Dies on His Way to Thailand Read MoreAccording to China Radio International The Lao Brewery Company, a joint venture between the Danish Carlsberg Brewery Company and the Lao government is going to be at the listed at …
Lao-Danish Brewery to be Public Listed Read MoreThe Malaysian Government has chosen Putrajaya and Cyberjaya to become Green Cities reports CSR Asia. The model of Green Cities are seen several places around world for example in the …
Green Cities to Come in Malaysia Read MoreThe documentary film shows the munks uprising in Burma/Myanmar in September 2007 in a completly new angle. The footage in the documentary are made by courageous Burmese munks who risked …
The Danish Produced and Directed Burma VJ Nominated for an Oscar Read MoreThe Swedish top golfer Anna Nordqvist and her Norwegian counterpart Suzann Pettersen will participate in a golf tournament in Singapore in the end of this mounth. According to asiaoneNews are …
Scandinavian Top Golfers Goes to Singapore Read MoreThe Vietnamese Prime Minister, Nguyen Tan Dung did Wednesday choose state-run Vietnam Electricity Group, or EVN to plan the construction of a wind power plant in the southern province of …
Danish Aid Money to Develop Wind Power in Vietnam Read MoreIn Northern Thailand there lives a lot of refugees from China, Myanmar and Cambodia. The refugees are living there but have not rights to life elsewhere in Thailand or to …
The Swedish Church in Singapore: Help the Refugee Children in Northern Thailand Read MoreA 45-year-old woman from Småland in southern Sweden has been killed by a jellyfish while on holiday in Malaysia, writes the Aftonbladet newspaper. The incident occurred in the beach resort …
Swede Dies After Malaysian Jellyfish Sting Read MoreThere are huge differences between in the salaries of the Prime Ministers in among others Denmark, Sweden and Singapore. According to the column the Singaporean PM, Lee Hsian Loong, earns …
The Singaporean Prime Minister Earns 12 Times More Than the Danish and Swedish Read MoreThe Norwegian Embassay in Jakarta, Indonesia has just recently hired a new adviser, Hege Karsti Ragnhildstveit, for the Norwegian government on how to imply the Government of Norway’s International Climate …
The Norwegian Embassy in Indonesia Focus on Deforestation and Climate Change Read MorePreviously it was popular for rich people to deposit their money in Switzerland to prevent taxing. But these days Asia has overtaken the role as hiding-place for the rich peoples’s …
Rich People Move Money to Asia Read MoreAll applications for visa and for work- and residence permits to Denmark previously submitted to the Royal Danish Embassy must as of 15 February be submitted to a new Visa …
New Visa Application Centre for Denmark in Bangkok Read MorePress Release from EAC: In line with its strategy to further expand its position in South and South‐East Asia, EAC IndustrialIngredients has as of 29 January 2010 completed the acquisition …
EAC Industrial Ingredients acquires Malaysian Seawards Read MoreGlunz & Jensen announced today that it has signed an agreement with Singapore Press Holdings Ltd (SPH), through Agfa Graphics to upgrade the complete pre-press production at SPH Print Centre …
Huge Singapore Contract to Danish Glunz & Jensen Read MoreThe Norway-based paint producer PT Jotun Indonesia is optimistic that it will be able to increase its sales by about 40 percent to at least Rp 550 billion (about US$58 …
Jotun Expects 40 Percent Growth in Indonesia Sales This Year Read MoreBy Stephan Volmer Jensen Burma VJ was the winner of the top award for best documentary over 60 minutes in length at the International Documentary Film festival in Amsterdam 2008. …
The Dane Behind “Burma VJ” Documentary Read MorePearls, feathers, dresses, smoking and red lipstick – and of course a Martini. The theme was 1920’s gala when Scandinavian Society Siam celebrated its 90 Year Anniversary. The Grand Ball …
The 90 Years Anniversary of Scandinavian Society Siam Read MoreMatti Nurmi is a Finnish electrician-engineer-turned-restaurant-and-kindergarten-owner who has lived in Vietnam for over 20 years. He is one of Vietnam’s first Finnish settlers. Maybe you know him as his name became pretty well-known in Hanoi back in the 90s when “waterfall” bangs, Hip-Hop, Nintendo Boys and horn-rimmed spectacles were hot. Back then …
Hanoi’s First Finnish Settler Read MoreAccording to new research from Center Against Human Trafficking in the Danish Service Agency (Servicestyrelsen) – Many of the Filipino au pairs who live and work in Danish families have …
Filipino Au Pairs in Denmark Are Forced to “Black Work” Read MoreIn the early hours of Wednesday Morning, Police Lieutenant Colonel Sanae from Pattaya Police Station dealt with a case of possible fraud involving Thai masseurs who were promised work in …
Scam uncovered involving masseurs who are promised work in Finland Read More
The Royal Thai Government on Tuesday approved the procurement of six Gripens for 15,4 billion baht as proposed by the Ministry of Defense after the purchase of the first six aircrafts …
Thailand Buys Six More Gripen Jet Fighters from Sweden Read MoreThe Phuket Regional Blood Center is calling for urgent donations of the rare blood type A- for a Finnish national currently in ICU at Bangkok Hospital Phuket. The Finn, 31, is …
Blood Needed for Finnish Accident Victim in Phuket Read MoreThe Swedish Ambassador to Singapore and the Singaporean Ambassador to Sweden were both present at the inauguration event on the 12th of December along with prominent business leaders in the local …
The Swedish Trade Council Starts New Office in Singapore Read MoreLike so many other tourists visiting Phuket, Swede Gustav Karlsson, 31, and his brother-in-law John, thought it would be a fun experience to go on one of Thailand’s numerous elephant rides. …
Elephant Ride Gone Wrong Read More