Nordic News, Business and Life in Asia
With a thirst for good brews, a degree in beer and a strong base in Bangkok, Danish Jakob Mørkenborg Rasmussen recently started his own company, Hopsession Co. Ltd. The …
Hopsession – Shaking up Thailand’s beer scene Read MoreFive bottles of beer that had been well preserved for 170 years in a shipwreck will be reproduced and introduced to the market, the local government of Finnish autonomous province …
Finnish shipwreck beer set to be copied, introduced into market Read More
Coffee might protect male drinkers from liver disease, suggested Finnish researchers who published a new study in the journal of Alcohol and Alcoholism. The researchers asked nearly 19,000 Finnish men …
Finnish research: “Coffee might protect alcohol drinkers from liver disease” Read MoreSwedish photographer Paul Hansen last month won the 2012 World Press Photo award for newspaper Dagens Nyheter with a picture of two Palestinian children killed in an Israeli missile strike being carried …
Swedish photographer Paul Hansen wins World Press Photo award Read MoreAccording to the Danish newspaper, Kristeligt Dagblad, Denmark has been placed in the top of the list when it comes to the amount of trash being discarded. No other European …
Denmark is the Garbage Champion Read MoreForeign investors should consider using Thailand as a regional hub and a springboard to faster-growing Greater Mekong economies given massive infrastructure plans to strengthen regional connectivity, say Thai and European …
Experts say Thailand should be regional foreign investors hub Read More
[wzslider autoplay=”true”] In a shipyard in South Korea workers are building the world’s largest ships – Maersk Line’s 400m long Triple-E container vessels. Danish Maersk and Discovery Channel have teamed …
Discovery Channel to air Maersk’s large ship build Read More
Call her the girl with no name. A 15-year-old is suing the Icelandic state for the right to legally use the name given to her by her mother. The problem? …
Icelandic girl fights for right to her own name Read More
Norwegian classification society Det Norske Veritas (DNV) and German classification society Germanischer Lloyd have agreed to merge their respective businesses in 2013. The new entity will be called DNV GL …
DNV and GL announce merger Read MoreSweden has two films shortlisted for the Oscars, the documentary Searching for Sugar Man by Malik Bendjelloul, and Goran Kapetanovic’s short film Kiruna-Kigali. This is the first time ever that …
Two Swedish films shortlisted for the Oscars Read More