Nordic News, Business and Life in Asia
About 185 Norwegians and Danes got a bit more than the trip they booked, when their Thai Airways flight TG 952 performed an emergency landing in Moscow on 11 August …
Scandinavians stuck after Thai aircraft emergency landing Read More
As global warming is upon us and the ice is melting in both the north and south, water areas in the Arctic which were previously inaccessible are now free to …
Concern about China’s presence in the Arctic Read More
93 million. That’s how many straws Indonesians sucks their way through each day. And of the 9,8 billion plastic bags they use every year, almost 95 percent end up as …
Swedish investors to support island in sustainability project Read More
The Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT) has set up a project called “Bringing New Shades of Thailand to Nordic Travellers” which is targeting tourists from the Nordic countries, writes The …
Thai tourism to focus on Nordic visitors Read More
Despite having the right to government-paid paternity leave for two weeks, only 35 percent Singaporean fathers swapped the business suit for changing diapers in 2018. This is even a decline …
Singapore admires Nordic paternity leave levels Read More
Volvo Philippines, the official distributor and dealer of Volvo cars in the Philippines, will sponsor the annual Crayfish Party, organised by the Nordic Chamber of Commerce (NordCham) in the Philippines …
Volvo sponsors Crayfish Party in Philippines Read More
IKEA Singapore apologised for an administrative error on 1 August 2019 that revealed the e-mails of 410 people in the CC-field of a promotional e-mail. When IKEA Singapore initially attempted …
IKEA leaks personal data: Messes up apology Read More
At a reception for Swedish outgoing ambassador Pereric Hogberg in Hanoi on July 31, 2019, Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc expressed hope that the cooperation would increase even furtrher, especially …
Vietnam calls for even more business with Sweden Read More
American President Donald Trump has sent a special envoy for hostage negotiations, Robert O’Brien to Sweden to attend the trial of Rakim Mayers – also known as the rapper A$AP …
Trump sends hostage envoy to A$AP Rocky trial Read More
Scania Malaysia nurtures future leaders in sustainability with support to Penang school’s “No-Single-Use-Plastic” Programme Scania Malaysia distributed on Wednesday 31 July 2019 reusable lunch boxes and water bottles to students, …
Scania supports sustainability program at Penang school Read More