Nordic News, Business and Life in Asia
An as-yet unnamed Swede was injured in a Thai train accident Wednesday morning which killed six people and left another 26 injured.The mishap happened in Ratchaburi province in the morning of …
Six Die, 27 Injured As Truck, Thai Train Collide Read More“The foreign minister Laila Freivalds has resigned,” Swedish PM Göran Persson told a press conference Tuesday morning in Sweden. Freivald’s decision came after mounting pressure during the last few days when the foreign minister was criticised …
Swedish Foreign Minister Resigns Read MoreThe three AEWC planes are a part of Thailand’s Air Force recently drafted wish list. Industry sources expect Bangkok will only consider small platforms, such as the Embraer ERJ-145 and …
Sweden’s Saab Bids For Thai Air Force Contract Read MoreDuring the stay in Jakarta, the ship will be the focus of a number of exhibitions and cultural events highlighting the historic as well as contemporary links between Sweden and Indonesia. …
Sweden’s Tall Ship ‘Götheborg’ To Visit Indonesia Read MoreThe Thai-Norwegian Chamber of Commerce 2006 Annual General Meeting was held 14 March at the Sheraton Grande Sukhumvit with Chamber Members gathering for a reception and networking event followed by …
Choakdee Dhamasaroj Re-elected President of TNCC Read MoreChamber members gathered at the Sheraton Grande Sukhumvit March 14 with a reception and networking event followed by the AGM. During the AGM the chamber elected two new board members …
Thai-Norwegian Chamber Re-elects President Read MoreThe Annual Meeting of the Scandinavian Church in Bangkok on the evening of Wednesday 15 March elected three new people to the Board of the Church: Marion Nygaard and Mia Hallenborg from …
Scandinavian Church in Bangkok: Annual Meeting Elects New Board Read MoreOn Wednesday, the Attorney General in Denmark decided that there is no basis for pressing charges against the newspaper Jyllands-Posten for publishing drawings of Mohammed. 27 Danish Muslim organizations have filed a …
Danes Warned Of More Violence in SE Asia Read MoreSAS and Volvo Car (Thailand) co-organized ‘The Perfect Drive – The Perfect Flight’ event late February at Wearnes Motors Hua Mark, an authorized Volvo Dealer in Bangkok. The event was to showcase the best …
Volvo, SAS Match Perfect Drive, Perfect Flight Read MoreAPAC Security, representing Swedish manufacturer Biosensor, has secured an order for five BIOSENS systems from Thai narcotics police. The order value is worth close to USD200,000 and the first for a Biosensor …
Biosensor Secures USD200,000 Deal With Thai Police Read MoreFor years the USA, England and other European countries in general have been the most popular countries for Danish students to study, but Asia is now attracting more and more aspiring business …
Asia Attracts Growing Numbers Of Danish Students Read MoreEvery year 20,000 Danish families spend their holiday in one of Ving’s seven European resorts called Sunwing resorts on the Mediterranean, or the Canary Islands.This autumn Ving will open its …
Danish Travel Agency To Build Resort Near Phuket Read MoreSAS stalwart Axel Blom has left the board of the Thai Swedish Chamber of Commerce (TSCC) to be replaced by fellow SAS colleague Håkan Olsson.Another new face on the TSCC …
Axel Blom Retires TSCC Seat At AGM Read MoreNokia expands network coverage for Thailand’s second largest mobile operator Total access Communication PLC (DTAC), as part of an existing exclusive frame agreement. Under the agreement, Nokia delivers a significant …
Nokia Expands DTAC Network in Thailand Read MoreSwedish travellers have placed Thailand on top of their holiday destination list as they consider the “Land of Smiles” a destination with attractive beaches and warm sunshine. This was the conclusion …
Swedes Prefer The Beaches of Thailand:Survey Read MoreThe Swedish Foreign Ministry has totalled its costs following the tsunami disaster at 315 million Swedish Kronor. The highest single cost – 97.4 million kronor – was incurred by the …
Tsunami Cost Sweden 315 Million Kronor Read MoreSAS has decided to terminate all its commercial traffic to and from Singapore due to the substantial – yet unspecified – deficit that this route produces. Thus the Scandinavian airline …
SAS Closes Singapore Connection; Finnair Seeks To Expand Read MoreIn 1992, prompted by a need which they felt was not being adequately addressed, Dr. Vicharn and his wife Dr. Prakong Vithayasai established the Support the Children Foundation. The primary …
NGO’s Success Sees Children’s Lives Transformed Read MoreThe Thai spa industry is fast expanding into a market pioneered by Thailand’s hospitals, encouraging visitors to come to Thailand on a ‘health vacation’. As an industry it already has …
Thai Spas Switch Focus To Wellness Read MoreRumours had been rife for some time that Maersk’s current country manager in Thailand Michel Deleuran was to leave Maersk and work for another company.The man himself was eventually happy …
Danish Country Manager Takes Helm At Maersk Thailand Read MoreScandinavian Airlines launched its new Business Class on February 17 at Siam Paragon, Bangkok, as part of its strategy to provide the convenience to passengers onboard to and from Bangkok …
SAS Launches New Business Class Read MoreIn Bangplee, just a few minutes off the main Bangna-Trad highway and 5 meters from lake Taco, you will find a small facility with some forty people working quietly away. …
Surfing The Weaknesses To Catch the Strengths Read MoreFrom the first of March, Maersk Line will have a new man in charge of operations in Thailand, as Dane Søren P. Jensen takes over from outgoing Dane, Michel Deleuran. Jensen comes from a similar position as …
Maersk Appoints New Manager In Thailand Read MoreThomas Raldorf, a 35 year old Dane resident in Thailand, was officially installed January 17 as Thai Go-kart Champion for 2005. Amazingly, this is the fourth time that the racing …
Dane Wins Thai Go-Kart Championship Again Read MoreCISL Thailand began doing business in Thailand in August 2004 and has already signed contracts with DTAC, Hutchinson, TA Orange and in December 2005 – with the biggest fish of …
CISL Thailand Offensive Taking Shape In Mobile Opportunity Read MoreSince retiring from a long and distinguished career in the oil industry, Norwegian Torkild Waagaard has dedicated his life to following his fascinating Viking ancestry as far back as to …
Norwegian Goes Back In Time To Enrich The Present Read MoreA 59-year-old Norwegian man, identified as Konrad Haugen, died on Tuesday night February 7 in a hotel in South Pattaya area, according to Pol Maj Chatchai Srisuwan of Tambon Pattaya …
Pattaya Sees Spate Of Nordic Suicides Read MoreThe Swedish Riksdagen’s Constitutional Committee, which recently put prime minister Göran Persson on the spot, is ready to chastise the Swedish government for its failures following the tidal wave in …
Swedish Cabinet Can Expect Hard Time From Tsunami Committee Read MoreThe property boom in Thailand is not going unnoticed; especially the Scandinavian one. The interest among Northerners to escape the cold winter periods and reside here is growing substantially. It is …
A Nordic Garden in the Thai Tropics Read MoreOpinions are split between Bangkok’s two main English-language newspapers over the controversy caused by the recently published drawings of Muhammad. Yesterday Muslims held a peaceful demonstration in front of the …
Peaceful Protest Versus Decency Read MoreIn the summer of 2003, Thai Airways ran a nation-wide campaign in Denmark, which promised customers that they would automatically take part in a lottery for tickets to Thailand if …
Thai Airways Accepts Danish Fine For Inappropriate Ad Campaign Read MoreOn 6 February 2006, 100-200 demonstrators protested in a non-violent manner outside the Embassy of Denmark in Bangkok against a Danish newspaper publication of 12 drawings of the Prophet Mohammed. In …
Demonstration Outside Denmark’s Bangkok Embassy Read More“The Danish government has to apologise for a month. Every day there has to be a statement in the newspaper where the government is to promise that something like this will never …
Bangkok Demonstrators Demand One Month of Daily Apologies Read MoreISS Facility Services Co., Ltd has acquired 100% of the share capital of MPA Securitas Limited, a company with annual revenues approaching 400M Thai Baht. At the contract …
MPA Securitas Sold To ISS Facility Services Read MoreFinland’s Ministry for Foreign Affairs has told embassy staff to keep their guard up after the attack on the Danish embassy in Indonesia. Finland shares buildings with other Nordic countries …
Finland Tells Jakarta Embassy Staff To Be Cautious Read MoreA workshop on post-tsunami aquaculture was held in Phuket, Thailand and attended by fishery experts from Norway, aqua culture networks in Thailand, Indonesia, USA, UK and non-governmental organizations. There were …
Thailand, Norway Help Tsunami Affected Fishermen Read MoreDanish-owned Pedershaab A/S, who create machines for the production of concrete pipes for draining and sewers, are to move their headquarters in Asia from Thailand to Vietnam. The chief representative Tri …
Denmark’s Pedershaab Relocates to Vietnam from Thailand Read MoreISS Facility Services Co., Ltd. – a unit of the Danish ISS Group – has entered an agreement to acquire MPA Security in Thailand for an undisclosed amount. MPA Security, owned and …
Denmark’s ISS Acquires Security Company in Thailand Read MoreSome time next week the world will see the largest freefall formation ever become a reality featuring no less than 400 skydivers freefalling to the ground below them in Thailand. …
45 Nordic Skydivers Join World Record Jump Attempt Over Thailand Read MoreMarita Liulia has taken the Tarot and made it into a vehicle for contemporary art through the use of digital technology. Now the Finnish artist will stage an exhibition featuring …
Finnish Artist To Stage Tarot Exhibition in Bangkok Read MoreWilhelmsen Maritime Services is a global company delivering state of the art maritime services, including ship management, crewing, port and logistics services through a global network of local offices. …
“Wilhelmsen Maritime Services – Barwil (Thailand) Ltd. Will be the shaper of the maritime service industry” Read MoreIn the period until the Annual General Meeting on March 30, 2006, EAC will complete two share buyback programmes for a total value of DKK 1.1bn. The first programme will …
EAC To Initiate DKK 1.1bn Share Buyback Read MoreIndividual tourism to Thailand and South East Asia does not suffer from increasing oil prices, Tsunami, earthquakes and hurricanes. Jacob Bojsen, the new regional manager for Jysk Travel Company in …
Jysk Travel Builds Up Individual Travel Business in South East Asia Read More“When I first arrived here, I was so angry at my family because I had so many good friends in Manila, and here in Bangkok, I didn’t know anyone,” says …
After A Shaky Start A Young Swede Makes Her Mark And Thailand Her Home Read MoreLeif Thomas Olsen and his Vietnamese wife Phuong Yung Mai Le bought a piece of land, basically in the middle of nowhere, but in the midst of truly scenic landscape, …
Mangospa – Pioneers In Pineapple Land Read MoreThe Norwegian travel trade has honored Thailand as the World’s Best Tourist Country 2005. This is the second consecutive year that Thailand has won the Grand Travel Award. The January …
Norwegian Travel Trade Votes Thailand Number One Read MoreThe Swedish Ministry for Foreign Affairs – Project Export Secretariat, in cooperation with the Swedish Embassies in Bangkok and Manila will organize a workshop for Swedish companies to analyse upcoming …
Mekong Region Workshop Planned For Swedish Companies Read MoreThe Royal Danish Embassy hosted a Danish-Thai alumni evening January 24 in Bangkok sponsored by EAC, giving some 70 Thais who have studied, lived or worked in Denmark a chance …
Royal Danish Embassy Hosts Alumni Evening In Bangkok Read MoreIt was a simple love story that brought Gregers Moller to Thailand many years ago. Today with two beautiful daughters to be proud of he is for good reason also …
The Man Behind ScandAsia Read MoreNot long after take-off in Arlanda airport in Stockholm, a heavily intoxicated Swedish man created chaos in the air by hitting and kicking everyone around him. Eye-witnesses report that the …
Drunken Swede went Berserk on Flight to Thailand Read More