Nordic News, Business and Life in Asia
More than 300 applications from Asian au pairs are pending with the Norwegian Directorate of Immigration (UDI) due to entry restrictions. At the same time, the Ministry of Justice is …
Hundreds of Asian au pair applications unprocessed in Norway due to entry restrictions Read More
Leading the Thai football league at the moment is the capitals True Bangkok United. Standing between the sticks for the top side is the half Danish and Filipino goalkeeper Michael …
Danish footballer is top league goalkeeper in Thailand Read More
Of the many things Thailand is known for Coffee is probably not the first thing that comes to mind. Nevertheless, half Finnish-half Thai founder of the new “Coffee Culture Thailand” …
Half-Finnish Susan is trying to cultivate the Thai coffee culture with her new store Read More
On Friday November 26th 2021, the latest Fitness studio 24/ Seven opened on Sukhumvit Road near Nana Bts station. The first was established in 2018. Who stands behind this gym? …
New Fitness studio 24/Seven opened in Nana area on Friday the 26th of November Read More
The small Danish railway town of Vejen in the south of Denmark now has a Thai massage clinic – SaligThai.dk. The new clinic is run by two Thai women Sawan …
Small Danish railway town gets a Thai massage clinic Read More
Danes in the area are invited to meet the Embassy of Denmark in Pattaya on 7 December, the Embassy of Denmark in Bangkok shares. The Embassy of Denmark’s two consuls, Charlotte Lykkegren …
Meet the Embassy of Denmark in Pattaya on 7 December Read More
Finland’s first county elections will be held in January 2022. Within the Embassy of Finland’s jurisdiction in Thailand and Cambodia, the advance voting will take place only at the Embassy …
Advanced voting for Finland’s first country election will take place at the Embassy in Bangkok Read More
In Denmark, Sawaeng Kongpetsak worked in the dairy business for thirty years and founded the Thai-Danish Association. In Thailand, he worked for another twenty years in the Thai dairy business …
Sawaeng Kongpetsak returns to Denmark Read More
Swedish-Swiss Tetra Pak, a world-leading processing and packaging solutions company, together with the Royal Chitralada Projects has introduced the world’s first congee in Tetra Recart®, a paper-based carton package from …
Tetra Pak and the Royal Chitralada Projects Launch the World’s First Congee in Carton Package Read More
A Swedish family with two children wants to spend three winter months in Thailand, but the municipality says no, media Aftonbladet reports. The family from the Swedish city of Ystad, a town …
Swedish municipality say no to Swedish family spending 3 months in Thailand Read More
On 22 November, Telenor Group and C.P. Group announced that they have agreed to explore the creation of a new telecom-tech company comprising dtac and True. According to a company statement, the …
Telenor and C.P. Group support dtac and True in exploring the creation of a new telecom-tech company Read More
Four Finns were recently convicted of procuring Thai prostitutes in a ruling in Helsinki District Court, Swedish YLE reports. Procuring, also known as pimping out, is the facilitation or provision of …
Four Finns convicted of pimping out Thai prostitutes in Finland Read More
The Danish Refugee Council (DRC) and partners in Asia set out to explore pathways to enhance the protection of Rohingya in the Asia region. According to this press release, the project …
DRC and partners set out to protect Rohingya refugees in Asia Read More
Norway’s Telenor is considering merging its mobile operations with Charoen Pokphand Group (CP Group) , Telenor recently said in a statement. The two parties are exploring a merger of their …
Telenor in talks about a possible merger in Thailand Read More
Is there something you’ve always wanted to ask a representative from the Embassy of Finland in Bangkok? Now is your chance! The Embassy of Finland in Bangkok is organizing a questionnaire with …
Sign up for a questionnaire with Ambassador Jyri Järviaho Read More
In the evening on the 16th of November, SWEA Bangkok Professional, gathered together for an evening at our president Eva Steinbach’s home at Baan Kapi. This evening we had the …
An interesting and pleasant evening with SWEA Bangkok Pofessional Read More
Thailand’s iconic Maya Bay is set to reopen at the turn of the year after being closed in 2018 to restore coral reefs that were damaged by the major flow …
Danish Professor: Countries with tourism magnets such as Maya Bay face a dilemma Read More
A delegation from the Embassy of Denmark in Bangkok including Ambassador Jon Thorgaard and the embassy’s two consuls, Charlotte Lykkegren and Alice Rosengren Skov, are coming to Phuket on 30 …
Meet the Embassy of Denmark in Phuket on 30 November Read More
The Covid crisis and its subsequent lockdown and restrictions have kept the tourism industry of Thailand in a stranglehold. Numerous hotel buildings are up for sale or rent and an …
Danish entrepreneur plays monopoly in Thai hotel market Read More
Earlier this month, two people connected to the now-closed three Swedish schools (Römosseskolorna) in Gothenburg, were accused of having embezzled SEK 13 million of the school’s money. Now a review …
Employees at Swedish schools used embezzled money on the adult industry in Thailand Read More
The Embassy of Sweden in Bangkok is now handling Schengen visa applications from applicants legally residing in Singapore, the Embassy of Sweden in Singapore shares. Applications for Schengen visas are …
Embassy of Sweden in Bangkok now handles Schengen visa applications from applicants in Singapore Read More
Are your future plans green? Are you building a career around sustainability? Finland is a global superpower in some of the key scalable technologies in cleantech, recycling, and renewable energy. …
Sign up for Future is Made in Finland – Episode V on Sustainable Solutions Read More
As the Embassy of Denmark in Thailand continues the celebrations of the 400 years of relations between Denmark and Thailand, the Embassy highlights 14 November 1618 as a very important day. In …
A trip down memory lane: 14 November 1618 marks an important day for Thai-Danish relations Read More
Telenor employees across the Nordics and Asia prove they intend to remain at the forefront of upskilling to meet the rapidly changing demands of global customers by setting a new …
Telenor employees across the Nordic and Asia write e-learning history Read More
Discover a new experience in education at Meet the Heads event ‘The Beginning of a Great Heart’ at King’s College International School Bangkok on 11 December 2021. King’s College International …
Discover a new experience in education at King’s College International School Bangkok Read More
Denmark and Thailand have strong historical collaboration within education and science and through decades many Thais have studied in Denmark while Danish science expeditions have traveled to Thailand to conduct …
Denmark and Thailand have strong historical collaboration within education and science Read More
St Andrews School Sukhumvit 107 (S107) would like to welcome prospective parents and pupils to an EY Online Open House Event on Thursday 25th November at 4 pm. More about …
St. Andrews School Sukhumvit 107 invites to Virtual Early Years Open House Read More
The shared history between Denmark and Thailand has seen strong diplomatic collaboration which continues to this day and last week Ambassador Jon Thorgaard hosted a meeting with a delegation from …
The shared history between Denmark and Thailand has seen strong diplomatic collaboration Read More
In the first week of Thailand’s reopening to quarantine free travelers, the country welcomed over 20.000 international travelers including 724 Swedish travelers. According to the Department of Disease Control, most …
Thailand welcomed 724 Swedish travelers in the first week of the country’s reopening Read More
The Thai-Norwegian Chamber of Commerce invites you to the Crisis Management Webinar Series on 11 November and 25 November. More about the event series: The Great Resignation Trend is affecting …
Invitation: Thai-Norwegian Chamber of Commerce’s Crisis Management Webinar Series Read More
Meet Sara Soto Guzman from Caracas, Venezuela, who has lived in Bangkok Thailand for 18 years. As a member of the TPF (Thai Powerlifting Federation) she went all the way …
This is heavy … Read More
On a rainy afternoon, I had the pleasure to sit down and talk to a Swedish man who knows a lot about coffee. We met at the Café ARTIS at …
COFFEE is not just COFFEE! Read More
A Royal Copenhagen vase portraying the little mermaid has been the genesis of this current research. The vase was presented to Tan Heng Soon, the father of my late husband …
Travels in Siam and Laos: a lost photo album Read More
The Thai-Finnish Chamber of Commerce invites you to join their co-branded event on Labor Trends: Why you should be recruiting right now that is organized by CanCham on 17 November. …
Learn more about labor trends and why you should be recruiting right now Read More
This autumn many exchange students at the Thai universities have been travelling the country while attending school. One of the students who has set out on such a journey is …
Covid benefit: Travel around while studying Read More
Danish pensioner Ove Arnt believes that it’s a luxury to live in Denmark when he compares it to the times he has spent in Thailand, where he has owned a …
Danish resident in Thailand: “It is a luxury to live Denmark” Read More
Tonkla school in Chiang Mai is looking for teachers from Finland to be part of their team to assist in adapting the Finnish education approach to their school. Tonkla School …
Tonkla school in Chiang Mai is looking for teachers from Finland Read More
In a recent post, the Embassy of Sweden in Bangkok spoke to Pongsatorn Chanwong who is currently working as a Consultant at Business Sweden Thailand, including Myanmar, Cambodia & Lao PDR. Pongsatorn …
Pongsatorn Chanwong on his current role as Consultant at Business Sweden Thailand Read More
It is always a good idea to do some research before deciding where to retire as different countries have completely different retirement systems. One place to look might be the …
Iceland and Thailand’s retirement systems are the best and worst in Global Rankings Read More
Last week, Norway’s telecom giant Telenor posted the company’s third-quarter report which showed flat organic subscription and traffic revenues, a 2 percent decline in organic EBITDA, and a strong cash flow of …
Telenor’s third-quarter results are impacted by the prevailing covid-19 situation in Asia Read More
It’s time for the Finland Talks again! The Embassy of Finland in Thailand and the Thai-Finnish Chamber of Commerce invite you to join the Finland Talks –webinar on November 16 …
Join Finland Talks: Finnair Cargo moving towards carbon neutrality Read More
On 2 November, at the 26th Conference of the Parties (COP26) in Glasgow, Koen Doens, Director-General for International Partnerships at the European Commission, highlighted the crucial role of programs such …
Team Europe mobilizes € 783 million for green infrastructure to boost economic recovery in ASEAN Read More
Swedish-Swiss Tetra Pak, the world-leading processing and packaging solutions company has appointed Ratanasiri Tilokskulchai as the new Managing Director, according to this company statement. With over 10 years of experience at …
Tetra Pak Thailand appoints new Managing Director Read More
Norway’s Ambassador to Thailand, Kjersti Rødsmoen is scheduled to visit Phuket on 30 November, and on that occasion, she would like to meet Norwegians in the area for an informal …
Ambassador Rødsmoen to visit Phuket and meet Norwegians in the area Read More
Thailand-based Danish journalists Flemming Thomsen and Niels Seeberg have written a fiction novel ‘Sultne spøgelser’ (Hungry ghosts) which is set to be released in December this year. Flemming Thomsen is …
Thailand based Danish journalists publish fiction novel about expat jetset in Vietnam and Laos Read More
Denmark-based Grundfos, a global leader in advanced pump solutions and water technology has announced the launch of the LC232 Controller in Thailand, an industry-first for groundwater intake controls that utilize …
Grundfos introduces new groundwater pump controller to advance Thailand’s smart agriculture future Read More
The flight ticket search engine Momondo has seen a 226 percent rise in searches for plane tickets from Denmark to Thailand during the last seven days compared with the month …
Boom in Danish interest for travels to Thailand Read More
The European Chamber of Commerce Myanmar invites you to their upcoming webinar entitled ‘Doing Responsible Business in Myanmar: What does doing “heightened human rights due diligence” mean?’ on 3 …
Learn more about doing Responsible Business in Myanmar Read More
The Malaysian Danish Business Council is a partner in the new Danish export initiative Danish-Asian SME Network – DSAN – to help connect SME companies in Denmark to experienced professional …
DASN is connecting Danish SME to the Malaysian Market Read More
The Thai-Swedish Chamber of Commerce invites you to come and meet colleagues from the Thai-Swedish business community, new and old, on the Play Deck at the Oriental Residence Bangkok on …
Meet colleagues from the Thai-Swedish business community at SweCham Social Network Club Read More