Nordic News, Business and Life in Asia
Today the 17th of September as the latest Scandinavian Ambassador to embrace the social networks as a platform for diplomacy Mikael Hemniti Winther, the Danish Ambassador in Thailand, started tweeting from @DKAMBinThailand. …
The Danish Ambassador in Thailand starts tweeting Read More
Communications Disease expert Dr. Narumon Sawanpanyalert of Thailand’s Public Health Ministry told ScandAsia that she was misquoted by the National News Bureau of Thailand as saying a 52-year-old Danish man …
Correction: No Dane was quarantined on Ebola suspicion Read More
A 52 year old Norwegian for man from Steinkjer Norway lost his life in a motorcycle accident this Saturday. Local Norwegian newspaper Tronder Avisa has been in contact with the …
Norwegian killed in motorcycle accident in Bangkok Read More
After two young Brits were found brutally murdered on Koh Tao’s Sairee beach the night between Sunday and Monday, the expatriate community on the island is holding its breath while …
Scandinavian expat shocked after brutal murders on Koh Tao Read More
[wzslider] On 27 – 31 August 2014 the rare occurrence honouring Thailand’s much beloved but displaced elephants took place in Bangkok for the first time. VR Sports Club, east of …
A glamorous and slippery King’s Cup Elephant Polo Read More
Ten percent of the Danes dying in Thailand end up being cremated at a random monastery, having their ashes shed into an unknown grave. According to the Danish Consul this can …
Dead and Unwanted Read More
Thai Union Frozen Products Public Company Limited (TUF), for the second time within a month, announced today that it has entered into an agreement to acquire 100 percent of the …
Thai Union Frozen Products takes over Norway’s King Oscar Read More
A new report from the Finnish Ombudsman of Minorities shows that women at some Thai-massage parlors in Helsinki are victims of human trafficking. Even though they work at a massage …
Women in Helsinki’s Thai-massage parlors get no payment for regular massages Read More
Saturday the 6th of September Swedish entrepreneur Roger Karlsson opened his new beach bar Chicken Bar. The bar is located on Pattaya Beach Road close to the Central Road intersection. …
New Swedish owned bar opens in Pattaya Read More
When TV-news reports on flooding, the speaker is often accompanied by pictures of armies of people building dams of sandbags to save their homes. This might become images of the …
Innovative Danish dam uses water to fight flooding Read More
Sounds from everything between ram horns and Jew harps will fill the Piano Music Hall the 17th of September when the Norwegian musician Odd Sylvarnes Lund performs his “Enchanted Norwegian Musical …
Experience odd Norwegian music in Bangkok Read More
Volvo Trucks announced an ambitious plan to expand its Asia operations at the Singapore Productivity Forum 2014. The plan includes substantial investment to upgrade its dealer networks in Thailand and …
Volvo Trucks Rolls Out Plan For Expansion Across Asia Read More
Small Danish themed Restaurant, Little Denmark, in Hua Hin is up for sale. The owner and her Danish husband are not as young as they used to be and running …
Little Denmark for sale Read More
Thai students were awarded the ‘Diploma of Excellence’ with USD 3,000 at the ‘Stockholm Junior Water Prize 2014’ organized by the Stockholm International Water Institute (SIWI). Stockholm Junior Water Prize …
Thai students win award at Stockholm Junior Water Prize 2014 Read More
Pattaya Police took into custody a Thai woman in Pattaya in the early morning hour of September 4 for allegedly peddling Ecstasy pills on the streets of this well-known tourist …
Finn arrested in Pattaya’s Ecstasy drug bust Read More
Presenting the ABBA legacy in Bangkok is The Arrival, from Sweden. Ever since its inception in 1995, this troupe of musicians and singers has toured over 50 nations and appeared …
The next best thing to an ABBA reunion Read More
One of Northern Europe’s leading contemporary dance companies, Danish Dance Theatre, is set to wow the audience during the upcoming Bangkok’s 16th International Festival of Dance & Music 13 September …
Danish Dance troupe descends on Bangkok Read More
The trial of a British researcher from the Finnish NGO Finnwatch has begun. The researcher, Andy Hall, face up to seven years in prison for comments he made about the …
Researcher from Finnish NGO is on trial in Bangkok Read More
Tobacco executive Anders Colding Friis to succeed Allan Leighton as new CEO in March 2015. The Board of Directors also recommends that Peder Tuborgh, subject to approval at an extraordinary …
Tobacco executive to take helm at Pandora Read More
Within the next 7 years IKEA will open two new stores in Bangkok. According to store manager Lacia Sherlock, the Swedish furniture store is currently experiencing a phenomenal growth. Even …
IKEA plans to open two new stores in Bangkok Read More
Belgium-based Business Social Compliance Initiative (BSCI) expressed great concern about civil and criminal charges pressed by Thai-based Natural Fruit Company against FinnWatch activist Andy Hall. These charges pertain to his …
Thai Pineapple industry urged to cooperate instead of litigate Read More
Sigve Brekke appointed interim Chief Executive Officer in dtac Mr. Sigve Brekke, the Vice Chairman of Total Access Communication PLC (dtac), will assume the role as the interim CEO of …
Sigve Brekke appointed interim CEO of dtac Read More
Here at KIS International School we are all incredibly proud of the excellent academic results achieved by the graduating class of 2014, says Linda Belonje, Director of Marketing and Development …
A Perfect Score and Other Outstanding Results for KIS Class of 2014 Read More
As the latest Scandinavian authority joining social media platforms, the Swedish Consulate in Phuket has now opened a Facebook page as a new way to reach the public. It is …
Swedish Consulate in Phuket reaches out with new Facebook page Read More
A group of importers that includes some of Scandinavia’s largest retailers has publicly criticized the Thai food industry’s response to reports alleging human rights abuses. In a letter to the …
Scandinavian buyers decry Thai food industry’s actions Read More
There are a small number of citizens of Nordic countries among some 16,000 foreign inmates in Thai prisons, according to Thailand’s Department of Corrections. As of August 2014, nine Swedes, …
Nordics a tiny minority among 16,000 foreign inmates in Thai prisons Read More
There must be a significant number of Sweden-based Thais who go mushroom-hunting without enough knowledge to tell the difference between edible and poisonous varieties. The Swedish health authorities found it …
Foraging Thais told to steer clear of Sweden’s poisonous mushrooms Read More
To welcome Scandinavians back to Thailand for a new season of events, Scandinavian Society Siam hosted a chatty gathering at the stylish gastro bar Bangkok Bettys. The new season will …
Scandinavians reunite in Bangkok Read More
If you have been searching for a route map for the busses in Bangkok, up till today you would have ended up empty handed. An 18 year old boy Somwasin …
Student has spent two years mapping Bangkok’s bus routes Read More
The Immigration Bureau has published a new regulation that allows tourists, including those who enter Thailand under visa exemption category, to extend their stay in the kingdom by another 30 …
Nordic tourists to get up to 60-day visa-free stay in Thailand Read More
From August the 29th 2014 it will be possible to apply for 30 more days of visa exemption instead of the current 7 days. This means that it is possible to …
New regulations for visa extensions in Thailand Read More
[sliderpro id=”10″] Volvo in Southeast-Asia showcases the 2014 edition of its best-selling model, the XC60 and highlights its upgrades in comparison to previous editions. The XC60 passed the 500,000 units …
The head-turning Volvo XC60 Read More
Koh Pha Ngan authorities have warned people to beware of box jellyfish after a French boy died on Saturday shortly after being stung while swimming at a beach of this …
Jellyfish warning issued after the death of a 5 year old Read More
Thai police have caught two ATM skimmer suspects – a Swedish man and a Filipino – in Chiang Mai’s Muang district along with 500 fake electronic cards. Thai newspaper The …
Swede arrested for ATM skimming in Chiang Mai Read More
The International Organisation of Good Templars (IOGT), headquartered in Stockholm, has chosen Thailand as the venue of its first congress in Asia, to be held in the beach resort of …
IOGT picks Thailand as venue of first ‘clean living’ conference in Asia Read More
Evaporating sweat and the sound of squeaking shoes fill the air in the toxic green badminton center. Young Danish badminton coach Nicolai Juulsager has just finished a training session with …
Badminton tour is giving young coaches a unique insight in SE Asian culture Read More
A 41-year-old Finnish man was found dead in a room filled with cooking gas at a Bangkok guesthouse in an apparent suicide, according to police. An investigator was quoted by …
Finn found dead by cooking gas inhalation in Bkk guesthouse Read More
Norwegian band Staer and the Norwegian-French duo Black Packers put the ears of Bangkokian concert goers and venue neighbors on a test with deafening feedback and a journey through a …
Noisy Norwegians shakes up Bangkok Read More
A 45 year old Swedish man begs to survive and sleeps on the sidewalk of Soi Nana (Sukhumvit Soi 4), just 3 months ago he is said to have …
Swede lives on the streets of Bangkok after allegedly being swindled out of his life savings Read More
A Telenor Group study has revealed that young mobile Internet users in Malaysia and Thailand are among the most smartphone-savvy in the world. Known as ‘digital frontrunners’, with ages ranging …
Telenor study: Thais, Malaysians among savviest smart phone users Read More
In order to raise money for Barnhem Muang Mai, a group of young Swedes decided to walk from Bangkok to Phuket. Calle Wollgard was the leader of a group of …
Epic bike journey from Sweden for Phuket’s post-tsunami orphanage Read More
Ali Khan and his family, originally from Thailand, have established several Lai Thai-restaurants across Sweden. The robot restaurant, Asia Taste, will open in September 2014. It will serve Asian food …
Thai/Asian restaurant in Sweden served by robotic waiters Read More
The Royal Thai Police are upgrading their effort to catch traffic offenders. Especially illegally parked cars are targeted. This week hundreds of drivers in Thailand have had their wheels locked as part …
Think twice before you park Read More
Thanks to a new pick-up truck, disabled children in Northeastern Thailand will receive a more steady help and treatment. The organization that received the pick-up truck is called Raindrop Foundation they are based …
New pick-up truck will make it easier to help disabled children Read More
In a sting operation, undercover Immigration Department agents arrested a Norwegian national, who had been offering chiropractic treatments without licence from Thailand’s Public Health Ministry. The suspect, identified as Vincens …
Norwegian man nabbed for unlicensed chiropratic care service Read More
It is time to tee off the new golfing season in Thailand. Saturday the 23rd of August Scandinavian Golf Thailand starts their new season at Kiarti Thanee Country Club. An …
Golfers in Bangkok are ready for the new season Read More
On August 19, the Embassy was visited by The Danish Badminton Inspiration Team 2014 who have been travelling around China, Vietnam, Cambodia and Thailand for two months. On their journey, …
Danish Embassy hosts Badminton Inspiration team Read More
The Stockholm International Water Institute (SIWI) organizes the yearly ‘Stockholm Junior Water Prize’ which draws over 28 countries to join this special event. Stockholm Junior Water Prize focuses on water …
Thai students to compete in Stockholm Junior Water Prize Read More
On Thursday, 14 August 2014, two Thai women’s football players visited the Embassy to get their visa to Sweden. The two players, Thanatta Chawong and Taneekarn Dangda, are going to …
Thai women football players join Swedish team Read More
Maersk Line has selected Bo Wegener as the new Thailand Cluster Manager and Dawid Sold as the new Country Manager for Myanmar the latest round of Asia appointments within the …
Maersk Line appoints new Thailand, Myanmar managers Read More