Asia and Norway

South Korea’s VIP Research& Management Co. came under the spotlight by drawing successive investment from Norway’s sovereign wealth fund, the world’s largest with assets $847.6 billion under management. According to …

A longtime backer of Burma’s pro-democracy movement, Norway has been a high-profile donor to development and peacebuilding programs inside Burma since the launch of political and economic reforms in 2011. …

A consortium of Norwegian knowledge-based companies and academic bodies, organized by an Iranian energy management and consultancy company Energiring, held a seminar on the development of oil and gas upstream …

A petitioner alleged before the Islamabad High Court (IHC) that the Royal Norwegian Embassy has played a role in transporting his wife and daughters to Norway and the FIA did …

From 24 to 26 July the 49th ASEAN Foreign Ministers’ Meeting took place in Vientiane, Laos. The meeting was attended by a range of foreign ministers from Southeast Asia, but …

Two missing citizens of Norway have been rescued in the mountains of Almaty, said Ruslan Imankulov, official representative of the emergency situations committee of the Ministry of Interior Affairs. “2 …

The slump in the offshore oil and gas market continued to hurt shipbuilders with mainboard-listed Vard Holdings sinking to a 53 million Norwegian kroner (S$8.47 million) loss for the second …

The Royal Norwegian Embassy in Kazakhstan’s capital Astana has been closed. An ambassador based in Oslo will be responsible for Norway’s relations to all the Central-Asian countries. The appointment should …

The MoU was signed between the Islamic Republic of Iran Shipping Lines (IRISL) and Norway’s DNV GL certification body in a ceremony in Tehran. The MoU covers areas of legal …

Mr Lars Erik Tellmann, a member of the Telenor Myanmar team since it established operations in 2013, has been appointed chief executive officer to succeed Mr Petter Furberg, the Norway-based …

UN has declared 21st June as International Day of Yoga (IDY) in the year 2015. The resolution was moved by India at the UNGA, which was supported by 177 countries …

“This year’s observance of the International Day of Yoga highlights the important role healthy living plays in the realization of the Sustainable Development Goals, adopted last year by all 193 …

Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif and US Secretary of State John Kerry held a meeting in Oslo on Wednesday morning for talks on the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action …

 Lebanon Foreign Minister, Gebran Bassil, continued his state visit to Norway, and met on Tuesday with his counterpart Borge Brende, as well as with Norwegian Minister of Migration and Integration, …

Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif says only diplomacy and not military approaches can settle the five-year-old crisis in Syria. “The Syrian crisis can be only resolved politically, and a …

President of the Vietnam Fatherland Front (VFF) Central Committee Nguyen Thien Nhan has asked the Norwegian side to further promote cooperation with Vietnam in fields of the North European country’s …

Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif and Norwegian Prime Minister Erna Solberg in a meeting in Oslo discussed a range of issues, from closer bilateral ties to the regional developments …

NCRI – Commenting on the trip by the Iranian regime’s Foreign Minister to Norway, Amb. Perviz Khazai, the representative of the National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI) in Nordic …

Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said here Monday that Tehran and Oslo can have regional cooperation. Zarif made the remark at a joint press briefing with his Norwegian counterpart …

Pakistan has awarded a USD 395 million 4G licence to Norwegian telecom giant Telenor, as it seeks to capitalise on a booming domestic mobile market some two years since broadband …

In an Indonesian Business Discussion, initiated by the Indonesian Embassy in Oslo, Norway, participants reviewed opportunities in Indonesia for business expansion and investment by Norwegian businesses. According to a press …

Norwegian companies are to invest in the fisheries and aquaculture sectors in Gilan Province in Iran. The Norwegian investors said in a meeting with Governor General of Gilan Province Mohammad …

Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif will travel to Norway next week to partake in the 2016 edition of the Oslo Forum, an annual international conference of armed conflict mediators …

Head of Iran Veterinary Organization, Mehdi Khalaj, met with Norway’s ambassador to Tehran, Aud Lise Norheim, and discussed cooperation on fishery and fish diseases. “The development of bilateral cooperation in …

Telenor today unveiled its first move to significantly improve healthcare in emerging markets, with the introduction of its digital health service Tonic in Bangladesh. By addressing local health challenges through …