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4 days ago | scandasia.com | Gregers Møller

Malaysian-Norwegian singer, DJ, and creative director Merete Mei-Jin Noer — previously featured on ScandAsia as Miraculous Mera — has returned to Southeast Asia to film and promote her upcoming single Lari, a bilingual track set to launch her artistic rebirth under the name Meramanja. Now based in Asia for a month-long creative project, Meramanja has been filming music content across Kuala Lumpur, Ipoh, Singapore, and Kota Kinabalu.

4 days ago | scandasia.com | Gregers Møller

So, another Easter has passed. I remember Easter when I was young and how incredibly boring and gloomy it felt, except for Easter Saturday when we received candy-filled Easter eggs and a delicious Easter buffet was laid out. Good Friday, on the other hand, was very long. Only Christian programs were shown on TV, cinemas were closed, as were discos and clubs. We young people had a hard time making time pass. Today, I wish Good Friday were longer – time flies faster and faster as one gets older.

4 days ago | scandasia.com | Gregers Møller

Sweden has pledged USD 12.7 million in humanitarian assistance to support more than a million Rohingya refugees from Myanmar and vulnerable host communities in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh. According to the Embassy of Sweden in Dhaka, the funding will be disbursed through eight humanitarian partners: UNHCR, WFP, Norwegian Refugee Council, Islamic Relief, Action Against Hunger, Save the Children, and the International Rescue Committee.

4 days ago | scandasia.com | Gregers Møller

Danish brewer Carlsberg is stepping up its efforts in Myanmar’s beer market, where international players are gaining ground amid shifting consumer preferences following the 2021 military coup. According to a recent report by Nikkei Asia, Carlsberg is actively chasing market leader Heineken through a local joint venture.

4 days ago | scandasia.com | Gregers Møller

The Chinese leader’s recent tour of Cambodia, Malaysia, and Vietnam is seen by a Swedish expert as a diplomatic success for Beijing in the wake of new US tariffs. “The timing of the visit is extraordinarily auspicious for China,” says Astrid Norén-Nilsson, senior lecturer in the Study of Contemporary South-East Asia at Lund University, in an interview with the Associated Press.