Nordic News, Business and Life in Asia
The University of Lapland is planning to carry out research into the situation of foreign nationals working in Finland as seasonal berry-pickers.Each summer around 2,500 Thais, among others, enter Finland to …
University to Chart Situation with Berry-pickers Read MoreThe Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) confirmed on Saturday an earlier report that four Filipino seafarers were among the crew members seized when a Danish owned-cargo ship, believed to be carrying …
Two Danes and Four Pinoys Kidnapped by Pirates Read MoreIkea Group’s worldwide profit rose 6.1% in its 2010 fiscal year to 2.69 billion euros ($3.6 billion), according to a post on its website. The privately held global home furnishings …
Ikea Profit Rises 6.1% in Latest Fiscal Year Read MoreThe nine-year-old has a congenital deformity in her chest bones that press against her heart and lungs making breathing painful and difficult. Ly’s face is also disfigured, a common feature …
Agent Orange Victim Becomes Calendar Girl Read MoreThough Zeus warned Pandora never to open the box given to her, the temptation proved too strong and Pandora forever unleashed into the world misery, suffering and sorrow.Today, much like …
The Mekong River’s Pandora’s Box Read MoreScandinavian Tobacco Group (STG), which is 49 percent owned by Swedish Match, will buy Lane, which makes a variety of tobacco products, including Kite and Bugler roll-your-own tobacco and Captain …
Swedish Match Firm Buys US Tobacco Maker Read MoreMandala Airlines will officially stop flying on Thursday as the company enters a restructuring phase, the Transportation Ministry says. Director General for Air Transportation Herry Bakti said Wednesday that Mandala …
Financial Trouble Grounds Indonesian Airline Read MoreThe National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) Friday urged police to consult all relevant parties before enforcing the measure to prevent children aged under 18 from going out late at night …
Urges Police to Think Twice on Curfew Plan Read MoreThe boatman turns off the engine and lets his long boat glide along Burma’s Inle Lake, as foreign tourists soak in the stunning scenery of villages built on stilts dotting …
Release of Suu Kyi May Boost Tourism Read MoreActor Jackie Chan has donated Bt1 million for the education of 192 deserving but economically disadvantaged children of Samui. Lhin Phing, a representative from the Jackie Chan Foundation, visited the …
Actor Jackie Chan Support Koh Samui’s Poor Kids Read More