Nordic News, Business and Life in Asia
Police Colonel Worapong Tonpaiboon (Anti Human Trafficking Division Superintendent, AHTD) and his team on Wednesday arrested Mr. Pasi Earik Venaeinen (65), a Finnish national. Mr. Venaeinen was apprehended after an …
Finnish Man Arrested for Child Abuse Read MoreIt has once again come to the Embassy’s attention that some visa applicants and their references are offered assistance to smooth the visa process by various agencies both in and …
Warning Against Read MoreDanish toymaker Lego cannot register a picture of one of its iconic building bricks as a trademark, because the Lego product cannot be distinguished from other manufacturers’ bricks, the European …
Lego Brick Not a Trademark, EU Court Rules Read MoreIt is estimated that there are some 160,000 teenage pregnancies in Thailand every year. Very often, the girls have to drop out of school. Thailand’s health officials are proposing a …
New Bill to Reduce School Dropout Read MoreIndian regulators have launched a probe into allegations that the AP Moller-Maersk units have been using their “influence” to force Indian shippers to use container facilities at Gujarat Pipavav Port …
Maersk Accused of Anti-competitiveness Read MoreNokia is replacing chief executive Olli-Pekka Kallasvuo with Canadian Stephen Elop of Microsoft, as the world’s top maker of mobile phones aims to regain lost ground in the fiercely competitive …
Canadian Tapped to Head Nokia Read MoreDenmark will provide non-State businesses in Vietnam with VND422 billion to help them raise their competitiveness. The funding, will be supplied in the 2011-2013 period and VND40-50 billion will be …
Helping Hand to VN Businesses Read MoreNovo Nordisk announced today that the company will expand its Research and Development Centre China in Beijing from currently 100 to 200 employees by 2015. The expansion will mainly be …
Novo Nordisk to Double Scale of R&D Centre in China Read MoreThe Swedish Institute for Infectious Disease Control (Smittskyddsinstitutet – SMI) has designated Monday September 13th as national chlamydia day to draw attention to the infection and to encourage more people …
Sweden Launches ‘Chlamydia Monday’ Read MoreAn Australian organisation comprising ex-police and special forces soldiers has rescued four child sex workers from an illegal brothel in Aranyaprathetnear the Thailand-Cambodia border. The team of volunteer operatives …
Aussies Rescue Four Child Sex Workers Read More