Nordic News, Business and Life in Asia
The Finnish Security and Intelligence Service (Supo) published on Monday its National Security Overview report. According to Supo, Finland has continuously been a target for cyber espionage by authoritarian states …
Finland continues to be a cyberespionage target for China Read More
After sitting two years in a Cambodian prison under rough conditions Danish Sejr Gundel has now returned to his mom in Denmark, BT writes. The Dane was locked up in …
Danish man released after two years in Cambodian prison Read More
The Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (Sida) works for sustainable development and helps to create better-living conditions for people living in poverty and oppression. The organization has just moved one …
Military coup overshadows Sweden’s work in Myanmar Read More
The politically unbiased Swedish think tank Frivärld urges the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to summon the Chinese Ambassador to Sweden, Gui Congyou, for, at least, an apology for the threatening …
Swedish think tank demands Ministry of Foreign Affairs to take action against Chinese threats Read More
On Tuesday the court of Holstebro, Denmark, decided that a Thai woman who had stayed illegally in Denmark for more than two years had to serve 30 days in Danish …
Thai women in Denmark “Happy to be deported” Read More
The liquidity problems that the Chinese real estate building company Evergrande has found itself in is making waves through the world economy. Evergrande has a collected debt of $305 …
The Chinese Evergrande company’s liquidity problem affects Scandinavia Read More
Thai Vegan Kitchen formerly known as Thiitsoob is special in many ways. First of all, it operates out of a food truck that visits different locations around Helsinki, Finland. The …
Vegan Thai restaurant in Finland impresses food critic Read MoreThe majority of students at the Finnish LAB University of Applied Sciences are at the moment Vietnamese. The university’s strong campaign to promote themselves in Vietnam has been very effective …
Finnish university has success bringing Vietnamese students to their faculties Read More
After years with record-high prices on Danish produced pork meat, the price is now going down fast and substantially, DR writes. The main reason behind this development is the lacking …
Decreasing Chinese demand makes Danish pork prices drop Read More
Big shipping companies like Danish Maersk emit loads of CO2 every year in their work of transporting goods worldwide. Because of the vast areas that big container ships cross on …
Danish and Singaporean universities cooperate to develop green solutions for shipping industry Read More
The tradition of The Danish Seamen’s Churches goes back more than 150 years to a time when international shipping was quite different than what it is today. As shipping has …
The Danish Seamen’s Church in Hong Kong serves both local Danes and crews on Danish ships Read More
When Heine Joensen moved to Thailand, he thought that he was going to relax. But he quickly found out he could not just lean back and do nothing. “I need …
Danish entrepreneur turns tropical waste into industrial pallets Read More
A combination of shortage in computer chips and the container crisis is making it very hard for the Danish owned Sand Future company which produces high-pressure washers to deliver customers …
Danish owned factory in Shanghai is having trouble reaching customers Read More
The plot thickens in the much-criticized planned sale of Telenor’s Myanmar branch to the Lebanese conglomerate M1 Group. The Norwegian phone network operator now claims that the military junta of …
Telenor claims the military junta of Myanmar demanded spy gear on their network Read More
Wasuthon who also goes by the nickname “Guide” now has his adoption approved under Danish law. After the family got the adoption rejected twice, the Appeal Authority of Denmark has …
Danish appeal authority approve Wasuthon’s adoption in Thailand and opens up for Danish adoption Read More
According to a new Danish law, a website can be blocked for Danish users if “It on numerous occasions has sold or administered sales of products that are recognized as …
New Danish law blocks Chinese “Banggood” site from Danish internet users Read More
It is basically like a Lego block, the plastic bricks that the Finnish company “Block Solutions” produces. But the “Eco-Blocks” as the building material is called could be the solution …
Finnish building invention rebuilds earthquake-devastated schools in Indonesia Read More
Luc Tan Le was a child when he and his sibling fled communistic Vietnam in 1979. His escape from Vietnam landed him in Denmark where he has lived ever since. …
Vietnamese refugee Luc is running for municipal election in Denmark Read More
For some tourists, the worst thing about travelling is the other tourists. If thats you, a brochure with some pictures of contemporary Phuket would be enough to get you …
My 14 days in the Phuket Sandbox Read More
64-year-old Michael Falch has made a big name for himself on the Danish music scene since he started his career with the Danish rock band “Malurt” in 1977. Since then, …
Danish musician Michael Falch writes love album for his new Thai girlfriend Read More
Ten-year-old Wasuthon Nielsen also called “Guide” came to Denmark from Thailand three years ago after his adoptive mother brought him with her to her Danish hometown of Taulov, where she …
Wasuthon is being deported back to Thailand by Danish authorities Read More
Former Finnish president and Nobels prize recipient Martti Ahtisaari – who is known for his role as peace negotiator in the conflict between the Indonesian Government and the Free Aceh …
Finnish Free Aceh Conflict negotiator Martti Ahtisaari withdraws from public activities due to dementia Read More
The price on container shipments from China has gone through the roof with an increment of about 850 precent in the recent year, according to SVT. Notably this has taken …
China shipping problems takes a toll on Swedish children’s book publishers Read More
The Swedish star chef Björn Frantzén’s Zén restaurant in Singapore has received a triple Michelin star rating in its only third year. Bjorn – who is known for his successful …
Swedish owned restaurant in Singapore receives triple Michelin stars Read More
A replica of the historic three-masted wooden ship “Götheborg” is once again ready to conquer the seas after the original sank in 1745. Götheborg is the world’s largest operational wooden …
Swedish galleon sets sail for China Read More
A substance banned by Norway and EU called ethylene oxide – which is linked to causing cancer – has been found in an instant noodle product from the Thien Huong …
Norway recalls Vietnamese noodle brand from stores Read More
The organization of Finnish industries (EK) has awarded its annual recognitions for Finnish ambassadors who have done an extraordinary effort for Finnish business abroad. The awards are based on feedback …
Finland’s China Ambassador Jarno Syrjälä receives business award Read More
Many Norwegians have been putting their savings into so-called “green” funds which invest in renewable energy sources. One of the most hyped funds is the Storebrand company’s Fornybar Energi-fund. A …
Norwegian renewable energy fund invests millions in Chinese companies suspected of forced labor Read More
The early human race, Denisovan, has so far been associated with a lot of mystique. Since there have only been one finding of Denisovan fossils ever, in form of five …
Swedish-Filipino study makes new discovery on mysterious early human race Read More
The National Danish Performance Team is a Danish team of top skilled gymnasts who go around the world to spread the message of healthy living and community building through gymnastics. …
Danish National Gymnastics Performance Team plans to visit East Asia Read More
It is no secret that the Corona-crisis has been a hard blow to international economy but for the bilatteral trade between Vietnam and Finland the first six months of 2021 …
The Finnish-Vietnamese trade cooperation is experiencing succes despite Corona. Read More
The Finnish National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) has finished its preliminary investigation into the national stockpile agency and their two failed medical face mask procurements. The two orders made by …
Two Finns suspected in scandal regarding imported face masks from China Read More
The Chinese toy store “Kidsland” will be focusing more on delivering toys targeted for adult or “Kiddults” in order to make up for the slump created by the Corona pandemic, …
Lego’s Chinese distributor is focusing on the “Kiddult” market Read More
Denmark and Norway will be representing the Scandinavian tourism board at the ITB China trade show, which focus on the travel market. The Scandinavian Tourist Board will be part of …
Scandinavian Tourist Board is ready for ITB China Read More
For more than 25 years the Danish NGO, ADDA, has been training farmers throughout Southeast Asia to be self-sustainable. Their continuous programs in the region strive to make the rural …
ADDA is helping rural farmers to become self-sustainable in a changing world Read More
The skyrocketing infection numbers in Thailand are forcing its authorities to convert trains into makeshift hospital beds in order to alleviate the already maxed out hospitals. Norwegian volunteers are reporting …
The Corona pandemic is ravaging Thailand Read More
Swedish musician and former member of the popular country band “Lasse Stefanz”, Anders Pettersson, has died after a long spell of sickness, Aftonbladet writes. Anders Pettersson joined the Lasse Stefanz …
Famous Swedish musician Anders Petterson has died Read More
Last week’s defect on a Chinese nuclear EPR reactor has not led the nuclear safety authority of Finland, STUK, to demand the Finnish nuclear power company TVO to put a …
Finnish nuclear plant continues its plans despite defect on similar Chinese reactor Read More
Many Swedish residents in Thailand are in the vulnerable group and still they face great difficulties getting the Corona vaccine. Sven Arne Hedell, 71, is trying to get the Swedish …
Slow vaccine roll-out forcing Swedes in Thailand to go home Read More