Nordic News, Business and Life in Asia
The number of Chinese and Japanese tourists visiting Helsinki increased last year significantly despite a decrease in the volume of international business travel. According to the City of Helsinki, the …
Helsinki attracts Chinese, Japanese tourists Read More
Follow, Philip and Mikael, on The Long Ride as they journey 23,000km across 17 countries on their trusty motorcycles from Singapore to Sweden to: + Raise awareness about breast cancer …
Kick-starting breast cancer awareness campaign Read MoreA Finnish man fell from the top floor of a condominium in Pattaya to his death. Police belives it was a suicide. Rusanen Karri Olavei, 52, fell of an 18-floor …
Finn in fatal fall Read More
A 27-year-old Norwegian has built three village-based children’s homes on the Thai-Burmese border for war orphans and victims of neglect and abuse. It must have been a culture shock for …
Ole’s village-based children’s homes Read More
The Nordic Coordination Emergency Group (NCEG) has recently held a meeting to evaluate the progress made since its establishment in December 2013 to get Nordic embassies and tourist agencies to …
Nordic group: Phuket’s tourist safety – a success story Read More
Police are looking for a Swedish resident of Phuket who had been caught on camera spear-fishing and illegally selling his catches in Kata beach area last week Members of the …
Swede wanted by Phuket police for reckless spear-fishing Read More
Rapporteur Markku Wallin, who has examined the working conditions of foreign seasonal workers who come to Finland to pick berries in the forests, proposes that contracts of employment be established …
EU asks Finland to improve conditions of Thai berry pickers Read More
A highly toxic pesticide used to control bedbugs in some holiday hotels in Asia may have caused the mysterious deaths of two Quebec sisters travelling in Thailand in 2012 as …
Pesticide may have caused mysterious deaths of Norwegian tourist, others Read More
The Khaotao shuttle loom weaving training centre in Huahin has recently admitted a new student, 70-year-old Iris Fejback from Stockholm. A retired bank employee from Sweden’s capital city, Fejback said …
Swedish tourist learns traditional Thai weaving patterns Read More
Fewer tourists from Scandinavia – except Norway – visited Thailand in 2013, bucking the trend of higher tourist arrivals from the rest of Europe, according to Tourism Authority of Thailand. …
Fewer Scandinavians visit Thailand in 2013 Read More
The Swedish court discussed the possibility of community service as an alternative to a prison sentence for the Malaysian couple accused of beating their children, should they be convicted. District …
Swedish court mulls community service for Malaysian couple Read More
Passports stolen from Finnish tourists have also been used for illegal travel, according to Kim Kuivalainen, Deputy Head of Passport and Visa Unit of the Ministry for Foreign Affairs. Illegal …
Stolen Finnish passports also used for illegal travel Read MoreFour Chinese tourists, who had lost their way during a trip to a famous tourist site in southwest Norway, were found and rescued on late in the night of 7 …
Chinese tourists rescued from mountains in southwest Norway Read More
In the latest twist to the mystery surrounding the missing Malaysia Airlines Flight 370, one of the two holders of stolen passports on board the jetliner was supposed to connect …
Fake passport holder aboard missing Flight 370 destined for Copenhagen Read More
A 26 year old Thai Man, who purchased what he thought was a real second-hand Rolex Watch, later found the watch to be fake, despite handing over 110,000 Baht for …
Swedish fake Rolex Watch seller on the run Read More
Svenska tennisforbundet has come to an agreement with Lidkopings council, to play the important play-off match in Fed Cup against Thailand, on April 19-20, at the Sparbanken Lidkoping Arena. Two …
First ever Thailand vs Sweden female tennis game Read More
A 25-year-old Dane was robbed at knifepoint by a Tuk-Tuk driver and two accomplices in a dark alleyway between Sukhumvit Soi 25 and Soi 55 in the early hours of …
Young Dane robbed at knifepoint by Tuk-Tuk scammers Read MoreTommy Viktor Söderlund from Sweden was sentenced to life in prison this morning, March 3, for his part in the August 1, 2011, killing of Russian-born Swede Maxim Schantz. Read …
Swede gets life in prison Read More
This weekend, two Swedish bands have played at the 10th annual Java Jazz Festival, Asia’s biggest jazz festival. Magnus Lindgren, an Indonesia regular, performed for the the second consecutive year …
Swedish bands at Java Jazz Festival Read More
A tour bus driver hit a Finnish man in the early hours of Sunday. According the driver the man threw himself under the bus and later died from his injuries. …
Bus kills Finnish man Read More
Despite Thailand’s ongoing political unrest that continues to make headline news around the world, the beautiful beaches, unspoiled islands of Krabi continue to attract planeloads of visitors from everyday, according …
Scandinavians, foreign tourists flock to peaceful Krabi Read More
More Finnish citizens died overseas last year than ever before, statistics compiled by the Ministry for Foreign Affairs indicate. In 2013, the most deadly destinations for Finns according to the …
Finns dying overseas in record numbers Read More
The Danish jazz pianist, Søren Bebe, is performing at Java Jazz Festival, Jakarta, Indonesia, today on February 27. The concert will take place at Basuki Building, from 10-12 pm. The …
Experience Danish jazz pianist in Jakarta Read More
The Norwegian owned, U.K. Based, Fred. Olsen Cruise Lines’ flagship, Balmoral, has celebrated calling at Yangon, the capital of Myanmar. The 1,350-guest ship stayed for two nights in the city, …
Norwegian Cruise liner makes maiden call at Myanmar Read MoreA 49 year-old man from Birkenes in Norway died Monday in an drowning accident. Press officer Frode Andersen from the Norwegian Foreign Department could Monday confirm that a 49 year-old …
Norwegian man drowns in Koh Samui Read More
A Danish father and his young son was hospitalised after two speedboats collided at sea about one kilometre from Krabi’s popular tourist attraction of Ao Nang this afternoon. Six people …
Danish father & son among tourists hurt in Krabi boating accident Read More
Several Danish travel agencies arrange trips to orphanages as a part of package tours to Myanmar, Thailand and Cambodia. The Chairman of Børns Vilkår, Peter Albæk, a Danish children’s organisation, …
Unethical “orphanage-tourism” for visiting Danes in SE Asia Read More
A 58-year-old Swedish man lost his life early Tuesday morning in Phuket while having a good time drinking and dancing. The man was dancing on the bar at the Dar …
Dancing Swede falls off bar to his death Read More
The critically acclaimed Danish produced documentary “The Act of Killing” won for Best Documentary at The BAFTA-awards in London on Sunday. “The Act of Killing” centers around the genocide of …
“The Act of Killing” wins BAFTA-award Read More
The number of victims of human trafficking to Denmark has increased in the past several years, statistics from Center mod Menneskehandel, Socialstyrelsen shows. The majority of them were from Nigeria, …
Human Trafficking to Denmark on the rise Read More
The Swedish Film Industry is represented at The European Film Festival in Hong Kong with highly acclaimed comedy, Cockpit(2012), directed by Mårten Klingberg. The event takes place on February 22 …
Swedish film “Cockpit” at The European Film Festival in Hong Kong Read More
Im and Suthida Nielsen have finally been granted residence permits in Denmark, three months after they were deported to Thailand. Up until the residence permits came through, both of them …
Im Nielsen and mom finally granted residence permit in Denmark Read MoreA Phuket public bus driver saved the day for a Finnish tourist who left behind an important bag, containing cash, plane ticket to Finland and passport, in a songtaew on …
Honest minibus driver returns cash, passport to forgetful Finn Read More
Danish travel-agency Spies just announced that Danish tourists in Thailand can get eleven percent more Thai Baht than normally when converting the Danish krone. This is due to the political …
Weaker Thai currency due to political unrest a boon for Danish tourists Read MoreA 25-year-old Danish man was hospitalized for stabbing wounds after he was attacked by two European men in South Pattaya in the early hours of 31 January 2014. According to …
Dane hospitalized after knife attack in Pattaya Read More
For nine excruciating days, the mother of an 8-month-old boy feared for the worse when her Swedish husband ran away with the baby. The disappearance of the husband, identified as …
Swede gone missing with toddler, reunites with wife Read More
A Swedish resident of Phuket rescued all of the several diving students, including Scandinavians, to safety when their boat capsized off Phuket on 29 January 2014. Dennis Karlsson, 46, told …
Scandinavians among those rescued from sinking boat off Phuket Read MoreThe Phuket Gazette reported that Swedish national Johan Sebastian Ljung, 28, was sentenced on 24 January 2014 to life imprisonment for the stabbing murder of Maxim Schantz in Phuket two …
Swede sentenced to life imprisonment for murder of compatriot Read MoreA Swedish man was killed after he crashed his motorbike on a curve on his way to the beach in Thalang, Phuket in the morning of 22 January 2014, according …
Swedish tourist dies in motorcycle crash Read MoreA Malaysian couple detained in Sweden for allegedly spanking their son for not performing his prayers are Azizul Raheem Awalludin, an employee with Tourism Malaysia in Stockholm, and his wife …
Malaysian couple arrested in Sweden for spanking own child Read MoreAn uninsured Danish man, seriously injured in a motorbike crash, has been stranded in a Philippine hospital since August last year because his family could not afford the accumulated medical …
Uninsured Danish patient stranded in Philippines Read MoreIt is the second time galleri s.e exhibits at Art Stage Singapore, and this time the main focus is on the Norwegian artist Dolk, along with a few other artists …
Norwegian artists at Art Stage Singapore 2014 Galleri s.e Read More
Hundreds of berry pickers from Thailand who staged a long protest in Umeå , a town in northeast Sweden, over unpaid wages last summer have won their fight for compensation …
Thai berry pickers in Sweden to win compensation Read More
Copenhagen Airport (CPH) has launched a Chinese app and website to meet the needs of travellers. The move follows on the success of offering Chinese guides and courses in Chinese …
App for Chinese visitors at Copenhagen Airport Read MoreA Finnish man died in the early hours of this morning, Thursday 9 January 2014 from falling from the 28th floor of a condominium in Bangkok, reports Thai media. Pol Lt …
Finnish man falls to his death from condominium Read More
KIS International School is accepting applications for their coveted IB Diploma academic scholarships for the academic year 2014-2015. KIS scholarships are well respected in the international school community and are …
KIS International School Invites Super Students for IB Diploma Scholarships Read More
Friday December 10th Danish artist Tarik Arnautovic opens a popup shop in Shanghai, everyone is welcome at the opening, and he promises free posters to the quick ones! Source: Embassy …
Danish graphic artist ‘pops up’ in Shanghai Read MoreThe Danish band Michael Learns To Rock, MLTR, is going to play two concerts in Indonesia, according to the band’s website. The first concert will be played in the city …
MLTR to perform in Indonesia in February Read MorePattaya Police have arrested a Thai musician accused of sexually assaulting a 20-year-old Swedish woman in the early hours of 4 January 2014. Pol Lt Nakornraj Nontsriraj told ScandAsia the …
Man arrested for alleged rape of Swedish woman in Pattaya Read MoreOn Saturday January 4 the 8-years old girl Im and her mother Suthida from Thailand landed in Aalborg airport in Denmark. They were welcomed by family and friends from their …
Deported Thai Girl and Mother now back in Denmark Read More