Nordic News, Business and Life in Asia
The Danish Embassy in Bangkok has taken the initiative to arrange for an exclusive film screening of Danish film “The Hunt” at the most luxurious cinema lounge in Thailand. The …
Exclusive screening of award-winning Danish film Read More
Customers can taste, shop and enjoy special gifts IKEA Bangna is inviting Thais to join their celebration of the traditional Swedish Midsommar festival(Midsummer celebration) with a range of activities …
IKEA Bangna invites Thais to join in Celebration of Midsommar Festival Read More
The Norwegian Ambassador in the Philippines, Knut Solem, has left office on April 30. He will be replaced by Erik Førner although a precise date on when he takes office …
Change of guard at Norwegian Embassy in Manila Read More
The Swedish band Postiljonen is playing on Sunday, May 11, at at La Fenetre Soleil, 44 Ly Tu Trong, in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. Postiljonen has been compared …
Swedish band Postiljonen to play in HCMC Read More
Hundreds of Vietnamese young people gathered at the office of IKEA Trading Ltd. in Ho Chi Minh City on Tuesday (May 6) for Lunch Beat. Participants ate sandwiches and danced …
Lunch Beat shakes up Ho Chi Minh City ‘work-day heroes’ Read MoreA Norwegian man threatened to electrocute himself on Monday evening at the Jomtien Restaurant Pattaya. The police was called to the scene of action, where the man ended up jumping …
Suicidal Norwegian injures self, jumping off rooftop Read MoreThis is the key message of the Embassy’s Traffic Safety Day that took place in Hanoi at Thursday. At lunchtime all of the Embassy staff travelled by motorbike to Cat …
Swedish Embassy supports Vietnam campaign on helmets for kids Read More
Convicted match-fixer Wilson Raj Perumal is being held by Finnish police on an international arrest warrant, two years after the Singaporean was jailed in the Nordic country for bribing Finnish …
Singapore’s international football match fixer arrested again in Finland Read More
A 48-year-old filmmaker from Denmark became the center of attraction in Barangay San Pedro Cutud here when he showed up with nine other locals to be crucified on Good Friday …
Danish filmmaker crucified in Philippines Good Friday re-enactment Read More
The trial of a Finnish man charged with attempting to hijack a Cathay Pacific flight has begun in Hong Kong. The South China Morning Post reports that the plane’s crew …
Finnish man’s Toblerone hijack trial starts in HK Read More
The Danish band “Stoffer&Maskinen” will give two concerts at Hue Festival 2014, Vietnam, next week, on the 15th and 16th of April. The band arrived to Vietnam this morning and …
Danish Electro-pop duo playing at Hue Festival Read More
The 4th of April 2014, the new Danish Visa Centre opened near Worker’s stadium in Sanlitun, Beijing. The event was hosted by the Danish Ambassador to China, Friis Arne Petersen …
Opening of the new Denmark Visa Centre in Beijing Read More
For the first time ever the staff from Danish, Finnish, Norwegian and Swedish embassy joined in a common crises exercise. The goal was to show and practice how the Nordic …
Joint Scandinavian crisis management team in Hanoi Read More
Through the Mekong River Commission Denmark supports the work for sustainable development, utilisation, management and conservation of the water and related resources of the Mekong River Basin. The Mekong River Commission (MRC) …
Denmark supports Mekong River Commission Read More
Tourism Malaysia director in Sweden, Azizul Raheem Awaluddin, and his wife Shalwati Norshal were sentenced on 29 March to jail and ordered to pay compensation to their children after they …
Swedish court sentences Malaysian couple to jail Read More
Kevin Magussen admitted that he was very disappointed with himself after his first-lap incident during the Malaysia Grand Prix. The Danish McLaren driver, who had finished on the podium in …
Kevin Magnussen disappointed with himself Read More
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 More