Nordic News, Business and Life in Asia
A 46 year old Norwegian fell from a 6th floor apartment balcony at a South Pattaya Condominium on Wednesday Afternoon, Pattaya One News reported. The incident has been recorded as …
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A set of twins separated at birth in Indonesia when they were put up for adoption and who found each other this year in Sweden have discovered they have another …
Indonesian twins in Sweden find new siblings Read More
The international festival of a cappella music is taking place in Singapore right now and throughout October month. The Danish group Basix has travelled all the way to perform at …
Danish a cappella group Basix to perform in Singapore Read More
When the first international mountain marathon in Vietnam took place in Sa Pa in the weekend, Denmark and Sweden dominated the top 3 time list. On 6 October Vietnam’s first …
Scandinavians among the fastest runners in mountain marathon Read More
A couple in Oslo has been accused of having abused two Filipino women and forcing them to work up to 14 hours a day. After the work in the house …
Norwegian couple abuses au-pair women Read More
The Department of Employment in Thailand is to work with Finland and Sweden to set quotas for the number of Thai berry pickers permitted to enter both countries next year, …
Quotas for berry pickers sought Read More
Despite being a Thai national who has never been to Denmark, Keerati Thanomsatsana loves the country and speaks Danish fluently. On the way to see a client one afternoon on …
Love for Denmark Read More
Danish Ambassador to Vietnam John Nielsen and internet celebrity Arsenal fan “Running Man” Vu Xuan Tien will both compete in the 21km Vietnam Mountain Marathon through Sa Pa’s picturesque mountain …
Danish Ambassador to join Mountain Marathon in Vietnam Read More
More Chinese students than ever are applying to study in Norway, not least at business school NHH in Bergen. The increase comes despite chilly relations between Norway and China since …
Norway attracts more Chinese students Read More
He has been around the world several times, but the memories from the cities happen to be from the large number of hotel rooms more than from the actual destinations. …
Swedish tennis player Robert Lindstedt dreams of seeing Thailand from a tourist’s point of view Read More
During the last week of September, AnnaMaria Oltorp and Ulrika Åkesson from the Development Cooperation Section at the Embassy in Bangkok visited the Yunnan Province in China to follow-up – …
Sweden’s Embassy in Bangkok went on field trip to Yunnan Read More
Danish Dance Theatre is going to perform in China in November. The performances will take place in Shanghai Yihai Theatre on 12-13 November at 7.30 pm and at Opera House of NCPA, Beijing on 16-17 …
Danish Dance Theatre to perform in Beijing and Shanghai Read More
Thailand’s national handball team has appointed Danish national Mr. Carsten Carlstedt as its new chief coach. With over 25 years of experience in coaching, Carsten hopes to take the team …
New Danish coach for Thailand’s national handball team Read More
On 30 September Karon Police in Phuket arrested two ladyboys for robbing an 18-year-old Swedish tourist of cash, a credit card and and iPhone 4s, The Phuket News reported. Duty …
Phuket ladyboys robbed Swedish tourist Read More
Police say that a group of Vietnamese criminals are growing mass quantities of marijuana in Denmark and exporting it to other countries, the Copenhagen Post reported. “There is a lot …
Vietnamese lead the way for Denmark’s pot business Read More
As part of the campaign Sweden – A Great Food Nation – the Embassy of Sweden in Kuala Lumpur organized the competition The Young Chefs Challenge in collaboration with Berjaya …
Young Malaysian Chefs won prize in Swedish cooking Read More
Denmark’s best-selling rapper Liam O’Connor more commonly known as L.O.C. will be performing live in Bangkok on Saturday 12 October at Overtone MusicCave in Royal City Avenue, Rama IX. The …
Danish rapper L.O.C. to perform in Bangkok Read More
Together with around 100 others professionals base jumpers the Norwegian Kristian Moxnes leapt off the 300 meter open deck of the Kuala LumpurTower on Friday 27 September. The occasion was …
Norwegian base jumper leapt off Kuala LumpurTower Read More
The Swedish rock band H.E.A.T will tour in China in October and will give a live gig in Shanghai on October 12, the Swedish Consulate General said on their website. …
Swedish rock band H.E.A.T tours in China Read More
Swedish six-times world table tennis champion and former Olympic gold medalist Jan-Ove Waldner has received the honour of becoming the first living foreigner to feature on a Chinese postage stamp, Swedish TT …
Swedish table-tennis star features on China stamp Read More
Economist and co-founder of the www.ha-p.com “Joy-Care Leadership” programme Avi Liran gives his view on what the Singaporean Merlion can learn from the Danish Mermaid in the striving towards becoming just as …
Opinion: Why the Danish mermaid is happier than the Singapore Merlion Read More
Thursdag 26 September, was the European Day of Languages. The German Goethe-Institute hosted a multi-language cafe where Thai and foreign students were invited to come and talk with European languages …
Young Thai student met Scandinavians to language cafe Read More
Thai berry pickers are staying in Finland until they have all been paid, according to their supporters. Negotiations brought payments for 30 of the pickers, but the remaining 20 have …
Thai pickers miss flights, still fight for pay in Finland Read More
The former prime minister of Norway Gro Harlem Brundtland and former Finnish president Martti Ahtisaari are in the group of former world leaders, who on Thursday 26 September appealed for …
Former world leaders urge end to impunity in Myanmar unrest Read More
“Hanoi recitals”, a cross genre musical project leaded by Vietnamese and Danish artists, is being performed and work shopped across Denmark until September 26, ThanhNien News reported. The group of …
Vietnamese, Danish artists bring ‘Hanoi Recitals’ to Denmark Read More
Danish Tom Kristensen who is the nine-time Le Mans 24-Hour race winner has signed up for the 2013 Race of Champions to be held at Bangkok’s Rajamangala Stadium on the …
Tom Kristensen confirmed for Race of Champions in Bangkok Read More
The wellknown Asian tuk-tuk vehicle has found its way to Greenland Tourists coming to Ilulissat in Greenland now have the chance to explore the town from an Asia-inspired tuk-tuk vehicle. …
Greenland had its first tuk-tuk Read More
On September 22, police received a report from Phutasart rescue about an accident on highway number 3145 which resulted in death of a young Swede named Mr. Jhon Olov Eddie …
Young Swede killed in tragic crash in Rayong Read More
As a part of the campaign Culinary Sweden in Malaysia the Embassy of Sweden had invited Malaysian children to learn traditional Swedish cooking at YoungChefsAcademy. The children came from Rumah …
Malaysian kids learned Swedish cooking Read More
On Monday 23 September the Embassy of Denmark in Kuala Lumpur launched the exhibition Copenhagen Solutions together with the Malaysian Institute of Architects (PAM) and Real Estate & Housing Developers’ …
Copenhagen Solutions Exhibition opened in Kuala Lumpur Read More
Representatives from 12 Swedish businesses joined their 200 peers from local firms at a seminar in Hanoi on September 18 to discuss sustainable business with clean water from Sweden. At …
Vietnam learns clean technology from Sweden Read More
A group of popular artists from China visited Sweden on September 20 with performances to celebrate the Mid-Autumn Festival. The event with the Embrace China Performances was organized by All-China Federation …
Stockholm celebrated Moon Festival with Embrace China Performances Read More
In January last year, Lebanese-Swedish Atris Hussein was arrested by Thai Police for having nearly 2.8 tonnes of ammonium nitrate and urea-based fertilizer in his possession at the house he …
Lebanese-Swedish Hezbollah suspect jailed for two years and eight months Read More
EUNIC Thailand and EU joined forces with the BMA and launched the “EUNIC-Bibliobus” in Bangkok on September 11. The mobile library contributed to Bangkok World Book Capital 2013 was officially ready to …
Swedish embassy participates in launch of EUNIC-Bibliobus Read More
The Swedish Government will introduce the Electronic Road Pricing (ERP) in Jakarta. That was the message from the Swedish Ambassador to Indonesia spoke at the JakartaCity Hall on Friday 13 …
Swedish government to help Jakarta solving traffic problems Read More
25 berry pickers from Thailand refused to board their flight back home this weekend, Finnish Yle reported. A group of berry pickers in Central Finland issued in a press release …
Berry pickers from Thailand refuse to leave Finland Read More
Despite one of the Gripen jets being hit by lightning in India on the way from Sweden to Thailand, the three planes safely landed in Thailand on September 4. As …
The Royal Thai Air Force receives last batch of Gripen jets Read More
China Operation Center, the Finnish co-operation organisation, has concluded a significant framework agreement with the Shanghai Food and Drug Administration (Shanghai FDA). The agreement will open up a direct sales …
New sales channel for Finnish food safety expertise in China Read More
“China is so big, while Denmark is so small. But we face the same core challenge from the aging society. In Denmark we have had some experience dealing with the …
Denmark and China to share experiences on aging problem Read More
As people often confuse Sweden with Switzerland, the Consulate General of Sweden in Shanghai and Sweden’s official website – Sweden.cn have joined forces with the Consulate General of Switzerland in …
“Sweden-Switzerland” campaign launched in Shanghai Read More
The Embassy of Norway in Bangkok is looking for at temporary account and consular assistant to start as soon as possible. The job will first of all be to relieve …
Vacancy at the Norwegian Embassy in Bangkok Read More
Low-cost carrier Norwegian Air Shuttle on Sunday announced a new technical problem with one of its Boeing 787 “Dreamliners”, as the plane was grounded due to a flaw in its …
Norwegian reports new Dreamliner glitch Read More
While flying over India on its way from Sweden one of the jets set to arrive in Thailand on September 4 was struck by lightening. The delivery of three Gripen …
Lightening delays Swedish fighter jet delivery to Thailand Read More
Denmark opened a new Visa Application Office in Ho Chi Minh City on September 3 in an effort to strengthen exchanges with Vietnam, according to a press release. All applications for …
Denmark opens visa application office in Ho Chi Minh City Read More
Claus Meyer, co-founder of Denmark’s famous Noma restaurant, became a star chef by using local and seasonal Nordic produce. His new Copenhagen restaurant Nam Nam turns that concept on its …
Denmark’s Noma founder gives Nordic twist to Singapore food Read More
When the 2013 edition of the Chulalongkorn International Film Festival ends on Friday September 6 it will be with the Danish film “The Hunt” on the big screen. The film …
Danish “The Hunt” to end Film Festival in Bangkok Read More
Annually The Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies invites applications for the Snorry Sturluson Icelandic Fellowships. The Fellowships are granted to writers, translators and scholars (not to university students) in …
Apply for the Snorri Sturluson Icelandic Fellowships now Read More
The Six Tones, a Vietnamese-Swedish experimental music ensemble, will launch its double album “Signal in Noise” in Hanoi on August 30. The CD is a product of The Six Tones’ …
Experimental Vietnamese-Swedish music ensemble releases CD Read More
On Monday 2 September the Swedish city Västerås, 100 km West of Stockholm, is visited by a delegation from the Chinese city Jinan, in the partnership region Shandong. The delegation …
Chinese delegations visits Swedish city Västerås Read More