Nordic News, Business and Life in Asia
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
In ten days of September the Embassy of Sweden in Malaysia will put focus on Swedish culinary traditions with the event Culinary Sweden. The Embassy if Sweden in Malaysia is …
The Embassy of Sweden to promote Swedish food culture in Malaysia Read More
Swedish Chamber of Commerce in China is looking for a new person to teach in Swedish in the autumn. Since spring 2011 the Swedish Chamber of Commerce has offered several …
New Swedish language teacher in Beijing – is that you? Read More
A Philippine household staff at the Norwegian Ambassador’s residence in Bern, Switzerland was given royal recognition for rendering thirty years of loyal service, the Philippine Embassy in Switzerland said on …
Philippine household worker awarded Norwegian service medal Read More
A 39 year-old man is accused of domestic violence against his 31 year-old now ex-girlfriend during a holiday in Phuket in Thailand last year in December, Danish paper Sjællandske reported. …
Danish man hit girlfriend in Phuket, now waiting for city court Read More
The Embassy of Denmark is handling all visa applications to Sweden. From 2 September 2013 the visa application process for Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden will be outsourced to …
Embassy of Denmark to handle visa application to Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden Read More
The Danish Embassy in Hanoi opened a Vietnamese art exhibition featuring 26 works by both established and emerging painters on August 29. Pham Luc has contributed five pieces, famous artist …
Embassy of Denmark showcases Vietnamese paintings Read More
A Danish tourist in Phuket woke up on Tuesday 27 August to find his girlfriend for the night, his laptop and 7000 baht in cash missing has at least got …
Thai “girlfriend for the night” robs Danish tourist in Phuket Read More
As LEGOLAND® Malaysia prepares to celebrate its first anniversary next month, its Annual Pass holders already have something to celebrate. They will be able to enjoy another year of exceptional …
Legoland Malaysia offers pass renewal Read More
On September 5 there will be a seminar on the topic ‘service design’ in Bangkok, with speakers from the Oslo School of Architecture. The focus of design has increasingly shifted …
Architechture seminar in Bangkok on “Service design” Read More
Danish film production company Final Cut For Real ApS is supporting free distribution of the genocide documentary The Act of Killing in Indonesia. In a partnership between Drafthouse Films, global …
Act of Killing to be distributed free in Indonesia Read More
Two Vietnamese men had their sentences reduced with one and half year each after growing hemp Taking their case to High Court in Denmark two Vietnamese men were able to …
Danish High Court reduces sentences to Vietnamese pot growers Read More
The Danish politician and member of the European Parliament, Søren Søndergaard, was key speaker at an event at Foreign Correspondents’ Club of Thailand (FCCT) on 28 August about the disappeared …
Danish politician concerned over the disappearance of Laotian social leader Read More
Three Singapore students Yinn Jaye Ong, Kang Le Yeo and Wie Jin Gong will take part in the 2013 International Stockholm Junior Water Prize finale held at the World Water …
Students from Singapore compete in 2013 Stockholm Junior Water Prize Read More
The Finnish Embassy invites Singaporeans to come and learn about the what opportunities there are for them to study in Finnish Universities. The European Commission’s Study in Europe 2013 program …
Learn about study-opportunities in Finnish Universities at Finland’s Embassy in Singapore Read More
Copenhagen ZOO in Denmark had huge expectations to the birth of the baby elephant set to happen in the end of August. Unfortunately the elephant was stillborn on Monday 27 …
Baby elephant stillborn in Copenhagen Zoo Read More
Finland’s Minister of Education and Science has been sharply followed by officials and journalists on her trip around South East Asia. Minister of Education in Finland Krista Kiuru went to …
Finnish Minister on well-documented give and take trip in South East Asia Read More
The Danish Ambassador in China Arne Friis Petersen gave a long video interview to People’s Daily Online in China. Denmark is the best destination for Chinese investors. That was how …
Danish ambassador visited People’s Daily in China Read More
Four Thai students namely Cattaliya Laohapotjanart, Thanwarat Jantiwatkun and Patnarin Kattiyasuwong will represent Thailand at the 2013 International Stockholm Junior Water Prize finale, to be held at the World Water …
Thai students will compete at the 2013 International Stockholm Junior Water Prize Finale Read More
The 40 years old Alex from Denmark is living on the beach of Pattaya, along with many other expats who somehow ended up being homeless, the Bangkok Post reports. Alex …
Bangkok Post found homeless Danish man on the beach Read More
The Thai-Swedish Chamber of Commerce presented the first two MBA scholarships for Thai students to study in Sweden, sponsored by Electrolux. The two Thai students who just received a scholarship …
Two Thai students receive scholarships to study in Sweden Read More
On August 19 the Embassy of Sweden in Bangkok made the official opening of a course focusing on Human Rights of Women in Southeast Asia. Deputy Head of Mission at …
Embassy of Sweden opened Learning Course Read More
The Swedish producer Carl Myren was recently in Vietnam to produce a documentary on the work, achieved from development aid, supported by the Embassy of Sweden. The development aid is …
Swedish producer to shoot documentary in Vietnam Read More
Copenhagen’s Little Mermaid celebrates 100th birthday She is known and loved worldwide. For some people she is even the main attraction on a visit to the capital of Denmark. The Little …
Happy Birthday Little Mermaid Read More
Norwegian Stein Dokset was expected to explain to the court today why he hid the body of his dead girlfriend in a trash can for 2.5 years but the hearing …
Norwegian murder accused smiled as he entered the court Read More
37 people were killed in a car crash in Malaysia on Wednesday. The following inspection from the scene of the accident shows that the bus was loaded with more people …
Crashed tourist bus in Malaysia was overloaded Read More
August 13 was a very special day for the Danish Boarding School Stenhus Kostskole in Holbæk. 30 Chinese students and the Chinese cultural attaché visited the school in a cultural …
Chinese students visited Danish school in cultural meeting Read More
A Vietnamese woman Yen Ngoc living in Aarhus in Denmark with her husband this week avoided to be sent out of Denmark by being hospitalized in a psychiatric hospital. According …
Vietnamese in Denmark avoids expulsion because of hospitalization Read More
IKEA Bangkok hosted last week the first traditionally Swedish crayfish party with more than 630 mostly Thai participants. The overwhelming success means IKEA will definitely arrange a crayfish party again …
IKEA’s multi-cultural crayfish party Read More
Danish restaurant Namnam has invited street kitchen chefs from Singapore to join the Copenhagen Street Food Festival taking place at Vesterbro Torv in the weekend. The Danish master chef Claus Meyer …
Singaporean chefs visit Food Festival in Copenhagen Read More
The famous Danish comedian and restaurant manager Casper Christensen has opened a night club where the waiters are ladyboys imported from Thailand. Casper Christensen, a Danish comedian who is mainly …
Ladyboys from Thailand to serve in new Danish night club Read More
The Norwegian Embassy in Bangkok reminds all Norwegians to vote for the Parliamentary Election to be held on Monday 9 September 2013. Last chance to give your vote at the …
Norwegians can still vote Read More
The Finnish school system has earned acknowledgment worldwide because of high test scores. Finland’s Minister of Education now visits three Asian countries with a hope of making an export product …
Finland’s Minister of Education to visit Malaysia, Singapore and Indonesia Read More
IKEA is issuing a repair kit for some of its Kritter and Sniglar junior beds due to a laceration hazard. The furniture retailer said it has received seven reports of …
IKEA recalls two types of junior beds Read More
The Chinese sculpture and painting artist Yue Minjun has been awarded with the main prize of the upcoming H. C. Andersen Festival in Odense in Denmark for his creation of …
Chinese artist awarded with H.C. Andersen Festival Prize Read More
Legoland Malaysia is organizing a special celebration called the LEGO Star Wars Days this weekend. The occasion is to commemorate the newly launched LEGO Star Wars Miniland Death Star Model …
Bring your inner Darth Vader to Star Wars days in Malaysia Read More
Famous Danish architect, Jan Gehl, is coming to Malaysia to participate as a key note speaker at the ‘City with a Soul’ conference in Kuching on 26-27 August 2013. Jan …
Danish architect to conference in Malaysia Read More
As the murder trial of Tommy Soderlund continued yesterday, a police officer told the court that Mr Soderlund was arrested in the hotel room of a Pattaya bar girl who …
Bar girl delivered B100k to Swedish murder suspects, Phuket Court told Read More
A Swedish bus with foreign tourists aboard and a Norwegian bus collided on Monday in Western Norway, local authorities said to Swedish The Local The collision tool place late Monday …
Taiwanese tourist killed in Swedish bus crash in Norway Read More
The first Chinese-white operation with stem cell transplantation is about to be performed in Denmark Zhang Yi, a 23-year-old from Tianjin, has donated his hematopoietic stem cell to a white …
Young Chinese donates stem cell to Danish patient Read More
Every fifth Thai massage parlour in Malmö, southern Sweden, accepts requests for sexual gratification at the end of a session, a Swedish newspaper reported on Thursday The news comes following …
One in five Thai parlours offers ‘happy ending’ Read More
The Weather Forecasting and Aeronautical Meteorology Department yesterday issued a warning that Tropical Storm Mangkhut is moving closer to northern Laos and it may bring with it heavy rains and …
Tropical storm set to hit northern, central Laos today Read More
A group of Chinese tourist were treated for minor smoke inhalation after a tunnel fire in Norway, the Chinese embassy said on Tuesday. A group of 23 Chinese tourists and …
23 Chinese tourists hospitalized for smoke inhalation in Norway Read More