Nordic News, Business and Life in Asia
Aye Chan Naing, executive director and chief editor of the independent Democratic Voice of Burma (DVB), was recently recognized with an International Press Freedom award for his efforts to …
Norway-based DVB journalist recognized with International Press Freedom Award Read More
The saga continues in the second episode of STV’s new documentary “Veronica and the Chinese millionaire” where Chinese businessman and billionaire You Lin is heard talking about his wife Veronica …
Chinese billionaire’s own words after the murder of Swedish Veronica Read More
Four Finns were recently convicted of procuring Thai prostitutes in a ruling in Helsinki District Court, Swedish YLE reports. Procuring, also known as pimping out, is the facilitation or provision of …
Four Finns convicted of pimping out Thai prostitutes in Finland Read More
Last week foreign tourists, including Swedish and Norwegian travelers, arrived in Vietnam for the first time after nearly two years of border closures as the Southeast Asian country gradually reopens …
Nordic travelers happy to be back in Vietnam after almost two years of closed borders Read More
It’s been revealed that the Chinese professor Guojie Zhang at the University of Copenhagen has been studying monkey brains to help Beijing’s military fight wars at high altitudes, without …
Chinese professor at Danish university studied monkey brains to help Beijing’s military Read More
Thailand’s iconic Maya Bay is set to reopen at the turn of the year after being closed in 2018 to restore coral reefs that were damaged by the major flow …
Danish Professor: Countries with tourism magnets such as Maya Bay face a dilemma Read More
Due to the pandemic, Norwegian Signe Johansen has not yet been allowed to travel back to China, where she is studying tourism at the University of Chengdu in China. She …
Norwegian student unable to return to her studies in China due to closed borders Read More
The Swedish social commentator and author Kurdo Baksi urge Swedish publishers to stop cooperating with China by having their books, especially children’s books manufactured in China. This message comes in …
Kurdo Baksi: Swedish publishers should stop having books made in China Read More
The National University of Singapore (NUS) has appointed Norwegian composer and researcher Dr. Peter Tornquist as the new Dean to lead the Yong Siew Toh Conservatory of Music (YST). Dr. …
Norwegian composer is new dean of Yong Siew Toh Conservatory of Music in Singapore Read More
A new report published by the Institute of Urban and Regional Research NIBR, OsloMet – Metropolitan University shows that half of all children adopted from abroad to Norway experience discrimination …
Report: Foreign adoptees in Norway experience discrimination and racism Read More