Nordic News, Business and Life in Asia
The early human race, Denisovan, has so far been associated with a lot of mystique. Since there have only been one finding of Denisovan fossils ever, in form of five …
Swedish-Filipino study makes new discovery on mysterious early human race Read More
The National Danish Performance Team is a Danish team of top skilled gymnasts who go around the world to spread the message of healthy living and community building through gymnastics. …
Danish National Gymnastics Performance Team plans to visit East Asia Read More
Norwegian- Vietnamese Veronica Ngo is almost unknown in Norway, but in Vietnam, she is a well-known model, singer, and actor under the name Ngô Thanh Vân. In recent years, the …
Norwegian-Vietnamese Veronica Ngo is Norway’s “secret” Hollywood star Read More
The international non-profit and non-governmental organization Reporters Without Borders (RSF) calls for the immediate release of Chinese-born Swedish book publisher and writer Gui Minhai and two other foreign journalists, Cheng Lei and …
RSF calls for release of Swedish journalist in China accused of espionage Read More
As the debate regarding how and where covid-19 originated from continues these days, China Daily writes in a recent article that Finland understands China’s concerns over the Covid-19 origin-tracing issue …
Finland understands China’s concerns over Covid-19 origin-tracing issue Read More
The international discussion about the “laboratory theory” has flared up, following TV 2’s publication of an interview with the Danish researcher Peter Embarak but China rejects the need for further …
Following interview with Danish researcher – China rejects the need for further research Read More
A group of over 40 global and Myanmar human rights, media, and other organizations has in a letter to the Chair of the Board of Telenor Group, Gunn Wærsted urged …
Experts urge Telenor to stop sale of Myanmar business Read More
The Finnish National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) has finished its preliminary investigation into the national stockpile agency and their two failed medical face mask procurements. The two orders made by …
Two Finns suspected in scandal regarding imported face masks from China Read More
After researching the origin of covid-19, the World Health Organization (WHO) described in a report that the theory of a laboratory discharge was “extremely unlikely” but now Danish chief investigator …
Danish WHO researcher: Employee in laboratory may have been patient zero Read More
Earlier in the summer, it was revealed that China seems to be implementing a sharp increase in its nuclear weapons program with the building of up to 230 silos for …
Norwegian researcher believes new Chinese rocket silos make the world “a little scarier” Read More
The Olympics are in the books and with 38 gold medals, 32 silver medals, and 18 bronze medals, China is the second most successful nation at the Tokyo Olympics this …
China and Norway tops in overall Olympic medal totals of Asian and Nordic countries Read More
Several countries are currently discussing the need for a third covid-19 booster shot predominantly due to the delta variant, including countries across the Nordic Region and Asia. According to WKZO news, European …
Nordic and Asian countries discuss covid-19 booster shots Read More
Last week an outbreak of covid-19 was discovered amongst 44 berry pickers from Thailand working at a plant in Kainuu region of Finland and this week another 40 Thai berry …
Dozens of covid-19 infections found amongst berry pickers from Thailand working in Lapland Read More
A Danish tourist who arrived in Phuket under the Sandbox scheme at the end of July was seemingly unfamiliar with jungle conditions and got lost in the woods in Thalang …
Danish tourist lost in Phuket forest found after a search Read More
Myanmar is currently heavily affected by covid-19 and according to aid groups, more than 60 percent of the country’s total deaths from covid-19 happened last month with the per capita …
Myanmar director for the Norwegian Refugee Council: I’m writing a condolence message daily Read More
According to an announcement from the Finnish government on 5 August, travelers from six third countries including Singapore will no longer be eligible to enter Finland if they have not …
Finland reintroduce entry ban on non-vaccinated travelers from Singapore Read More
The skyrocketing infection numbers in Thailand are forcing its authorities to convert trains into makeshift hospital beds in order to alleviate the already maxed out hospitals. Norwegian volunteers are reporting …
The Corona pandemic is ravaging Thailand Read More
Last week’s defect on a Chinese nuclear EPR reactor has not led the nuclear safety authority of Finland, STUK, to demand the Finnish nuclear power company TVO to put a …
Finnish nuclear plant continues its plans despite defect on similar Chinese reactor Read More
Many Swedish residents in Thailand are in the vulnerable group and still they face great difficulties getting the Corona vaccine. Sven Arne Hedell, 71, is trying to get the Swedish …
Slow vaccine roll-out forcing Swedes in Thailand to go home Read More
Tokyo has a humid subtropical climate and the summer months of June to September are considered hot months which is something the Danish golfers Nanna Koerstz Madsen and Emily Kristine …
The Tokyo heat is hard to handle for Danish Olympic Golfers Read More
Several countries in the European Union and Schengen Area keep rules regarding which vaccines against covid-19 are valid proof of immunity and currently all countries in the EU recognize proof …
Finland and Iceland recognize China’s Sinovac vaccine as valid proof of immunity Read More
Norway’s Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations (CEPI), has teamed up with Malaysia’s Universiti Malaya (UM), Malaysia, to further research and gain a wider scientific understanding of the Nipah virus, media Biospectrum …
Norway and Malaysia team up to further research the Nipah virus Read More
Iceland, Singapore, and Denmark are currently amongst the 25 countries in the world with the highest vaccine adherence, media JydskeVestkysten writes quoting Johns Hopkins University. According to recent data, 28.5% of the world population …
Iceland, Denmark, and Singapore currently amongst countries with most vaccinated Read More
End of June I landed on Swedish ground at Landvetter Airport in Gothenburg. I must admit, I was unsure if it was a clever decision to leave Bangkok again or …
Summer in Stockholm! Read More
A 55-year-old Danish man has been sentenced to two years in prison in Bali. He is convicted of kicking a sacred temple after an altercation with the ex-girlfriend who filmed …
Dane scented to two years in prison in Bali for kicking a sacred temple Read More
Although it is believed that the cleanest water in the world is found in Puerto Williams, Chile and it was discovered by the scientists of the University of Texas and …
Denmark, Singapore, Iceland, and Sweden are amongst top-10 countries with excellent quality of water Read More
Denmark and Cambodia are amongst countries that have started vaccinating teenagers in a bid to faster reach herd immunity. In Cambodia, the vaccination of teens aged between 12 to 17 years …
Denmark and Cambodia begins Covid-19 vaccinations for teenagers Read More
The Government of Sweden has appointed Carl Lindwall as Sweden’s Trade Commissioner to Thailand, including the neighbouring countries of Myanmar, Cambodia, and Laos. The Trade Commissioner is responsible for the …
Sweden’s new Trade Commissioner to Thailand Read More
Several countries including China and India have already introduced benefits in the form of gifts or cash amounts to motivate citizens to be vaccinated and now the Nordic country of …
Sweden joins China and other countries in offering benefits to be vaccinated Read More
At the end of last week, an outbreak of covid-19 was discovered at a plant for berry pickers in Jämtland, Sweden which houses 117 berry pickers from Thailand, media Aftonbladet …
Covid-19 outbreak among Thai berry pickers in Sweden Read More
With infection rates increasing sharply in Thailand, a very slow rollout of vaccines and no vaccine assistance from the Norwegian Government, 77-year-old Knut Hauslo now has to travel back to …
Norwegian in infection chaos in Thailand: Must go to Norway for vaccination Read More
A recent survey by the American Think-Tank Pew Research shows that not all countries are equally optimistic about their children’s future and although economic attitudes have improved in many nations Sweden …
Swedes and Singaporean are optimistic about the children’s finances Read More
Thai Airways cancels the route from Copenhagen directly to Phuket. The national flag carriers departure on Friday 30 July from Copenhagen to the Phuket Sandbox will be the last. “As …
Thai Airways cancels flights to Phuket Sandbox from Copenhagen Read More
Several countries around the world pay their Olympic gold medal winners million bonuses and among the nations participating in the Olympics, Singapore and Indonesia reportedly pay the most for winning …
Asian countries give million bonuses for Olympic gold – but not the Nordic Read More
LEGO Masters is coming to China as C21 Media reports that the Chinese broadcaster Shenzhen TV has commissioned a local version of competition reality format LEGO Masters. The LEGO Masters …
LEGO Masters builds brand in China Read More
Time Magazine’s third annual list of the World’s Greatest Places is this year a tribute to the people and businesses that have found ways to adapt amid the extraordinary circumstances …
TIME Magazine’s World’s Greatest Place of 2021: Nordic and Asian highlights Read More
From 26 July, the Finnish Border Guard has discontinued controls at the borders based on government decisions, and fully vaccinated travelers are free to enter Finland alongside travelers from countries green-listed for entry …
Finland welcomes fully-vaccinated travelers and travelers from countries on green list Read More
Most countries are somewhere in their third, fourth, or even fifth wave of the pandemic but Vietnam is only experiencing rapid infection rates now. On Friday, 7,307 cases of infection …
Swedish professor on why Vietnam is experiencing its first wave now Read More
Records are being broken abundantly and countries mark Olympic milestones at an Olympics and this year’s Tokyo 2020 Olympic games are no different. On Saturday 24 July, Denmark wrote Olympic …
Denmark set new record and Thailand marked Olympic milestones in Tokyo Read More
The Norwegian Embassy in Singapore, Bangkok, Hanoi, and Manila united on 22 July to honor the memory of the victims of terrorist attacks on Oslo and Utøya 10 years ago. …
Norwegian Embassies in Asia honor the memory of the victims of terrorist attacks on Oslo and Utøya Read More
On 22 July, the Swedish Ministry of Foreign Affairs has decided to reintroduce the advice against unnecessary travel to Thailand, the Ministry writes in a press release. Thailand has recently …
Sweden reintroduces advice against travel to Thailand Read More
The Myanmar news agency, Myanmar Now writes in a recently published article that Telenor’s “irresponsible” sale of its Myanmar business “puts us all at risk” and that the Norwegian government …
Myanmar Now: Telenor’s irresponsible Myanmar sale puts us all at risk Read More
A team consisting of Liu Gang and his colleagues at the University of Southern Denmark in the city of Odense has examined data from field surveys and reviewed public literature …
Team at University of Southern Denmark found that China wastes almost 30% of its food Read More
A recent survey by EY shows that 41 percent of consumers say their next car will be electric and in Sweden and China that number is even higher with 48 percent wanting …
48 percent of Swedish and Chinese consumers say their next car will be electric Read More
Join DBAS coffee table meeting titled ‘A Primer on Singapore’s Political/Legal System and Recent Political Developments’ on 12 August from 8 am to 9 am. More about the event: Singapore’s …
Join DABS for a Primer on Singapore’s Political/Legal System and Recent Political Developments Read More
The Swedish esports organization Ninjas in Pyjamas (NIP) has merged with the Chinese counterpart ESV5 to form a new entity. Reuters reports that the new entity could be listed in the …
Swedish esports powerhouse to merge with Chinese team Read More
A team of scientists from Norway, Singapore, and India has found a way to convert tamarind shells into carbon nanoshells which is a key component of supercapacitors potentially able to …
Scientists from Norway, Singapore, and India examine tamarind shells as charging infrastructure Read More
Some innovations are impacting the world better, smarter, and even a bit more fun, and when a Nordic company, organization, or individual plays an important role it’s important to …
Swedish chemists played a part in the history of plastic and injection molding Read More
Finnish analyst Ilkka Korhonen welcomes reports of China’s economic growth in the first half of this year and to local business daily Kauppalehti, he noted that Finnish companies active in …
Finnish analysts welcome China’s economic growth in the first half of this year Read More
Business magazine Forbes has brought a list ranking the top 25 countries in the world by intelligence. In general, the list, which has been prepared and examined by the discount website …
Ranked: Some Asian countries are smarter than the Scandinavian countries Read More