Nordic News, Business and Life in Asia
Negotiations talks in Sweden between officials from North Korea and US have broken off, North Korea’s top negotiator said late on Saturday 5 October through an interpretor at the North …
US-Korean nuclear talks in Stockholm broken off Read More
Upon entering the big, pink building, several small heads turn to look at me. Some of the children giggle and some put their hands together in front of their chest …
Helping abused and migrant children in Pattaya: Hoping for Danish support Read More
When he was in his early 20s Mr Antti Vänskä, on route to a summer job in Australia, sent a postcard to his parents back in Finland from Singapore, describing …
Antti Vänskä – the new Finnish Ambassador at the helm in Singapore Read More
The Joint Foreign Chambers of Commerce in Thailand issued on 29 August a press release calling for what it diplomatically calls a “structured rationalization, with significant changes, to the TM.30 …
Foreign Chambers says TM30 creates negative views about Thailand Read More
Bernhard Arp Sindberg, a Dane who happened to be in Nanjing during the Japanese imperial army’s massacre on soldiers and civilians in Nanjing in 1937, rescued thousands of Chinese from …
Dane saved thousands of Chinese at Nanjing massacre Read More
Malaysia’s vibrant nature with its tropical climate and lush green forests is the main attraction for Swedish travellers, Dag Juhlin Dannfelt, Sweden’s Ambassador to Malaysia, told Sabah’s Chief Minister Datuk …
Nature attracts Swedish tourists to Sabah Read More
Norway is ready to assist in efforts to return Rohingyas to their homes in the province of Rakhine State in Western Myanmar, after thousands have fled to neighbouring Bangladesh. Sidsel …
Norway to assist safe return of Rohingyas Read More
As global warming is upon us and the ice is melting in both the north and south, water areas in the Arctic which were previously inaccessible are now free to …
Concern about China’s presence in the Arctic Read More
Norwegian telecommunication giant Telenor Group is trying to enter the Indonesian market by merging with the Indonesian company Axiata. Axiata holds 66.4 percent of the shares in PT XL Axiata …
EU ban on palm oil could keep Telenor out of Indonesia Read More
At a reception for Swedish outgoing ambassador Pereric Hogberg in Hanoi on July 31, 2019, Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc expressed hope that the cooperation would increase even furtrher, especially …
Vietnam calls for even more business with Sweden Read More