Nordic News, Business and Life in Asia
A snake bite is thought to have killed a Norwegian Resident of Pattaya in his South Pattaya apartment. On Thursday afternoon, Police and Rescue Workers were called the New Nordic …
Norwegian Man Killed by His Own Cobra Snake Read MoreAfter having only heard about the popular museum, Bangkok residents can now able to enjoy the replicas of Thai and world famous celebrities at the Madame Tussaud wax museum. Madame …
Madame Tussaud Bangkok Opens Read MoreVietnam and Cambodia have held a ceremony to put out to tender a project on national border map making between the two countries.The event drew international bidders such as Blom …
Vietnam and Cambodia to Make Border Map Read MoreNorway says it is examining reports that Nobel Peace Laureate Muhammad Yunus allegedly diverted millions of dollars of aid money from a bank. International Development Minister Erik Solheim said that …
Grameen Founder in Bangladesh Aid Probe Read MoreThe Danish Offshore Energy Group – a part of the Danish Export Association – is behind the stand that was formelly opened by Dansih Ambassador to Singapore, Mr. Ole Lisborg. …
Danish Industry Courting Singapore Read MoreMore than half of all new diagnosed HIV cases in Sweden every year are among new migrants from high-risk countries, with Thailand and Ethiopia the two most common. “A lot …
Thai Migrants Take HIV to Sweden Read MoreStudents from Hanoi Academy of Theatre and Cinema created an amazing atmosphere on 23 November 2010 when they performed the famous play Peer Gynt by the celebrated Norwegian playwright Henrik …
Peer, mày nói láo! Read MoreNorway participated in the First Meeting of States Parties to the Convention on Cluster Munitions in Vientiane on 9-12 November 2010. The delegation to Lao PDR was led by State …
Official Norwegian Visit to Laos Read MoreDenmark is in cooperation with the Danish Red Cross assisting the Indonesian Red Cross (PMI) in providing immediate relief support in the form of 6,300 sanitation kits to people affected …
Danish Support to Mount Merapi Victims Read MoreDenmark has become the seventeenth Contracting Party to the Regional Cooperation Agreement on Combating Piracy and Armed Robbery against Ships in Asia (ReCAAP) on 20 November 2010.Though Denmark is geographically …
Denmark Joins the ReCAAP Read MoreNorwegian designer Bilal Zia Chaudhry is one of the winners of the Red Dot: Design Concept 2010 Best of the Best award. The enthusiastic designer is visiting Singapore this week …
Norwegian Wins Prestigious Award in Singapore Read MoreAccording to a group of Filipino-Chinese businessmen (Anvil Business Club), President Benigno S. Aquino III ranks alongside Singapore’s first Prime Minister, Lee Kuan Yew, as incorruptible, writes The Royal Danish …
Danish Embassy Website: Aquino is Not Corrupt Read MoreIn collaboration with DBDH-China (Danish Board of District Heating, the organisation for Danish district heating enterprises in China), the Danish Embassy will conduct a large-scale promotion project for Danish district …
Danish District Heating in Urumqi Read MoreResearch In Motion Ltd. (RIM), maker of BlackBerry smart phones, said on its blog Thursday that it will buy Swedish software developer The Astonishing Tribe, which specializes in making phone …
RIM Buys Swedish Software Firm Read MoreRecently, the Royal Norwegian Embassy hosted the creation of a business council that will seek to enhance business relations between the Philippines and Norway. The formation meeting successfully instated an …
New Business Council in Manila Read MoreThe 3rd Session of the Bilateral Human Rights Dialogue between Indonesia and Sweden was held in Jakarta, on 29-30 November 2010. The Indonesian delegation was led by Co-Chairs Ambassador Retno …
The 3rd Session of the Bilateral Dialogue Read MoreNaples’ eyesore may soon warm Oslo homes, if plans to ship the garbage that’s piled up on the Italian city’s streets to the Norwegian capital are carried out.Norwegian Broadcasting (NRK) …
Oslo May Buy Naples’ Garbage Read MoreThe Finnish Cabin Crew Union, or SLSY, Chairwoman Thelma Akers told Dow Jones Newswires Tuesday that the strike negotiations with Finnair (FIA1S.HE) will take place after 1300 GMT Tuesday, at …
Finnair Strike Negotiations After 1300 GMT Read MoreTwo years ago, the newly founded Svenskforeningen in Hua Hin was put to its first serious test: The Immigration Bureau Head Quarters in Bangkok wanted to move the immigration office …
Unusual Friendship in Hua Hin Read MoreFinnair issued a profit warning Tuesday, saying it now expected an anticipated full-year operating profit to turn into a loss owing to a cabin crew strike, threatening it might move …
Finnair Cancels More Than 200 Flights on Wednesday Read MoreRecently the Danish Ambassador signed a contract with Kim Dong publishing house which renews the agreement of Danish support to children’s literature in Vietnam with VND 8.5 billion (DKK 2,500,000) …
Denmark Continues Support to Children Books Read More“Corruption will always hit hard on people with less power over their lives. It can also significantly hurt a country’s investment climate and act as a brake on economic growth”, …
Free Media Ensure Accountability Read MoreBurma’s pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi yesterday called on Thais to be kind to migrants and refugees from her country.“We know it is not easy for Thailand to cope …
Suu Kyi Calls on Thailand Read MoreBillionaire John Fredriksen’s Seadrill Ltd. invested $2 billion in the past two months on oil rigs, leading a jump in orders as safety concerns after BP Plc’s Gulf of Mexico …
Fredriksen Bets $2 Billion on Rigs After BP Spill Read MoreFood, beverages, fashion and life improving design – Danish royal couple, Their Royal Highnesses Prince Joachim and Princess Marie promoted Danish products and inventions when visiting Beijing and Hong Kong. …
Prince Joachim and Princess Marie Visit China Read MoreJudges at the Denpasar District Court in Bali sentenced a young American student to five months for marijuana use on Tuesday. Patrick Leland Berg, 19, was found guilty of consuming …
US Teen Gets Jail for Marijuana Use Read MoreMore than 2,000 bikers from around Thailand and Southeast Asia are set to come roaring into Phuket next month for Southern Big Bike Party and Charity 2010. Organizer Kittiwong Jansattham …
Big Bikes to Roar Into Phuket Read MoreReturning overseas graduates find it difficult to secure cushy jobs; recruiters say experience does more than degrees. After completing a postgraduate degree in marketing at a famous university in Denmark, …
Education in Denmark Did Not Help Her Read MoreBy Henrik Friis Christmas arrived Thailand early morning around 8.00 hrs on the 20th November in Lumlukka, at least some people thought that when they had a look at the …
Viking Wheelers Fun Ride in Lumlukka Read More
In the evening of November 26th, the Thai-Finnish Chamber of Commerce (TFCC) held the Pre-Christmas Party at the Centara Grand at CentralWorld. The event was arranged on the 26th floor …
PIKKUJOULU – the Finnish Pre-Christmas Party Read More
The Scandinavian Society Siam (SSS) held its annual Christmas Bazaar at the British Club on the 28th November 2010. Some 75 visitors enjoyed the event and a bit of shopping …
SSS Christmas Bazaar 2010 Read MoreOne of the Norwegian government’s most prestigious business projects, a free trade treaty between Norway and China, appears to be the latest casualty of Chinese anger over the Norwegian Nobel …
China Postpones Free Trade Talks Read MoreThe Criminal Court in Bangkok today, Monday 29 November, scheduled the hearing of the drug case against Kim Roger Eriksson to be in another six month. The days set aside …
Swedish Drug Case to Wait Six Months Read More“Bi, Don’t Be Afraid” by Phan Dang Di, the only Asian film at the Stockholm International Film Festival, won two prizes, Outstanding First Film and Best Cameraman, on November 27.Earlier, …
Vietnamese Movie Takes Two Prizes in Sweden Read MoreA Los Angeles judge has ruled that food giant Dole Foods must pay $200,000 (1.4 million kronor) to cover the lawyers’ fees incurred by the Swedish filmmakers behind a controversial …
Swedish Filmmakers Wins Bananas Lawsuit Read MoreA female police officer in Yala province has been beaten up and raped by her colleagues. Three suspects have surrendered and further arrests are imminent pending forensic results. Commissioner-General Wichean …
Police Rape Police Read MoreA high-speed train project, a planned joint investment project between Thailand and China, which will link between the Thai capital and Nong Khai province bordering Laos is expected to be …
Thai High-speed Train Ready 2015 Read MoreDanish Minister of Taxation, Mr. Troels Lund Poulsen, took part in the event and gave a speech expressing the Danish views on the conference theme: Green Economy – Mutual Benefit. …
Danish Tax Minister met Chinese Vice PM Read MoreAmerican Tony Poer the pornographer whose arrest reports were wiped clean from all the newspapers in Pattaya claimed yesterday that women flocked to be filmed and his arrest ‘never happened’. …
‘I Am helping Tourism’, Says US Porn Man Read MoreToday, Monday 29 November, the case against Swedish Kim Roger Eriksson will go to court for the first time, and Kim may be facing the death penalty. On the 14th …
Swedish Drug Trial Starts Today Read MoreBombardier Inc.’s CSeries jetliner, which has won orders from only three customers, is a leading contender for a contract from SAS Group as the biggest Nordic airline prepares to add …
SAS Consider New 55-Plane Order Read MoreThe Finnish Cabin Crew Union (SLSY) is threatening to begin a strike on Tuesday, 30 November 2010. Conciliation process continues during the weekend. If the strike takes place, it would …
Tuesday Strike Can Hit Finnair Hard Read More“The vast variety of goods on offer, gorgeous food, lovely people – locals and expats alike – and all the fun stuff that goes on; it’s almost overwhelming – we’re …
Singapore Enthusiasts Holding the Key to Unmatched Living Read MoreOn 25th of November 2010 the second annual meeting was held at Svenskföreningen in Hua Hin.The meeting was as usual more than well attended and some 120 people, 35 members …
Annual Meeting in Svenskföreningen in Hua Hin Read MoreLangkawi, Malaysia, will host the Optimist Dinghy World Cup from December 28 2010 to January 8 2011. Here, Denmark will be represented by five talented young sailors. 15-year-olds Amalie Stubdrup, …
Young Danes to Sail at Langkawi Read MoreSweden-based heavy equipment maker Volvo Construction Equipment plans to increase sales volume in Indonesia “in the near future” as the country emerges as one of Asia’s most promising target markets. …
Volvo to Expand Sales in Indonesia Read MoreThe Volvo Group announced today that it would join WWF Climate Savers Programme, making it the world’s first vehicle manufacturer to take part in the initiative. As a WWF partner, …
Volvo Group Joins WWF Climate Savers Read More
Danish-Thai Chamber of Commerce’ Christmas Lunch took this year place in the garden of The British Club on Friday November 26 with participation if more than 200 members and guests …
Dancham Christmas Lunch 2010 Read MoreEx-member of Swedish pop group ABBA, Anni-Frid Reuss (Lyngstad), has been unsuccessful in reclaiming back 4.5 million pounds she claims to have lent to a Buddhist temple. Reuss, 65, was …
Ex-ABBA Loses Dispute with Buddhist Monk Read MoreA Swedish court has jailed the parents of three children who were regularly beaten since the age of three in what they claimed was a method of discipline prescribed in …
Swedish Parents Jailed for Spanking Kids Read More