Nordic News, Business and Life in Asia
To celebrate and contribute to the restoration of the majestic city of Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Leonard Cohen will perform at the Olympic Stadium on November 27, 2010. To aid victims …
Leonard Cohen to Play in Phnom Penh Read MoreSanglah General Hospital in Denpasar, Bali, has reported that 153 new cases of HIV were detected within the past five months and at least 31 people have died of HIV/AIDS-related …
Tourism Officials Fear AIDS Will Undermine Bali Image Read MoreEight weeks after the tragic dead of a Thai woman, the Pattaya Police still hasn’t made their mind up about indicting of the Norwegian tourist Sven Verner Edvardsen. The Norwegian …
Norwegian Tourist in Pattaya Remains a Suspect Read MoreThai Airways can celebrate the company’s one year anniversary of the route between Bangkok and Oslo by inserting a Boeing 747-400 on five selected flights throughout June and July. On …
Thai Boeing 747 to Oslo Read MoreMalaysia has passed the stage of being a developing nation and is in a transitional phase to become a full-fledged developed country, a Finnish expert in the knowledge economy said. …
Finnish Expert: Malaysia no Longer a Developing Country Read MoreAfter a hard day’s work, Bounpheng Wattana and his friends like nothing better with a cold beer than a mouthful of creepy-crawlies. In his opinion, insects are the ultimate organic …
Laos: Critter Cuisine Could Feed a Nation Read MoreA Swedish family was on their way to Thailand when the staff at the security checkpoint at the airport in Sweden found a green laser-pointer in their son’s hand luggage. Since then …
Swedish Father Charged for Crimes Against Radiation Law Read More– It is remarkable to see how fast Quang Tri has developed after the war. The landscape here today is nothing like the moon resembling landscape after the intense bombing …
Norwegians Clearing Cluster Bombs in Quang Tri Read MoreSTX Vietnam Offshore recently handed over the first made-in-Vietnam offshore-vessel named ”Skandi Emerald”. The grand opening of the STX Vietnam offshore shipyard and naming ceremony of the yard’s first vessel, …
First Made-in-Vietnam Offshore Vessel at New Shipyard Read MorePhilippine troops rescued a Filipino businessman of Swiss descent Wednesday as suspected Muslim guerrillas who abducted him two months ago were moving him to a coastal village in the country’s …
Philippine Troops Rescue Filipino-Swiss Businessman From Kidnappers Read MoreThe recent political instability in Bangkok has far from scared the Danes off. The Danish travel giant Spies Travel reports that the number of travels to Thailand compared to the same time …
Scandinavians Haven’t Been Scared Away From Thailand Read MoreA women lodged a damage suit before the Regional Trial Court against Pepsi Cola after finding a “ball of hair” and a “stone” inside her softdrink bottle in two instances. …
Woman Finds ‘Hair, Stone’ in Pepsi Cola, Files Suit Read MoreThe Color Club (TCC), a joint venture with support from the Embassy of Denmark has streamlined its Corporate Social Responsibilities (CSR) in providing better vocational education and offering permanent jobs …
The “Danish” Color Club Support Handicapped People Read MoreThe Consultative Group mid-year meeting was this year held in Rach Gia, Kien Giang province in the Mekong-delta area. One of the main issues on the agenda in the meeting …
Donors and Government Discuss Development Goals in Vietnam Read MoreChinese TV viewers got an entertaining insight into the unique Danish football fan culture during the CCTV1 programme “Fans Carnival” on Monday 14 June.On the occasion of the ongoing World …
World Cup: Danish Football Fan Culture on Chinese TV Read MoreAccording to BBC, at least three people have been killed after a series of powerful earthquakes in Indonesia, officials say. The Indonesian earthquake agency said the largest quake, off the …
Indonesia Struck by Three Powerful Earthquakes Read MoreBP’s elusive Swedish chairman Henric Svanberg faced public wrath Thursday as he finally abandoned his yachting vacation off the southern coast of Thailand in favor of the oil-soaked shores of …
Swedish BP Chairman Finally Abandoned his Asia Vacation Read MoreCriticism has spread on the Internet whether the sexy swimsuit photographs of Honey Oo (aka Hazel Moe), a young Burmese woman, are culturally appropriate. Honey Oo was previously a child …
Burmese Bikini Model Criticized Read MoreTelenor is one of the biggest foreign mobile phone companies in Asia with operations stretching across India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Thailand and Malaysia. Now, the Norwegian group seems intent on returning …
India’s Tata to Help Norway’s Telenor to Build a Foothold in Europe Read MoreThe Burmese air force continues to expand with the recent procurement of 50 K-8 jet trainer aircraft from China, according to sources within the air force in Meikhtila. “Parts of …
Burma Buys 50 Fighter Jets From China Read MorePoul Schultz is one of the leading Danish experts on Asia. Professor of International Economics and Management, and Director of the Asia Business Forum. His research on Asian business includes …
Danish Asia Expert Poul Schultz Turned 70 Read MoreLate last year Indonesia made global headlines with a bold pledge to reduce deforestation, which claimed nearly 28 million hectares (108,000 square miles) of forest between 1990 and 2005 and …
How Norwegian Money Will Save Indonesian Rainforest Read MoreDee Darwell, 56, arrived in Phuket on May 18 and had a couple of “lovely” days before setting off on a one day trip to Phi Phi Don and surrounding …
British Woman Survives Monkey Attack During Thailand Read MoreNo more trying to guess the specials of the day at a restaurant. No more asking the shop assistant to repeat the price of a dress again and again. No …
Pass English before Entering Singapore Service Sector Read MoreBy Sonia Kolesnikov-JessopThis island city-state, thanks to its small size and a big public investment, could soon be the first country blanketed with a fiber optic infrastructure so fast that …
Singapore Gets Wired for Speed Read MoreIn one year, it has become 22 percent more expensive for Danish tourists to enjoy their holiday in Thailand. But at the same time 15 percent cheaper for Thai tourists to enjoy the summer …
Holiday in Denmark Cheaper This Year Read MoreThai Airways celebrated on 16 June the airline’s 50th birthday with a party in Copenhagen for 230 travel agents. Thai Airways’ first destination in Europe was Copenhagen – a route …
Thai Airways Celebrates 50th Birthday in Copenhagen Read MoreThe sound of enthusiastic and excited children was all over Hue last week, when the 3rd Cross Boarder Norway-Vietnam-Lao-Thailand Cup was arranged. – The attendance in this cross boarder tournament …
Football as a Tool for Life Skills Training Read MoreWilliam Stevenson is a former Star foreign correspondent and author of The Revolutionary King, a biography of Thailand’s Ninth Rama. In a media war filled with many far fetched allegations, …
Explaining “The Silent Monarch” Read MoreThe Indonesian cell phone operator Indosat has launched a new mobile commercial channel with the help of 24 Mobile Advertising Solutions’ applications. New phones with 24 MAS installed programs are …
Swedish 24MAS Gains 39 Million Subscribers Read More26 year old Jim Petterson and his girlfriend, 29 year old Maria Larsson, are sitting at Suvarnabhumi International Airport. It is early in the afternoon but the two Swedes have a long wait …
Jim and Maria Skated From Thailand to Singapore Read MoreLess than two hours’ drive from the teeming tourist beaches of Pattaya in Thailand, a largely undeveloped hillside in Chounbri province conceals a very different site – a sacred place …
Buddhist Temple in Chonburi Built with Finnish Stainless Steel Read MoreIn a world full of green buzz words these days such as ‘organic’, ‘carbon footprint’ and ‘green tech’, and where the threat of global warming has moved into the common …
Bamboo Living – An Awakening on Bali Read MoreAs part of an extensive trip to China that included participation at the EXPO in Shanghai, the Minister of Trade and Industry, Mr. Trond Giske, also visited Guangdong in the …
Norwegian Minister of Trade and Industry Visits Guangdong Read MoreBusiness students from SMU travelled to Norway to visit Norwegian companies and experience Constitution Day celebrations in Oslo. Before travelling to Norway, the SMU students were gathered at the residence …
SMU Students on Study Trip to Norway Read MoreThe Indonesian-Danish Water Days 2010 will focus on the actual challenges and opportunities that the current situation presents. The Danish side will present Danish high-technology solutions in areas such as …
The Indonesian-Danish Water Days Focus on Major Challenges Read MoreTen young researchers from Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore and Thailand will be participating at the 60th Nobel Laureate Meeting in Lindau, Germany this year, according to the Jakarta-based ASEAN …
Ten Young ASEAN Researchers to Attend Nobel Laureate Meeting Read MoreAs orders flood in from the US and Japan, HCM City garment companies fear to accept them because they are seriously short of workers.It’s 11 am. An announcement crackles from …
Labour Shortage Slows Garment Exports Read MoreLars Rune Solberg, a 40 year old Norwegian Fraudster on the run from a sentence in Norway was caught in Thailand during the weekend. Now the Norwegian authorities make them …
Norwegian Fraudster on the Run Caught in Thailand Read MoreBlue Water has been active in China for many years and has had local representation by our own office in Qingdao since November 2003. Blue Water Shipping China Ltd. is …
Wind Industry Blows Blue Water to Shanghai Read MoreSingapore, Thailand and Vietnam all regressed last year in their efforts to battle trafficking of men, women and children for labor or commercial sex, according to the U.S. State Department. …
Singapore, Thailand Backslide in Trafficking Fight, U.S. Says Read MoreThe concept of child marriage appears to be alive and well in Malaysia based on government statistics of premarital HIV screening for Muslims preparing to get married. Last year, 479 …
Child Marriage Still Alive in Malaysia Read MoreThe government’s plan to impose a moratorium on the development of peatland and primary forest areas as a follow-up to a conservation agreement with Norway has prompted the palm oil …
Palm Oil Industry Seeks Clarity After Agreement With Norway Read MoreThursday night a young Norwegian woman made herself known among journalists and others at the Foreign Correspondents Club in Bangkok. In the end of a two hour long debate on …
Linda Renland – a Farang with Opinions Read MoreA series of jerky, pixelated video clips allegedly showing top Indonesian stars having sex has prompted debate over government efforts to punish and censor immorality in this Muslim-majority country, writes …
Sex Tape Scandal Fixates Indonesia Read MoreChina and Norway signed here Friday eight documents on cooperation in finance, energy resources, environmental protection and culture. He Guoqiang, a member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau …
China, Norway Sign Eight Documents to Boost Trade Read MoreTwo African nations are counting on the tactical know-how of a pair of wily to help them go far in the first ever World Cup to be held on the …
Swedish Coaches Carry African World Cup Hopes Read MoreLast year, Joachim ‘DiskJokke’ Dyrdahl travelled to the Indonesian city of Bandung, a cultural centre on West-Java, to join forces with musicians from the gamelan orchestra Samasunda, lead by Ismet …
Indonesian-Norwegian Project at Music Festival in Oslo Read MoreA Finnish elementary school teacher Mika Vanhanen established the ENO (environment online) internet school in 2000 in the Eno municipality of Eastern Finland. Recently, the global school celebrated its international …
Indonesia World Leader in Finnish Environment Online Read MoreWith the support of funds from the Finnish Concessional Credit Programme the city of Hai Phong is not as vulnerable to early flooding as it used to be. Similarly the …
Finns Support Improments of Flood Prevention and Power Supply Read More