Nordic News, Business and Life in Asia
A Norwegian ship officer drank an entire bottle of liquor and then went amok on a KLM aircraft on its way to Kuala Lumpur in Malaysia. He was handcuffed and …
Norwegian Officer Handcuffed On A Plane And Jailed In Malaysia Read MoreA Norwegian man wanted by Interpol on charges of kidnapping his six-year-old daughter more than a year ago has been arrested in Cambodia, an interior ministry official said. Torgeir Nordbo …
Norwegian Held In Cambodia On Kidnap Charge Read MoreThe six year old girl who has been held away in Cambodia by her father landed in the morning at Arlanda airport. Along with her was her mother. “It …
Kidnapped Girl Back In Sweden With Her Mother Read MoreA Norwegian man with Vietnamese origin, has been arrested by the Tourist Police in Thailand in front of Sintanee Village, in Chiangrai in the North of Thailand. He was sentenced …
Norwegian Robbery Suspect Caught in Thailand Read MoreThailand’s second largest cellco by subscribers DTAC has reported that its second-quarter net profits rose by 193% year-on-year to THB3.9 billion (USD117 million), up from THB1.33 billion a year earlier, …
DTAC Profits Up 193% Read MoreIt is easier to obtain a visa to North Korea than to Denmark, says Danish consul in Pattaya, Thailand, Stig Vagt-Andersen, to TV 2 Nyhederne. It is his experience that …
Danish Consul: It Is Easier To Get A Visa To North Korea Than To Denmark Read MoreSembcorp Marine said on Monday that its unit PPL Shipyard has won a contract to build a $220 million jack-up rig for the Egyptian Drilling Company. This is the …
Maersk: Singapore’s SembMarine Wins $220 Mln Rig Contract Read MoreMaersk Line expects container shipping to grow 7% to 8% globally this year, with trade within Asia outperforming that, in spite of soaring fuel costs and a slowing world economy. …
Maersk Introduce New China-Singapore Service Read MoreUltra-low power RF specialist Nordic Semiconductor ASA will be setting up a regional supply chain headquarters in Manila, the Philippines. This will later be expanded to include a regional RF …
Nordic Semiconductor To Relocate Supply Chain HQ To The Philippines Read MoreThe podium positions were decided yesterday on the final day of racing at the 2008 Volvo Youth Sailing ISAF World Championship in Århus, Denmark. Although narrowly missing out on the …
Singapore Awarded Swedish Sportsmanship Trophy In Denmark Read MoreWaters and marine products off the coast of Sibuyan island in Romblon province tested negative of chemical contamination following a general assessment conducted by foreign experts. Rune Berglind, a Swedish …
Swedish Expert: No Traces Of Chemical Contamination Off Romblon Read MoreThe sun will glimpse a bit here and there the next few weeks. But many have already given up and booked trips abroad. Are you one of those who opted …
SOS International: You Are Facing Greater Risk In Thailand Read More27-year-old Anette Parviainen came to Indonesia seduced by the Indonesian culture. The internship at the Embassy of Finland in Jakarta from February to July included adapting into a new culture, …
Getting To Know The Indonesian Diversity During An Embassy Internship Read MoreRepresentatives of over 20 Danish enterprises will arrive in Vietnam for seeking investment opportunities. Meetings and seminars on printing and packaging and production of materials that helps protect environment and …
Danish Firms Seek Business Cooperation With Local Enterprises Read MoreViet Nam Fan Company has transferred 25 per cent of its stocks to Denmark’s Bankinvest. VinaCapital Managing Director Andy Ho said that the company had signed six contracts with domestic …
Denmark’s Bankinvest Get New Capital Read MoreThe number of Danes who want to go Bali is higher than previous years – therefore Singapore Airlines expects to serve the largest number of Danes to Bali this year, …
More Danes Go To Bali With Singapore Airlines Read MoreThree and a half months ago, a 23-year-old man from Sundsvall was found death on a beach in Bali. But is still not clear how he died. “We have …
Still Unclear How Swede Died In Bali Read MoreErnst Billgren has always been enticed of unexplored land. Now, he has taken the opportunity to shape a piece of land with his own ideas, as a builder in Thailand, …
Swedish Artist Create His Own Dream Town In Thailand Read MoreHalmstads District exculpatory judgments in the great huge trial about human smuggling from Vietnam are appealed to the court of appeal. The punishment for aggravated organisation of smuggling and human …
The Acquittal In The Trial On Human Smuggling May Create Precedence Read MoreA special opera written by Vietnamese bloggers is about to be produced, “Dream and Reality”. Blog Opera (/blogviet/blogopera/), sponsored by the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism and the …
Dream And Reality: Opera & Blogging Converge Read MoreNorway‘s Stolt-Nielsen has announced plans to build a 325,000 cubic mtr chemicals storage terminal on Jurong Island by mid-2010. The terminal is estimated to cost over $100m and is slated …
Stolt-Nielsen To Build Jurong Island Tankfarm Read MoreHanoi-Beer-Alcohol-Beverages Corp., a Vietnamese brewer partly owned by Carlsberg A/S, said pretax profit fell 9 percent in the first half because of a surge in the cost of malt used …
Habeco’s Profit Falls As Malt Import Costs Surge Read MoreMaersk Line, the world’s largest container shipping firm and a unit of Danish shipping and oil group A.P. Moller-Maersk, said the global shipping industry is expected to grow 7 to …
Maersk Line: Asia More Shielded From A Downturn Read MoreA 54-year-old man from Landskrona has been arrested in Thailand suspected of serious economic crimes. He has been internationally wanted since March this year. The man is the owner …
Swedish Swindler Arrested In Thailand Read MoreIt seems the latest craze for thieves is to go around in gangs on baht busses and hone in on a particular tourist in order to rob them of their …
Pattaya: Swedish Tourist Victim Approached By Pickpocket Gang Read MoreA 69-year-old man from Bergen would move to Thailand together with the mother of the girl he should have molested. Then the police in Norway went into action, writes Bergenaviserne. …
Norwegian Police Confiscated Passport Read MoreConstruction has started on a Danish-funded project to upgrade the environmental conditions of a four-storey building for poor workers in northern mountainous Thai Nguyen province. The project is being carried …
Denmark Helps Upgrade Housing For Poor Workers Read MoreUnder an overcast sky, a maddening cacophony of birdcalls served as our alarm clock. We are bivouacked on the cold, wet sand of Tubbataha North Islet, a UNESCO World Heritage …
Tracking The Seabirds Of Tubbataha Led By Danish Ornithologist Read MoreThe Swedish Red Cross will deploy a mass water sanitation Emergency Response Unit (ERU) to Iloilo to help augment limited water supplies in the area after major pipelines were damaged …
Swedish Red Cross To Send Water Sanitation Unit For Iloilo Read MoreNorway-based SN Power has announced that its joint venture with the Aboitiz Group, SN Aboitiz Power Benguet, has acquired the Ambuklao and Binga hydro power plants in the Philippines for …
SN Aboitiz Power Benguet Acquires Hydro Power Plants In Philippines Read MoreThe Philippines and Norwegian governments have signed an agreement for the latter to provide a $300,000 grant for the drafting of an omnibus maritime and merchant marine modernization bill. Elena …
Govt Drafting Omnibus Maritime Law Supported By Norway Read MoreSingapore‘s Temasek has appointed one of Europe‘s pre-eminent industrialists to its board in a move that underscores the increasingly global mindset of the world’s leading sovereign wealth funds. Marcus Wallenberg, …
Temasek Appoints Top Swedish Industrialist To Board Read MoreDuring his 4 ½ year term HE Borge Petersen has been visiting all states of Malaysia except two. He has met with all Danish companies in Malaysia. He has hosted …
A cheerful and sad goodbye Read MoreMinister Mentor Lee Kuan Yew hinted at a dialogue on Wednesday that Singapore is reviewing its procreation policies and could be looking to the Swedish model. Its measures range from …
A Swedeish Way To Boost Singapore’s Birth Rate Read MoreDanish watch company Skagen is celebrating success in the Singapore market after opening a new counter at Changi Airport in May 2008 and becoming a best-selling brand onboard the national …
Skagen Watches Fly High In Singapore And Beyond Read MoreNiel Cabunillas, 30, worked as a foreman for the murdered Swedish family in the Philippines. Yesterday, he was arrested by the police. He is suspected of the murder of the …
Suspected Of Murdering Four Swedes – At Least Arrested Read MoreAbout 20 Danish businesses involved in printing and packing, and producing materials that help protect the environment and save energy, will arrive in Vietnam from 6-12 October to seek investment …
Danish Businesses Seek Opportunities In Vietnam Read MoreA 42-year-old man from Vejle is arrested in absentia in a preliminary examination Wednesday afternoon July 9, 2008. He is charged with serious fraud and forgery after he, Friday …
The Dane Who Cashed A False Cheque Will Be Jailed When He Return To Denmark Read MoreSingapore is revamping its procreation policies and could be going the Swedish way, giving free childcare and paternity leave in a bid to get couples to have more babies. The …
Swedish Policy May Be The Key To A Higher Birth Rate Read MoreSasha Gabor came to Bangkok at the beginning of June. The man who has played in a long series of porn movies celebrated his 63-anniversary. June 27, 2008 he was …
Norwegian Porn Star Died During A Virtual Vacation In Thailand. Read MoreA man who was arrested on suspicion of murder of a Swedish family in the Philippines were released on Wednesday, state police in the Philippines to Sydsvenska Dagbladet. “The …
Murder Suspect In Philippines Released Read More“Our cooperation with ECPAT means in particular that we inform and educate our staff in how to deal if the problem occurs. And our hotel contacts’ has a clause that …
Spies Join New Campaign Against Child Sex Tourism Read MoreThe Swedish official representation in Phuket does consist of a Honorary Consulate, instead of a General Consulate. The Embassy in Bangkok and the Honorary Consulate in Phuket has taken over …
Honorary Consul for Sweden In Phuket Change Status Read MoreMore and more Finnish people celebrate their holidays in Thailand, while the attendance to leisure cruises to Sweden and Estonia decreased by seven percent. Leisure cruises does not seem to …
Finn’s Prefer Thailand For Long Distance Holidays Read MoreNew CEO to stick with strategic plan. The mobile operator DTAC expects no organisational changes and is preparing to move forward as planned after CEO Sigve Brekke leaves. Mr Brekke, …
Brekke: DTAC on right path Read MoreAccording to Finland Ambassador in Vietnam, Pekka Hyvonen, Vietnam and Finland not only promote mutual relationship in economic field. Since 2000, the two sides have had cultural exchanges. During a …
Vietnam Water Puppetry To Be Performed In Finland Read MoreThe Cambodian governments hopes 10 snuffling pups will become the nation’s next generation of heroes, sniffing out TNT and exposing lethal buried land mines, writes Chronicle Foreign Service. “Of all …
Norway Help Cambodia Train Mine Detecting Dogs Read MoreSingapore state-linked investment company Temasek Holdings (Private) Limited said on Tuesday it has appointed Marcus Wallenberg, chairman of Swedish bank Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken, as a board member effective July 8. …
Singapore’s Temasek Appoints Swedish bank SEB Chair As Board Member Read MoreMany are blaming the recent increase in crimes against foreigners here in Pattaya, Thailand, on the sharp rise in the cost of living which is especially hurting the Thai population, …
Danish Man Victim in Necklace Snatch In Central Pattaya Read MoreThe Football School witch should have been held over two weeks in early July, with two courses in each of the weeks, ended up as something of an anticlimax. Where …
Danish Football School Forced To Cancel 75% Of Its Courses Read More