Nordic News, Business and Life in Asia
Pattaya City Council and tourism-related business in the city are now making all out efforts to woo tourists back to the resort-city in time for this year’s high season, following …
Pattaya launches ambitious tourist campaign Read MoreWhat was intended a holiday in paradise after a semester in Australia turned fatal for twenty-two year old Drammen-native Julie Michelle Bergheim. Along with fellow tourist Jill St. Onge …
Mystery surrounds Julie’s death Read MoreUNHCR spokesperson William Spindler has said that resettlement in a third country had become the only viable option for Burmese refugees in Thailand’s camps, given problems settling permanently in Thailand …
Finland, Sweden and Norway offer asylum for Burmese refugees Read MoreHumanitarian design organization TYIN Tegnestue from the Norwegian University of Science and Technology conceived the project in response to a need for more dormitories for Karen refugee children in the …
Norwegian University designs houses for the Karen-people Read MoreAn increasing number of tourists has been subjected to a very severe scam in Suvarnabhumi airport in Bangkok, where they are accused for theft and held back until a considerable …
Warning: Suvarnabhumi-Scam with terrible consequences Read MoreAccording to the Danish police 43-year old Keld Wulff is arrested in Thailand on suspicion of cheque fraud for more than five million Danish Kroner. Keld Wulff has been waiting …
Dane Arrested on Fraud Charges Deported to Denmark Read MoreSEK (Short for Krone, the Swedish currency) has executed two bonds totalling 4 billion Thai baht, and thereby enabling Swedish companies with production facilities in Thailand access to an important …
SEK executes Thai Baht bonds Read MoreAccording to the Oslo-based Democratic Voice of Burma (DVB), which agitates against Burma’s military government, between 600 and 800 underground facilities and tunnels are in various stages of construction, although …
Norwegian Burma-exiles reveilles the militaries secret tunnels Read MoreThe €230 billion (£195 billion) Norwegian Government Pension Fund – Global, also known as the Norwegian Oil Fund, has opened a new tender for external managers to run a range …
Norway seeks managers to run £200 billion Oil fund Read MoreIllicit financial flows hamper development in poor countries. A government-appointed commission proposes a number of measures to reduce the adverse effects of tax havens. The Commission on Capital Flight from …
Solheim will fight tax havens to help developing countries Read More