Nordic News, Business and Life in Asia
Six out of ten young Norwegians take a year or more off after finishing high school, and many use the time to travel the world. But not all are covered …
Young travelers without proper insurance run an expensive risk Read More
In the early hours of 6 February 2025, an Icelandic tourist sustained injuries after tripping over a road hazard on Pattaya Klang Road in Nong Prue, Bang Lamung District, Chonburi. …
Icelandic tourist injured in Pattaya due to road hazard, locals call for action Read More
A tourist boat heading to the island of Koh Talu in Thailand sank on Sunday morning, leaving passengers in shock. Among the 30 onboard were several Swedes, including Marcus, his …
Tourist boat carrying Swedes sinks in Thailand Read More
A serious bus accident in northern Norway has left three people dead and four injured, with passengers from Malaysia, Singapore, and several other countries on board. The incident occurred yesterday …
3 killed, 4 injured in Norway bus accident including passengers from Malaysia and Singapore Read More
Following the volcanic eruption of Lewotobi reported monday, a significant development has emerged. Indonesia is now working urgently to evacuate approximately 16,086 individuals who live in eight vulnerable villages near …
Indonesia strives to evacuate locals and tourists after deadly volcanic eruption Read More Authorities advise tourists near Flores Island to wear masks following the Lewotobi volcano eruption that resulted in the deaths of six local residents. The active Lewotobi volcano erupted during the …
Tourists advised to wear masks after Lewotobi Volcano erupts, killing 6 locals Read More
A tragic incident involving the death of a Norwegian expatriate occurred early yesterday morning, October 20, when responders found the 63-year-old man dead in his hotel room in Pattaya. The …
Norwegian expatriate death in Pattaya: Authorities investigate circumstances Read More
The Finnish Embassy in Thailand has extended its deepest condolences after a devastating school bus fire that claimed the lives of 23 people, including 20 students and three teachers. This …
Finnish Embassy offers condolences amid Thailand bus fire tragedy Read More
A 70-year-old Finnish man died after crashing his car into a house pillar in Nong Tat Subdistrict, Buriram Province, on September 18, at 4:00 PM. The Buriram City Police and …
Finnish man dies after crashing his car into a house pillar Read More
On August 26, 2024, 71-year-old Norwegian Wiggo Marthinsen sustained severe injuries when an automatic door at a well-known bus company abruptly closed, causing him to fall and fracture his hip. …
Norwegian man in ICU; Thai bus company faces scrutiny. Read More
A Finnish tourist, Simo Taneli Tynys, 44, from Jyväskylä, Finland, tragically drowned on August 31 after jumping off a rented boat near Romulo Island, part of the Hundred Islands National …
Finnish man drowns in the Philippines after jumping off a boat Read More
A motorbike accident involving four individuals has left three dead and one injured. Among the involved was a 52 year old Swedish man. The accident occurred yesterday, 24 March 2024, …
Swedish man dead in Phuket accident Read More
The scheme covers tourists in Thailand from 1 January 2024 and will run until 31 August 2024. Tourists can claim the compensation within 15 days of their accident and the …
Thailand offers medical coverage for tourists Read More
4 out of the 13 young Danes, who were injured in a bus accident in northern Thailand, are now ready to fly home by commercial flight. According to Sune Vibits, …
Injured Danes ready to fly home from Thailand Read More 13 Danish citizens were involved in a serious bus accident in the Mae Hong Song province in northern Thailand Thursday night 8 February 2024. The 50-year old Thai bus driver, …
13 young Danes involved in serious van accident in Thailand Read More
A Danish family of four has been hospitalized after colliding with a pickup truck in Phuket on Monday, December 11. The accident resulted in injuries to the entire family and …
Danish family in hospital after car crash in Phuket Read More
25-year-old, Swedish Felicia Cedergren is in a coma after a motorbike accident on the island of Koh Samui in Thailand. Her family has now left for the island to try …
25-year-old Swedish girl in a coma after accident in Thailand – her family is struggling to bring her home Read More
The tourist attraction in Thailand like the “Four Regions Floating Market” in Pattaya caught fire late last night, Thursday, 7 September 2023, causing severe damages of at least 50 million …
Tourist attraction “Pattaya Floating Market” catches fire, causing severe damages Read More
Eight people including five men and three women were killed after a train hit a pickup truck at a railway crossing in Chachoengsao province in the central region of Thailand …
8 dies from train hitting pickup truck in central region of Thailand Read More
The bridge “Lat Krabang” in Bangkok, Thailand that has been under construction, collapsed on Monday evening, 10 July 2023, killing at least 2 people and 13 were injured. According to …
Collapsing bridge in Bangkok kills at least 2 people, many injured and still trapped Read More
The fire at a nightclub in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, killed at least six people including four men and two women on Saturday, 1 July 2023. According to AFP via the …
Fire at Nightclub in Cambodia kills at least 6 people Read More
On June 29th, a tragic incident occurred on the ferry “Stena Spirit” crossing the Baltic Sea. The accident resulted in the death of a 7-year-old child and his mother. The …
Tragic ferry accident claims lives of mother and child Read More
A 57-year-old woman got stuck getting off a conveyor belt at Don Mueang International Airport in Bangkok on Thursday, June 29. According to CNN, the woman was so badly injured …
Woman gets leg amputated after accident at Bangkok airport Read More
A chemical factory owned by silicon oil production company Jiangxi QianTai New Materials located in Guixi city in Southeast China had an explosion on Saturday, 1 July 2023. The explosion …
Explosion at Chemical factory in China Read More
A roller coaster accident at the Grona Lund amusement in Stockholm, Sweden caused one person dead and nine people injured on Sunday, 25 June 2023. Eyewitnesses said the park’s Jetline …
One killed, several injured in roller coaster crash in Sweden Read More
A minivan heading to Krabi crashed on the Petchkasem Road (Phatthalung – Trang in Thailand) on Tuesday, 13 June 2023, causing five people, three foreigners (no specific nationality revealed) and …
Thai and foreign tourists injured after van heading to Krabi crash Read More
Fire accident in Thon Buri district, Bangkok happened during the early morning of Wednesday, 24 May 2023, damaging more than forty houses. Firefighters spent about an hour before they could …
Fire accident in Bangkok damages more than 40 homes Read More
Vientiane Rescue 1623 reported that a bus traveling from the southern province of Laos crashed into a track in Thapabath district, Laos’ Bolikhamxay province on 1 May 2023, the accident …
Bus crash accident in Laos kills eight passengers, injures over 20 Read More
An 18-year-old Danish man set himself on fire in front of the U.S. Embassy in Copenhagen, Denmark on Friday, 21 April 2023. According to Reuters, the fire was put out …
Danish teen sets himself on fire in front of US Embassy in Denmark Read More
I Wayan Koster, the governor of Bali, said foreigners will soon be banned from renting motorbikes and scooters on the Indonesian island. Due to the high number of foreign tourists’ …
Indonesian island Bali to ban foreigners from renting motorbikes Read More
The recent capsized boat incident in Krabi was reported by Thai media to happen after nine Swedish passengers went to stand on the same side of the boat to get …
Swedish victim in capsized boat incident in Krabi disputes how it happened Read More
A long-tail tour boat carrying nine Swedish passengers and a Thai boat driver, Manit Saroj, capsized in the middle of Hong Island’s ocean, Krabi province, on 5 February 2023. According …
Boat with nine Swedes capsizes in the middle of Krabi ocean Read More
A 50-year-old Swedish man instantly died by riding his motorcycle and accidently plunging into a roadside ditch in Thung Sri Muang, Suvarnabhumi district, Ubon Ratchathani province, on Saturday afternoon, 28 …
Swedish man dies in road accident in Ubon Ratchathani of Thailand Read More
A Norwegian tourist found a backpack of one of the missing sailors from the HTMS Sukhothai shipwreck floating along the ocean on Koh Tao yesterday, 24 December 2022. After the …
Norwegian tourist finds backpack of missing sailor from shipwreck in Thailand Read More
A Norwegian tourist, helped by a Thai woman, reported a case to police officers that he was left by a cab driver who he hired to take him from Trat …
Norwegian tourist was left by cab driver at petrol station in Thailand Read More
A drunk Finnish man (name unrevealed) was found blacked out in the middle of a Pattaya road, in Chonburi province past midnight of Sunday, 19 December 2022. According to The …
Drunk Finnish man found blacked out on Pattaya road Read More
A 64 year-old Swedish man, Mr. Bo Peter Svensson, fell off the second floor of a Patong hotel, on Sawatdirak Road, in Phuket at night of 12 December 2022. He …
Swedish man falls off second floor of hotel in Phuket Read More
A green Volvo sedan owned by a 57 year-old Swedish man, Mr. Hans Ola Persson, burst into flames and was completely damaged in the parking lot of the Rawai Post …
Swedish man car burst into flame in Phuket Read More