Nordic victims of quake

AT least 23 people from the Nordic countries were killed and 600 more are missing following the deadly earthquake-driven tidal waves that swept southern Asia on Monday.

The region, with its sun and white-sand beaches, is a magnet for northern Europeans, who travel there in their droves seeking to escape Scandinavia’s frigid winters.

A spokeswoman for the Swedish tour operator Fritidsresor said some 600 Swedes on holiday in Khao Lak just north of Phuket have not been accounted for.