SAMOENG, Thailand — When the haze season comes, village chief Nanthawat Tiengtrongsakun and his tribesmen start preparing the land for fire. They cut shrubs and trees on their small parcels of ...

The Thai government has ordered a crackdown on farmers flouting a ban on crop burning, as pollution in Bangkok spiked on Friday a week after toxic air forced hundreds of schools to close. Last ...

(UPDATE) BANGKOK — The government of Thailand has ordered a crackdown on farmers defying a ban on crop burning, as pollution in Bangkok spiked on Friday a week after toxic air forced hundreds of ...

By HUIZHONG WU Associated Press. SAMOENG, Thailand (AP) — Thailand has tried for years to deal with its pollution problem. One big reason is the burning of corn stubble to clear fields for the ...

World Ice in the sky: Thailand’s fight against air pollution. By. AFP. Published. January 23, 2025 ...

Thailand is reviving a plan to impose congestion charges in capital Bangkok to tackle traffic and air pollution, a move that could make it the second major Asian city to implement such a policy.

Burning crop stubble sends air pollution in Thailand soaring in the early months of the year. The Thai government has ordered a crackdown on farmers flouting a ban on crop burning, as pollution in ...

SAMOENG, Thailand (AP) — When the haze season comes, village chief Nanthawat Tiengtrongsakun and his tribesmen start preparing the land for fire. They cut shrubs and trees on their small parcels ...

SAMOENG, Thailand (AP) — When the haze season comes, village chief Nanthawat Tiengtrongsakun and his tribesmen start preparing the land for fire. They cut shrubs and trees on their small parcels ...

The Thai government has ordered a crackdown on farmers flouting a ban on crop burning, as pollution in Bangkok spiked on Friday a week after toxic air forced hundreds of ...

It’s a slightly sweet gray haze that blurs the mountains in this part of northern Thailand to a faint outline, makes the air itself feel solid and turns breathing and swallowing painful for some.