CHIANG RAI – The haze situation has deteriorated to a critical, health-affecting level in eight northern Thailand provinces, prompting Junta Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha to visit...
CHIANG RAI – Northern Thailand has been blanked by hazardous dust recently leading to the hospitalization of many seniors and children suffering from breathing problems. The...
CHIANG RAI – The Department of Pollution Control has reported that the haze problem in nine of Thailand’s Northern provinces is likely to get worse during...
BANGKOK – Toxic smog forced Bangkok authorities to issue an unprecedented order to shut nearly 450 schools on Wednesday, as authorities struggle to manage a pollution...
BANGKOK – Thailand is set to deploy rainmaking planes to seed clouds in an effort to tackle the pall of pollution that has shrouded the...
CHIANG RAI – The Director of Regional Environment Office is warning residents of Northern Thailand that air quality is expected to worsen following an end to...
CHIANG RAI – The Governor of Chiang Rai has ordered all forests conditionally closed off for seven days and placed authorities on 24 hour alert after...
– CHIANG RAI – Thailand’s Ministry of Public Health has convened a meeting to discuss the ongoing air pollution in nine provinces and is preparing to...
– BANGKOK – Thailand’s Excise Department is now studying a possibility to introduce vehicle pollution tax on motorcycles in a new effort to improve air quality....
– CHIANG RAI – Governor Boonsong Techamaneesatit has reported that the intense haze control campaign of Chiang Rai province has greatly reduced wildfire hotspots in the...
. . SINGAPORE –Dense smog blanketed Singapore Friday as the city-state was hit by the year’s first major outbreak of haze, an annual crisis sparked by...
. CHIANG RAI – Haze problem has returned to Chiang Rai and several other northern provinces after the end of a 60-day campaign to encourage farmers...
. CHIANG RAI – The Meteorological Department has forcasted thunderstorms and high winds in northern Thailand that might help help alleviate the haze conditions, especially in...
. . CHIANG RAI – The Department of Disaster Prevention and Mitigation has ordered provincial offices to maintain tight pollution control as the air quality in...
 . CHIANG RAI – The popping sounds become louder as we traipse up the mountain. Every few steps, I slide backwards on the ash underfoot, flailing...
. . CHIANG RAI – Suraphan Sangsawang, acting director of the Regional Health Promotion Centre has said that reports from 90 hospitals showed that as many...
. CHIANG RAI – Disaster Prevention and Mitigation Department (DDPM) Director General Chatchai Promlert has now said that haze in northern Thailand have reached levels...
. Concerns among authorities that the health of residents, especially children and old people, will be affected. . CHIANG RAI – According to Director-General Chatchai Promlert...
. . BEIJING – Authorities in the Chinese capital issued a “red alert” for air pollution on Friday morning, saying it was enacting for the second...
. . BEIJING – A grey soupy haze subsumed Beijing’s unique landmarks, convenience stores sold air-filtering masks at brisk rates and health-food stores promoted pear juice...