Air pollution in the Thai capital forced more than 350 schools to close on Friday, city authorities said, the highest number in five years. The reading makes the Thai capital currently the world's ...

Among factors blamed are car and factory emissions and dust from building sites. On Saturday, the Swiss-based commercial monitoring service IQAir ranked Bangkok as being the world’s 14th most polluted ...

More than 350 schools in Bangkok have been forced to close due to air pollution, authorities in Thailand’s capital have said. The Thai capital has been struggling with hazardous air quality ...

Bangkok was ranked as the fourth most polluted city in the world, according to IQAir. The air quality index (AQI) in Bangkok ...

BANGKOK: The Thai government has ordered a crackdown on farmers flouting a ban on crop burning, as pollution in Bangkok spiked on Friday (Jan 31) a week after toxic air forced hundreds of schools ...

“Bangkok Metropolitan Administration has closed ... The level of PM2.5 pollutants hit 108 micrograms a cubic metre, according to IQAir, on Friday. According to the World Health Organization ...

Several Southeast Asian cities joined the ranks of the world's most polluted places today, as they grapple with worsening smog. Swiss-based IQAir tracks live pollution levels in major cities. As of ...

Bangkok is currently the world's fourth most polluted city, according to the Swiss-based air quality monitor IQAir. The number of schools closed on Friday is the highest since 2020, when all 437 ...

Bangkok officials also announced free public ... the lungs—hit 108 micrograms per cubic meter by Friday, according to IQAir. The World Health Organization (WHO) recommends 24-hour average ...