The popular tourist destination recorded an Air Quality Index of 168 which is considered ‘unhealthy’ while the level of PM2.5 pollutants – cancer-causing microparticles small enough to enter the blood

Thailand’s Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra has ordered free public transport in Bangkok for one week, starting on Feb. 25, in a move to deal with the alarming air pollution in the capital city.

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 seventh-most polluted major city.

More than 350 schools in Bangkok have been forced to close due to air pollution, authorities in Thailand’s capital have said.

Bangkok’s air quality took a nosedive today, earning it the grim title of the fourth worst city in the world for air pollution.

The travel concession allows passengers to ride buses and elevated and underground electric trains in the capital without charge.

Thai authorities on Friday closed over 350 schools in the capital Bangkok due to air pollution, according to local media. The Bangkok Metropolitan Administration has ordered the closure of all of its 352 schools and holding online classes due to the city’s poor air quality, the media outlet Khaosod English reported.

South-east Asian cities were among five most polluted in the world today according to air-monitoring organisation IQAir, with Ho Chi Minh City

Air pollution in the Thai capital has forced the closure of more than 350 schools, city authorities said, as Bangkok was ranked the world’s seventh-most polluted major city by air quality monitor IQAir.

Air pollution in the Thai capital forced more than 350 schools to close on Friday, city authorities said, the highest number

as Bangkok was ranked the world's seventh-most polluted major city by air quality monitor IQAir. Seasonal air pollution has long afflicted Thailand, like many countries in the region, but this ...

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