BANGKOK: Bangkok city employees have been told to work from home to avoid harmful air pollution, as a layer of noxious haze blanketed the Thai capital on Thursday (Feb 15). City authorities asked ...

The Bangkok-based Kasikorn Research Centre said this week that the pollution could cost the city between three and six billion baht ($88-$177m) if it continued for a month, according to the Nation ...

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

BANGKOK: Air pollution in the Thai capital forced more than 350 schools to close on Friday, city authorities said, ...

The centre reported the average PM2.5 levels throughout the city on Tuesday at 44.9 micrograms per cubic metre (µg/m³), well above the country’s standard of 37.5 µg/m³ over a three-hour ...

The number of schools closed on Friday is the highest since 2020, when all 437 schools in the city were closed due to air pollution. The cancer-causing microparticles, or PM2.5 pollutants, hit 108 ...

Bangkok air pollution forces 352 schools to close The reading makes the Thai capital currently the world's seventh-most polluted major city. AFP January 25, 2025 ...

BANGKOK --Bad smells were the biggest source of complaints made to Thailand's Pollution Control Department (PCD) in the 12 months up to September this year, with Bangkok judged ...

The Bangkok-based Kasikorn Research Centre said this week that the pollution could cost the city between three and six ...

High air pollution levels cloud the Bangkok skyline on Feb. 15, 2024. ... Bangkok and the northern city of Chiang Mai ranked among the most polluted cities in the world on a number of days last year.

On Thursday, more than 250 schools in Bangkok were closed due to pollution, as officials urged people to work from home and restricted heavy vehicles in the city. Air pollution hits the Southeast ...