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 ...

Across Bangkok, schools have been closed this week, as dangerously high levels of air pollution hit the Thai capital.

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

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. Smoke from f ...