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

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

BANGKOK (AP) — Thai authorities have made travel by public transport in Bangkok free for a week starting Saturday, the latest tactic to try to tackle soaring levels of air pollution that have already seen hundreds of schools closed and employees working from home.

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 monitor IQAir.

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

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

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.

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.

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 this evening,

More than 250 schools in Bangkok were closed on Thursday due to pollution, authorities said, as officials urged people to work from home and restricted heavy vehicles in the city.

YANGON: According to IQAir's air quality measurement on the afternoon of January 26 (pic), Yangon, Myanmar's commercial capital, ranked eighth in global air pollution levels. (IQAir is a free real-time air quality monitoring platform.

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