BANGKOK: Dense haze produced by Indonesian forest fires has caused some of the worst pollution levels in southern Thailand for a decade, officials said, delaying flights in an area popular with tourists.
For nearly two months, thousands of fires caused by slash-and-burn farming have suffocated vast expanses of South-East Asia, causing rates of respiratory illnesses to soar, schools to close and scores of flights and some international events to be cancelled.
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