Bureaucracy keeps clogging our lungs


WHY is Asean still treating a public health emergency like a seasonal inconvenience?

Due to transboundary haze, schools close. Clinics fill with children and the elderly struggling to breathe. Air quality maps show unhealthy to hazardous areas across parts of Malaysia, Singapore, southern Thailand, and Indonesia.

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