

"We are going after, to put it starkly, the bad guys that are causing this problem."

Singapore ‘standing on high moral ground,’ minister says

President Joko Widodo Tuesday warned in a tweet that ‘hotspots’ were reappearing, and urged people to prevent their spread.


Brown haze hangs over Beijing, so thick it has closed highways, suspended construction and prompted warnings to stay indoors.

The promise of land permits is a selling point for candidates for mayor or regional governor

"If heating companies dare to buy cheap, low-quality coal and pollute the environment, they should be discovered and immediately shot...

The haze has choked large parts of the region for two months

The fires are caused by clearing woodland for paper and palm oil plantations, and have been worsened by El Nino...

"The smoke gets everywhere, so what's the point of evacuating when there's no escape?"

Indonesian forest fires are an annual occurence, but dry weather has made them particularly bad this year

The haze has killed at least 10 in Indonesia and caused respiratory illnesses in half a million, Jakarta authorities said

On some occasions, pilots could not see the airstrip as they were coming in to land.
