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

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

Air pollution in the Thai capital forced more than 350 schools to close on Friday, city authorities said, the highest number in five years. The reading makes the Thai capital currently the world's seventh-most polluted major city.

Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Transport Suriya Jungrungreangkit said the decision was made after Bangkok was ranked as the fourth worst city in the world for air quality according to the latest data from Swiss-based IQAir on January 24.

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

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.

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

Southeast Asian cities were among five most polluted in the world on Friday according to air-monitoring organisation IQAir, with Ho Chi Minh City ranked second-most polluted, followed by Phnom Penh and Bangkok fourth and fifth,

AIR pollution in the Thai capital Bangkok forced the closure of more than 350 schools, city authorities said, the highest number in five years.

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