Tradition stokes pollution at Myanmar 'slash and burn' festival A charred Myanmar hillside is wreathed by flames, spewing ochre smoke that smothers out sunlight in an apocalyptic scene. Kayah people ...

Wildfires are common in Thailand during the country's spring burning season, when farmers set fields alight to prepare for new crops. Some communities have permission to live and farm plots inside ...

The burning in Umphang Wildlife Sanctuary is hardly an outlier. Wildfires are common in Thailand during the country's spring burning season, when farmers set fields alight to prepare for new crops.

Environmentalists generally say slash and burn farming can be twice as harmful ... “Clean air is very important for your health,” said Thailand’s Kasetsart University environmental economist ...