By Dewi Abdul Rahman SHAH ALAM, July 21 — Selangor and the western region of Johor are among the areas most affected by transboundary haze, driven by southwest monsoon winds carrying smoke from forest fires in central and southern Sumatra, Indonesia. Meteorological Department (MetMalaysia)...

KUALA LUMPUR, March 27 — Transboundary haze, a recurring issue in the region, is expected to be one of the key topics discussed at the inaugural Kuala Lumpur Sustainability Summit (KLSS) from October 14 to October 16, said Natural Resources and Environmental Sustainability (NRES) Minister Nik Nazmi Nik Ahmad.

JAKARTA, Dev 23 — The Indonesian government is committed to expediting the establishment of the Asean Coordinating Centre for Transboundary Haze Pollution Control, said Environment Minister Hanif Faisol Nurrofiq, according to ANTARA News Agency.

KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 18 — Malaysia has proposed upgrading the 2002 Asean Agreement on Transboundary Haze Pollution (AATHP) to address the cross-border haze issue more comprehensively.

By Selangor Journal Team SHAH ALAM, Oct 9 — Almost all of Selangor is shrouded in haze this morning, with only one location recording moderate reading.  As at 9am, Banting, Klang, Shah Alam, Johan Setia and Petaling Jaya saw unhealthy air quality recorded on the Air Pollutant Index (API),...

JAKARTA, October 7— The perennial issue of transboundary haze has again sparked friction in Southeast Asia, with Malaysia's environment minister writing to the Indonesian government this week calling for a regional response to the toxic smoke drifting across his nation.

JAKARTA, Oct 6 — Malaysia is ready to work together to deal with the forest and land fires raging in several regions of Indonesia if needed, according to the Indonesian Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

JAKARTA, Oct 6 — Indonesia is dousing forest fires with water sprayed from helicopters and inducing rain through cloudseeding, its environment minister said on Friday, but denied that hazardous haze was crossing borders, as neighbouring Malaysia has said.

KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 6 — Southeast Asian agriculture and forestry ministers have agreed to take collective action to minimise and eventually eliminate crop burning in the region amid deteriorating air quality and concern about cross-border haze.

KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 6 — Malaysia called on neighbour Indonesia and a grouping of Southeast Asian nations to take action as air quality worsens across the country due to fires in Indonesia, its environment minister told Reuters on Thursday (October 5).

JAKARTA, Oct 2 — The Indonesian government, via its Ministry of Environment and Forestry (KLHK), has denied allegations regarding haze from forest and land fires (karhutla) in Indonesia crossing into Malaysia.

PUTRAJAYA, Aug 30 — The Ministry of Natural Resources, Environment and Climate Change (NRECC) has issued a letter regarding measures to prevent open burning in plantation areas to Malaysian plantation companies, subsidiaries, and Malaysian-linked companies operating in Indonesia.

VIENTIANE, Aug 23 — Environmental officials from the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) have met in Laos' capital Vientiane to discuss several environmental issues and to enhance cooperation in resolving transboundary haze pollution, reported Xinhua.

JAKARTA, June 9 — With the dry season this year expected to be more prolonged and intense under the La Nina phenomenon, Asean ministers stressed on the importance of expediting the establishment of the Asean Coordinating Centre for Transboundary Haze Pollution Control in Indonesia.

KUALA LUMPUR, May 30 — The El Nino phenomenon is expected to occur in Southeast Asia some time next month and the resulting hotter and drier weather is set to exacerbate the haze situation in the region.