SingaporePM2.5 hit 288 micrograms per cubic metre, highest since 2015.
Indonesian authorities have logged more than 280,000 respiratory cases since 18 August.
Indonesia’s forestry minister says most Kalimantan and Sumatra fires were deliberately set, during an El Niño dry season.
Malaysia will raise the haze with Southeast Asian foreign ministers before next month’s summit in the Philippines.
How each outlet framed it
- The Diplomat leans critical
- records the 288 µg/m³ west-Singapore PM2.5 reading as the highest since 2015 and the N95 mask distribution to vulnerable groups
Sources: The Diplomat