Chiang Mai residents have declared their province an air pollution zone after the government failed to exercise its legal powers to announce an air pollution crisis to address the problem in the northern region. Meanwhile, a significant increase in respiratory diseases is reported in the region.

<p dir="ltr">The Deputy junta head said that the authorities are now hunting for people who are causing Thailand’s stock market to plummet rapidly.</p> <p>On 13 October 2016, Somkid Jatusripitak, the Deputy junta head on Economy, told media from the Government House, Bangkok, that he has ordered Securities and Exchange Commission of Thailand (SEC) to find people who are spreading rumours causing rapid fall on the nation’s stock market, <a href="https://www.facebook.com/BBCThai/photos/a.1527194487501586.1073741828.1526071940947174/1832784330275932/?type=3&amp;theater">BBC Thai reported</a>.</p>