Rice and sugar cane growers are too often not the owner of said operation.
The rich keep protecting each other .
Thailand is part of Asean and if they wanted to do something about this they easily could.
Every year we all know the dust and smog is coming but every year no one does anything about it,yes a few meetings ,spray water in the air and tell people to wear a mask.
If not properly addressed ,and soon,it will get worse every year!
Ignoring this for longer will start costing Thailand a lot of money.
This will not go away by itself,we need a government with vision and one that is free to act,if you know what i mean.