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端傳媒 Initium Media is one of the best Chinese-language news outlets for international reporting, and they've done a good job reporting on the fires in Indonesia. I've posted some highlights in English in the thread below.

this year's fires have already been burning for more than two months, and according to Reuters, they may be the worst in 11 years. As of October 9, at least 11 fire sites were still not extinguished, covering an area of 85,000 hectares,

Faced with this "disaster that happens every year," a group of Indigenous organizations and civil society groups chose to no longer remain silent—they took Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto and provincial governors and other officials to court…

about 13,500 people received treatment for respiratory infections, while on the two islands of Borneo and Sumatra, about 5.5 million people were directly exposed to the thick smoke. BBC reported on September 23 that more than 40,000 cases occurred in young children…

Indonesia holds about 36% of the world's tropical peatlands. Natural peatlands remain waterlogged year-round and do not easily burn; but drainage projects lower the water table, drying out the peat and increasing fire risk.