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Thai King Maha Vajiralongkorn, 68, faces a balancing act to maintain his position of strength during 2021 while trying to adapt to an increasingly international public spotlight.
greets supporters as he walks to participate in a candle lighting ceremony to mark the anniversary of the birth of late King Bhumibol Adulyadej at Sanam Luang ceremonial ground in Bangkok, Thailand, Saturday, Dec. 5, 2020. Thousands of yellow-clad supporters greeted Thailand's king in Bangkok on Saturday as he led a birthday commemoration for his revered late father, the latest in a series of public appearances at a time of unprecedented challenge to the monarchy from student-led protesters.(AP Photo/Gemunu Amarasinghe) (ASSOCIATED PRESS PHOTOGRAPHS)

Thai king, government look to rebound after rocky 2020

By Richard S. Ehrlich - Special to The Washington Times

A lone street vender waits for customers at Khao San road, a once popular hangout with bars and entertainment for locals and tourists in Bangkok, Thailand, Monday, Jan. 4, 2021. Thailand on Tuesday, Jan. 5, 2021, reported over 500 new coronavirus cases, most of them migrant workers who already were isolated, and the government said it was tightening movements of people around the country. (AP Photo/Gemunu Amarasinghe)

Thailand scrambles to contain outbreak, secure vaccines

By BILL BREDESEN - Associated Press

A hostess poses for a photo as she waits for customers at a bar in Bangkok, Thailand, Wednesday, Dec. 30, 2020. Officials in the Thai capital have announced new restrictions, including the closure of some entertainment facilities during the New Year's holiday, as infections continued to rise following a recent coronavirus outbreak. (AP Photo/Gemunu Amarasinghe)

Thai tourist city of Pattaya placed under COVID-19 lockdown

Associated Press

FILE - In this Dec. 20, 2020, file photo, a guard with a face-shield stands near a shrimp market in Samut Sakhon, south of Bangkok. Thailand, which has kept the coronavirus largely in check for most of the year, is facing a challenge from a large outbreak of the virus among migrant workers in the province close to Bangkok.(AP Photo/ Jerry Harmer, File)

Thailand finds new coronavirus clusters in south and east

Associated Press

FILE - In this Dec. 20, 2020, file photo, a guard with a face-shield stands near a shrimp market in Samut Sakhon, south of Bangkok. Thailand, which has kept the coronavirus largely in check for most of the year, is facing a challenge from a large outbreak of the virus among migrant workers in the province close to Bangkok.(AP Photo/ Jerry Harmer, File)

Thailand confident coronavirus outbreak is controllable

By CHALIDA EKVITTHAYAVECHNUKUL - Associated Press

A vendor wearing a face covering to help prevent the spread of coronavirus sells fish from a pushcart outside a produce market in central Bangkok on Wednesday, Dec. 23, 2020. Thailand has kept the coronavirus largely in check for most of the year but is facing a challenge from a large outbreak of the virus among migrant workers linked to a major seafood market close to the Thai capital.(AP Photo/Adam Schreck)

After months of calm, Thailand grapples with virus outbreak

By GRANT PECK and CHALIDA EKVITTHAYAVECHNUKUL - Associated Press

Health workers record migrant workers ahead of collecting nasal swab samples from them to test for COVID-19 in Samut Sakhon, south of Bangkok, Thailand, Sunday, Dec. 20, 2020. Thailand on Sunday reported a few new local infections, a day after identifying more than 500 cases south of Bangkok in a country that had largely brought the pandemic under control. (AP Photo/ Chalida Ekvitthayavechnukul)

Migrant worker cases drive Thai coronavirus total past 5,000

Associated Press

FILE - In this June 20, 2014, file photo, migrant workers separate freshly caught fish by size at a fish market in Samut Sakhon Province, west of Bangkok. Thailand reported more than 500 new coronavirus cases on Saturday, Dec. 19, 2020, the highest daily tally in a country that had largely brought the pandemic under control. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit, File)

Thailand reports 548 new virus cases, highest daily spike

Associated Press

Protesters carry inflatable yellow ducks, which have become good-humored symbols of resistance during anti-government rallies, while marching towards the base of the 11th Infantry Regiment,a palace security unit under direct command of the Thai king, Sunday,Nov. 29, 2020 in Bangkok, Thailand. Pro-democracy demonstrators are continuing their protests calling for the government to step down and reforms to the constitution and the monarchy, despite legal charges being filed against them and the possibility of violence from their opponents or a military crackdown. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)

Thai pro-democracy protesters rally outside army base

By GRANT PECK - Associated Press

Pro-democracy protesters help to move a protester with gun-shot injuries during an anti-government rally outside the Parliament in Bangkok, Tuesday, Nov. 17, 2020. Thailand's political battleground shifted to the country's Parliament Tuesday, where lawmakers are considering proposals to amend the country's constitution, one of the core demands of the student-led pro-democracy movement. (AP Photo/Wason Wanichakorn)

Thousands protest violence-marred rally at Thai Parliament

By TASSANEE VEJPONGSA - Associated Press

Pro-democracy demonstrators flash a three-finger salute of defiance during a protest rally at the Silom business district in Bangkok, Thailand, Thursday, Oct. 29, 2020. The protesters continue to gather Thursday with their three main demands of Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha's resignation, changes to a constitution that was drafted under military rule and reforms to the constitutional monarchy. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)

Thailand protesters take to street to mock fashion show

By TASSANEE VEJPONGSA - Associated Press

Supporters of the Thai monarchy display images of King Maha Vajiralongkorn, Queen Suthida, late King Bhumibol Adulyadej and wave a giant national flag during a rally at Lumphini park in central Bangkok, Thailand Tuesday, Oct. 27, 2020. Hundreds of royalists gathered to oppose pro-democracy protesters' demands that the prime minister resign, constitution be revised and the monarchy be reformed in accordance with democratic principles. (AP Photo/Gemunu Amarasinghe)

Thai royalists rally in counterpoint to student protesters

By TASSANEE VEJPONGSA - Associated Press

Pro-democracy protesters gather, flashing three-fingered salutes near a main shopping district in Bangkok, Thailand, Sunday, Oct. 25, 2020. Thailand’s government and the country’s pro-democracy movement appeared no closer to resolving their differences Saturday, as the protesters' deadline for Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha to step down came and went with no new action from either side, and no backing down.(AP Photo/Gemunu Amarasinghe )

Thai protesters rally ahead of parliamentary debate

Associated Press

Pro-democracy activists display a placard with Thai Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha's head attached to a cockroach during a protest outside remand prison, in which some of the activists are kept, in Bangkok, Thailand, Friday, Oct. 23, 2020. Thailand's government on Thursday canceled a state of emergency it had declared last week for Bangkok in a gesture offered by the embattled prime minister to cool student-led protests seeking democracy reforms. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)

Thai protesters’ deadline passes, but PM says he won’t quit

By GRANT PECK - Associated Press

Pro-democracy activists create a human chain to confront a police barricades during their march to the Government House, prime minister's office during a protest march in Bangkok, Thailand, Wednesday, Oct. 21, 2020. Thailand's prime minister on Wednesday pleaded with his countrymen to resolve their political differences through Parliament, as student-led protests seeking to bring his government down continued for an eighth straight day. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)

Prayuth Chan-ocha failure to end Thai protests threatens regime

By Richard S. Ehrlich - Special to The Washington Times

Chinese tourists from Shanghai arrive at Suvarnabhumi airport on special tourist visas, in Bangkok, Thailand, Tuesday, Oct. 20, 2020. Thailand on Tuesday took a modest step toward reviving its coronavirus-battered tourist industry by welcoming 39 visitors who flew in from Shanghai, the first such arrival since normal traveler arrivals were banned almost seven months ago. (AP Photo/Wason Wanichakorn)

39 Chinese are Thailand’s 1st foreign tourists in 7 months

By JERRY HARMER - Associated Press

Pro-democracy protesters wave the Thailand national flag as others shine their mobile phone lights during an anti-government protest in Bangkok, Thailand, Sunday, Oct. 18, 2020. Thai police on Sunday declined to say whether they were taking a softer approach toward student anti-government demonstrations, after several mass rallies attracting thousands of protesters ended peacefully in Bangkok on Saturday. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)

Thai authorities seek to censor coverage of student protests

By Grant Peck and Chris Blake - Associated Press

Pro-democracy demonstrators hold posters of protest leaders who have been arrested, during an anti-government protest at Victory Monument in Bangkok, Thailand, Sunday, Oct. 18, 2020. Thai police on Sunday declined to say whether they were taking a softer approach toward student anti-government demonstrations, after several mass rallies attracting thousands of protesters ended peacefully in Bangkok on Saturday. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)

Protesters in Thailand carry on despite police warning

By JERRY HARMER - Associated Press

Pro-democracy protesters display placards against shutting down mass transport system at Ashok BTS station in Bangkok, Thailand, Saturday, Oct. 17, 2020. The authorities in Bangkok on Saturday shut down mass transit systems and set up roadblocks as Thailand’s capital city braced for a fourth straight day of determined anti-government protests. (AP Photo/Gemunu Amarasinghe)

Transit shutdowns fail to deter Thai pro-democracy protests

By JERRY HARMER - Associated Press

Pro-democracy protesters push Thai policemen with riot shields during a demonstration in Bangkok, Thailand, Thursday, Oct. 15, 2020. Thai police dispersed a group of protesters holding an overnight rally outside the prime minister's office. (AP Photo/Rapeephat Sitichailapa)

Thailand declares emergency after unprecedented protest

By Grant Peck and Chris Blake - Associated Press