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Police arrest activist Jatupat Boonpattararaksa near the Democracy Monument in Bangkok, Thailand, Tuesday, Oct. 13, 2020. Police have arrested several political activists who were planning to camp out a day early at the site of an anti-government rally scheduled for Wednesday. (AP Photo)

Thai police arrest protesters camping out ahead of rally

By BUSABA SIVASOMBOON - Associated Press

Thai people give a picture of Buddha to Thailand's King Maha Vajiralongkorn and Queen Suthida, as leave the Grand Palace after ceremony marking the fourth anniversary of the death of late Thai King Bhumibol Adulyadej, Bangkok, Thailand, Tuesday, Oct. 13, 2020. (AP Photo/Wason Wanichakorn)

Thailand protesters seeks to limit power of King Maha Vajiralongkorn

By Richard S. Ehrlich - Special to The Washington Times

Pro-democracy student leaders install a plaque declaring &quot;This country belongs to the people&quot; at the Sanam Luang field during a protest in Bangkok, Thailand, Sunday, Sept. 20, 2020. Thousands of demonstrators turned out Saturday for a rally to support the student-led protest movement's demands for new elections and reform of the monarchy. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)

Thai protesters install plaque symbolizing democracy

By TASSANEE VEJPONGSA - Associated Press

Pro-democracy students with tape covering their mouths raise a three-finger salute, a symbol of resistance, during a protest rally at Mahidol University in Nakhan Pathom, Thailand, Tuesday, Aug. 18, 2020. Student protesters have stepped up pressure on the government with three core demands: holding new elections, amending the constitution and ending the intimidation of critics of the government. (AP Photo/Gemunu Amarasinghe)

Thailand’s student-led protests against government grow

By JERRY HARMER - Associated Press

Supporter of Thailand's monarchy lift a giant national flag during a gathering stating their concern over the country's pro-democracy movement which they feel besmirches the royal institution in Bangkok, Thailand, Thursday, July 30, 2020. The demonstration was held at Democracy Monument, a traditional venue for protests of all political stripes that in recent weeks has hosted several larger pro-democracy, anti-government protests organized by students. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)

Royalists in Thailand rally against pro-democracy protesters

By TASSANEE VEJPONGSA - Associated Press

A Buddhist monk talks to media after putting the coffin of the infamous Si Ouey into an incinerator for cremation at Wat Bang Phraek Tai temple Nonthaburi province, Thailand, Thursday, July 23, 2020. The corpse of Si Ouey, a notorious figure who was convicted of murder in 1959 and accused of cannibalism, was put on museum display for six decades, but an online campaign last year was successful in having him be given a proper funeral. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)

Thai serial killer cremated after decades as museum display

By TASSANEE VEJPONGSA and GRANT PECK - Associated Press

Thai Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha appears to have an upper hand over his opponents after imposing restrictions to contain COVID-19 and navigating diplomatic relations between the U.S. and China. (Associated Press/File)

Prayuth Chan-ocha brings Thailand closer to U.S., China

By Richard S. Ehrlich - Special to The Washington Times

People line up for the coronavirus test in Rayong province, Thailand, Tuesday, July 14, 2020. Authorities set up testing for anyone concerned they might have come into contact with an Egyptian soldier who visited a shopping mall in Rayong last week and then tested positive for COVID-19. In Thailand, where there has been no reports of locally transmitted cases for seven weeks, health authorities were rushing to trace the contacts of two recent foreign arrivals in the country who were infected with the coronavirus and may have violated quarantine rules.(AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)

Thais seek to fix errors that allowed infected foreigners in

By TASSANEE VEJPONGSA - Associated Press

A crowd gathers to take photos of the cinema marquee of the Scala theater during its final movie screening Sunday, July 5, 2020 in Bangkok, Thailand. The Scala theater has shut its doors after 51 years as a shrine for Thai movie-goers. (AP Photo/Jerry Harmer)

Thais bid addio to theater where they fell in love with film

By JERRY HARMER - Associated Press

FILE - In this Tuesday, July 30, 2019 file photo, Chatri Sityodtong, Chair and CEO of ONE Championship, center, gestures as Reece McLaren, right, of Australia and Danny Kingad, left, of the Philippines face off during the media presentation for this Friday's ONE Championship mixed martial arts fight dubbed: Dawn of Heroes, in suburban Pasay city south of Manila, Philippines. One Championship definitely will return to action this summer during this unprecedented public health crisis, Chatri Sityodtong told The Associated Press on Wednesday June 10, 2020, but the promotion has not finalized a date or location for its first fights. (AP Photo/Bullit Marquez, File)

One Championship returns to major shows July 31 in Bangkok

By GREG BEACHAM - Associated Press

A security officer controls the queue of migrant workers from West Bengal state waiting to board a bus to catch home bound trains in Kochi, in the southern Indian state of Kerala, Wednesday, June 10, 2020. With thousands of cases reported daily now India stands the fifth highest in the world of coronavirus cases. There has also been a surge in infections in rural India following the return of hundreds of thousands of migrant workers who lost their jobs during the lockdown. (AP Photo/R S Iyer)

The Latest: S Korea has 56 new COVID cases amid resurgence

By The Associated Press - Associated Press

Cambodia says it’s willing to probe Thai exile’s case

By SOPHENG CHEANG - Associated Press

FILE - In this July 16, 2019, file photo, Thailand's Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha gestures after a group photo with his cabinet members at the government house in Bangkok, Thailand. As governments across the world enact emergency measures to keep people at home and stave off the pandemic, some are unhappy about having their missteps publicized. Others are taking advantage of the crisis to silence critics and tighten control. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit, File)

Some leaders use pandemic to sharpen tools against critics

By GRANT PECK and PREEYAPA T. KHUNSONG - Associated Press

Pro-democracy students wave mobile phones with flashlights switched on, during a large rally at Thammasat University in Pathum Thani, north of Bangkok, Thailand, Wednesday, Feb. 26, 2020. Thailand's normally docile students have been holding large rallies around the country, triggered by a court ruling dissolving a popular opposition political party whose democracy-promoting policies had attracted substantial support among younger Thais. (AP Photo/Gemunu Amarasinghe)

Thai student rallies protest dissolution of opposition party

By TASSANEE VEJPONGSA and GRANT PECK - Associated Press

Assumption kindergarten's children offer flowers at the scene of a deadly mass shooting outside the Terminal 21 shopping mall in Korat, Nakhon Ratchasima, Thailand Tuesday, Feb. 11, 2020. A soldier carried out the country's worst mass shooting in an hourslong siege at the shopping mall. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)

Thai army chief: Gunman wasn’t treated fairly in land deal

By BUSABA SIVASOMBOON and TASSANEE VEJPONGSA - Associated Press

Relatives of mass shooting victims wait outside a morgue to receive the remains at a morgue in Korat, Nakhon Ratchasima, Thailand, Monday, Feb. 10, 2020. Thai officials said the attack was carried out by a single gunman, a disgruntled soldier who opened fire on strangers before he was fatally shot Sunday at a shopping mall. (AP Photo/Gemunu Amarasinghe)

Thai city copes with sorrowful fallout from mass shooting

By Emily Schmall and Preeyapa T. Khunsong - Associated Press

FILE - In this Feb. 4, 2020, file photo, tourists watch a presentation projected on a snow sculpture during the Sapporo Snow Festival at Odori Park in Sapporo, Japan, Tuesday, Feb. 4, 2020. Asian nations have profited handsomely from the impressive growth in tourists from China over the past decade, but the specter of a rapidly spreading virus has raised concerns over industry prospects. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong, File)

Flow of Chinese tourists becomes a worrying trickle for Asia

By GRANT PECK - Associated Press

Quarantine workers in protective suits check identity documents as tourists from the Wuhan area walk off of a chartered plane taking them home from Bangkok at Wuhan Tianhe International Airport in Wuhan in central China's Hubei Province, Friday, Jan. 31, 2020. A group of Chinese tourists who have been trapped in Thailand since Wuhan was locked down due to an outbreak of new virus returned to China on Friday. (Chinatopix via AP)

Coronavirus response sparks rage, panic in Thailand

By Richard S. Ehrlich - Special to The Washington Times

Boat passengers on a jetty wear face masks in Bangkok, Thailand, Tuesday, Jan. 28, 2020 to protect themselves from new virus infection. Panic and pollution drive the market for protective face masks, so business is booming in Asia, where fear of the coronavirus from China is straining supplies and helping make mask-wearing the new normal. (AP Photo/Gemunu Amarasinghe)

Asian demand for face masks soars on fears of Chinese virus

By HARUKA NUGA and GRANT PECK - Associated Press

In this March 27, 2017, file photo, tourists from China take pictures at the New England Aquarium in Boston. With tens of millions of Chinese ordered to stay put and many others opting to avoid travel as the new coronavirus spreads, tourism around the global is taking a heavy hit during one of the biggest travel seasons, the Lunar New Year. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola, File)

China virus outbreak rams global tourism, costing billions

By ELAINE KURTENBACH and ALEXANDRA OLSON - Associated Press