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A young boy wears a protective mask for the high levels of air pollution as he's picked up from school in Bangkok, Thailand, Wednesday, Jan. 30, 2019. Over 400 schools in Bangkok have been ordered shut Wednesday as the Thai capital sees continuously high levels of air pollution and dust particles. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)

Bangkok schools closed over air pollution concerns

By KAWEEWIT KAEWJINDA - Associated Press

Women protective mask at the bus stop in heavy air pollution in Bangkok, Thailand, Monday, Jan. 14, 2019. Unusually high levels of smog worsened by weather patterns are raising alarm across Asia. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)

Heavy smog, worsened by weather, raises alarm across Asia

By TASSANEE VEJPONGSA and KAWEEWIT KAEWJINDA - Associated Press

Rahaf Mohammed Alqunun, right, walks with an unidentified companion in Bangkok, Thailand, Friday, Jan. 11, 2019. Alqunun, the 18-year old Saudi woman who fled her family to seek asylum, remains in Thailand under the care of the U.N. refugee agency as she awaits a decision by a third country to accept her as a refugee. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)

Woman who fled Saudi Arabia reaches her new home in Canada

By ROB GILLIES - Associated Press

Rahaf Mohammed Alqunun, right, walks with an unidentified companion in Bangkok, Thailand, Friday, Jan. 11, 2019. Alqunun, the 18-year old Saudi woman who fled her family to seek asylum, remains in Thailand under the care of the U.N. refugee agency as she awaits a decision by a third country to accept her as a refugee. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)

Saudi woman fleeing alleged abuse heads for asylum in Canada

By TASSANEE VEJPONGSA and ROB GILLIES - Associated Press

A policeman patrols outside the Saudi embassy in Bangkok Tuesday, Jan. 8, 2019. Thailand's Immigration Police chief met Tuesday with officials of the Saudi Embassy in Bangkok and said the officials told him they are satisfied with how the case of the young Saudi woman who claims to be fleeing her abusive family has been settled. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)

The Latest: Father denies abusing fleeing Saudi daughter

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In this photo released by the Immigration Bureau, Saudi woman Rahaf Mohammed Alqunun, foreground walks by Chief of Immigration Police Maj. Gen. Surachate Hakparn, right, before leaving the Suvarnabhumi Airport in Bangkok Monday, Jan. 7, 2019. A Saudi woman who says she is fleeing abuse by her family and wants asylum in Australia has sent out desperate pleas for help over social media. Rahaf Mohammed Alqunun, 18, began posting on Twitter late Saturday after her passport was taken away when she arrived on a flight from Kuwait. (Immigration police via AP)

Thai, Saudi officials meet over case of young Saudi woman

By Tassanee Vejpongsa and Trevor Marshallsea - Associated Press

In this Monday, Jan. 7, 2019, photo released by Rahaf Mohammed Alqunun/Human Rights Watch, Rahaf Mohammed Alqunan views her mobile phone as she sits barricaded in a hotel room at an international airport in Bangkok, Thailand. Alqunan says she is fleeing abuse by her family and wants asylum in Australia. (Rahaf Mohammed Alqunun/Human Rights Watch via AP)

Thai police say they won’t deport Saudi woman seeking asylum

By Grant Peck and Aya Batrawy - Associated Press

In this Monday, Jan. 7, 2019, image made from video released by Rahaf Mohammed Alqunun/Human Rights Watch, Rahaf Mohammed Alqunan views her mobile phone as she sits barricaded in a hotel room at an international airport in Bangkok, Thailand. Alqunan says she is fleeing abuse by her family and wants asylum in Australia. (Rahaf Mohammed Alqunun/Human Rights Watch via AP)

The Latest: Saudi woman leaves Bangkok airport hotel room

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Thai Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha, arrives at the government house for a cabinet meeting in Bangkok, Thailand, Tuesday, Oct. 2, 2018. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)

Prayuth Chan-ocha pressured for fair Thailand election amid skepticism

By Richard S. Ehrlich - Special to The Washington Times

Members of the Wild Boars soccer team attend a public discussion in Bangkok, Thailand, Thursday, Sept. 6, 2018. They spoke Thursday at an exhibition about their ordeal of being trapped for almost three weeks in a flooded cave, at one of Bangkok's largest shopping malls. (AP Photo/Gemunu Amarasinghe)

Thai cave boys feted by prime minister in trip to capital

By KAWEEWIT KAEWJINDA - Associated Press

FILE - In this Aug. 5, 2018, file photo, authorities investigate the death of a baby boy who was found floating in the East River near the Brooklyn Bridge in Manhattan in New York. A Bronx father hopped a plane to Thailand after carrying his dead 7-month-old baby around New York City in a backpack and tossing the boy's body into the river and other tourist hotspots, police said Wednesday. (AP Photo/Robert Bumsted, File)

NYPD: Dad fled to Thailand after tossing dead baby in river

By MICHAEL R. SISAK - Associated Press

Thailand's Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha talks to reporters during a press conference at Government house in Bangkok, Thailand, Tuesday, March 27, 2018. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)

Prayuth Chan-ocha, Thailand junta cling power on coup’s fourth anniversary

By Richard S. Ehrlich — Special to The Washington Times

U.S. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis, right, is greeted by Thai Minister of Defense Gen. Prawit Wongsuwan, as he arrives to attend the Royal Cremation Ceremony of late Thai King Bhumibol Adulyadej, in Bangkok, Thailand, Wednesday, Oct. 25, 2017. (Thailand Ministry of Foreign Affairs via AP)

Prawit Wongsuwon, Thailand defense minister, due in Washington for talks with Defense Secretary Jame

By Richard S. Ehrlich — Special to The Washington Times

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Gen. Joseph F. Dunford visits Thailand, vows to improve military relations

By Richard S. Ehrlich - Special to The Washington Times

Defense Minister Gen. Prawit Wongsuwan's troubles threaten to dent Prime Minister Chan-ocha Prayuth's popularity because the two lifelong friends have tried to project an image of incorruptibility and nationalism. (Associated Press/File)

Prawit Wongsuwan, Thai ‘wristwatch general,’ offers to resign

By Richard S. Ehrlich - Special to The Washington Times

The ceremonial urn of Thailand's late King Bhumibol Adulyadej arrives at the crematorium during the funeral procession as royal crematorium is seen in the background in Bangkok, Thailand, Thursday, Oct. 26, 2017. Tearful Thais clad in black mourned on Bangkok's streets or at viewing areas around the nation Thursday as elaborate funeral ceremonies steeped in centuries of royal tradition were held for King Bhumibol Adulyadej following a year of mourning. (AP Photo/Wason Wanichakorn)

King Bhumibol Adulyadej funeral: Thailand grieves in elaborate final goodbye

By Tassanee Vejpongsa and Stephen Wright - Associated Press

Thai artists and craftsmen are putting the finishing touches on an elaborate crematorium complex ahead of the funeral of King Bhumibol Adulyadej, who reigned for 70 years before his death on Oct. 13, 2016. Bhumibol will be honored in an elaborate royal cremation ceremony from Oct. 25 to 29. (Associated Press)

Bhumibol Adulyadej, Thailand King, set for cremation year after death

By Richard S. Ehrlich - Special to The Washington Times

Thailand's Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha talks to reporters during a press conference in Bangkok, Thailand, Tuesday, May 23, 2017. Thailand's ruling junta said Tuesday that police will handle the investigation into a bombing at a military-run hospital that wounded more than 20 people, while security elsewhere in the country is being reviewed. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)

Thai Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha gets White House invite for Oct. 3

By Richard C. Ehrlich and Special to The Washington Times

Former Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra could be imprisoned for 10 years for "negligence" when the Supreme Court renders its verdict next week. (Associated Press/File)

Yingluck Shinawatra verdict for ‘negligence’ looms

By Richard S. Ehrlich - Special to The Washington Times

Suspect arrested in bombing of Bangkok army hospital

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