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An ethnic Chinese woman prays to celebrate the eve of the Chinese Lunar New Year at the Hea Tek Tunk Chinese Temple in Bangkok, Thailand, Wednesday, Feb. 18, 2015. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)

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U.S. Marines and South Korean soldiers take part in the annual Cobra Gold military exercises on Hat Yao beach in Chonburi province, Thailand, on Feb. 14, 2014. (Associated Press)

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Gen. Prayuth's bloodless coup last year has complicated Thailand's relationship with the United States, which is uncomfortable with the new regime and the protests against it. (associated press)

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National Edition News cover for November 23, 2014 - Thais protest with ‘Hunger Games’ hand gesture: Nachacha Kongudom, 21, raises a three-finger salute outside a cinema where “The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1” is showing, in Bangkok, Thailand, Thursday, Nov. 20, 2014. Police detained three students Thursday at the opening of the latest "Hunger Games" movie in Thailand, where opponents of May’s military coup have adopted the film’s three-finger salute as a sign of defiance. The military-imposed government has banned the gesture, which symbolizes rebellion against totalitarian rule in the film series. One cinema chain in the country's capital canceled all screenings of the movie ahead of its Thursday opening after a student group planned an anti-coup protest outside one of its theaters. Activists say police pressured the chain to halt the showings. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)

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life imitates art: Thai student activists raise the banned three-fingered protest salute in front of Thai Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha as he speaks in Khon Kaen province, northeast of Bangkok, Thailand. (Associated Press/bangkok post)

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Thai soldiers bide their time at police headquarters after being deployed to prevent an anti-coup demonstration in Bangkok, Thailand Sunday, June 1, 2014. An anti-coup activist in Thailand called Friday for a weekend rally to defy the military government's ban on demonstrations, urging those opposed to the takeover to wear masks and be ready for cat-and-mouse chases with soldiers in the capital. (AP Photo/Wason Wanichakorn)

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Thai soldiers rest on the ground at police headquarters after being deployed to prevent an anti-coup demonstration in Bangkok, Thailand Sunday, June 1, 2014. An anti-coup activist in Thailand called Friday for a weekend rally to defy the military government's ban on demonstrations, urging those opposed to the takeover to wear masks and be ready for cat-and-mouse chases with soldiers in the capital. (AP Photo/Wason Wanichakorn)

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A protester, center, wears a mask while protesting during an anti-coup demonstration in Bangkok, Thailand Sunday, June 1, 2014. An anti-coup activist in Thailand called Friday for a weekend rally to defy the military government's ban on demonstrations, urging those opposed to the takeover to wear masks and be ready for cat-and-mouse chases with soldiers in the capital. (AP Photo/Wason Wanichakorn)