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People who were able to get out of Terminal 21 Korat mall walk outside the building in Nakhon Ratchasima, Thailand on Sunday, Feb. 9, 2020. A soldier who holed up in a popular shopping mall in northeastern Thailand shot multiple people on Saturday, killing at least 20 and injuring 31 others, officials said. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalitkanjanakul)

Soldier kills 26 in bloodiest shooting spree in Thailand

By Sakchai Lalit and Tassanee Vejpongsa - 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

Chinese tourists wear masks at Ginza shopping district in Tokyo, Tuesday, Jan. 28, 2020. China has confirmed more than 4,500 cases of a new virus. Most have been in the central city of Wuhan where the outbreak began in December. More than 45 cases have been confirmed in other places with nearly all of them involving Chinese tourists or people who visited Wuhan recently. (AP Photo/Koji Sasahara)

The Latest: Fuss over Thai navy officers’ return from China

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FILE - This Thursday, Jan. 9, 2020, file image made from a security camera video and provided by Royal Thai Police Crime Suppression Division, shows a person alleged to have shot dead people at a gold shop robbery in a mall in Thailand's central province of Lopburi. Thai police have arrested a man on suspicion of a ruthless triple killing, including that of a toddler, during a gold shop robbery earlier this month that shocked the country. Local media reported the suspect was the director of a primary school. (Royal Thai Police Crime Suppression Division via AP, File)

Thai police arrest suspect in robbery that killed toddler

By BUSABA SIVASOMBOON - Associated Press

Thai officials meet with major Southern insurgent group

By EILEEN NG - Associated Press

A woman walks a depiction of a Rat with the words &quot;Bring in wealth and treasures&quot; ahead of the Chinese Lunar New Year Year of the Rat celebrations in Beijing on Thursday, Jan. 16, 2020. China's government welcomed an interim trade deal with Washington and said Thursday the two sides need to address each other's &quot;core concerns.&quot; (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)

China-US trade deal a blip in seismic shifts of Asian trade

By ELAINE KURTENBACH - Associated Press

Thai army chief signs intelligence pact with Indonesia

By BUSABA SIVASOMBOON - Associated Press

A doctor show containers of cannabis oil at the first full-time clinic prescribing cannabis oil for medical treatment in the Public Health Ministry in Nonthaburi province, Thailand, Monday, Jan. 6, 2020. The opening of the clinic is another step forward in the government's policy of promoting the licensed medical use of marijuana products to relieve the symptoms of a range of conditions. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)

Thailand launches full-time clinics dispensing cannabis oil

By JERRY HARMER and BUSABA SIVASOMBOON - Associated Press

Eggs from endangered sea turtle stolen from Thai beach

By BUSABA SIVASOMBOON - Associated Press

In this Wednesday, Dec. 4, 2019, photo, sightseers plays on a sandbar in the Mekong River in Nakhon Phanom province, northeastern Thailand. Experts say the aquamarine color the Mekong River has recently acquired may beguile tourists but it also indicates a problem caused by upstream dams. The water usually is a yellowish-brown shade due to the sediment it normally carries downstream. But lately it has been running clear, taking on a blue-green hue that is a reflection of the sky. The water levels have also become unusually low, exposing sandbanks in the middle of the river. (AP Photo/Chessadaporn Buasai)

Thai official warns of water shortages due to weather, dams

By GRANT PECK - Associated Press

Thailand's Future Forward Party leader Thanathorn Juangroongruangkit talks to his supporters during rally in Bangkok, Thailand, Saturday, Dec. 14, 2019. Several thousand supporters of a popular Thai political party, under threat of dissolution, packed a concourse in central Bangkok on Saturday in one of the largest political demonstrations in recent years.(AP Photo/Str)

Supporters of embattled Thai opposition party hold big rally

By JERRY HARMER - Associated Press

Tourists watch as a fire rages on the upper floors at the Holiday Inn Express Hotel in Pattaya, Chonburi province, Thailand, Friday, Dec. 6, 2019. Police in Thailand's popular seaside report of Pattaya say about 400 guests were safely evacuated from the hotel whose facade caught fire in the middle of the night. The blaze caused no injuries or deaths. (AP Photo)

Hotel catches fire in Thai resort, 400 safely evacuated

By BUSABA SIVASOMBOON - Associated Press

Tesla CEO Elon Musk, second from left, arrives at U.S. District Court Wednesday, Dec. 4, 2019, in Los Angeles. Musk is going on trial for his troublesome tweets in a case pitting the billionaire against a British diver he allegedly dubbed a pedophile. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)

Jury: Elon Musk did not defame British caver in tweet

By Brian Melley - Associated Press

In this frame grab from video, Tesla CEO Elon Musk leaves court, Tuesday, Dec. 3, 2019, in Los Angeles. Musk denied that he meant to call a British cave diver a pedophile when he dubbed him &quot;pedo guy&quot; on social media. (AP Photo/Krysta Fauria)

Cave explorer dubbed ‘pedo guy’ describes hurt, humiliation

By BRIAN MELLEY - Associated Press

FILE - In this Sept. 6, 2018, file photo, British cave expert Vernon Unsworth talks with guests at an event titled the &quot;United as One&quot; in Bangkok, Thailand. Tesla CEO Elon Musk is going on trial for his troublesome tweets in a case pitting the billionaire against Unsworth, a British diver he allegedly dubbed a pedophile. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit, File)

The Latest: Elon Musk testifies British diver insulted him

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Gerald Margolis, center left, branch manager of Philip Morris in Thailand, talks to reporters at Criminal Court in Bangkok, Thailand, Friday, Nov. 29, 2019. The court has found the local unit of tobacco giant Philip Morris guilty of evading taxes by under-declaring the value of cigarettes it imported from the Philippines, and ordered the company to pay a fine of 1.2 billion baht ($39.7 million). (AP Photo)

Thai court fines Philip Morris $39.7 million for tax evasion

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Pope Francis greets the faithful from his popemobile as he arrives for Mass at the National stadium in Bangkok, Thursday, Nov. 21, 2019. (AP Photo/Wason Wanichakorn)

Pope urges Thais young and old to practice faith with joy

By PREEYAPA T. KHUNSONG and NICOLE WINFIELD - Associated Press

Pope Francis, left, and his cousin, Sister Ana Rosa Sivori visit the Supreme Buddhist Patriarch at Was Ratchabophit Sathit Maha Simaram Temple, Thursday, Nov. 21, 2019, in Bangkok, Thailand. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)

The Latest: Pope again denounces ills of human trafficking

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Pope Francis listens to national anthems during a welcoming ceremony at the government house in Bangkok, Thailand, Thursday, Nov. 21, 2019. Pope Francis is on a four-day visit to Thailand. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)

Pope in Thailand calls for action to protect women, children

By NICOLE WINFIELD - Associated Press

FILE - In this April 21, 2017, file photo, Artur Segarra Princep of Spain raises his hand displaying a popular Bible verse on the palm of his hand reading, &quot;Lucas 23:34&quot; as he arrives at the criminal court in Bangkok, Thailand. Thailand's Supreme Court, Wednesday, Nov. 20, 2019, has upheld the death sentence given a Spanish man convicted of murdering a compatriot and dismembering his body in 2016. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit, File)

Thai Supreme Court affirms death sentence for Spaniard

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