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Pope Francis boards an airplane at the Rome Leonardo da Vinci airport, Tuesday, Nov. 19, 2019. Pope Francis' three-day visit to Thailand, followed by three days in Japan, will be a welcome break for the 82-year-old pope. He is enduring fresh opposition from Catholic conservatives in the U.S. over his just-concluded meeting on the Amazon as well as a new financial scandal at home. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)

Pope heading to Thailand to encourage Catholic minority

By NICOLE WINFIELD - Associated Press

School children walk in Assumption Cathedral courtyard, decorated with posters of Pope Francis in Bangkok, Thailand, Wednesday, Nov. 20, 2019. Pope Francis arrives in Thailand on Wednesday for the first visit here by the head of the Roman Catholic Church since St. John Paul II in 1984. (AP Photo/Gemunu Amarasinghe)

Pope arrives in Thailand to encourage Catholic minority

By NICOLE WINFIELD - Associated Press

Thanathorn Juangroongruangkit, leader of the anti-military Future Forward Party, gestures as he arrive at the Constitutional Court in Bangkok, Thailand, Wednesday, Nov. 20, 2019. Thanathorn is expected to receive a verdict whether he is eligible to remain as a member of the parliament due to an accusation of owning media shares a violation of the Thai constitution. (AP Photo/Gemunu Amarasinghe)

Thai court removes pro-democracy politician from Parliament

By TASSANEE VEJPONGSA and GRANT PECK - Associated Press

In this Friday, Oct. 18, 2019, photo, Catholic worshippers lay flowers at the base of a Mother Mary statue at the Christ Church in Songkhon village, Mukdahan province, northeastern of Thailand. There are about 388,000 Catholics in Thailand, representing 0.58 percent of the country's 69 million population. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)

5 things to know about Pope Francis’ visit to Thailand

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Pope Francis arrives to celebrate a Mass in St. Peter Basilica at the Vatican, Sunday, Nov. 17, 2019. Pope Francis is offering several hundred poor people, homeless, migrants, unemployed a lunch on Sunday as he celebrates the World Day of the Poor with a concrete gesture of charity in the spirit of his namesake, St. Francis of Assisi. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)

Pope’s Asian agenda: Disarmament, martyrs, family reunion

By NICOLE WINFIELD and YURI KAGEYAMA - Associated Press

In this Saturday, Oct. 19, 2019, photo, a Catholic devotee kisses a sacramental with an image of the seven martyrs at cemetery during the 30th anniversary of the beatification of seven martyrs at Songkhon in Mukdahan province, northeastern of Thailand. In 1940, seven villagers here were executed for refusing to abandon their Catholic faith, which Thai nationalists had equated with loyalty to France, whose colonial army in neighboring Indochina had fought Thailand in a brief border war. The seven were beatified in 1989 by Pope John Paul II, the first step to being named a saint.(AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)

Tolerant Thailand to welcome pope, but martyrs tale haunts

By TASSANEE VEJPONGSA and GRANT PECK - Associated Press

In this Friday, Nov. 8, 2019, photo, Sister Sukanya Sukchai adjusts a newly made chasubles at Catholic preparatory school in Bangkok, Thailand. Seamstresses from the Congregation of the Sacred Heart of Jesus Sisters of Bangkok are studiously snipping and sewing, fashioning robes for the upcoming visit of Pope Francis. They’ve been working tirelessly, running up the ceremonial garments Pope Francis will wear during his four-day visit to Thailand later this month. (AP Photo/Gemunu Amarasinghe)

Bespoke silk robes await Pope Francis on Thailand visit

By JERRY HARMER - Associated Press

Thai court orders park chief arrested in activist’s murder

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Mu Sochua, Vice President of the Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP) speaks during a press conference in Jakarta, Indonesia, Wednesday, Nov. 6, 2019. Cambodia's most prominent opposition politician Sam Rainsy says he's ready to risk imprisonment or death by returning to his country from self-imposed exile to unseat the country's longtime ruler. (AP Photo/Achmad Ibrahim)

The Latest: Sam Rainsy affirms determination to return home

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Police secure the road leading to a shooting scene in Yala province, Thailand, Wednesday, Nov. 6, 2019. Gunmen fired at security personnel at checkpoints in Thailand's insurgency-wracked south, killing 15 volunteer officers and wounding five others, police said Wednesday. (AP Photo/Sumeth Panpetch)

Suspected rebels kill 15 at southern Thailand security posts

By SUMETH PANPETCH - Associated Press

Cambodia's ambassador to Indonesia Hor Nambora, left, interrupts the press conference held by Mu Sochua, right, Vice President of the Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP) and Executive Director Kurawal Foundation Darnawan Triwibowo, center, in Jakarta Indonesia, Wednesday, Nov. 6, 2019. The press conference was held by the Cambodian opposition group to discuss plans for its exiled leaders, including Sam Rainsy, to return to their homeland against the government's wishes. (AP Photo/Achmad Ibrahim)

Thailand set to hinder Cambodian opposition’s return plans

By GRANT PECK and PREEYAPA T. KHUNSONG - Associated Press

From left, Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad, Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi, Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte, Singaporean Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong, Thailand Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha ,Vietnam Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc, Brunei Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah, Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen, Indonesian President Joko Widodo and Laos Prime Minister Thongloun Sisoulith pose for a group photo during the opening ceremony of the 35th Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) meeting in Nonthaburi, Thailand Sunday, Nov. 3, 2019. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)

Trump absent, ASEAN charts path for trade bloc led by China

By JIM GOMEZ and GRANT PECK - Associated Press

In this May 9, 2019, photo, Thailand's King Maha Vajiralongkorn addresses the audience at the royal ploughing ceremony in Bangkok, Thailand. King Maha Vajiralongkorn has dismissed six palace staffers, just days after stripping his royal consort of her titles and military ranks for what he termed disloyalty. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)

Thai king dismisses 6 palace officials for misconduct

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Phyu Shwe Nu, mother of Myanmar Zaw Lin, center left, and May Thein, mother of Myanmar Wai Phyo, center right, arrive for petition royal pardon at Bangkwang prison on the outskirts of Bangkok, Thailand, Thursday, Oct. 24, 2019. The families of two Myanmar migrant workers sentenced to death for the brutal murders of two British tourists in Thailand in 2014 have appealed to the Thai king to spare their lives. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)

2 Burmese condemned for UK deaths seek Thai king’s clemency

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This undated photo posted Monday, Aug. 26, 2019, on the Thailand Royal Office website shows Major General Sineenatra Wongvajirabhakdi, the royal noble consort of King Maha Vajiralongkorn, in an aircraft cockpit. Late Monday, Oct. 21, 2019, it was announced that Sineenatra was stripped his royal noble consort of her titles and military ranks for disloyalty, accusing her of seeking to undermine the position of his official wife for her own benefit. (Thailand Royal Office via AP)

Thai king strips his consort of royal titles for disloyalty

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Thailand Army Chief Gen. Apirat Kongsompong speaks about Hong Kong activist Joshua Wong during a special lecture at the Thai army headquarters in Bangkok, Thailand, Friday, Oct. 11, 2019. Thailand's powerful army chief has declared that the country's government is virtually at war with its critics, warning that politicians and intellectuals may &quot;manipulate&quot; young people to stage protests like those in Hong Kong. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)

Thai army chief rants at critics, warns of Hong Kong unrest

By BUSABA SIVASOMBOON and TASSANEE VEJPONGSA - Associated Press

Thai court sentences Taiwanese to life for smuggling heroin

By BUSABA SIVASOMBOON - Associated Press

This June 15, 2019 photo shows Wat Tang Sai, a Buddhist temple perched atop Thong Chai Mountain in Ban Krut in the Prachuap Khiri Khan province of Thailand. You won’t find the party scene of Phuket or Pattaya in laid-back Ban Krut, but you will get one of the cleanest and quietest stretches of white sand within driving distance of the capital. (AP Photo/Nicole Evatt)

Road tripping Thailand: Weekend getaways to beat the crowds

By NICOLE EVATT - Associated Press

FILE- in this Feb. 10, 2018, file photo, activist Karn Pongpraphapan addresses the audience during a protest near the democracy monument n Bangkok, Thailand. Police have arrested Karn for his content posted on the internet about how other countries' royal families lost their power and charged him with &quot;posting content that is a threat to national security.&quot; (AP Photo, file)

Thai activist arrested for comments about fall of monarchies

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Thai judge attempts suicide in protest over interference

By GRANT PECK and TASSANEE VEJPONGSA - Associated Press