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Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad, front, and Thailand's Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha listen to their national anthems during a welcoming ceremony at the government house in Bangkok, Thailand, Wednesday, Oct. 24, 2018. Mahathir on Wednesday began a two-day visit to Thailand during which he's expected to discuss peace talks in southern border provinces with Malaysia, where a Muslim separatist insurgency has been raging for over a decade. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit, Pool)

Malaysia PM discusses insurgency during visit to Thailand

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Thailand's Immigration Bureau Commissioner Police presents photo evidence a tourist claims to have been wearing when she was assaulted, Tuesday, Oct. 16, 2018, in Bangkok, Thailand. Thai police says it has investigated and dismissed a British tourist's claims that she was raped on a Thai resort island after its investigations revealed no supporting evidence. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)

Thai police dismiss British woman’s rape allegation

By KAWEEWIT KAEWJINDA - Associated Press

In this image made from video, Pakistani refugees exit a police truck as they arrive at the Immigration Detention Center, Thursday, Oct. 11, 2018, in Bangkok, Thailand. Thai authorities have charged 70 Pakistani refugees for their illegal stay in the country despite fears that they could be persecuted if sent back to their home country. (AP Photo/Tassanee Vejpongsa)

Thai authorities to deport 70 Pakistani asylum seekers

By TASSANEE VEJPONGSA - Associated Press

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

Ekkapol Chantawong, left, and Adul Sam-on, 14, participate in an event in New York, Tuesday, Oct. 9, 2018. The coach and a member of the youth soccer team from Thailand that got trapped in a flooded cave appeared at an event in New York as they begin a short U.S. tour. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)

Thai soccer player says English helped in cave rescue

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Thai prisons testing video visits over cellphones

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FILE - In this Thursday, Oct. 22, 2009, file photo, a soldier patrols with a mobile explosive detector GT 200 at a hotel in Cha-Am, a resort town in southern Thailand. Cha-Am is the venue for the 15th ASEAN Summit meeting. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit, File)

Thai businessman convicted of selling fake bomb detectors

By KAWEEWIT KAEWJINDA - Associated Press

Tarmizi Tohtayong exits a prison bus after arriving at the criminal court in Bangkok, Thailand, Bangkok, Thailand, Tuesday, Sept. 25, 2018. A Thai court has convicted nine young Muslim men from southern Thailand of planning to set off a car bomb in the capital Bangkok found nine guilty of belonging to a secret society, earning each a four-year-prison sentence. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit) .

Thai court finds 9 Muslim men guilty in Bangkok bomb plot

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Thai officers stand by the area where the bodies of a murdered Briton and his Thai wife were found, in Phrae province, Thailand, Tuesday, Sept. 25, 2018. The police commander for Phrae province said the bodies of 64-year-old retired petroleum engineer Alan Hogg and his 61-year-old wife Nhot Suddaen were discovered on the property of their home. (Daily News via AP)

Police find buried bodies of murdered Briton and Thai wife

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Refugee camp landslide in Thailand leaves 1 dead, 7 missing

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2 army rangers killed in ambush in southern Thailand

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Thai authorities see T-shirts as proof of sedition

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CORRECTS DATE In this Monday Sept. 10, 2018, photo, a Thai policeman stands inside Foreign Correspondents' Club of Thailand during an event titled: &quot;Will Myanmar's General Ever Face Justice for International Crimes&quot; in Bangkok, Thailand. Police shut down a forum organized by foreign journalists to discuss whether senior military officers in Myanmar should face justice for alleged human rights abuses committed by their forces against Rohingya Muslims and other ethnic minorities. (AP Photo/Tassanee Vejpongsa)

Thai police shut down journalists’ discussion about Rohingya

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In this Jan. 2007, photo, a Thai customs official displays a seized Indian star tortoise during a press conference in Bangkok, Thailand. TRAFFIC, a wildlife monitoring group, says research it has conducted since 2016 has found that people are increasingly buying and selling endangered animals on Facebook groups in Thailand. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)

Wildlife group: Exotic pets trade activity rises on Facebook

By Kaweewit Kaewjinda - Associated Press

In this Aug. 28, 2018, photo, Thai officers talks to refugee and asylum seekers in Bangkok, Thailand. Thai police rounded up more than 160 refugees and asylum seekers from ethnic minorities in Vietnam and Cambodia who are believed to be at risk of persecution if they are returned to their homelands. (AP Photo)

Rights groups alarmed over Thai detention of asylum seekers

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Thailand's Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha talks to reporters at the government house Bangkok, Thailand, Tuesday, Aug. 28, 2018. Prayuth said after a Tuesday government meeting that he would soon ease political restrictions in order to allow political parties to prepare for elections scheduled for next year. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)

Thai junta to soon ease restrictions on political parties

By KAWEEWIT KAEWJINDA - Associated Press

2-day memorial ends for Chinese victims of Thai boat tragedy

By TASSANEE VEJPONGSA - Associated Press

Thai Buddhists pray for boat accident victims in Phuket province, Thailand, Wednesday, Aug. 22, 2018. Officials and local groups have held a religious ceremony in honor of 47 Chinese tourists who died last month when their boat sank in rough weather off Thailand's resort island of Phuket. (AP Photo/Tiwa Suvarnadhanu)

Thailand holds ceremony in honor of 47 Chinese boat victims

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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)

The Latest: Chilling text part of case against baby’s father

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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)

Prosecutors: Father texted about baby found in river

By STEPHEN R. GROVES - Associated Press