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In this release by Chiang Rai Public Relations Office, Mongkol Boonpiam, left, receives an identity card denoting Thai citizenship from Somsak Kunkam Sheriff of Mae Sai during a ceremony in Mae Sai district, Chiang Rai province, northern Thailand, Wednesday, Aug. 8, 2018. Mongkol Boonpiam, Adul Samon, and Pornchai Khamluang, three of the young soccer players players who had been trapped for almost three weeks in a cave in northern Thailand —— and 25-year-old assistant coach Ekapol Chanthawon, who had been with them, had been stateless, their lack of citizenship not only restricting their upward mobility, but even their right to travel outside of Chiang Rai, the northern province where they live. A fifth boy on their Wild Boars soccer team who was not in the cave but had applied for citizenship was also granted it. (Chiang Rai Public Relations Office via AP)

Boys rescued from cave, once stateless, get Thai citizenship

By KAWEEWIT KAEWJINDA - Associated Press

US art collector returns 12 ancient artifacts to Thailand

By KAWEEWIT KAEWJINDA - Associated Press

Thailand to host 2018 Miss Universe pageant

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Thai officials say they seek UK extradition of former PM

By KAWEEWIT KAEWJINDA - Associated Press

In this Dec. 14, 2016, file photo, Tesla CEO Elon Musk listens as President-elect Donald Trump speaks during a meeting with technology industry leaders at Trump Tower in New York. Musk has apologized for calling a British diver involved in the Thailand cave rescue a pedophile. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)

Elon Musk apologizes for calling rescue diver a pedophile

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In this July 15, 2018, photo, the coach of one of Thailand's Wild Boars soccer teams, Nopparat Kanthawong, right, watches his team play in Mae Sai district in Chiang Rai province, northern Thailand. At least 3 of the 12 boys and coach of another local team who were rescued from a cave in northern Thailand last week are stateless, living in a limbo that puts serious restrictions not only on their upward mobility, but even on their right to travel outside of Chiang Rai, the northern province where they live. (AP Photo/Vincent Thian)

Statelessness a hurdle for some boys rescued from Thai cave

By JOHNSON LAI - Associated Press

Thai cave rescue stirs memories of 1967 Missouri search

By ERIC DUNDON - Associated Press

This Monday, July 2, 2018, file photo provided by Tham Luang Rescue Operation Center shows a group of Thai youth soccer players and their coach as they were found in a partially flooded cave in Mae Sai, Chiang Rai province, northern Thailand. (Tham Luang Rescue Operation Center via AP, File)

Kids lost weight but ‘took care of themselves’ in Thai cave

By Kaweewit Kaewjinda - Associated Press

A rescuer moves to the entrance to a cave complex where five still were trapped in Mae Sai, Chiang Rai province, northern Thailand Tuesday, July 10, 2018. The eight boys were rescued from the flooded cave. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)

The Latest: Australian medic, last to leave cave, loses dad

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In this grab taken from video provide by Chiang Rai Public Relations Office, emergency workers carry a stretcher with one of the rescued boy to be transported by ambulance to a hospital, in Mae Sai,in the district of Chiang Rai, Thailand. Sunday, July 8, 2018. Expert divers Sunday rescued four of 12 boys from a flooded cave in northern Thailand where they were trapped with their soccer coach for more than two weeks, as a dangerous and complicated plan unfolded amid heavy rain and the threat of rising water underground. (Chiang Rai Public Relations Office via AP)

Official: 4 more boys brought out of flooded Thai cave

By Tassanee Vejpongsa and Kaweewit Kaewjinda - Associated Press

An ambulance allegedly carrying one of the rescued boys head to the hospital in Chiang Rai city as divers evacuated some of the 12 boys and their coach trapped at the Tham Luang cave in the Mae Sai district of Chiang Rai province, northern Thailand, Monday, July 9, 2018. (AP Photo/Vincent Thian)

Amid jubilation, 4 more boys rescued from flooded Thai cave

By KAWEEWIT KAEWJINDA and STEPHEN WRIGHT - Associated Press

In this photo released by the Thailand Royal Police, rescued tourists from a boat that sank are helped onto a pier Thursday, July 5, 2018, on the island of Phuket, southern Thailand. A boat carrying dozens of Chinese tourists overturned in rough seas off southern Thailand and dozens of passengers were unaccounted for, the Phuket governor said. (Thailand Royal Police via AP)

The Latest: Chinese envoy speaks to Thais after boat sinking

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In this handout photo released by Tham Luang Rescue Operation Center, Thai rescue teams use headlamps to enter a pitch-black cave complex where 12 boys and their soccer coach went missing, in Mae Sai, Chiang Rai province, northern Thailand, Monday, July 2, 2018. The group was discovered late July 2 after 10 days totally cut off from the outside world, and while they are for the most physically healthy, experts say the ordeal has likely taken a mental toll that could worsen the longer the situation lasts. (Tham Luang Rescue Operation Center via AP, File)

Rescuers race to drain water inside Thai cave before rains

By Tassanee Vejpongsa - Associated Press

Thai soldiers walk out of the entrance to the Tham Luang Nang Non cave in Mae Sai, Chiang Rai province, in northern Thailand Friday, June 29, 2018. Thailand's prime minister on Friday visited the flooded cave complex where rescuers have been searching for 12 boys and their soccer coach missing for six days and urged their relatives to not give up hope. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)

Thai prime minister to families of missing boys: Have faith

By Tassanee Vejpongsa - Associated Press

Tourists walk the beach of Maya Bay, Phi Phi leh island in Krabi province, Thailand, Thursday, May 31, 2018. The popular tourist destination of Maya Bay in the Andaman Sea will close to tourists for four months from Friday to give its coral reefs and sea life a chance to recover from an onslaught that began nearly two decades ago. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)

Ailing Thai beach made famous by Hollywood closes to tourism

By Tassanee Vejpongsa - Associated Press

A tourist jumps for a photo on the popular on Maya Bay on Phi Phi island in Krabi province, Thailand, Thursday, May 31, 2018. Maya Bay on Phi Phi Leh Island in the Andaman Sea will close to tourists for four months from Friday to give its coral reefs and sea life a chance to recover from an onslaught that began nearly two decades ago. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)

Ailing Thai beach made famous by Hollywood closes to tourism

By TASSANEE VEJPONGSA - Associated Press

CIA nominee Gina Haspel is seated for a confirmation hearing of the Senate Intelligence Committee on Capitol Hill, Wednesday, May 9, 2018 in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Gina Haspel says she won’t allow CIA to do interrogations

By Dan Boylan - The Washington Times

NOT REAL NEWS: Trade deal not tied to Missouri plant closure

By SUMMER BALLENTINE - Associated Press

Thailand's Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha holds his glasses before a press conference at Government house in Bangkok, Thailand, Tuesday, March 27, 2018. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)

Prayuth Chan-ocha, Thailand junta retain military support despite public outcry

By Richard S. Ehrlich — Special to The Washington Times

In this March 4, 2017, photo, tourists enjoy the popular Maya bay on Phi Phi island, Krabi province. Authorities have ordered the temporary closing of the beach made famous by the Leonardo DiCaprio movie &quot;The Beach&quot; to halt environmental damage caused by too many tourists. (AP Photo/Rajavi Omanee)

Thai beach from DiCaprio movie gets breather from tourists

By TASSANEE VEJPONGSA - Associated Press