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Workers spray disinfectant as a precaution against the coronavirus at a shrimp market in Samut Sakhon, Thailand, Monday, Jan. 25, 2021. Thailand on Monday registered a new daily high of over 900 confirmed new cases of the coronavirus at the province near the capital Bangkok, where a major outbreak occurred in December. (AP Photo)

Thailand confirms record 914 new coronavirus cases

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Former leader of the dissolved Future Forward Party Thanathorn Juangroongruangkit speaks during a press conference in Bangkok, Thailand, Thursday, Jan. 21, 2021. Thanathorn was charged with defaming Thailand’s monarchy by questioning the government’s procurement of COVID-19 vaccines is standing by his comments and saying the nation deserves more transparency. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)

Ousted Thai politician defends vaccine procurement criticism

By TASSANEE VEJPONGSA - Associated Press

Thai classical dancers wearing face shields to help curb the spread of the coronavirus perform at the Erawan Shrine in Bangkok, Thailand, Tuesday, Jan. 12, 2021. Thailand's government announced new measures, including partial lockdowns with strict travel restrictions in some areas. Schools, bars, gambling parlors and other public gathering places have been closed. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)

Thai leader threatens punishment for false vaccine news

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Thai King Maha Vajiralongkorn, 68, faces a balancing act to maintain his position of strength during 2021 while trying to adapt to an increasingly international public spotlight.
greets supporters as he walks to participate in a candle lighting ceremony to mark the anniversary of the birth of late King Bhumibol Adulyadej at Sanam Luang ceremonial ground in Bangkok, Thailand, Saturday, Dec. 5, 2020. Thousands of yellow-clad supporters greeted Thailand's king in Bangkok on Saturday as he led a birthday commemoration for his revered late father, the latest in a series of public appearances at a time of unprecedented challenge to the monarchy from student-led protesters.(AP Photo/Gemunu Amarasinghe) (ASSOCIATED PRESS PHOTOGRAPHS)

Thai king, government look to rebound after rocky 2020

By Richard S. Ehrlich - Special to The Washington Times

A lone street vender waits for customers at Khao San road, a once popular hangout with bars and entertainment for locals and tourists in Bangkok, Thailand, Monday, Jan. 4, 2021. Thailand on Tuesday, Jan. 5, 2021, reported over 500 new coronavirus cases, most of them migrant workers who already were isolated, and the government said it was tightening movements of people around the country. (AP Photo/Gemunu Amarasinghe)

Thailand scrambles to contain outbreak, secure vaccines

By BILL BREDESEN - Associated Press

A Buddhist monk wearing a face covering to help prevent the spread of coronavirus waits for a bus along Sukhumvit Road in Bangkok on Wednesday, Dec. 23, 2020. Thailand has kept the coronavirus largely in check for most of the year but is facing a challenge from a large outbreak of the virus among migrant workers in a province close to the Thai capital. (AP Photo/Adam Schreck)

Thailand imposes new restrictions amid coronavirus outbreak

By BY CHALIDA EKVITTHAYAVECHNUKUL - Associated Press

FILE - In this Dec. 20, 2020, file photo, a guard with a face-shield stands near a shrimp market in Samut Sakhon, south of Bangkok. Thailand, which has kept the coronavirus largely in check for most of the year, is facing a challenge from a large outbreak of the virus among migrant workers in the province close to Bangkok.(AP Photo/ Jerry Harmer, File)

Thailand finds new coronavirus clusters in south and east

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A vendor wearing a face covering to help prevent the spread of coronavirus sells fish from a pushcart outside a produce market in central Bangkok on Wednesday, Dec. 23, 2020. Thailand has kept the coronavirus largely in check for most of the year but is facing a challenge from a large outbreak of the virus among migrant workers linked to a major seafood market close to the Thai capital.(AP Photo/Adam Schreck)

After months of calm, Thailand grapples with virus outbreak

By GRANT PECK and CHALIDA EKVITTHAYAVECHNUKUL - Associated Press

Pro-democracy protest fund-raiser Inthira Charoenpura speaks from a makeshift stage outside Bang Khen Metropolitan Police Station, Bangkok, Thailand, Monday, Dec. 21, 2020. Several leaders of protest movement report to the police station to answer the charges of defaming the Thai monarchy, the most serious of many offenses of which they stand accused during recent pro-democracy rallies. (AP Photo/Gemunu Amarasinghe)

Thai actress aiding protests charged with insulting monarchy

By CHALIDA EKVITTHAYAVECHNUKUL - Associated Press

Health workers record migrant workers ahead of collecting nasal swab samples from them to test for COVID-19 in Samut Sakhon, south of Bangkok, Thailand, Sunday, Dec. 20, 2020. Thailand on Sunday reported a few new local infections, a day after identifying more than 500 cases south of Bangkok in a country that had largely brought the pandemic under control. (AP Photo/ Chalida Ekvitthayavechnukul)

Migrant worker cases drive Thai coronavirus total past 5,000

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People stand in lines to get COVID-19 tests in Samut Sakhon, South of Bangkok, Thailand, Sunday, Dec. 20, 2020. Thailand reported more than 500 new coronavirus cases on Saturday, the highest daily tally in a country that had largely brought the pandemic under control. (AP Photo/Jerry Harmer)

Thousands line up for tests amid Thailand virus outbreak

By JERRY HARMER - Associated Press

FILE - In this June 20, 2014, file photo, migrant workers separate freshly caught fish by size at a fish market in Samut Sakhon Province, west of Bangkok. Thailand reported more than 500 new coronavirus cases on Saturday, Dec. 19, 2020, the highest daily tally in a country that had largely brought the pandemic under control. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit, File)

Thailand reports 548 new virus cases, highest daily spike

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Child sex offender seeks early prison release due to virus

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/// A protester wearing a headgear designed as a yellow duck, which has become a good-humored symbol of resistance during anti-government rallies, sits in front of police standing guard outside the Siam Commercial Bank Wednesday, Nov. 25, 2020 in Bangkok, Thailand. Thai authorities have escalated their legal battle against the students leading pro-democracy protests, charging 12 of them with violating a harsh law against defaming the monarchy. (AP Photo/Wason Wanichakorn)

Thai protesters push on despite charges of royal defamation

By GRANT PECK and CHALIDA EKVITTHAYAVECHNUKUL - Associated Press

Large balls that depict asteroids are thrown in the air over a crowd attending a student rally in Bangkok, Saturday, Nov. 21, 2020. Organized by a group that mockingly calls themselves &quot;Bad Students,&quot; the rally calls for educational reforms and also supports the broader pro-democracy movement's demands for constitutional change. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)

Thai students rally for educational and political reforms

By TASSANEE VEJPONGSA - Associated Press

Pro-democracy protesters help to move a protester with gun-shot injuries during an anti-government rally outside the Parliament in Bangkok, Tuesday, Nov. 17, 2020. Thailand's political battleground shifted to the country's Parliament Tuesday, where lawmakers are considering proposals to amend the country's constitution, one of the core demands of the student-led pro-democracy movement. (AP Photo/Wason Wanichakorn)

Thousands protest violence-marred rally at Thai Parliament

By TASSANEE VEJPONGSA - Associated Press

Supporters of the Thai monarchy wave nation flag as they gather near the parliament in Bangkok, Thailand, Tuesday, Nov. 17, 2020. Thailand's political battleground shifted Tuesday to the country's Parliament, where lawmakers are considering proposals to amend the country's constitution, one of the core demands of the country's student-led pro-democracy movement. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)

Thai protesters, police clash as MPs mull charter change

By TASSANEE VEJPONGSA - Associated Press

Students led pro-democracy protesters flash three-finger salute as they march to the Democracy Monument in Bangkok, Thailand, Saturday, Nov. 14, 2020. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)

Thai protesters rally again, promoting a diversity of causes

By CHALIDA EKVITTHAYAVECHNUKUL - Associated Press

Hungarian Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto, left, poses with Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen for a photo prior to a meeting at Peace Palace in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2020. Szijjarto tested positive for the coronavirus after arriving in Thailand for an official visit, Thai and Hungarian officials said Wednesday, Nov. 4, 2020. (Pool Photo via AP)

Cambodia bans state-organized events in capital over virus

By SOPHENG CHEANG - Associated Press

Hungarian Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto, left, poses with Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen for a photo prior to a meeting at Peace Palace in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2020. Szijjarto tested positive for the coronavirus after arriving in Thailand for an official visit, Thai and Hungarian officials said Wednesday, Nov. 4, 2020. (Pool Photo via AP)

Hungarian diplomat in Bangkok tests positive for coronavirus

By CHALIDA EKVITTHAYAVECHNUKUL - Associated Press