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A worker sprays disinfectant at the base of Buddha statues as a precaution against the new coronavirus at Wat Suthat temple in Bangkok, Thailand, Tuesday, March 17, 2020. For most people, the new coronavirus causes only mild or moderate symptoms. For some it can cause more severe illness. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)

Thailand enacts shutdowns to curb spread of coronavirus

By BUSABA SIVASOMBOON - Associated Press

Thai Minister of Digital Economy and Society, Phutthipong Punnakan, center, greets during a news conference to announce the launching of government run anti-fake news center in Bangkok, Thailand Wednesday, Aug. 21. 2019. Phutthipong Punnakan said Wednesday the planned center's goal would be to fight all kinds of fake news, with a focus on misinformation concerning disasters and financial matters, each of which would be handled by its own department.(AP Photo/Pitcha Dangprasith)

Thailand to set up center to combat ‘fake news’

By PITCHA DANGPRASITH - Associated Press

FILE - In this Sept. 6, 2018. file photo, members of the Wild Boars, the soccer team that was rescued from a flooded cave, give thanks in front of Thailand King Maha Vajiralongkorn's image during an event titled &quot;United as One&quot; in Bangkok, Thailand. The U.S. streaming video giant Netflix has officially announced Tuesday, April 30, 2019, it will join with the production company for the movie Crazy Rich Asians to make a film about last July's dramatic rescue of 12 village boys who were trapped with their soccer coach in a flooded cave in northern Thailand for more than two weeks. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit, File)

Netflix announces deal for film about Thailand’s cave boys

Associated Press

Groups urge Thai action against torture, disappearances

By DAKE KANG - Associated Press

Thai anti-government protesters use chain to lock up the gate at the fishery department as they close down the office Tuesday, Jan. 21, 2014 in Bangkok, Thailand. Twin explosions shook an anti-government demonstration site in Thailand's capital, wounding more than dozens of people in the latest violence to hit Bangkok as the nation's increasingly bloody political crisis drags on. (AP Photo/Wason Wanichakorn)

Thailand declares state of emergency for protests

By GRANT PECK and THANYARAT DOKSONE - Associated Press