In this Monday, December 31, 2018, file photo, worshippers pray as they take turns sitting in coffins at the Takien temple in suburban Bangkok, Thailand. Worshippers believe that the coffin ceremony – symbolizing death and rebirth – helps them rid themselves of bad luck and are born again for a fresh start in the new year. (Photo by Sakchai Lalit/AP Photo)





Thai men push a fishing boat off the ocean to a safer location in Songkhla, Thailand in preparation for storm weather conditions on Thursday, January 3, 2019. Thai weather authorities are warning that a tropical storm will bring heavy rains and high seas to southern Thailand and its famed beach resorts. (Photo by Sumeth Panpetch/AP Photo)





Devotees of the Loem Hu Thai Su shrine parade during the annual Vegetarian Festival in Phuket on October 12, 2018. The festival begins on the first evening of the ninth lunar month and lasts for nine days, with many religious devotees slashing themselves with swords, piercing their cheeks with sharp objects and committing other painful acts to purify themselves, taking on the sins of the community. (Photo by Jewel Samad/AFP Photo)





Children in colorful uniforms gather for a memorial ceremony for late King Chulalongkorn at Royal Plaza in Bangkok on October 23, 2018. The national memorial day marks the anniversary of King Chulalongkorn passing away, who died on October 23, 1910 after ruling Siam – as Thailand was known then – for 42 years. (Photo by Romeo Gacad/AFP Photo)





A young Thai boy painted and wearing a costume poses next to a buffalo before the buffalo parade during the annual water buffalo races in Chonburi province, Thailand, 23 October 2018. Around three hundred buffalos take part in the centuries old water buffalo racing festival, divided into categories according to the buffalo's age. The anual festival is held every October among rice farmers to celebrate the rice harvest and mark the end of the Buddhist Lent. (Photo by Diego Azubel/EPA/EFE)





Jockeys compete in Chonburi's annual buffalo race festival in Chonburi province, Thailand October 23, 2018. (Photo by Athit Perawongmetha/Reuters)





A stuntman covering his face rides a motorcycle inside the Well of Death attraction during a fair in Bangkok, Thailand on November 27, 2018. (Photo by Athit Perawongmetha/Reuters)





In this Sunday, December 23, 2018, photo released by Suphan Buri City, four mahouts and their elephants start a search operation for a two-year-old Myanmar boy who went missing, in Suphan Buri, Thailand. The four elephants mounted by their mahouts joined the search for Sului Piew who has been missing in Thailand for a week, as hundreds of rescuers comb through a sugarcane field for traces of the missing child since Dec. 17. (Photo by Suphan Buri City via AP Photo)





Thai LGBT community participates in Gay Freedom Day Parade in Bangkok, Thailand on November 29, 2018. (Photo by Soe Zeya Tun/Reuters)





Tourists walk in a flower field in Lopburi province, Thailand on December 18, 2018. (Photo by Ann Wang/Reuters)





Thais pray to celebrate the New Year 2019 at the Golden Mountain temple or Wat Saket in Bangkok, Thailandon December 31, 2018. Strings attached are ceremonial threads given by Buddhist monks. (Photo by Athit Perawongmetha/Reuters)





Fallen electricity poles are seen along a road as tropical storm Pabuk approaches the southern province of Nakhon Si Thammarat, Thailand, January 4, 2019. (Photo by Krittapas Chaipimon/Reuters)





Dancers get ready backstage before a performance of masked theatre known as Khon which was recently listed by UNESCO, the United Nations' cultural agency, as an intangible cultural heritage, along with neighbouring Cambodia's version of the dance, known as Lakhon Khol at the Thailand Cultural Centre in Bangkok, Thailand on November 7, 2018. (Photo by Jorge Silva/Reuters)





A dancer poses backstage before a performance of masked theatre known as Khon which was recently listed by UNESCO, the United Nations' cultural agency, as an intangible cultural heritage, along with neighbouring Cambodia's version of the dance, known as Lakhon Khol at the Thailand Cultural Centre in Bangkok, Thailand November 7, 2018. (Photo by Jorge Silva/Reuters)





Dancers get ready backstage before a performance of masked theatre known as Khon which was recently listed by UNESCO, the United Nations' cultural agency, as an intangible cultural heritage, along with neighbouring Cambodia's version of the dance, known as Lakhon Khol at the Thailand Cultural Centre in Bangkok, Thailand on November 7, 2018. (Photo by Jorge Silva/Reuters)





In this Thursday, Novenber 1, 2018, photo, school children gather around street vendors outside their school in Bangkok, Thailand. A report by the United Nations Food and Agricultural Organization released Friday, Nov. 2, says some 486 million people are malnourished in Asia and the Pacific, and progress in alleviating hunger has stalled. (Gemunu Amarasinghe/AP Photo)





Thai elephants and mahouts, all dressed as Santa Claus, entertain students during Christmas celebrations at a school in the world heritage city of Ayutthaya, north of Bangkok, Thailand, 24 December 2018. The annual event is held every year for to celebrate the upcoming Christmas festive season and promote tourism in Ayutthaya. (Photo by Narong Sangnak/EPA/EFE)





In this Thursday, November 15, 2018, photo, Thai boxers perform their traditional dance showing respect at the coffin of 13-year-old Thai kickboxer Anucha Tasako during his funeral services in Samut Prakan province, Thailand. Anucha died of a brain hemorrhage two days after he was knocked out in a bout on Nov. 10 that was his 174th match in the career he started at age 8. Thai lawmakers recently suggested barring children younger than 12 from competitive boxing, but boxing enthusiasts strongly oppose the change. (Photo by Sakchai Lalit/AP Photo)





In this March 19, 2002, file photo, two novice Buddhist monks practice Muay Thai (Thai kickboxing) during a morning training session at the Golden Horse Monastery in northern Thailand. The death of a 13-year-old boy who was knocked out during a Muay Thai boxing match in Thailand has sparked debate over whether to ban child boxing. (Photo by David Longstreath/AP Photo)





In this October 8, 2018, photo, a woman lights long incense sticks at a Chinese temple in Bangkok, Thailand, to mark the eve of the Vegetarian Festival. During the festival that runs from Oct. 9 to 17 in 2018, worshippers refrain from eating animal products over the nine days to coincide with the celebration of the nine Chinese Emperor Gods. (Photo by Sakchai Lalit/AP Photo)





In this Thursday, November 1, 2018, photo, a woman feeds a child with a sweeten fuzzy drink and a candy as she picks him up after school in Bangkok, Thailand. A report by the United Nations Food and Agricultural Organization released Friday says some 486 million people are malnourished in Asia and the Pacific, and progress in alleviating hunger has stalled. More than half of all children who are malnourished live in the region, with stunting that causes long-term damage worsened by food insecurity and inadequate sanitation, even in Bangkok, more than a third of children were not receiving an adequate diet as of 2017, the report said.(Photo by Gemunu Amarasinghe/AP Photo)





A cat sleeps in a box in a mango shop in Bangkok, Thailand on December 6, 2018. (Photo by Jorge Silva/Reuters)