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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)
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A customer selects merchandise at Line Village in Bangkok, Thailand, Thursday, June 22, 2017. Thailand's most popular text-messaging service will open its doors to the public Friday with an extravagant digital theme park called Line Village Bangkok. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)
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Thai customer selects merchandise at Line Village in Bangkok, Thailand, Thursday, June 22, 2017. Thailand's most popular text-messaging service will open its doors to the public Friday with an extravagant digital theme park called Line Village Bangkok. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)
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Customers take a selfie with merchandise at Line Village in Bangkok, Thailand, Thursday, June 22, 2017. Thailand's most popular text-messaging service will open its doors to the public Friday with an extravagant digital theme park called Line Village Bangkok. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)
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Doctors check the health of Wattana Pumret, 61, as he arrives at police headquarters for a press conference in Bangkok, Thailand, Tuesday, June 20, 2017. Wattana, who was arrested for the bombing of an army hospital in Bangkok, says he carried out the attack that wounded 21 people to symbolize defiance against Thailand's ruling military junta. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)
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Wattana Pumret, 61, is escorted by officials as he arrives at police headquarters for a press conference in Bangkok, Thailand, Tuesday, June 20, 2017. Wattana, who was arrested for the bombing of an army hospital in Bangkok, says he carried out the attack that wounded 21 people to symbolize defiance against Thailand's ruling military junta. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)
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Wattana Pumret, 61, is escorted by officials as he arrives at police headquarters for a press conference in Bangkok, Thailand, Tuesday, June 20, 2017. Wattana, who was arrested for the bombing of an army hospital in Bangkok, says he carried out the attack that wounded 21 people to symbolize defiance against Thailand's ruling military junta. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)
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Thai forensic collect evidence at Phramongkutklao Hospital, a military-owned hospital that is also open to civilians, in Bangkok after a bomb wounded more than 20 people, in Bangkok Monday, May 22, 2017. A bomb exploded at a military-run hospital in Bangkok on Monday, the third anniversary of a military coup. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)
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FILE - In this May 26, 2014, file photo, Thailand's coup leader Gen. Prayuth Chan-ocha speaks during a press conference in Bangkok to announce that the country's king had officially endorsed him to run the nation after the armed forces seized power in the previous week. Three years after military leaders overthrew a democratically elected government in Thailand, the country is sputtering economically, watched closely for its crackdown on political freedom and still the site of sporadic but unnerving unrest. On Monday, May 22, 2017, a bomb exploded in a military-run hospital in the Thai capital, wounding 21 people on the third anniversary of the 2014 coup. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit, File)
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FILE - In this May 26, 2014, file photo, Thailand's coup leader Gen. Prayuth Chan-ocha arrives for a press conference in Bangkok to announce the country's king had officially endorsed him to run the nation after the armed forces seized power in the previous week. Three years after military leaders overthrew a democratically elected government in Thailand, the country is sputtering economically, watched closely for its crackdown on political freedom and still the site of sporadic but unnerving unrest. On Monday, May 22, 2017, a bomb exploded in a military-run hospital in the Thai capital, wounding 21 people on the third anniversary of the 2014 coup. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit, File)
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In this April 7, 2017 photo, a motorcycle taxi driver eats noodles at a street food stall during his lunch on Thonglor road in Bangkok, Thailand. Officials see street food as an illegal nuisance and have warned hawkers in Thonglor to clear out by April 17. Efforts by authorities in military-ruled Thailand to impose order on the chaotic capital city have a fresh target: cheap and tasty pad thai. The latest crackdown by Bangkok city officials is going after the vendors whose carts selling everything from Thailand’s signature noodles to spicy tom yum goong soup have become institutions on the capital’s hot and humid sidewalks. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)
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In this April 7, 2017 photo, people eat noodles at a street food stall during their lunch on Thonglor road in Bangkok, Thailand. Officials see street food as an illegal nuisance and have warned hawkers in Thonglor to clear out by April 17. Efforts by authorities in military-ruled Thailand to impose order on the chaotic capital city have a fresh target: cheap and tasty pad thai. The latest crackdown by Bangkok city officials is going after the vendors whose carts selling everything from Thailand’s signature noodles to spicy tom yum goong soup have become institutions on the capital’s hot and humid sidewalks. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)
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In this April 7, 2017 photo, people have their lunch at a street food shop on Thonglor road in Bangkok, Thailand. Officials see street food as an illegal nuisance and have warned hawkers in Thonglor to clear out by April 17. Efforts by authorities in military-ruled Thailand to impose order on the chaotic capital city have a fresh target: cheap and tasty pad thai. The latest crackdown by Bangkok city officials is going after the vendors whose carts selling everything from Thailand’s signature noodles to spicy tom yum goong soup have become institutions on the capital’s hot and humid sidewalks. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)
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In this April 7, 2017 photo, people eat noodles at a street food shop during their lunch on Thonglor road in Bangkok, Thailand. Officials see street food as an illegal nuisance and have warned hawkers in Thonglor to clear out by April 17. Efforts by authorities in military-ruled Thailand to impose order on the chaotic capital city have a fresh target: cheap and tasty pad thai. The latest crackdown by Bangkok city officials is going after the vendors whose carts selling everything from Thailand’s signature noodles to spicy tom yum goong soup have become institutions on the capital’s hot and humid sidewalks. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)
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In this Sept. 27, 2016 photo, a customer plays with meerkats at Little Zoo Cafe in Bangkok, Thailand. In Asia, where the first cat cafe opened more than a decade ago, the concept has moved well beyond felines. At Little Zoo Cafe in Bangkok, meerkats, raccoons and the little foxes with the hugest, softest ears imaginable can be cuddled near plates of crepes and French fries. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)
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A visitor makes an offering for Phra Phrom, the Thai interpretation of the Hindu god Brahma at the Erawan Shrine, the scene of the Aug. 17 bombing, in Bangkok, Wednesday, Sept. 9, 2015. Thai police have escorted one of the key suspects in last month's deadly Bangkok bombing to the scene of the attack Wednesday, for a public re-enactment of his alleged crime that left 20 people dead and and more than 120 injured. (AP Photo/Mark Baker)
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Thai policemen take evidence at an apartment on the outskirts of Bangkok, Thailand on Saturday, Aug. 29, 2015. Thai authorities raided an apartment in suburban Bangkok and arrested a foreigner with a fake Turkish passport and bomb-making materials Saturday, the first possible breakthrough in the deadly bombing at a Bangkok shrine nearly two weeks ago. (AP Photo/Sakchi Lalit)
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A woman prays at the Erawan Shrine at Rajprasong intersection in Bangkok, Thailand, Wednesday, Aug. 19, 2015. The central Bangkok shrine reopened Wednesday after Monday's bomb blast to the public as authorities searched for a man seen in a grainy security video who they say was the prime suspect in an attack authorities called the worst in the country's history. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)
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This Aug. 17, 2015, image, released by Royal Thai Police spokesman Lt. Gen. Prawut Thavornsiri shows a man wearing a yellow T-shirt near the Erawan Shrine before an explosion occurred in Bangkok, Thailand. Prawut said he believes the man is a suspect in the blast that killed a number of people at a shrine in downtown Bangkok on Monday night. (Royal Thai Police via AP)
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Buddhist monks hold a prayer at the Erawan Shrine at Rajprasong intersection in Bangkok, Thailand, Wednesday, Aug. 19, 2015. The central Bangkok shrine reopened Wednesday to the public after Monday's bomb blast as authorities searched for a man seen in a grainy security video who they say was the prime suspect in an attack authorities called the worst in the country's history. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)
