Jocelyn Gecker

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FILE - In this Tuesday, Aug. 12, 2014 file photo, Thai police display pictures of surrogate babies born to a Japanese man who is at the center of a surrogacy scandal during a press conference at the police headquarters in Chonburi, Thailand. A string of recent scandals has lifted a lid on Thailand's largely unregulated commercial surrogacy industry, which has been around for over a decade. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)

News Guide: Thailand’s surrogacy scandals and laws

Jocelyn Gecker · September 3, 2014 6:06 am

In this photo taken June 19, 2014, tourists, front left, talk to each other in front of a group of taxi drivers at a taxi stand at Suvarnabhumi international airport in Bangkok, Thailand. Since staging a coup on May 22, the military has led a crackdown on crime as part of what army commander Gen. Prayuth Chan-ocha describes as a morality cleanse for Thai society. Before democracy can be restored, he says, corruption and lawlessness have to stop. (AP Photo/Apichart Weerawong)

Junta targets crime to clean up Thailand’s image

Jocelyn Gecker · June 20, 2014 1:05 pm

Tourists and locals eat and drink at a restaurant in Bangkok's Khaosan road, Thailand, Saturday June 14, 2014. The generals who seized power in Thailand have lifted a nationwide curfew, giving a green light for the capital's red-light districts, nightclubs and pubs to roar back to life. Late night revelry was planned in Bangkok to celebrate the return of Saturday night freedom for the first time in a month. (AP Photo/Apichart Weerawong)

No curfew: Saturday night Bangkok-style is back

Jocelyn Gecker · June 14, 2014 5:56 pm

Thailand's Army commander Gen. Prayuth Chan-ocha, left, arrives at the Royal Thai Army Club in Bangkok, Thailand, Friday, June 13, 2014. The head of Thailand's military junta said Friday that an interim government would be set up by September, offering the most specific timeline yet on a possible transfer of power after last month's coup. (AP Photo/ASTV Manager newspaper) THAILAND OUT

Thailand’s junta lifts curfew throughout country

Jocelyn Gecker · June 14, 2014 12:16 am

A Western tourist tours Wat Pho in Bangkok, Thailand Tuesday, May 27, 2014. The drama of Thailand's military takeover has played out mainly in the political arena. While the army detains political leaders and issues stern warnings on TV, tourists are kicking back on the countryâs famed beaches and sightseeing in Bangkok. The main impact on visitors for now is a 10 p.m. curfew, which forces nightlife to close four hours earlier. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)

From beaches to Bangkok, tourists ask ‘What coup?’

Jocelyn Gecker · May 28, 2014 4:39 am

The blue screen with military crests that has shown to replaced all TV programs in Thailand Friday, May 23, 2014. Thailandâs junta has commandeered every TV channel for round-the-clock broadcasts of dour announcements and patriotic hymns. The publicâs verdict: DJ, please change the soundtrack. (AP Photo/Apichart Weerawong)

Thailand to junta: Please change your soundtrack

Jocelyn Gecker · May 23, 2014 1:22 pm

A Thai soldier looks at a motorcyclist riding past while providing security near the pro-government demonstration site on the outskirts of Bangkok, Thailand Wednesday, May 21, 2014. Thailand began its second day under martial law Wednesday with little visible military presence on the streets of Bangkok as residents tried to make sense of the dramatic turn of events after six months of anti-government protests and political turmoil. (AP Photo/Wason Wanichakorn)

News Guide: Thailand under martial law

Jocelyn Gecker · May 21, 2014 10:34 am

Anti-government protesters walk along cones in Bangkok, Thailand, Wednesday, May 14, 2014. Move a traffic cone placed by people who have spent six months taking over various areas of this politically volatile capital and you could get beaten, stabbed or shot. For many Thais sick of the chaos, it is a chilling thought, but also a chance to meme. Allegations that anti-government protesters have attacked several motorists for moving traffic cones have sparked a mix of outrage and creativity in political cartoons and online postings that went viral this week. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)

‘Holy traffic cones’ become symbol of Thai crisis

Jocelyn Gecker · May 14, 2014 10:48 am

Anti-government protesters sing a song as they ride on a truck during a rally Thursday, May 8, 2014 in Bangkok, Thailand. A court ousted Thailand's prime minister Yingluck Shinawatra for abuse of power, accomplishing what anti-government demonstrators have sought to do for the past six months and further widening the country's sharp political divide. (AP Photo/Apichart Weerawong)

New leader, same impasse for troubled Thailand

Jocelyn Gecker · May 8, 2014 10:39 am

FOR JOCELYN GECKER STORY ON CAMBODIA-FILM DIRECTOR RITHY PANH - This undated photo released by Bophana Center shows a extract scene of The Missing Picture directed by Cambodian film director Rithy Panh. (AP Photo/Bohana Center)

Cambodia vies for 1st Oscar with ‘Missing Picture’

Jocelyn Gecker · February 27, 2014 12:50 pm

Thailand to extradite Italian accused of mob ties

Thailand to extradite Italian accused of mob ties

Jocelyn Gecker · December 20, 2012 8:25 am

In this photo taken Dec. 4, 2012, Niang Homhuan, 37, a Thai mahout's wife, picks coffee beans out of elephant dung at a camp in Chiang Rai province, northern Thailand. A Canadian entrepreneur with a background in civet coffee has teamed up with a herd of 20 elephants, gourmet roasters and one of the country's top hotels to produce the Black Ivory, a new blend from the hills of northern Thailand and the excrement of elephants which ranks among the world's most expensive cups of coffee. (AP Photo/Apichart Weerawong)

Coffee from an elephant’s gut fills a $50 cup

Jocelyn Gecker · December 7, 2012 5:10 pm

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