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Despite the deaths of at least 1.7 million people under their brutal regime, only five top leaders of Cambodia's Khmer Rouge have ever been charged. The U.N.-backed tribunal was formed decades ...
The girl with 'too much fire': surviving the Khmer Rouge, part 2The girl with 'too much fire': surviving the Khmer Rouge, part 2 ...
Fifty years ago, in April 1975, the Khmer Rouge forcibly evacuated all residents (including bedridden hospital patients) of Phnom Penh, Cambodia, and all other sizable population centers.
In 1975, soon after the Khmer Rouge, led by Pol Pot, grabbed power in Cambodia, Khieu Samphan, one of the group’s leaders who was then serving as deputy prime minister, visited China and met ...
On the northern outskirts of Phnom Penh workmen are putting the finishing touches to a new church, the first built in Cambodia since the dreaded Khmer Rouge tore down the famed Notre Dame Roman ...
The Cambodian government still hasn't offered a convincing explanation for why it is outlawing the "denial" of Khmer Rouge atrocities. The ruling party's power "stems from control over state ...
PHNOM PENH, Cambodia--The last living leader from the inner circle of Cambodia’s brutal Khmer Rouge regime is to appear in court Monday as he seeks to overturn his conviction on genocide charges ...
Cambodia's most celebrated filmmaker Rithy Panh has devoted his career to exploring the legacy of the Khmer Rouge through cinema. The genocidal regime, led by the infamous Communist and ...