Walker Hedgepath had yet to visit the Kingdom when he became fascinated by Cambodia, its people, language and culture. While studying for a bachelor’s degree in the US, he got to know Cambodians at ...
Books detailing what happened during the Khmer Rouge era have finally reached young people living in the regime’s final stronghold, Anlong Veng. Last Friday, the Documentation Centre of Cambodia ...
hmer Rouge regime collapsed more than 30 yeas ago, however its bitter legacy remains deep in the heart of the Cambodian people. During its short reign from 1975 to 1979, the Khmer Rouge ruled with a ...
Most people in Cambodia are under 30, born long after the horrific rule of the Khmer Rouge. A bus is touring the country to make sure it’s not forgotten. By Anton L. Delgado Reporting from Phnom Penh ...
One of the saddest episodes of Southeast Asian history was the period during the 1970s that witnessed the rule of the Khmer Rouge in Cambodia. The group was driven by a warped ideology, and it ...
Youk Chhang has waited 35 years for justice, for himself, his deceased family members and his country, which was forever changed in less than fours years under the murderous rule of Pol Pot’s Khmer ...
Mean Loeuy (C), survivor of a Khmer Rouge labour camp, tells his story to a group of children during an outreach programme at a school in Phnom Srok district ...
"At the beginning we shared a bowl of rice between 10 people," recounts the 71-year-old man who lost more than a dozen family members during Cambodia's bloodiest era. "By the end, it was one grain of ...
In the mid 1970s, the Khmer Rouge, a communist party, committed to the "moral" regeneration of Cambodia, seized power and embarked upon the total re-organisation of State and society. Millions of ...