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The director Rithy Panh dramatizes events from 1978, when a group of outsiders was allowed to enter Cambodia under the Khmer ...
Former Khmer Rouge official Khieu Samphan, pictured here in 2010, had been convicted of genocide in 2018 The special tribunal in Cambodia set up to examine atrocities under the fanatical rule of ...
A former leader of Khmer Rouge, Khieu Samphan, has been transferred to a Cambodian prison. Samphan was convicted of genocide, crimes against humanity, and war crimes.
CHOEUNG EK, Cambodia — About 2,000 people attended Cambodia's annual Day of Remembrance Tuesday to mark half a century since Cambodia’s communist Khmer Rouge launched a four-year reign of ...
Cambodia’s 16-year tribunal to prosecute leaders of the 1970s Khmer Rouge regime ended Thursday after securing just three convictions.
The Khmer Rouge in 1975 attempted to create a classless agrarian society, forcing city residents into the country to work in forced labor. Mismanagement led to starvation and disease.
People who start their regime by vacating a capital city probably have some disturbing plans. Fifty years ago, in April 1975, the Khmer Rouge forcibly evacuated all residents (including bedridden ...
Khmer Rouge head of state’s genocide conviction appeal rejected by Cambodia’s UN-backed tribunal. Khieu Samphan was sentenced to life for genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes in 2018.
Following the war in Vietnam in the 1970s, thousands of people immigrated to the Bronx, including many fleeing the Khmer Rouge communist regime. Moui Nguyen and Choeum Chy were among those who ...
CHOEUNG EK, Cambodia (AP) — About 2,000 people attended Cambodia's annual Day of Remembrance Tuesday to mark half a century since Cambodia’s communist Khmer Rouge launched a four-year reign of ...
Former Khmer Rouge official Khieu Samphan, pictured here in 2010, had been convicted of genocide in 2018. By Jonathan Head. South East Asia correspondent.