Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. People who start their regime by vacating a capital city probably have some disturbing plans. Fifty years ago, in April 1975, the ...

Siem Reap, July 2018 elections. Image: Vicken CheterianMany Cambodians born after the short but violent period of the Khmer Rouge, which lasted from mid-April 1975 to December-January 1978, cannot ...

Under draft legislation announced last week, anyone denying “the truth of the bitter past” could be imprisoned for up to five years. A mural at the former Kraing Ta Chan Security Center in Takeo ...

I was born and raised in the small south-east Asian country of Cambodia, and brought up in the town of Takeo, south of the capital Phnom Penh. Cambodia was then ruled by King Norodom Sihanouk, and in ...

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The only two surviving leaders of Cambodia's Khmer Rouge regime have been sentenced to life imprisonment after being found guilty of crimes against humanity. Khieu Samphan, the 83-year-old former head ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Khmer Rouge forces collect weapons left behind by retreating soldiers as they enter Phnom Penh on April 17, 1975. Roland ...

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 ...