During the rule of the Khmer Rouge, Cambodia's lush countryside was transformed by slave labor, starvation, fear and ...

The Khmer Rouge came to power on a wave of disillusionment, corruption, civil war and rural resentment. Years of American bombing, the 1970 U.S.-backed coup that ousted Prince Norodom Sihanouk, and ...

Fifty years ago, in April 1975, the Khmer Rouge forcibly evacuated all residents (including bedridden hospital patients) of ...

The other day, I read a news report saying the special tribunal in Cambodia set up to examine atrocities under the rule of the Khmer Rouge had held its final hearing. The court rejected an appeal ...

There are few conversations in Cambodia that do not at some point turn to the three years, eight months, and 20 days under Khmer Rouge rule that began on April 17, 1975. This month, our cover ...

A new coffin-shaped structure topped with a clear plastic roof looms over the cremation site of Pol Pot in Anlong Veng, testament to the estimated two million Cambodian lives lost under his genocidal ...

Next, expand student understanding of the rule of the Khmer Rouge by watching the story "Cambodia: Pol Pot's Shadow" (about 24 minutes long). Help students focus their viewing by asking them to ...

A new coffin-shaped structure topped with a clear plastic roof looms over the cremation site of Pol Pot in Anlong Veng, a ...

At a ceremony to mark the 46th anniversary of the end of Khmer Rouge rule, Hun Sen hailed the day as Cambodia's "second birthday" and told authorities to protect the country's hard-won peace.

ODDAR MEANCHEY, Cambodia -- The shiny blue and white bus parked outside Hun Sen Trapeang Prasat High School in northwestern Cambodia's Oddar Meanchey province contrasted sharply with the dusty ...

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 ...