Orange-clad Cambodian monks and women with red-and-blue sashes representing the national flag bless and welcome a 1-ton ...

Khmer Rouge forces collect weapons left behind by retreating soldiers as they enter Phnom Penh on April 17, 1975. Roland Neveu/LightRocket via Getty Images On April 17, 1975, tanks rolled into the ...

She's been following Cambodia pretty much since the Khmer Rouge were forced out by the Vietnamese. Ms. COLM: It's good to see Duch finally brought to trial. He in many ways is the face of the ...

The trial of one of the surviving leaders of the Khmer Rouge starts Tuesday in Cambodia, a day many thought would never come. Phnom Penh's infamous Tuol Sleng prison was packed over the weekend with ...

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 ...

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 ...

PHNOM PENH, Cambodia — Cambodian lawmakers on Tuesday unanimously approved a bill that will toughen penalties for anyone denying that atrocities were carried out in the late 1970s under the rule of ...

Bo Uce still vividly remembers his experiences as a child soldier under the Khmer Rouge in Cambodia — the freezing nights, the constant hunger, the violence. He doesn’t talk much about his past. But ...

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PAILIN, Cambodia – Police arrested the top surviving Khmer Rouge leader today, taking Nuon Chea to appear before a U.N-backed genocide tribunal for his role in the 1970s Cambodian regime blamed for ...

The Khmer Rouge on Friday rejected United Nations claims that everything is set for elections in Cambodia and said they will refuse to accept the outcome. "We could not accept to be killed, swallowed ...

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 ...