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The Cambodian ambassador to the U.S. was thrilled when 30 antiquities were returned to his country by U.S. law enforcement authorities. Calls them the 'souls of our culture'.
Williams said organized looting networks — including looters affiliated with the Khmer Rouge — sent the statues to Douglas Latchford, a well-known antiquities dealer, who then sold them to ...
Garbed in black, the Khmer Rouge’s standard attire, the performers acted as executioners, swinging bamboo sticks at the heads of victims whose arms were bound behind their backs.
The Khmer Rouge’s rule in Cambodia marked one of the 20th century’s darkest periods, resulting in the deaths of millions. This video examines the roots of the regime, their brutal policies ...
Cambodian art history saw a momentous addition on November 4 at the Preah Srey Içanavarman Museum of Economy and Money (SOSORO). The museum has proudly acquired a second painting by celebrated Khmer ...
Sheltering in the shade of a bus repurposed into a mobile museum, Mean Loeuy tells a group of children about the hell he went through in a Khmer Rouge labour camp. About 10 kilometres (six miles ...
Fifty years ago, in April 1975, the Khmer Rouge forcibly evacuated all residents (including bedridden hospital patients) of Phnom Penh, Cambodia, and all other sizable population centers.
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...