The Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (ECCC) has shared a concept note on the establishment of the ECCC Legacy ...

Cambodia is hoping for three sites associated with the nation's darkest and most painful chapter under the Khmer Rouge regime to be approved and inscribed on UNESCO’s World Heritage List next month..

The Khmer Rouge atrocities are commemorated at museums and sites including Choeung Ek, a notorious former “Killing Field” in Phnom Penh, where an annual Day of Remembrance event is held.

On April 17,1975, a hardline Communist command led by Pol Pot swept into Phnom Penh and overthrew the US-backed military government of General Lon Nol. The Khmer Rouge went on to write the darkest ...

Cambodia marked on Thursday the 50th anniversary of the Khmer Rouge's march into Phnom Penh, though survivors of its genocidal rule were forbidden from praying before victims' skulls.

Back to homepage / Live news Silent killing fields 50 years on from Khmer Rouge atrocities. Phnom Penh (AFP) – Cambodia marked on Thursday the 50th anniversary of the Khmer Rouge's march into ...