In 1984, a new Cambodian government installed by the Vietnamese declared May 20, the day the genocide was said to begin, to be a “National Day of Hatred” for people to vent their anger against the ...

The official ceremony honoring the victims of what a UN-backed tribunal judged to be genocide was held at Choeung Ek, site of a Khmer Rouge “Killing Field” about 15 kilometers (10 miles) south of the ...

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 launched a four-year reign o… ...

Cambodian town hall officers offer prayer at a ceremony during an annual of Remembrance Day at Choeung Ek, a former Khmer Rouge "killing field," on the outskirt of Phnom Penh, Cambodia Tuesday ...

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.