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“Bangsokol: A Requiem for Cambodia,” a symphonic work by composer Him Sophy and the first major such piece to address the Khmer Rouge genocide in the country, recently was released on Entertain…
Phnom Penh: While the Royal Cambodian Naval Base at Ream is once again in the international news, a keen-eyed history buff sent in the following post, which has been slightly…
Oddar Meanchey: Based on the views and recommendations of world-class design experts, Documentation Center of Cambodia (DC-Cam) plans to build a new memorial site in Anlong Veng. Through discussions with…
Phnom Penh: Former Deputy Chief of Central Area in Kampong Cham during the Khmer Rouge regine, Ao An, passed away on November 6, 2020 in Battambang province. This is according to…
A collection of Khmer Rouge images and photos found across social media and the internet. Mostly propaganda and personal images, not of the horrors faced by the people under the…
Pursat: Ek Sophal, 73, is the 6th of 7 brothers and sisters from Kampong Tralach district, Kampong Chhnang province. Sophal is married to Sokren, 50, and has five children. Sophal…
Phnom Penh: Neth Pheaktra, head of the Khmer Rouge tribunal’s Public Affairs Section, told the media on the evening of August 4, 2019, that the 93-year-old Nuon Chea, has died…
Jenna Grant first learned about the complexities of modern-day Cambodia while working on a World Health Organization project along the country’s northwest border with Thailand. There, she lived and worked with…
After years of civil war, Pol Pot’s Khmer Rouge regime invaded the Cambodian capital city on April 17, 1975. Dressed in black uniforms, the communist soldiers forced two million Phnom…
Lawyer for Khmer Rouge’s Nuon Chea was practising illegally, says Cambodian bar association, casting mistrial risk over historic verdict Victor Koppe is dismissed by a UN-backed tribunal in Cambodia after…
A statue representing the Cambodian-French friendship and the solidarity between French and Cambodian fighters who fought together in World War I. This statue was built in 1925, and dedicated the victims of…
The following is a list of some of the leading figures of the Khmer Issarak movement on the left and right from the 1940’s-1955. Many sources in French, English and…
The following article follows from PART ONE. The piecing together of the rebel movements becomes a little complicated, as there were various name changes, so the glossary of terms used…
The Khmer Rouge is by far the most recognized militant organization in Cambodian history- and rightly so considering the group’s murderous regime which began in 1975. However, the Khmer Rouge…
*Continuing from PART I , PART II, PART III, PART IV, and PART V Hang Thun Hak 14 Oct 1972 – 16 May 1973: 214 days Hang Thun Hak was born on August 21, 1926…
New York: A promising young writer and English teacher Kimarlee Nguyen died on April 5 from complications caused by COVID-19. She was aged 33. Much of her writing work was…
