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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…
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…
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…
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…
On September 28-30, 1960, the Communist Party of Cambodia People’s Party Congress secretly met in a room in Phnom Penh train station. The General Assembly decided to reorganize the party’s…
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…
PHNOM PENH, CAMBODIA BY SOPHENG CHEANG AND GRANT PECK ASSOCIATED PRESS The tribunal judging the criminal responsibility of former Khmer Rouge leaders for the deaths of an estimated 1.7 million Cambodians…
On May 7, 1959, President Eisenhower sent the following personal message to Prince Sihanouk, who was, at the time in France. The letter was delivered to Nong Kimny for forwarding to Prince Sihanouk in…
On January 29, 1916, the first in a series of peasant rebellions broke out in protest at French colonial tax reforms. On January 29, 1972, Operation Angkor Chey began. The FANK…
On September 3, 1972, parliamentary elections were held, and the Social Republican Party (SRP) headed by Lon Non won 126 out of 126 seats in the National Assembly, after opposition political parties…
The two most senior Khmer Rouge leaders still alive today have been found guilty of genocide, almost 40 years since Pol Pot’s brutal communist regime fell, in a verdict followed by millions…
On June 25, 1952, the US Legation (opened in Phnom Penh on November 14, 1950 and initially operating from the Hotel Le Royal) was raised to Embassy status at which…
On February 12, 1949, Yem Sambaur formed a government as prime minister. On 13 February 1904, Melouprey and Tonle-Depo in the north were ceded by Siam to Cambodia. On February 13, 1962…
November 21, 1979, Khao-I-Dang Holding Center, prepared by UNHCR on a few days notice, opened for refugees crossing the Thai border. On November 21, 2011, the ECCC tribunal began Case 002…
On July 16, 1993, Christian Science Monitor published a story titled ‘UN Peacekeeping Effort Breaking Down in Cambodia‘. On July 16, 1997, The New York Times quoted a UN source…
*This originally was published in CAMDEN NEW JOURNAL in 2017 London: When the Khmer Rouge took over the Cambodian government in 1975, the effects would ripple around the globe –…
