The U.N.-backed tribunal was formed decades after the end of their reign, and several years after the death of feared Khmer Rouge leader Pol Pot, in 1998. Only three of the defendants below have ...
Twenty-seven years ago, as Pol Pot’s ashes were dumped in a remote paddock, Cambodia was the basket case of Southeast Asia, struggling with genocide and three decades of civil war that was still being ...
In the northern district of Anlong Veng, the final stronghold of the Khmer Rouge, a newly designed roof now shelters the modest tomb of Pol Pot, one of history’s most infamous figures. The project, ...
In response, Pol Pot insists that erasing the malign effects of Western imperialism and remaking a society requires harsh ...
It was not until 1999 that lasting peace set in, following the death of Pol Pot and the surrender of the last Khmer Rouge soldiers and final disbandment of their movement.
Pol Pot and his henchmen inflicted unprecedented carnage, genocide, forced labor camps, and sickness, claiming about 2 million lives, or about a third of this country’s population, after seizing ...
The strike caused large-scale fires within the petroleum, oil and lubricant (POL) storage area of the depot, reportedly taking several days to extinguish. A further strike was also reportedly ...
The strike caused large-scale fires within the petroleum, oil and lubricant (POL) storage area of the depot, reportedly taking several days to extinguish. A further strike was also reportedly ...