The genocidal regime, led by the infamous Communist and ethnonationalist Pol Pot, ruled the nation from 1975 to 1979 - and the damage that it inflicted continues to shape Cambodia to this day.

Under draft legislation announced last week, anyone denying “the truth of the bitter past” could be imprisoned for up to five ...

Vietnam always values and gives high priority to strengthening its solidarity and comprehensive cooperation with Cambodia, ...

In 1975, soon after the Khmer Rouge, led by Pol Pot, grabbed power in Cambodia, Khieu Samphan, one of the group’s leaders who was then serving as deputy prime minister, visited China and met ...

North Vietnam annexed the South, ending a decade of conflict but in Cambodia the arrival of the Khmer Rouge resulted in disaster. Pol Pot and his henchmen inflicted unprecedented carnage ...

T he timing could not be more spot on for "Meeting With Pol Pot," Cambodian filmmaker Rithy Panh's quiet, powerful drama ...

Under the seven-article bill, people who ‘deny the truth of the bitter past’ will be jailed between one to five years and could face fines of $2,500 (10 million riel) to $125,000 ...

Next, expand student understanding of the rule of the Khmer Rouge by watching the story "Cambodia: Pol Pot's Shadow" (about 24 minutes long). Help students focus their viewing by asking them to ...

Cambodia’s government approved a draft law that will jail for five years anyone denying atrocities, including genocide, committed by the Khmer Rouge, a spokesman said today. The ultra-Maoist movement ...

Henry Kissinger, the great American statesman who has died at age 100, stands accused by his critics of many things, but perhaps the most outlandish is that he bears responsibility for the killing ...

Under the law, Khmer Rouge deniers can be charged and jailed for terms of one-five years and subjected to fines of US$2,500 ...

The draft was issued three months ahead of the 50th anniversary of the Khmer Rouge takeover of Cambodia on April 15, 1975 after five years of civil war. Under the leadership of the late Pol Pot, the ...