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KUALA LUMPUR: Prime Minister Dr Mahathir Mohamad today defended his political secretary, Muhammad Zahid Arip, whose name is mentioned in corruption ...

Our birth traumas mark us forever. We lug along behind us duffel bags full of somebody elses memories. So wrote Helen Motro, the child of Holocaust survivors.

An independent fiscal watchdog warns New York not to get too high on the idea of making major bucks early off the legalization of marijuana. The Citizens ...

QUEEN Elizabeth II is the longest reigning monarch in history, and at 92, is still working and active. So you'll never guess what she drinks each night before ...

The hemp legalization bill doesn't enact marijuana legalization, but it does allow non-psychoactive forms of cannabis.

Aston Martin's Valkyrie V12 makes a Honda VTEC seem about as free spinning as a Duramax diesel. Developed by legendary engineering house Cosworth this ...

We checked in with authors, poets and great literary minds to see what books they think everyone should read this holiday season.

All the #Cambodia #news you need to know for December 11, 2018. Cambodia English news, Cambodia business news, Cambodia news today, Cambodia ...

The ink had barely dried on the UN-backed Khmer Rouge Tribunal's verdict against Pol Pot's former henchmen when Cambodia's leader, Hun Sen, shockingly ...

Prime Minister Hun Sen congratulated 70th anniversary of Human Rights Day saying the country fully promoted rights and freedom of expression.

Eliza Griswold on the death of Christian missionary John Chau, who was killed last month while breaking the law in order to preach to indigenous people on ...

SQUATTING ON a UN refugee agency mat, clutching her listless two-year-old, Setera Bibi tells her story. Last year, at 4am on August 25th, the 23-year-old was ...

'Funan' director Denis Do discusses his animated pic, which won the Annecy International Animated Film Festival's prize for Best Feature.

The tide of public opinion might finally be turning against Juju, and this South Africa historian's stinging rebuke of the EFF's leader is a testament to that.

Chea Vannath is encouraging women to participate in tackling political and social issues. Ms Vannath, who was also director of the Centre for Social ...

But Mother Nature would have never envisioned that the continent would be the hotbed of brutality, bloodshed, and barbarism.

Vietnam and Cambodia offer a colourful culture, poignant history and verdant landscapes. These countries are ideally suited to travelling by water as many of ...

You are a con, Mr Malema, and the tragedy is that there are people who fall for your vile and populace drivel, writes Robin Binckes.

The country has seen massive protests over a law on special economic zones, projects that are almost certain to land in China's hands.

The International Coordinating Committee for the Safeguarding and Development of the Historic Site of Angkor (ICC-Angkor) kicked off its two-day plenary ...

Last month, the UN-backed Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (ECCC), more commonly known as the Khmer Rouge Tribunal, delivered a ...

How Republicans' lame-duck sessions in Wisconsin and Michigan compare.

On Friday, President George H.W. Bush died. In a hundred years George H.W. Bush will be ranked among America's greatest presidents. Maybe in the top five, ...

A performance depicting the atrocities of the Khmer Rouge regime was held on December 2, marking the 40th anniversary of the founding of the Kampuchean ...

The US military budget is such a bloated monstrosity that it contains accounting errors that could finance two-thirds of the cost of a government-run single-payer ...

I WOULD rather 10 guilty people escape than one innocent person suffer.' Sir Cliff Richard was very brave to say it aloud, given the tsunami of knee-jerk ...

40 years after the invasion that toppled the Khmer Rouge, it's clear China emerged the ultimate winner.

Tibetan religious leaders postpone conference, Buddhist groups aid wildfire victims, and Khmer Rouge leaders are found guilty of genocide.

ALBANY --- As the state moves closer to legalizing marijuana, a new coalition of black leaders is calling on Gov. Cuomo and the Legislature to design a law that ...

When refugees from Cambodia were blocked from entering Thailand and sent home to face death, the U.S. condemned it. Have we become Thailand?

STAFF from Furness General Hospital were among others seeking to transform the healthcare of Cambodia following the brutal regime of Pol Pot's.

BANGKOK — Cambodian and foreign investigating judges issued conflicting rulings on Wednesday on whether a United Nations-backed tribunal, which this ...

Often playing second fiddle to ancient Angkor Wat, Phnom Penh is Cambodia's first port of call when it comes to discovering the throbbing modern heart of this ...

The National Assembly on Monday launched The People's Struggle: Cambodia Reborn, a biography describing the early life and struggle of current National ...

The National Assembly yesterday launched the memoir of its president Heng Samrin, detailing his struggle to overthrow the Khmer Rouge regime and rebuild ...

After making major gains at the polls, Democratic legislators are re-energized to push forward a liberal agenda they believe can be enacted next year under Gov ...

Two top former Khmer Rouge leaders sentenced, The sentencing of the two senior most living leaders of the murderous Khmer Rouge regime of Kampuchea ...

Most of the policy proposals of socialists like Sen. Bernie Sanders or recently elected Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez could be those of any liberal ...

Welfare chauvinism is the creed of the Le Pens, Matteo Salvini, and Viktor Orbán — and also of Senator Sanders, Donald Trump, and much of the unfortunately ...

PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (New York Times) — Many of the foot soldiers for the Khmer Rouge remain in Cambodia's remote reaches, each with a chronicle of ...

Better late than never! This is what comes to mind when one reads the latest news from Phnom Penh, the Cambodian capital, where two leaders of the Khmer ...

Mansour Omari Translated from Arabic by Enab Baladi. “Uncertainty was the worst I have suffered. He who works hard, is forced to work to death, and he who ...

Last week the Khmer Rouge tribunal handed down a historic verdict against two elderly leaders of the regime that claimed at least 1.7 million lives, legally ...

In response to Ollie Wright: We must never forget Pol Pot, or his two million victims, Steve wrote: What is worse, the genocidal socialists like Mao, Pol Pot, ...

Netflix is particularly savvy at burying all its categorical key words; “biographical documentaries” isn't exactly a phrase or sub-genre that comes to mind ...

From the Pouy Ta Mok lookout high in the Dangrek Mountains, visitors can see for miles — a sweeping panorama of farms, forests, and bushfires. What the ...

PHNOM PENH – Last week, around four decades after a Vietnamese invasion ended the tyranny of the Khmer Rouge in Cambodia, a United Nations-backed ...

Sometimes justice comes late, but if the crime is terrible enough, the world should still pay attention. A United Nations tribunal has just found two of the most ...

No one understands the dysfunctions and debilitating impact of America's political system in the swamp better than Mark Melcher and Steve Soukup..12/13/2018 ...

Journalists watch the verdict for former Khmer Rouge leader Khieu Samphan shown on a live video broadcast on 16 November (Photo: Tang Chhin Sothy via ...

Former inmates facing deportation place their hope in California's outgoing governor.

It is the first time that any of Pol Pot senior officials of the Communist Party of Kampuchea have been convicted of genocide.

This month Cambodia commemorated its 65th Independence Day, the anniversary of the declaration by the late King Norodom Sihanouk on November 9, 1953.

UN-backed tribunal that convicted the last two surviving leaders of genocide faces closure without government's help. Associated Press. Sun 18 Nov 2018 21.12 ...

The comments of President Chandrika Bandaranaike Kumaratunga on her friend Ranil Wickremesinghe cited above reveals how history never fails to repeat ...

Chinese leader Xi Jinping will sit down with seven Pacific island allies Friday, doling out attention and perhaps some largesse in the hope of convincing more ...

PORT MORESBY, Papua New Guinea (AP) — A meeting of world leaders in Papua New Guinea has highlighted divisions between global powers the U.S. and ...

Florida senate race goes to hand recount ... May pushes on with Brexit plan despite broad opposition ... Zuckerberg claims he did not know about PR firm's ...

Court finds 1975-79 regime targeted Cham and Vietnamese people to create 'an atheistic and homogenous society without class divisions'

An international tribunal has convicted the last surviving leaders of the Khmer Rouge, which ruled Cambodia in a reign of terror in the 1970s, and sentenced ...

1. Pol Pot's deputy, Brother Number Two  Asia Times
2. Khmer Rouge leaders found guilty of Cambodia genocide  BBC News
3. Khmer Rouge leaders found guilty of genocide in Cambodia’s ‘Nuremberg’ moment  The Guardian
4. Khmer Rouge leaders found guilty of genocide in landmark ruling  CNN
5. Pol Pot's sidekicks guilty of genocide in Cambodia  The Australian
6. View full coverage on Google News

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Two surviving leaders of the Khmer Rouge regime in Cambodia were found guilty of genocide by an international tribunal, nearly four decades after the ...

Anti-Semitism is frequently viewed as “the canary in the coal mine.” It signals a more general climate of prejudice that manifests with an increasing hatred of ...

A potentially historic ruling on genocide by a tribunal in Cambodia on Friday could unsettle understandings of the past among Cambodians - and create a ...

Tribunal to decide Friday whether Nuon Chea and Khieu Samphan are guilty of genocide against Cham Muslims, Vietnamese.

In 1978, three young men on a gap year strayed into Cambodian waters and were discovered by members of the Khmer Rouge. Holly Baxter retraced the steps ...

The Vietnam War wounded America, but Iowans came together to help the victims of Pol Pot's Khmer Rouge in an overwhelming outpouring of charity in 1979.

Editor's Note: Milton Osbourne is one of Australia's leading authorities on Southeast Asia. His latest work, “Pol Pot Solved the Leprosy Problem: Remembering ...

His latest work, “Pol Pot Solved the Leprosy Problem: Remembering Colonial and Post-Colonial Worlds”, is a memoir of his days as a young diplomat in Phnom ...

The Khmer Rouge seized power in Cambodia after the civil war in 1975 with Pol Pot emerging as the communist regime's ruthless tyrant which set about wiping ...

Hun Sen, whose Cambodian People's Party took every seat in the national assembly in last month's elections, is the world's longest-serving prime minister ...

TOKYO -- As Cambodia comes to terms with many more years under the leadership of Hun Sen, the focus is now on his son Hun Manet, who is widely expecte.

PHNOM PENH, Cambodia — In a fiery speech more than three years ago Prime. Minister Hun Sen claimed credit for ridding his country of the Khmer Rouge, ...

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Those who call me Adolf Hitler's elder brother are Pol Pot's younger brothers, former President Mahinda Rajapaksa told a public meeting held at Sri ...

PM says that a brother-in-law of former Democratic Kampuchea Defence Minister Son Sen caused rifts among the Khmer Rouge movement leadership.

Prime Minister Hun Sen denounced the Cambodian Youth Party (CYP) on Wednesday for its “extremist” position on immigration in the Kingdom, even ...

PHNOM PENH — The United States has been busy in Cambodia these past few months, if Hun Sen's government is to be believed. Between trying to overthrow ...

The Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) has cautioned government officials against prematurely releasing information on ongoing back-channel talks ...

Only three people from an An Giang's commune survived the killings 40 years ago, according to historical records. - VnExpress International.

THE woman with her baby stares quietly into the camera, her passive gaze perhaps containing some knowledge of the unspeakable horrors that were about to ...

The Khmer Rouge leader's remote final resting place lies all but forgotten, yet many Cambodians cannot escape memories of his rule of terror.

The accounts of victims of Pol Pot's Khmer Rouge show how they were able to find justice and healing by breaking their silence and speaking on behalf of those ...

Research on profound human suffering requires more than intellectual understanding of legal and political mechanics. It requires a human journey that goes ...

The accounts of survivors of Pol Pot's Khmer Rouge show how they were able to find justice and healing by breaking their silence and speaking on behalf of ...

Anlong Veng, Cambodia — Twenty years ago on April 15, Pol Pot, the leader of one of the 20th century's most radical and murderous regimes that resulted in ...

Two decades have passed, but Mea Chron still stands by Pol Pot. Most days he also stands by the mass murderer's cremation site, keeping guard in the Khmer ...

On April 17, 1975, the residents of Cambodias capital Phnom Penh cheered and waved flags and streamers as black-shirted soldiers wearing red-chequered ...

COSTA MESA — “Cambodian Rock Band” by Lauren Yee, directed by Chay Yew with music by Dengue Fever, will be performed at South Coast Repertory, 655 ...

Visitors watch human skulls and bones of victims in Khmer Rouge regime on display at Choeung Ek memorial on the outskirts of Phnom Penh, Cambodia, ...

Now entering his 34th year in power, 65-year-old Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen has had more than half his life to refine and update the canonical story of ...

Pol Pot under house arrest in Combodia. 1998 - Pol Pot, the former leader of Cambodia's Khmer Rouge guerrilla group, has been tracked down and found sick, ...

Despite the “Do not disturb” sign tied to the fence — written in English, a rarity in this tranquil Cambodian backwater — the old man in the wooden garden cha.

MALAI, Cambodia — For years, Tep Khunnal was the devoted personal secretary of Pol Pot, staying loyal to the charismatic ultracommunist leader even as the ...

First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers is based on the 2000 memoir by activist and former child soldier Loung Ung.

Tens of thousands of young Vietnamese soldiers fought the Khmer Rouge, reports Kevin Doyle, but Hanoi doesn't commemorate them and Cambodia wants to ...

For most of his thirties, Cambodia's brutal dictator worked as a French teacher in Phnom Penh and his students adored him.

Originally published in the Guardian on 11 December 1979: Ousted leader admits that his regime made mistakes but maintains that only several thousand ...