Former Khmer Rouge prison chief of S-21, Kaing Guek Eav (C), better known as "Duch", stands in the dock of the court room at the Extraodinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia in Phnom Penh. Cambodia ...

Despite the deaths of at least 1.7 million people under their brutal regime, only five top leaders of Cambodia's Khmer Rouge have ever been charged. The U.N.-backed tribunal was formed decades after ...

Following the war in Vietnam in the 1970s, thousands of people immigrated to the Bronx, including many fleeing the Khmer Rouge communist regime. Moui Nguyen and Choeum Chy were among those who made ...

People who start their regime by vacating a capital city probably have some disturbing plans. Fifty years ago, in April 1975, the Khmer Rouge forcibly evacuated all residents (including bedridden ...

Phnom Penh, the Cambodian capital, fell to the genocidal Khmer Rouge 40 years ago today At least 1.7 million people were killed in the subsequent four years, before the regime was driven out Decades ...

The special tribunal in Cambodia set up to examine atrocities under the fanatical rule of the Khmer Rouge has held its final hearing, upholding the 2018 conviction for genocide and crimes against ...

Lian Cheun shares a deep passion for teaching young people to be socially conscious, politically active, and empowering them to make a difference in their communities – especially in Long Beach. With ...

The ultra-Maoist Khmer Rouge ruled Cambodia from 1975 to 1979 under the leadership of "Brother Number One" Pol Pot The Khmer Rouge’s interrogator-in-chief Kaing Guek Eav, better known by his alias ...