When the Khmer Rouge seized Cambodia, Western intellectuals dismissed reports of atrocities as propaganda. But French missionary Fr François Ponchaud persisted in exposing the regime’s horrors. With ...
He was fluent in the Cambodian language, Khmer, which he learned after arriving in the country in 1965. He began to compile stories from the Khmer Rouge killing fields. He added his own outrage ...
François Ponchaud, a French Catholic missionary priest whose book "Cambodia: Year Zero" helped draw global attention to the staggering atrocities committed by the radical communist Khmer Rouge in the ...
In a lively and vibrant classroom at Prey Totueng Primary School in Prey Chhor district, Kampong Cham Province, Grade 1 teacher Ms. Theary Heang is teaching a Khmer language class, engaging their ...
PHNOM PENH -- Cambodian political activists living in Thailand say they have gone into virtual hiding out of fear of arrest or worse, despite their prime minister, Hun Manet, insisting his ...
François Ponchaud, a French Catholic missionary priest whose book “Cambodia: Year Zero” helped draw global attention to the staggering atrocities committed by the radical communist Khmer ...
Read moreObama faces grim legacy of America's 'secret war' on landmark Laos trip This month, a Cambodian villager died in a landmine blast on his farm and two deminers were killed while trying to ...
The facility is owned by L.Y.P. Group, a conglomerate entirely run by the family of tycoon Ly Yong Phat, a Cambodian senator with close ties to Prime Minister Hun Manet. Though Ly Yong Phat ...