Starved to death When the Khmer Rouge took power, Yeang Chheang and his family were sent from Phnom Penh to a labor camp where his wife and baby son starved to death. Despite fearing for his life ...

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 ...

Cambodia has reached a new chapter in history: one where its culture is spreading to neighbouring countries and attracting ...

Cambodian lawmakers have approved a bill that will toughen penalties for anyone denying that atrocities were carried out in the late 1970s under the rule of the Khmer Rouge, whose brutal policies are ...

The Cambodian government still hasn’t offered a convincing explanation for why it is outlawing the “denial” of Khmer Rouge atrocities. On February 18, Cambodia’s Ministry of Justice ...

The measure comes a few months before the 50th anniversary of the Khmer Rouge seizure of power. For observers, the law could also be used to repress political dissent. Phnom Penh (AsiaNews ...

Cambodian politicians have approved a bill that will toughen penalties for anyone denying that atrocities were carried out by the Khmer Rouge in the 1970s. A statement from the National Assembly ...