The “mad genius” journalist scored an exclusive interview with the genocidal Cambodian leader and covered his show trial, another worldwide scoop.
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Plus Japan props up the yen and Cambodia concludes its Khmer Rouge trials.
In Cambodia, the Khmer Rouge Trials Come to an End
The last surviving leader of the regime that killed 1.7 million Cambodians lost his appeal on Thursday. Some victims think the long, expensive tribunal was a hollow exercise.
In Cambodia, Khmer Rouge Horrors Few Want to Remember
Two-thirds of Cambodians are under the age of 30 — born decades after the Khmer Rouge’s totalitarian terror and the American carpet-bombing campaign.
Cambodia’s Internet May Soon Be Like China’s: State-Controlled
Under a new decree, all web traffic will be routed through a government portal. Rights groups say a crackdown on digital expression is about to get worse.
Khmer Rouge Leader Appears in Court to Appeal Genocide Conviction
The trial is seen as the final stage of the long-running and expensive tribunal centered on the atrocities carried out in Cambodia during the 1970s.
Charged With Treason, a Genocide Survivor Opts to Fight, Not Flee
As a child, Theary Seng escaped Cambodia’s killing fields. After returning there as a human rights advocate, she angered the country’s strongman leader. But she refuses to be driven away again.
They Were Once Luxury Venues. Now They Are Grim Covid Camps.
As an outbreak seizes Cambodia, patients who test positive for the virus say they are being forced into quarantine centers that are more like makeshift prisons than hospitals.
Mao Ayuth, Filmmaker Who Survived the Khmer Rouge, Dies at 76
At a time when most artists were killed, he hid his background. Later he resumed his career and served in government. He died of complications of Covid-19.
Cambodians Demand Apology for Khmer Rouge Images with Smiling Faces
An Irish artist colorized portraits of Cambodian prisoners who were tortured, starved, beaten and killed. In some cases, he doctored the images to put smiles on their faces.