| 单词 | Khmer |
| 例句 | Met Bong says he is the one responsible for bringing the Khmer Rouge to power. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z People gasp when, in the next moment, one Youn smiles and says in broken Khmer, “Chump reap suor,” which means “hello.” First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Kim says the Khmer Rouge terror has taken a new toll. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z I’m also afraid of stepping on a landmine, which the villagers say Khmer Rouge soldiers plant after an attack, maiming and killing people long after they have fled. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Like me, she wears the Khmer Rouge clothes. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z We are in the middle of nowhere and are highly vulnerable to a Khmer Rouge attack. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z But the land is dry, having been neglected during the Khmer Rouge rule, and produces hardly any fruit. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z The bombings destroyed many villages and killed many people, allowing the Khmer Rouge to gain support from the peasants and farmers. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Three years living under the Khmer Rouge regime has taught us that some things are better left unsaid. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Many people step on landmines and die on the way or are captured by the Khmer Rouge. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Since the Khmer Rouge takeover of Phnom Penh, I have heard of Pol Pot but I never knew exactly what his position with the Angkar was. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z I have not heard anyone laugh genuinely since the Khmer Rouge takeover. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z They say the Youns marched into Cambodia only three weeks ago, on January 25, and through their artillery power and army defeated the Khmer Rouge, sending Pol Pot and his men running into the jungles. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z The Khmer Rouge are less likely to recruit him if they know he has a wife who will give sons to the Angkar. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Under the bright green and blue plastic tents vendors sell everything from fabrics with stripes, paisley, and flowers to books in Chinese, Khmer, English, and French. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z A few months after Khouy and Meng left, rumors that the Youns, or Vietnamese, have tried to invade Cambodia cause the Khmer Rouge to take many teenage boys and girls from their homes. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Furthermore, the Khmer Rouge cadres were different in every province. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Despite the Khmer Rouge ban on religion, they are able to continue to practice Buddhism in secret. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z “He was the Khmer Rouge soldier in my village. He killed my husband and baby! I will avenge them!” First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z “Our Khmer soldiers today killed five hundred Youns trying invade our country! The Youns have many more soldiers, but they are stupid and are cowards! One Khmer soldier can kill ten Youns!” First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z His voice quivering, he tells her the Khmer Rouge soldiers are crossing the river and will be upon them any minute. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z “We have decided that this Khmer Rouge will be executed for his crimes. His blood will avenge the innocent people he has slaughtered. We are asking for volunteers to be the executioners.” First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Since the Khmer Rouge planted so many landmines and drew no maps of where these mines are, now many people are injured or killed traversing these areas. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z In the midst of the crowd, our wagon passes the Khmer Rouge village without stopping. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z She is a year older than I was when the Khmer Rouge took over the country three years ago. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z In Khmer I address the supervisor as “comrade elder sister” with as much strength in my voice as I can muster. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z I eat with great anxiety and urgency, fearing the Khmer Rouge soldiers will come and take it all away from me. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z In slow motion, my skin decomposes until there is nothing left and it mixes with the dirt, becoming Khmer Rouge top- soil. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z While I pretend to listen, I wonder why the Khmer Rouge fears the Youns if we can defeat them. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z There have been rumors in the village that Pa was not killed in a Khmer Rouge mass execution. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z “I know this Khmer Rouge soldier!” she screams. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Seven months after the Khmer Rouge forcefully evacuated us from our home in Phnom Penh we arrive in the village of Ro Leap. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Anxiety spreads through my body at the sight of the Khmer Rouge soldiers. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Last month, in another part of the forest the Khmer Rouge razed to create more farmland, I found an armadillo curled up in ball, its shell burnt and crisp. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z It seems as if every three months the Khmer Rouge has either increased or decreased our food ration without warning or explanation. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Many hours later as we approach Vietnam, the fisherman, in broken Khmer, tells us to lie on the floor and keep our heads down. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z My eyes follow a certain Youn in a green camouflage uniform as he openly approaches a young Khmer woman in black pajama clothes. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z We do not know whether they were supporters of the Khmer Rouge or if they were base people. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z The Khmer Rouge soldiers believe that eating the livers of their enemy will give them strength and power. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z He is dark and wears the black clothes of the Khmer Rouge—the black clothes I still wear. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z They were awakened by gunshots fired into the distant sky by the Khmer Rouge, but I was so tired I slept through it. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z People say the Khmer Rouge buried corpses next to them and now the palm milk is pink like thin blood and the fruit tastes like human flesh. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Then one Khmer Rouge soldier roughly jerks a bag off of one man’s shoulder and dumps its contents on the ground. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Four years ago, on April 17, 1975, the Khmer Rouge took over Phnom Penh, a course that eventually brought us here to Pursat. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z “The Khmer Rouge lied. They have won the war, and we cannot go back. You must stop thinking we can go back. You have to forget Phnom Penh.” First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Every once in a while, a group of Khmer Rouge soldiers attacks a random village, raids the houses, kills a few people, and then ducks back into the woods. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Ma also has to be extra careful because she speaks Khmer with a Chinese accent. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Through his wet eyelashes, he sees two Khmer Rouge soldiers, their rifles slung across their backs. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z The first-class citizenry comprises the chief, who has authority over the whole village, his aides, and the Khmer Rouge soldiers. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z In a Khmer Rouge hospital, people moaned and whimpered in pain but did not scream. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Her faded black Khmer Rouge pajama clothes hang loosely on her thin body as her back bends over the garden. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Before long, a group of Khmer Rouge soldiers come by and yell at us to keep moving. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z The Khmer Rouge’s Kampuchea does not permit the celebration of the New Year or any other holidays. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z The “enemy,” a Khmer Rouge soldier or a wild beast, a monster or a ghostly man-creature, comes after me with knives, guns, axes, machetes. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Stories about victims of the Khmer Rouge attack spread like fire. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Many Cambodians are trekking on foot to the north, crossing dangerous mined fields and Khmer Rouge control zones, with little food and water, to go to Thailand. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z The Khmer Rouge soldiers surely feel these people betrayed them by staying with the Youns.” First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Glancing at my own, I wonder when I will also get out of the Khmer Rouge uniform and into some colorful clothes. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z One of the groups, a secret Communist faction—the Khmer Rouge—launched an armed struggle against the Cambodian government. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z “No, your uncles talked the chief into arranging for us to be picked up by a Khmer Rouge truck. The truck will take us to Battambang. That is where your grandmother lives.” First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z They are all base people and the Khmer Rouge cadres. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Our Khmer soldiers gut the Youns with knives, spilling their insides on the dirt. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Pure Khmer have curly black hair, flat noses, full lips, and dark chocolate skin. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Though risky because the Khmer Rouge may still control sections of the route, we will travel by foot again and hope to be reunited with our relatives. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Sensing my fear, Kim tells me the route Meng took to Vietnam is very safe, and does not cross any Khmer Rouge zones. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z They carried steel bars, axes, knives, wooden stakes, and hammers— all the weapons used by the Khmer Rouge soldiers to kill their victims. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z While sitting outside on the deck, we are not to speak Khmer or Chinese-—only Vietnamese—and we cannot make friends or form bonds with anyone outside the family. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z The soldiers were moving them up the mountain where they would be under total Khmer Rouge control, isolated from the world and cut off from all the escape routes. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Among the many crimes that exist in the Khmer Rouge society, bartering for food is viewed as an act of treason. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Our trail takes us on a gravel road along Route 26 westward until we reach the Khmer Rouge-occupied village of Bat Deng. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Now the Khmer Rouge has won the war and its government is called “the Angkar.” First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z All the stories I have heard of how the Khmer Rouge kill their victims come back to me. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Ahead of us in the line, Khmer Rouge soldiers yell something to the crowd, but I cannot hear what they say. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Furthermore, they fear the Khmer Rouge might come to power again and kill more people until no one is left. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z We spend the night in the dark, afraid that any light might signal our whereabouts to the Khmer Rouge soldiers. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z The Angkar wants to rid Democratic Kampuchea of other races, deemed the source of evil, corruption, and poison, so that people of the true Khmer heritage can rise to power again. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Only then will we be worthy to call ourselves Khmer. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z The water washes away the dirt, but it will never put out the fire of hate I have for the Khmer Rouge. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Because of silence, over one million people perished during the reign of terror by the Khmer Rouge. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z He describes how two Khmer men in their early thirties stepped forward and took the prisoner from the Youns as the crowd cheered again. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z She still wore the black Khmer Rouge pajama shirt and pants, but her hair was growing out of the blunt Khmer Rouge cut. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z It is easier to feel no pity for the dead if I think of them as all Khmer Rouge. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z They are the same size as our Khmer men and are similarly built, not like the Barang, with light skin and a thin nose, like I saw in Phnom Penh. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z The village men say the Khmer Rouge soldiers are all around us, some even hiding in the village or in nearby woods. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z For a year while I was at the camp, Met Bong told me everyday the Youns were attacking Cambodia and that the mighty Khmer Rouge army would defeat them. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Uncle Leang and Uncle Heang say that since the Khmer Rouge have won the war, the soldiers removed the old village chief and replaced him with a Khmer Rouge cadre. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z It fascinates me to see the Youns courting girls in public, for in the Khmer culture these things are done in secret. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Pa says Geak will not become the Khmer Rough’s next victim because the chief likes him. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Pa does not fear the Khmer Rouge soldiers will want Meng to join the army because he is physically weak, so Pa allows him to stay unmarried. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z The rain was, and still remains, our friend, even under the Khmer Rouge. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Though we are afraid, Met Bong tells us the Khmer soldiers will keep them away from us. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z All the songs are about worshiping the powerful leader of the Angkar, Pol Pot, the glory of Angkar society, and the unbeatable Khmer soldiers. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z They tell tales of Pa forming his own army, trying to recruit more soldiers to fight the Khmer Rouge. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z In the eastern provinces, the Khmer Rouge cadres were more moderate and humane: the work hours were generally shorter, the food rations were larger, and the soldiers did not kill the villagers indiscriminately. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z “Do you have anything for me?” he asks, smiling, in broken Khmer. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Among the villagers there have been many discussions about the Khmer Rouge closing in on us. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z The Khmer Rouge considers them uncorrupted model citizens for their new society. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z To instill a sense of loyalty to the Angkar and break what the Khmer Rouge views as an inadequate urban work ethic, the new people are given the hardest work and the longest hours. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Having lost all hope of escaping the Khmer Rouge, many went to the infirmary to die. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z I wonder what happened to the mighty Khmer Rouge soldiers. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z After I finish my small portion, I lie back down and leave the world of the Khmer Rouge soldiers behind. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z How fearful she must be now—if she is alive—that the Youns, our enemy, have invaded Kampuchea, and as a result, stopped the Khmer Rouge from killing more Cambodians. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z They come to Phnom Penh to escape the Khmer Rouge, who still control parts of the countryside. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Keav, and now Pa, one by one, the Khmer Rouge is killing my family. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z In the midst of the crowd, I overhear the Khmer men discussing how the Youns are there to protect us. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z The Khmer Rouge body convulses and trembles, as if electricity is traveling to the legs, arms, and fingers. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z In a voice full of fury and adulation, Met Bong yells out, “Angkar is all- powerful! Angkar is the savior and liberator of the Khmer people!” First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Opposite the soldiers, Pa straightens his shoulders, and for the first time since the Khmer Rouge takeover, he stands tall. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Every night we praise and commend Pol Pot and his Red Khmer soldiers for defeating the enemy. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z A Khmer Rouge soldier comes over to us. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Khmer girls swim either with their long sarong wrapped tightly around their chest or are fully clothed. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Every night she told us that a Khmer Rouge soldier could kill twenty Youn soldiers because our soldiers are better and braver fighters. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Holding on to my hate for the Khmer Rouge also allows me to go on living the mundane details of life. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z The Khmer Rouge believes one individual should not have what the rest of the country does not have. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z The Khmer Rouge soldier sneers at the man and pushes him to another Khmer Rouge soldier standing beside him. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z “He was a Khmer Rouge soldier. He deserved to die. Too bad they are not ali dead,” I say vehemently to Pithy. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z The new Khmer have better words for eating, sleeping, working, stranger; all designed to make us equal. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z The rockets have stopped, but the Khmer Rouge soldiers are getting closer. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Those with the most “currency” can cross from the food section to the book section, where old Khmer, Chinese, French, or English dictionaries and novels can be bought with several kilograms of rice. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Taking long, casual strides, they walk without fear as we did in Cambodia before the Khmer Rouge. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z On this day, all is quiet and yet I nervously put one foot in front of the other, my eyes scanning the trees and bushes around me for signs of the Khmer Rouge. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Later on we hear the Khmer Rouge soldiers had killed two people inside the temple and wounded many more. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z I begin my school day in a French class; in the afternoon, it’s Chinese; and in the evening, I am busy with my Khmer class. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z He reports that when the villagers heard about this, hundreds of them rushed to the jail and demanded that the Khmer Rouge soldier be released to them. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z It is two years since the Khmer Rouge rolled into Phnom Penh with their trucks; four months since the soldiers took Pa away and Kim became head of our household. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z As the Youns moved closer and closer, Khmer Rouge soldiers pushed them farther into the jungle. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z The new arrivals told him of the evacuation and how the Khmer Rouge forced everyone to leave all the cities, including Phnom Penh, Battam- bang, and Siem Reap. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z They look like an older version of the Khmer Rouge soldiers that stormed into our city, except they do not carry guns. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z He tells us that the Youns have retaken our village from the Khmer Rouge a few hours ago. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Before they fall asleep that night, my brothers practice jumping out of the second floor to plan their escape route in case of a Khmer Rouge attack. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z He says the Khmer Rouge government views science, technology, and anything mechanical as evil and therefore must be destroyed. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z He says somehow the Youns have captured a Khmer Rouge soldier and are holding him there. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z The background depicts villagers throwing stones at her as she runs away while trying to cover her head with a traditional Khmer scarf called a “kroma.” First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z In the Khmer Rouge agrarian society, only good workers are valuable, all others are expendable. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z In the morning, we will leave with only the clothes in our bags, trek down the mountain, and wait for a Khmer Rouge truck to pick us up. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Khouy, who is only sixteen, does not want to, but Pa says he must to stay out of the Khmer Rouge army. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Met Bong picks a rifle from the pile, the same kind I have seen many times before on the shoulders of the Khmer Rouge soldiers. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Even as a ten-year-old boy he understood how brave our uncle was to beg the new Khmer Rouge village chief to permit us to stay. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z As a Khmer Rouge soldier approaches us, my stomach twists into tight knots. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Maybe the Khmer Rouge’s power is just another one of Pol Pot’s many lies. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z I know she has to be one of “those” Vietnamese girls everyone always gossips about, because no Khmer or Chinese girl would wear such a thing. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z The Khmer Rouge government also bans the practice of religion. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z A group of five or six Khmer Rouge soldiers walk on either side of the villagers. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Mr. Panh and Him Sophy, the composer of the new work, see art as a necessary part of healing from a tragedy on the scale of the Cambodian genocide by the Khmer Rouge. Genocide Survivors Compose a Requiem for Cambodia 2017-12-13T05:00:00Z Was it good for the rest of the surviving Khmer Rouge, including Hun Sen and his crowd? Mass Murder Relies on People Like Us: An Interview With Thierry Cruvellier 2014-05-16T04:00:00Z After consulting his prophet in Nigeria, he paid a Khmer boy to collect two bottles of water, one from the Mekong River and another from a filthy urban lake. Modern Love: The Hardest Lesson to Learn 2011-02-04T18:20:03Z The documentary "Don't Think I've Forgotten: Cambodia's Lost Rock and Roll" recounts the Phnom Penh pop scene, from Cambodia's independence from France in 1953 until the Khmer Rouge's reign of terror in the 1970s. 'Don't Think I've Forgotten' a deft look back at Cambodia's pop scene Among those influences was the ancient Hindu Cham kingdom, which dominated central Vietnam from the seventh century, and was powerful enough to rival and assault the Khmer kingdom of Angkor in the 12th century. In Vietnam, Street Food Moves From Sidewalk to Storefront 2015-05-23T04:00:00Z Besides the epic poems, the new book also features photos of Khmer Rouge-era Cambodia and of refugee camps in Thailand. Late Mass. monk's poems recall Khmer Rouge horrors 2010-03-20T23:01:00Z Their efforts are part of a global push to recover hundreds of Khmer and pre-Khmer artifacts that made their way around the world as a result of decades of looting. U.S. Returns 30 Reportedly Looted Cambodian Antiquities 2022-08-08T04:00:00Z His daughter subsequently returned more than 125 of his Khmer statues and other ancient items to Cambodia under a negotiated agreement. Cambodia Says It Has Recovered Looted Gold Jewelry Once Worn by Royals 2023-02-20T05:00:00Z Many of the canals, or khlongs, “were made since the ancient Khmer empire and we just took them over and built on the system, and it was the superhighway of the nation,” he said. Taking to the River in Thailand 2018-04-10T04:00:00Z “Cannot believe it’s real. Smiling scenery so appealing,” are the Khmer lyrics of “Florida, Florida”, sung in a slow and sentimental style. U.S. turns to music in bid to woo Cambodians 2018-03-07T05:00:00Z After the Khmer Rouge withdrew and his master died, Mr. Seng, through an interpreter, said that he realized how important he was to the survival of the tradition, and devoted himself to reviving it. A Consolation of Voices: At the Park Avenue Armory, Mourning the World Over 2016-09-11T04:00:00Z Taken literally, the phrase “nyum bai” is Khmer for “eat rice.” A Cambodian Refugee Cooks From Memory at Nyum Bai 2018-09-21T04:00:00Z A heart-wrenching personal account of the Khmer Rouge genocide of the 1970s, it relies on clay figures, dioramas, archival footage and a poetic French-language narration to tell its story. Carpetbagger: Divisions in the Foreign-Language Category 2014-01-16T16:09:55Z It is closely related to the early Khmer style. Review: Lifting Hazy Veils From Centuries of Vietnamese Art 2010-02-26T18:30:00Z My mom was a schoolteacher, living in Phnom Penh when the Khmer Rouge took over Cambodia on April 17, 1975. “A woman with the heart of a tiger”: My mother risked everything to flee from the Khmer Rouge with her children 2015-06-19T04:00:00Z In July, the U.S. attorney embraced the credibility of “Lion” when prosecutors cited him in court papers connected to the return of a Khmer statue, “Skanda on a Peacock,” which he says he looted. Cambodia Says the Met Museum Has Dozens of Its Looted Antiquities 2021-10-24T04:00:00Z Latchford, was perhaps the world’s leading collector of Cambodian antiquities and every corner of his apartment in Bangkok featured a statue of a Khmer deity too valuable to risk to horseplay. With a Gift of Art, a Daughter Honors, if Not Absolves, Her Father 2021-01-29T05:00:00Z Cambodian officials said they would take custody of 28 of the items, many dating back to the ninth century and the rise of the Khmer Empire. Netscape Founder Gives Up $35 Million in Art Said to Be Stolen 2022-01-12T05:00:00Z The former Khmer Rouge cadre was a somewhat unpromising 30-something with one eye—he lost the other in battle—when the Vietnamese installed him as prime minister in 1985. Miracle or mirage? 2014-11-13T05:00:00Z Dengue Fever has inspired young artists like Mam, whose career in Khmer music began when she heard its music in college. Cambodian Music Festival salutes tradition, new artists paving the way 2014-07-26T04:00:00Z All this in an area of Cambodia occupied by the Khmer Rouge as recently as 1995. Cambodia, in and Around Kep, Open but Undeveloped 2012-03-02T23:24:36Z King Norodom Sihanouk, who died in October, led the country between independence and the time before the Khmer Rouge took over. Cambodia fest in NYC weaves art over rough history 2013-04-12T04:13:08Z Queen’s Deli, located in the heart of Seattle’s Cambodian community, is an absolute gem of a place, perfect for exploring Khmer cuisine. Cambodian delights at Queen’s Deli 2013-08-29T20:32:10Z In April 1970, two Americans left the Cambodian capital, Phnom Penh, on motorbikes, heading for the Kampong Cham province to look for Khmer Rouge guerrillas. 'The Road to Freedom': 2 vanish in Cambodia 2011-09-30T21:37:06Z After four years, the Khmer Rouge were overthrown. “A woman with the heart of a tiger”: My mother risked everything to flee from the Khmer Rouge with her children 2015-06-19T04:00:00Z "First They Killed My Father" is about the 1970s Khmer Rouge regime under which more than 1 million people died. Angelina Jolie 'upset' over backlash to Cambodia film casting process 2017-07-31T04:00:00Z As Toek Tik recounts it, he was a teenage foot soldier for the genocidal Khmer Rouge in Cambodia in the late 1970s when he first realized that looting ancient statues could be a lucrative trade. He Sold Away His People’s Heritage. He’s in the Jungle to Get It Back. 2021-11-21T05:00:00Z In a statement to The Times, the Denver museum said it had decided on Sept. 1 to give up four Khmer items associated with Latchford “and is actively discussing their return with U.S. officials.” Cambodia Says the Met Museum Has Dozens of Its Looted Antiquities 2021-10-24T04:00:00Z We liked out-of-the-way places; my research often took us to absurd locations like the Democratic Republic of Congo near rebel-held territory or old Khmer Rouge bases on the Thai-Cambodian border. How Doing Nothing Became the Ultimate Family Vacation 2015-05-01T04:00:00Z Panh's film, based on his nightmarish memoir "The Elimination," documents his own family's experience under the heavy-handed Communist Party's Khmer Rouge that resulted in the death of his parents and sisters. Cambodian film on Pol Pot rule wins Cannes prize 2013-05-25T18:43:08Z When Ung asks her father why the Khmer Rouge are acting so violently, he answers simply, “Because they are destroyers of things.” 25 Great Books by Refugees in America 2017-01-30T05:00:00Z The tales depicted in shows are based on a Khmer version of the Ramayana, the Sanskrit epics of ancient India. Coronavirus brings curtain down on Cambodia shadow puppet theatre 2020-05-14T04:00:00Z For instance, the woman hired by the U.N. to handle Khmer Rouge victims at the Duch trial was an unrepentant Maoist. Mass Murder Relies on People Like Us: An Interview With Thierry Cruvellier 2014-05-16T04:00:00Z Headlining will be L.A.'s own Dengue Fever, whose propulsive blend of psychedelic rock and Khmer song has been filling dance floors around the world for more than a decade. Cambodian Music Festival salutes tradition, new artists paving the way 2014-07-26T04:00:00Z The effort included 15 workshops offering free legal services and guidance through the citizenship application process in English, Korean, Vietnamese, Mandarin, Khmer, Chinese and Spanish. Fearing deportation, Asian immigrants in America obtain U.S. citizenship 2017-12-21T05:00:00Z Although he absorbed Khmer culture from his family, most of his friends were steeped in urban musical culture. Cambodian Music Festival salutes tradition, new artists paving the way 2014-07-26T04:00:00Z The title “The Missing Picture” was partly inspired by Panh’s search for a photograph of an execution that a Khmer Rouge guard once told him about. Cambodia Vies for 1st Oscar With Missing Picture 2014-02-27T08:24:29Z In the last decade, the Met and a few American museums have returned other Khmer items based on evidence of looting. Cambodia Says the Met Museum Has Dozens of Its Looted Antiquities 2021-10-24T04:00:00Z In fact, there is no word for “gay” in Khmer. Next Stop: Siem Reap, Cambodia, Welcomes Gay Travelers 2010-03-19T18:51:00Z Latchford, a British-Thai businessman who had become a leading collector, scholar and dealer in Khmer art — and would later be indicted as an illegal trafficker of Cambodian artifacts. Cambodia Says It’s Found Its Lost Artifacts: in Gallery 249 at the Met 2022-08-18T04:00:00Z Every time I hear the words Khmer Rouge I get a little emotional. Late Mass. monk's poems recall Khmer Rouge horrors 2010-03-20T23:01:00Z Khmer men who visit gay saunas often conceal their faces behind motorcycle helmets until they’re safely inside. Next Stop: Siem Reap, Cambodia, Welcomes Gay Travelers 2010-03-19T18:51:00Z Two gifts were the torsos of massive, twin stone statues, the Kneeling Attendants, that guarded the doorway to Gallery 249, which focused on Khmer art. Cambodia Says It’s Found Its Lost Artifacts: in Gallery 249 at the Met 2022-08-18T04:00:00Z Duch wasn’t one of the masterminds, but he was their zealous servant, and he was entrusted with the command of S-21, the prison where Khmer Rouge cadres were sent to be purged. Mass Murder Relies on People Like Us: An Interview With Thierry Cruvellier 2014-05-16T04:00:00Z The Khmer Rouge murdered close to two million Cambodians in that period. Mass Murder Relies on People Like Us: An Interview With Thierry Cruvellier 2014-05-16T04:00:00Z The museum adjoins the Royal University of Fine Arts, both of which were closed in the 1970s under the brutal Khmer Rouge dictatorship. Browsing Boutiques in a Creative Corner of Phnom Penh 2014-10-22T04:00:00Z When a military coup in 1970 begot a government unfriendly to Communists, civil war ensued, presaging the ascendance of Pol Pot and the Communist Khmer Rouge in 1975. Review: ‘Angkor Awakens,’ a Blistering Account of Cambodia’s Painful Past 2017-05-03T04:00:00Z Children who committed crimes under the direction of the Khmer Rouge have not been prosecuted. He Sold Away His People’s Heritage. He’s in the Jungle to Get It Back. 2021-11-21T05:00:00Z He set out to sell them to Cambodian and Thai traders, including a Khmer Rouge official that the Cambodian research team refers to only as Sleeping Giant. He Sold Away His People’s Heritage. He’s in the Jungle to Get It Back. 2021-11-21T05:00:00Z Because R.F.K. has ended the Vietnam War early, Pol Pot never comes to power in Cambodia, and the Khmer Rouge massacres are averted. Books of The Times: With a Few Tweaks, Shaking Up History 2011-02-28T23:16:12Z The Vietnamese were trying to justify their occupation by memorializing the horrors of the Khmer Rouge. Impossible to Forget: Phnom Penh, Cambodia 2011-01-07T19:55:00Z Mr. Pich, who lived through the Khmer Rouge years as a child, resists defining his work autobiographically but acknowledges in it traces of his own and his country’s past. Art in Review: ‘Cambodian Rattan: The Sculptures of Sopheap Pich’ 2013-05-02T19:18:48Z The Khmer ruled a wide swath of Southeast Asia from the ninth to the 15th centuries, and their dedication to art and architecture is best embodied in the famous temples of Angkor Wat in Cambodia. Along the Mekong River, a Timeless Place Where Time Marches On 2017-04-04T04:00:00Z From his Khmer Mekong Films studios here, Matthew Robinson and his staff create made-for-television tales of everyday people living exceptional lives. Television: Cambodians Get a Taste of Western Television 2011-06-01T15:26:40Z In the late 20th century, amid decades of conflict and genocide, hundreds if not thousands of Khmer icons of all sizes were looted from Cambodia and sold illicitly overseas. Looking for a Stolen Idol? Visit the Museum of the Manhattan D.A. 2021-11-17T05:00:00Z Says Arn with a dawning realization in the book, “I understand now: the music, the Khmer Rouge make us play so no one can hear the killing.” The Chilling Truths Behind Patricia McCormick’s YA Novels 2012-07-06T14:00:51Z The Khmer Rouge endured in Kampot through much of the 90s, much later than other parts of the country, and almost every person I met lost at least one close family member or friend. Cambodia, in and Around Kep, Open but Undeveloped 2012-03-02T23:24:36Z Many of the Cambodians in attendance at the Brooklyn Academy will be hearing some of their country’s traditional instruments, which were forbidden under Khmer Rouge rule, for the first time. Genocide Survivors Compose a Requiem for Cambodia 2017-12-13T05:00:00Z But the museum had earlier released a statement acknowledging that the Sotheby’s case had “spurred interest in a similar Khmer statue owned by the Norton Simon Art Foundation.” Cambodia Now Seeking Return of Norton Simon Statue 2012-09-29T01:30:53Z His family had fled Phnom Penh, the Cambodian capital, in 1975 as the Khmer Rouge was closing in, and made their way on foot, with seven children, to Vietnam. Angkor Cambodian Bistro Explores Southeast Asia, Gently 2016-03-17T04:00:00Z Cambodia initially tried to negotiate a private deal with Sotheby’s in which a Hungarian collector of Khmer art would buy the antiquity for $1 million and present it to Cambodia as a good-will gesture. Ancient Cambodian Statue Is Seized From Sotheby?s 2012-04-04T22:34:17Z His morning-glory series, for instance, alluded to his family's years of hunger under the Khmer Rouge. Cambodian artist evokes tumult of his homeland 2011-11-17T20:35:05Z In 2000 dance, like all the arts in Cambodia, was rebuilding after the chaos and destruction of the Khmer Rouge years. Film: ?Dancing Across Borders? From Anne Bass 2010-03-20T04:29:00Z Laura Mam's soulful Khmer songs, which she accompanies on guitar, have earned her a sizable audience in her family's homeland. Cambodian Music Festival salutes tradition, new artists paving the way 2014-07-26T04:00:00Z Mam knew her parents had fled the Khmer Rouge — a communist-inspired movement that killed an estimated 2 million of its own citizens between 1975 and '79. Cambodian Music Festival salutes tradition, new artists paving the way 2014-07-26T04:00:00Z The sculpture is a hulking 500-pound Khmer masterpiece that was set to be auctioned in March 2011 but withdrawn after Cambodia objected and asked for its return. Sotheby’s Accused of Deceit in Sale of Khmer Statue 2012-11-14T00:42:13Z The title in English means "Oh Mighty Mount Dangrek" and refers to the mountainous plateau between the Cambodia-Thailand border that refugees were forced to climb in order to escape the Khmer Rouge regime. Late Mass. monk's poems recall Khmer Rouge horrors 2010-03-20T23:01:00Z Early on, a Khmer Rouge soldier urges her to “become someone else” and calls her Mei, an act of both erasure and protection, freeing her from the crimes of her educated parents. Madeleine Thien’s New Novel of Communist Occupation Turns Inward 2018-01-19T05:00:00Z “Bangsokol” is their first collaboration, and it’s also one of the first symphonic works to reckon with the Khmer Rouge era. Genocide Survivors Compose a Requiem for Cambodia 2017-12-13T05:00:00Z The mammoth, once-opulent buildings of marble and timber were initially abandoned in the 1940s during the first Indochina war and then again in the 1970s when the Khmer Rouge took them over. Cambodia, in and Around Kep, Open but Undeveloped 2012-03-02T23:24:36Z When the Khmer Rouge set up camp here in the 1970s the French beat a retreat, and the villas fell into disrepair. Cambodia, in and Around Kep, Open but Undeveloped 2012-03-02T23:24:36Z Two years later, “The Killing Fields,” about two journalists’ escape from Cambodia’s Khmer Rouge regime, won best supporting actor for Haing S. Ngor. The complex history of Asian Americans in movies, from the silent era to ‘Crazy Rich Asians’ 2018-08-08T04:00:00Z He came back to Cambodia at age 6, when the Khmer Rouge was still a presence. Homestay among the ruins in Cambodia 2015-04-23T04:00:00Z They do the best baguettes in town, and like many Khmers, I enjoy my bread and pâté. A Perfect Day in Siem Reap 2010-12-13T14:05:00Z In “Human Development,” a recent Stanford grad grapples with the cultural responsibility of dating another Khmer man against the backdrop of Bay Area tech’s dubious conflation with social progress. Review | Anthony Veasna So’s ‘Afterparties’ is a bittersweet testament to the late author’s talents 2021-08-02T04:00:00Z The parents and grandparents in the collection survived the Khmer Rouge genocide, and the new generation isn’t sure where it fits in. 11 New Books We Recommend This Week 2021-08-05T04:00:00Z Simon introduced Son Seng, who had travelled from Cambodia with two grandsons, and was one of the few practitioners of the ceremonial music genre known as kantomming to escape the Khmer Rouge. Taryn Simon’s Varieties of Mourning 2016-09-20T04:00:00Z In 2009, thirty years after he fled S-21, he was the first Khmer Rouge figure to be brought to trial before a newly established, U.N.-run tribunal in Phnom Penh. Mass Murder Relies on People Like Us: An Interview With Thierry Cruvellier 2014-05-16T04:00:00Z Iida’s accompanying essay reveals that “Strange Tale” is a tribute to her adopted uncle Nan, a 48-year-old Cambodian man who, as a teenager under the Khmer Rouge, covertly studied French and chemistry. Review: Seattle artist creates entire worlds with paper and scissors 2017-04-04T04:00:00Z His upbeat music is an ancient tradition — one endangered by the cultural genocide of the Khmer Rouge in the 1970s, who starved and executed an estimated 90 percent of Cambodia’s artists and intellectuals. Music Review: Kong Nay at the Season of Cambodia Festival 2013-04-21T21:51:37Z First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers, which will be released in both English and Khmer versions, is expected to debut on the streaming site in late 2016. Angelina Jolie to direct Pol Pot genocide drama for Netflix 2015-07-24T04:00:00Z So’s own parents escaped Cambodia during the Khmer Rouge genocide and eventually settled in Stockton, Calif., where So was born and raised. Review | Anthony Veasna So’s ‘Afterparties’ is a bittersweet testament to the late author’s talents 2021-08-02T04:00:00Z In the evenings all over Phnom Penh, the sound of plaintive Khmer love songs leaks into the darkness, feedback and all, from their giant speakers. Virginity for sale: inside Cambodia's shocking trade 2014-07-06T04:00:00Z You say that much of the tribunal crowd preferred to imagine the Khmer Rouge as noble until it went awry and became vile—and that some were outright fellow-travellers. Mass Murder Relies on People Like Us: An Interview With Thierry Cruvellier 2014-05-16T04:00:00Z Move over to the hotel's Arts Lounge and have a digestif while feasting your eyes on the work of young Khmer artists. A Perfect Day in Siem Reap 2010-12-13T14:05:00Z The Khmer food is explained by his marriage to Pechseda Nak, of Cambodian parents, while the Taiwanese cooking links to his mother and early childhood spent in Taipei. Maketto review: The H Street hangout looks, acts and tastes like a party 2015-07-21T04:00:00Z She hews closely to traditional Khmer cooking, which was nearly a casualty of genocide. A Cambodian Refugee Cooks From Memory at Nyum Bai 2018-09-21T04:00:00Z But eighty per cent of them were themselves Khmer Rouge, and if they instead had been asked to be perpetrators the overwhelming majority would have obeyed. Mass Murder Relies on People Like Us: An Interview With Thierry Cruvellier 2014-05-16T04:00:00Z The old man explains that the Khmer Rouge was determined to establish a form of Communism that was even purer than Chinese Communism under Mao Zedong. Film: Human Rights Watch Film Festival at Lincoln Center 2010-06-11T04:51:00Z But the heart of the city on the west side of the Siem Reap River is brimming with a clutch of stylish, recently opened boutiques carrying contemporary wares that often reference traditional Khmer culture. Khmer-Inspired Shopping by Angkor Wat 2015-02-18T05:00:00Z Mr. Thet Sambath’s father and brother were slain by Khmer Rouge militants, and his mother died in childbirth after her forced marriage to a militiaman. | 'Enemies of the People': Cambodian Journalist Revisits Khmer Rouge 2010-07-29T22:13:00Z He does have memories, traumatic ones, of Khmer Rouge soldiers invading his hometown a decade later, at which point his family fled to Thailand and on to the United States. Art Review: Vietnamese Voices Against a Whir of War 2010-08-12T21:59:00Z Still, this very limited judicial enterprise, and the momentum that the Duch trial created, have been decisive in allowing, for the first time, a national public debate on the Khmer Rouge era. Mass Murder Relies on People Like Us: An Interview With Thierry Cruvellier 2014-05-16T04:00:00Z For decades, Mr. Latchford was widely recognized as one of the world’s leading experts on Khmer antiquities. With a Gift of Art, a Daughter Honors, if Not Absolves, Her Father 2021-01-29T05:00:00Z Latchford, a prolific collector and accused trafficker of Khmer relics who died last year. Cambodia Says the Met Museum Has Dozens of Its Looted Antiquities 2021-10-24T04:00:00Z Five recent works made by this compelling process mix portraits of victims of the Khmer Rouge's notorious S-21 prison and mural paintings of a Cambodian epic poem. Dinh Q. Lê at Shoshana Wayne Gallery: Unspooling the horrors of Vietnam 2017-10-21T04:00:00Z The twin sandstone figures, called the Kneeling Attendants, flank the doorway of the gallery where the Met displays its small but globally significant collection of artifacts from the glory days of Khmer civilization. Cambodia to Ask Met to Return 10th-Century Statues 2012-06-01T20:01:07Z Starting in 1983, Latchford gave or sold the museum 13 artifacts, a modest amount but one that included premiere examples of Khmer sculpture. Cambodia Says It’s Found Its Lost Artifacts: in Gallery 249 at the Met 2022-08-18T04:00:00Z Army helmets and Khmer Rouge shoes made from tires. Cambodian Art Emerges From Horrors of a Murderous Past 2010-12-29T15:30:02Z The Khmer Rouge era left more than 1.7 million people dead, mostly from starvation, medical neglect, slave-like working conditions and execution. Cambodia Vies for 1st Oscar With Missing Picture 2014-02-27T08:24:29Z An unknown number of women and men were forced into marriages by the Khmer Rouge as part of its plan to destroy traditional family structures and build up a new population of faithful cadre. 'They are heroes': Angelina Jolie honours survivors of sexual violence in Cambodia 2017-02-21T05:00:00Z Outdoor seating with river views; Khmer, Japanese and Western dishes. Homestay among the ruins in Cambodia 2015-04-23T04:00:00Z Their mix of Latin grooves, reverberating guitars and sinuous Khmer melodies matched the heady optimism of the era. Cambodian Music Festival salutes tradition, new artists paving the way 2014-07-26T04:00:00Z Curious travelers, Khmer families and little girls peddling red roses craned their necks to get a better view as the song’s syrupy melody wafted into the jasmine-scented evening air. Next Stop: Siem Reap, Cambodia, Welcomes Gay Travelers 2010-03-19T18:51:00Z “Now we believe him very much,” Touch continued, “because his information has been an important source to us on Khmer history and his actions and his claims are in line with the archaeological record.” He Sold Away His People’s Heritage. He’s in the Jungle to Get It Back. 2021-11-21T05:00:00Z Advertisement Khmer Touch Cuisine sits opposite the Angkor Night Market; when the band takes the stage each night, floors shake and conversation is all but impossible. In Siem Reap, Cambodia, Local Fare Gets a Chance to Shine 2015-08-27T04:00:00Z He was a practicing surgeon and gynecologist in Phnom Penh when the Khmer Rouge seized control of the country in 1975. 200 years of authenticity (or lack thereof) in casting 2017-07-13T04:00:00Z Sambath's father and brother were slain by Khmer Rouge militants, and his mother died in childbirth after her forced marriage to a militiaman. 'Enemies of the People': One man's quest for truth about Cambodia's 'killing fields' 2011-01-20T22:24:05Z In the larger of their two assemblages, food offerings sit amid candles and Cambodian-style Buddha statues in memory of the victims of the Khmer Rouge, who slaughtered as many as 2 million Cambodians. Review | In the galleries: Artist’s works criss-cross the paths of U.S. colonialism 2021-12-01T05:00:00Z The hope is that the dance troupe that survived the Khmer Rouge will keep the country's traditions alive for the next generation. Heavenly emissaries Royal Ballet of Cambodia descend on Long Beach 2014-10-18T04:00:00Z It will also become an early casualty of the Khmer Rouge. Review: Partying With the Khmer Rouge in ‘Cambodian Rock Band’ 2020-02-24T05:00:00Z The legacy of the Khmer Rouge’s genocide looms, but So, who died in 2020, creates plenty of lighthearted moments, too. 11 New Books Coming in August 2021-07-28T04:00:00Z When Bay Area singer-songwriter Laura Mam asked her mother to translate lyrics into Khmer, it was as if she had laid a bridge between worlds. Cambodian Music Festival salutes tradition, new artists paving the way 2014-07-26T04:00:00Z But, before that happened, a renegade group of Khmer Rouge officers backed by Vietnam drove the Pol Potists from power. Mass Murder Relies on People Like Us: An Interview With Thierry Cruvellier 2014-05-16T04:00:00Z A conscript for the genocidal Khmer Rouge regime in the 1970s, “Lion” is now in his early 60s and diagnosed with pancreatic cancer, officials say. Cambodia Says the Met Museum Has Dozens of Its Looted Antiquities 2021-10-24T04:00:00Z Together they wrote three seminal volumes — “Adoration and Glory: The Golden Age of Khmer Art,” “Khmer Gold” and “Khmer Bronzes” — that are core reference works for other experts. Expert Opinion or Elaborate Ruse? Scrutiny for Scholars’ Role in Art Sales 2017-03-30T04:00:00Z She was in her 20s then, caring for three small boys while her husband, a high-ranking army officer, was imprisoned in Vietnam and the Khmer Rouge were closing in on the city. Ratha Chaupoly’s Most Treasured Cooking Tool 2015-04-13T04:00:00Z His collecting became more focused in the 1960s, when stone and bronze antiquities and ornaments from the Khmer dynasty began appearing in Bangkok’s old “thieves market.” Khmer-Art Collector Linked to Statue, U.S. Asserts 2012-12-12T19:32:49Z Some curators felt that, by taking in some objects, museums were rescuing Khmer culture from obscurity and possible destruction amid a civil war. Cambodia Says It’s Found Its Lost Artifacts: in Gallery 249 at the Met 2022-08-18T04:00:00Z Douglas A. J. Latchford, an Asian art collector, donor and adviser to the Cambodian government on Khmer antiquities, said by phone from Bangkok that he is the collector referred to in the court papers. Sotheby’s Accused of Deceit in Sale of Khmer Statue 2012-11-14T00:42:13Z The sun had just set on the western horizon as my wife, Lisa, and I walked across a causeway to the ancient Khmer temple. Homestay among the ruins in Cambodia 2015-04-23T04:00:00Z As we worked, the men of the house stared at us and made comments to each other in Khmer, which neither of us understood. Journeys: Driving Through Cambodia: A Road Trip Through Ruins and Unexplored Highways 2011-02-04T19:55:00Z Photograph: Alamy Stock Photo Led by Cambodian architects or architecture students, these tours of this fascinating capital focus on landmarks built after independence in 1953 in the New Khmer architecture style. 10 of the best architecture tours 2015-09-21T04:00:00Z The government’s assertion that Sotheby’s knew the statue was stolen was based on e-mail exchanges between the scholar of Khmer art and a Sotheby’s officer. Ancient Cambodian Statue Is Seized From Sotheby?s 2012-04-04T22:34:17Z "Nimol is Cambodian, and a lot of our songs are in Khmer," he said, "but we want to leave our own mark, just like the original artists wanted to do." Cambodian Music Festival salutes tradition, new artists paving the way 2014-07-26T04:00:00Z The Phnom Penh hotel’s other, more sobering, claim to fame is as a residence for reporters during the Vietnam war and the Khmer Rouge era. Fatale attraction: a cocktail created for Jackie Kennedy in Phnom Penh 2017-02-26T05:00:00Z The family spoke Khmer at home, but Ms. Yun’s parents didn’t talk much about their days in Cambodia under the violence of the Khmer Rouge regime. A Cambodian Refugee Cooks From Memory at Nyum Bai 2018-09-21T04:00:00Z That doesn’t lessen the crimes of the Khmer Rouge. Mass Murder Relies on People Like Us: An Interview With Thierry Cruvellier 2014-05-16T04:00:00Z The Khmer Rouge executed an estimated 90 percent of Cambodia’s classical dancers, but for Cambodians, the tradition was far too precious to lose. Looking Ahead: Culture Picks for 2013 2012-12-27T23:05:33Z Eventually it stops at a walled perimeter, where, nearly 15 years after Khmer Rouge forces surrendered and peace officially returned to Cambodia, the distinctive crack of a Kalashnikov can be heard echoing into the distance. In Cambodia, a Shooting Range Open to Tourists 2012-11-28T00:08:31Z Panh, who himself is a survivor of the Khmer Rouge, added that casting "was done in the most sensitive way possible." Angelina Jolie: Exploitative Child Casting Story Is 'False' 2017-07-30T04:00:00Z But for gay Khmers seeking a home, the place to be is the Golden Banana. Next Stop: Siem Reap, Cambodia, Welcomes Gay Travelers 2010-03-19T18:51:00Z “Cannot believe it’s real. Smiling scenery so appealing,” are the Khmer lyrics of “Florida, Florida”, sung in a slow and sentimental style. U.S. turns to music in bid to woo Cambodians 2018-03-07T05:00:00Z The resort’s chef, Neil Wager, imported from the exclusive North Island resort in the Seychelles, will be serving up his own version of local Khmer cuisine starring sustainable local seafood. 45 Places to Go in 2012 2012-01-06T17:44:12Z By his account, the Khmer Rouge government, which he describes as “clean, clear-sighted and peaceful,” was determined to be more Communist than Communist China by abolishing all private property. | 'Enemies of the People': Cambodian Journalist Revisits Khmer Rouge 2010-07-29T22:13:00Z From Easter Island to the Khmer Empire, the host Paul Cooper describes how ancient societies went from centuries-long glory to often sudden decline. 36 Podcast Personalities Recommend Their Favorite Shows 2021-02-25T05:00:00Z Either, or both, may be portraits of historical Khmer queens. Art Review: In ‘Lost Kingdoms,’ National Treasures From Asian Countries 2014-04-10T23:05:18Z Asked about the propriety of owning or knowing the whereabouts of so many extraordinary Khmer relics, Mr. Latchford said the items were in better hands than if they were somehow returned en masse to Cambodia. Khmer-Art Collector Linked to Statue, U.S. Asserts 2012-12-12T19:32:49Z Using old, revealing propaganda films and more recent footage, Panh mixes archival images with nonanimated clay figurines that represent the victims of Khmer Rouge leader Pol Pot. Oscar nominee fills in ‘The Missing Picture’ of killing fields 2014-04-03T21:02:49Z On a recent Sunday afternoon the Brooklyn bands Mon Khmer and Dream Diary played energetic sets of melodic, new wave-inspired indie rock while a scrum of toddlers bobbed and weaved. Young and Restless, And Ready to Rock ?n? Roll 2011-01-06T22:24:13Z Cambodia continues to recover from devastation wrought by the Khmer Rouge and a civil war that started in the 1970s, when an estimated one in four Cambodians died. Homestay among the ruins in Cambodia 2015-04-23T04:00:00Z They survived the Khmer Rouge genocide, which is no joke, unless they want it to be. Witty and Soulful Stories From a Writer Who Was Just Getting Started 2021-07-27T04:00:00Z “A Khmer Rouge film is always a slogan.” Oscar nominee fills in ‘The Missing Picture’ of killing fields 2014-04-03T21:02:49Z Kong calls “The Missing Picture” one of the most memorable movies ever made about the Khmer Rouge era. Cambodia Vies for 1st Oscar With Missing Picture 2014-02-27T08:24:29Z Shortly afterwards, U.S. troops invaded from Vietnam and war engulfed the country, leading to the takeover by the genocidal Khmer Rouge in 1975. U.S. turns to music in bid to woo Cambodians 2018-03-07T05:00:00Z From 1976 on, he was essentially a Khmer Rouge killing Khmer Rouge. Mass Murder Relies on People Like Us: An Interview With Thierry Cruvellier 2014-05-16T04:00:00Z A rock show, a family tragedy and a historical mystery, Lauren Yee’s prizewinning play finds a California father and daughter meeting again in Cambodia, reinvestigating the crimes of the Khmer Rouge. 11 Plays and Musicals to Go to in N.Y.C. This Weekend 2020-01-30T05:00:00Z In 1431 Thai armies seized Angkor, which was then abandoned as the Khmer shifted their capital to what is now Phnom Penh. Art Review: Emerald Deities of Fervor and Flux 2010-08-26T22:33:00Z Linga draws a mostly male crowd that’s both Khmer and Western and seems to signal a newfound openness for gay Cambodians. Next Stop: Siem Reap, Cambodia, Welcomes Gay Travelers 2010-03-19T18:51:00Z “Sotheby’s approach to the Khmer sculpture is one of responsible and ethical market behavior and international cooperation between private and public entities,” she said. Sotheby?s Caught in Dispute Over Prized Cambodian Statue 2012-02-28T20:30:53Z By then, he had converted to Christianity, and he said he repented of his career as a Khmer Rouge murderer. Mass Murder Relies on People Like Us: An Interview With Thierry Cruvellier 2014-05-16T04:00:00Z “These buildings recall the evolution of Khmer civilization — they connect the past to the present,” he continued. Next Stop: A Pocket of the Past in Battambang, Cambodia 2011-12-15T21:22:50Z At the time, Latchford, who had a home in Bangkok, was an established collector and dealer who would go on to co-author three books on Khmer artifacts. Cambodia Says It’s Found Its Lost Artifacts: in Gallery 249 at the Met 2022-08-18T04:00:00Z Khmer antiquities that arrived in museums, galleries and auction houses during and after the country’s era of upheaval have long been the subject of suspicion. Cambodia Says the Met Museum Has Dozens of Its Looted Antiquities 2021-10-24T04:00:00Z However, the demands of international justice and an insistent daughter force him into memoir mode, which means propelling the play into a sustained flashback, set in the Khmer Rouge era of the 1970s. Review: Partying With the Khmer Rouge in ‘Cambodian Rock Band’ 2020-02-24T05:00:00Z Among the items Mr. Bogdanos recognized in the gallery was a copy of an 11th-century ceramic Khmer sculpture of a Buddha; the original had been seized by the district attorney’s office in a separate case. He Sold Antiquities for Decades, Many of Them Fake, Investigators Say 2021-08-25T04:00:00Z What was interesting to observe at the Khmer Rouge tribunal was that former Western Maoists or fellow-travellers were not transformed, when they became disillusioned with Communism, into skeptical minds. Mass Murder Relies on People Like Us: An Interview With Thierry Cruvellier 2014-05-16T04:00:00Z Shortly afterwards, U.S. troops invaded from Vietnam and war engulfed the country, leading to the takeover by the genocidal Khmer Rouge in 1975. U.S. turns to music in bid to woo Cambodians 2018-03-07T05:00:00Z He credits himself and the ruling Cambodian People’s Party with transforming the nation from the nightmare of the Khmers Rouges to the stable and business friendly economy it is today. Miracle or mirage? 2014-11-13T05:00:00Z The Khmer Rouge had set out to eradicate everything with a hint of Western influence. 'Don't Think I've Forgotten' a deft look back at Cambodia's pop scene Angkor shares a name with the ancient Khmer empire, which once encompassed much of Thailand and southern Vietnam. Angkor Cambodian Bistro Explores Southeast Asia, Gently 2016-03-17T04:00:00Z The archaeologists say there is evidence the place might be a previously unknown burial site for Khmer royalty who reigned from the ninth to 12th centuries. He Sold Away His People’s Heritage. He’s in the Jungle to Get It Back. 2021-11-21T05:00:00Z One recalled his boyhood in Cambodia, the day he saw a river filled with floating corpses, victims of the Khmer Rouge. Teaching “The Odyssey” at San Quentin 2013-12-21T00:00:00Z Her latest film as a director, "First They Killed My Father," about the Khmer Rouge regime in the 1970s, under which more than 1 million people died, had its premiere in Cambodia in February. Angelina Jolie puts movies aside for cooking, cleaning up poop 2017-07-26T04:00:00Z Everything, he says, is part of the “mirage”, a word that crops up repeatedly. Just as the government could not resist meddling with the UN mission, so too with the Khmer Rouge tribunal. Miracle or mirage? 2014-11-13T05:00:00Z So does the appearance on its territory of an admirable school of stone sculpture similar to early Khmer statuary from neighboring Cambodia, which at least tells us that the area was Khmer by then. Review: Lifting Hazy Veils From Centuries of Vietnamese Art 2010-02-26T18:30:00Z The Met, during Lerner’s tenure, acquired scores of Cambodian or Khmer Empire artifacts, more than doubling its holdings. Cambodia Says It’s Found Its Lost Artifacts: in Gallery 249 at the Met 2022-08-18T04:00:00Z He said he had participated under the threat of his own death and had ultimately fled the Khmer Rouge to avoid being involved in further bloodshed. He Sold Away His People’s Heritage. He’s in the Jungle to Get It Back. 2021-11-21T05:00:00Z Son Seng, a 74-year-old Cambodian, studied professional mourning with a master teacher as the Khmer Rouge took control, when he kept his instruments buried beneath his teacher’s house. A Consolation of Voices: At the Park Avenue Armory, Mourning the World Over 2016-09-11T04:00:00Z Villa Romonea was the dream second home of a Khmer woman who built the house in 1968 with the help of a famous local architect, Lu Ban Hap. Cambodia, in and Around Kep, Open but Undeveloped 2012-03-02T23:24:36Z For decades, Latchford was viewed as a scholar of Khmer culture, a man once knighted by Cambodia for his gifts to its museums. He Sold Away His People’s Heritage. He’s in the Jungle to Get It Back. 2021-11-21T05:00:00Z By turns dark and funny, “Afterparties” explores the ways in which the trauma endured by Cambodian refugees who fled the Khmer Rouge genocide has echoed across generations. National Book Critics Circle Names 2021 Award Winners 2022-03-17T04:00:00Z There are more restrained displays, like a case devoted mostly to Khmer bronzes from the 9th to 13th centuries at Buddhist Art or the gilt bronze Jain altars at Hardt & Sons. Art Review: New York Arts of Pacific Asia Show in a New Space 2010-03-25T21:27:00Z By 1972, as Cambodia fell into civil war, he was pressed into service by the Khmer Rouge, which would later destroy the country’s economy and kill its professional classes. He Sold Away His People’s Heritage. He’s in the Jungle to Get It Back. 2021-11-21T05:00:00Z Similarly, S-21 itself, a prison mostly devoted to the killing of Khmer Rouge by Khmer Rouge, has become the ambiguous genocide museum in Cambodia. Mass Murder Relies on People Like Us: An Interview With Thierry Cruvellier 2014-05-16T04:00:00Z Also, the range is across the road from the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia, where the U.N.-supported trial of three former Khmer Rouge leaders is continuing. In Cambodia, a Shooting Range Open to Tourists 2012-11-28T00:08:31Z Egg chairs, midcentury sofas and jazzy abstract paintings of Khmer dancers are evocative of the era. Bauhaus on the Beach: A Corbusian Retreat in Cambodia 2011-10-27T12:40:00Z The idea is not an unusual one in Khmer communities, but it unsettles Lamb; she, like her brother, is not religious, but at the same time, she said, “I’m kind of haunted by it.” A Rising Star’s Career Was Cut Short. His Impact Is Just Beginning. 2021-07-19T04:00:00Z “We thought we might get some ideas about how to display” the Khmer pieces in a new Phnom Penh museum, Mr. Touch said. Cambodia Says It Has Recovered Looted Gold Jewelry Once Worn by Royals 2023-02-20T05:00:00Z Marginalized by a lack of infrastructure, a Khmer Rouge presence that endured into the late 1990s, and some of Southeast Asia’s wildest, least-explored terrain, the region remained virtually forbidden to outsiders. Next Stop: In Cambodia, Koh Kong Emerges as an Eco-Tourism Destination 2011-03-04T19:55:00Z “They nicknamed me the ‘Khmer redneck’ in Atlanta,” he jokes. One Houston community’s response to Harvey: Keep making the doughnuts 2017-09-06T04:00:00Z State Department with the aim of discouraging Islamic fundamentalism and improving relations between the country’s majority Khmer and small Cham Muslim communities. Television: Cambodians Get a Taste of Western Television 2011-06-01T15:26:40Z The all-day event features a lineup of 15 artists from across the U.S. performing in popular genres from R&B and hip-hop to Khmer balladry and electronic dance music. Cambodian Music Festival salutes tradition, new artists paving the way 2014-07-26T04:00:00Z But his name is most associated with the Angkor ruins, which he made famous in Europe after first encountering those remnants of the Khmer empire in 1860. In Cambodia, Along the Path to Something Profound 2015-05-13T04:00:00Z “If the French and other Western collectors had not preserved this art, what would be the understanding of Khmer culture today?” he said. Expert Opinion or Elaborate Ruse? Scrutiny for Scholars’ Role in Art Sales 2017-03-30T04:00:00Z In 2008, Mr. Latchford, who had homes in Bangkok and London, collaborated on a book called “Khmer Gold: Gifts for the Gods” that was filled with photos of the ancient splendors he had avidly acquired. Cambodia Says It Has Recovered Looted Gold Jewelry Once Worn by Royals 2023-02-20T05:00:00Z He used small clay figures intercut with historical footage to tell the story of how his family perished in the Khmer Rouge's brutal revolution after their 1975 capture of Phnom Penh. Palestinian film of love and betrayal breaks new ground at Cannes 2013-05-20T17:02:36Z Jolie’s move into directing was designed to complement her activist work, with films about the Bosnian war, a second world war PoW and the Khmer Rouge. Every Angelina Jolie film performance – ranked! 2019-10-03T04:00:00Z Cambodia Is Seeking 2nd Statue The Cambodian government has asked the United States to help it recover a 10th-century Khmer sandstone statue from the Norton Simon Museum in California. Cambodia Now Seeking Return of Norton Simon Statue 2012-09-29T01:30:53Z It mixes archival video footage, Khmer Rouge propaganda clips and a first-person narration in French. Cambodia Vies for 1st Oscar With Missing Picture 2014-02-27T08:24:29Z One Cambodian American fan, for instance, told Mam that watching the "Sva Rom Monkiss" video with his father, a Khmer Rouge survivor, enabled the two to reconcile a painful past. Cambodian Music Festival salutes tradition, new artists paving the way 2014-07-26T04:00:00Z He is on the board of the Center for Khmer Studies in New York and Siem Reap, Cambodia. Justine Kolata, Louis Schwizgebel 2018-07-29T04:00:00Z Ung, a Cambodian author and human rights activist, writes about surviving the Khmer Rouge regime in her memoir. Angelina Jolie to Direct Netflix Drama Set in Cambodia 2015-07-24T04:00:00Z The favored religion of the Khmer empire during much of its span from the 9th through the 13th centuries was Hinduism. Art Review: Emerald Deities of Fervor and Flux 2010-08-26T22:33:00Z And it’s a little slow, and it’s in Khmer. Movie Review: Cambodian Orphans Star in ‘Still I Strive’ 2014-05-09T01:04:31Z When the chef Chinchakriya Un was just a baby, her family left Cambodia as refugees, fleeing the brutal Khmer Rouge regime. Pop-Up Dinners That Share a Culture, Course by Course 2020-01-28T05:00:00Z Although all forms of buying and selling sex are illegal in Cambodia, not one Khmer man has ever been convicted of purchasing virgins. Virginity for sale: inside Cambodia's shocking trade 2014-07-06T04:00:00Z “The revival of arts is a powerful symbol of Cambodia’s ability to survive beyond the Khmer Rouge and to recover from their horrific legacy.” Genocide Survivors Compose a Requiem for Cambodia 2017-12-13T05:00:00Z In 2008, for example, he was awarded the Grand Cross of the Royal Order of Monisaraphon, the equivalent of a knighthood, for “his unique contribution to scholarship and understanding of Khmer culture.” With a Gift of Art, a Daughter Honors, if Not Absolves, Her Father 2021-01-29T05:00:00Z Formed in 2001 and drawing inspiration from 1960s and '70s Khmer rock, Dengue Fever was the first band to bring Cambodian popular music to mainstream attention in the United States. Cambodian Music Festival salutes tradition, new artists paving the way 2014-07-26T04:00:00Z In pursuit of an agrarian utopia, the Khmer Rouge tried to erase the country's artistic and intellectual heritage. Cambodian Music Festival salutes tradition, new artists paving the way 2014-07-26T04:00:00Z The 3-D interactives allow readers to imagine themselves among the Khmers in the 12th century. A Guide to Angkor Park, in Words and 3-D Images 2015-03-25T04:00:00Z Lots of good things including La Compagnie Carabose's Fire Gardens in Campbell Park and Rouge, a new show from Cambodia, exploring the legacy of the Khmer Rouge. What to see: Lyn Gardner's theatre tips 2012-07-13T12:22:40Z They hope Ms. Kriangsak’s decision will inspire other private collectors, and perhaps major museums, to return Khmer treasures that truly belong on their native soil. With a Gift of Art, a Daughter Honors, if Not Absolves, Her Father 2021-01-29T05:00:00Z “All the intelligent Cambodians either fled the Khmer Rouge or were killed by them,” my Cambodian friend and fixer, Phin Chanda, once said to me, lightly, as if joking. Impossible to Forget: Phnom Penh, Cambodia 2011-01-07T19:55:00Z There was silence too, over the Khmer Rouge and its killing fields in Cambodia. Arundhati Roy | Gandhi, but with guns | Part Four 2010-03-27T09:00:00Z He said he fled the Khmer Rouge around 1977 and, while hiding in the jungle, discovered many abandoned temples. Cambodia Says Looter Helping It Reclaim Stolen Artifacts Has Died 2021-12-05T05:00:00Z Cambodia has a strong tradition of weaving, and here you can learn everything there is to know about Khmer silk, from worm to loom. A Perfect Day in Siem Reap 2010-12-13T14:05:00Z A documentary about Cambodia's vibrant pop music scene of the 1950s and '60s that was largely wiped out by the Khmer Rouge. Summer Sneaks 2015: The List 2015-04-24T04:00:00Z Both objects were said to have been plundered from the archaeological site at Koh Ker, the capital of the ancient Khmer Empire. U.S. Returns 30 Reportedly Looted Cambodian Antiquities 2022-08-08T04:00:00Z "First They Killed My Father" is about the 1970s Khmer Rouge regime under which more than 1 million people died. Angelina Jolie 'upset' over backlash to Cambodia film casting process 2017-07-31T04:00:00Z It’s an animated version of a Khmer folk-parable preaching the limitations of materialist ambition. New Museum Triennial Explores the Hidden Strengths of Soft Power 2021-11-04T04:00:00Z Her latest film as a director, "First They Killed My Father," about the Khmer Rouge regime in the 1970s, under which more than 1 million people died, had its premiere in Cambodia in February. Angelina Jolie puts movies aside for cooking, cleaning up poop 2017-07-26T04:00:00Z PraCh Ly, a Long Beach native and elder statesman of Cambodian hip-hop, was among the first musicians to speak out about the trauma of the Khmer Rouge era. Cambodian Music Festival salutes tradition, new artists paving the way 2014-07-26T04:00:00Z Additional reporting by Phok Dorn of the Cambodia Daily newspaper Khmer Rouge survivors 'What did I do that made him torture me?' Cambodia Water Festival turns to tragedy in Phnom Penh 2010-11-23T00:30:00Z The film will be released in both Khmer and English. Angelina Jolie to Direct Netflix Drama Set in Cambodia 2015-07-24T04:00:00Z Lek’s parent’s were adolescents when the totalitarian Khmer Rouge took over Cambodia in 1975, emptying out cities and systematically killing the country’s professional and intellectual classes. A Long Beach-born painter captures the surrealism of the Cambodian American experience 2023-11-09T05:00:00Z The art dates to the Khmer Empire between the 10th and 12th centuries. Looted artifacts returned to Cambodia in deal between DOJ and family of late billionaire collector 2023-09-13T04:00:00Z "They are the blood in our veins and the soul in our hearts that forge the identity of being Khmer... our heritages define who we are and who we will be," he said. Family of late U.S. billionaire agrees to return looted Cambodian artefacts 2023-09-13T04:00:00Z The health department is providing the drink test kits to businesses and organizations by way of an online request form, which is available in English, Spanish, Tagalog and Khmer. Long Beach’s anti-‘roofie’ initiative: Test kits for your bar drink. Here's how they work 2023-09-08T04:00:00Z On the run and cut off from the world, Hin Nie and his unit of insurgents foraged for food and hunted for tiger skins to pay the Khmer Rouge. Vietnam War: The pastor who survived 17 years in forgotten jungle army 2023-08-19T04:00:00Z After the Khmer Rouge fell in 1979, the couple made their way to refugee camps in Thailand and the Philippines. A Long Beach-born painter captures the surrealism of the Cambodian American experience 2023-11-09T05:00:00Z The group’s site also provides links to resources available in Spanish, Chinese, Korean, Tagalog, Khmer and Vietnamese. Want to learn English for free? Here are the resources you'll need 2023-08-16T04:00:00Z The site was an ammunition warehouse during the Khmer Rouge regime in the 1970s before being turned into a school and all of the ordnance was thought to have been removed, Chheang Heng said. Thousands of pieces of unexploded ordnance found buried in ground at Cambodian school 2023-08-14T04:00:00Z Since he came to power following the fall of the Khmer Rouge regime four decades ago, Hun Sen's rule has become increasingly authoritarian, dismantling opponents by jailing or exiling them. Cambodia: PM's son Hun Manet appointed next ruler in royal formality 2023-08-07T04:00:00Z Guerrillas of Pol Pot's genocidal Khmer Rouge controlled pockets on Cambodia's eastern border. Vietnam War: The pastor who survived 17 years in forgotten jungle army 2023-08-19T04:00:00Z But the Khmer Rouge’s four-year reign of terror casts a long — and often silent — shadow. A Long Beach-born painter captures the surrealism of the Cambodian American experience 2023-11-09T05:00:00Z Since he came to power following the fall of the murderous Khmer Rouge regime four decades ago, Hun Sen's rule has become increasingly authoritarian. Hun Sen: Cambodia election result confirms expected win for PM 2023-08-05T04:00:00Z All property deeds were destroyed in the Khmer Rouge revolution. Cambodia election: 'This was more of a coronation than an election' 2023-07-23T04:00:00Z Hun Sen had been a middle-ranking commander in the radical communist Khmer Rouge responsible for genocide in the 1970s before defecting to Vietnam. Hun Sen is the longest serving leader in Asia. He’s purged critics and is set to win Cambodian polls 2023-07-22T04:00:00Z The Khmer Rouge allowed Hin Nie and his battalion to stay. Vietnam War: The pastor who survived 17 years in forgotten jungle army 2023-08-19T04:00:00Z Her father, she learned, wrote an autobiography in Khmer and once slipped a copy of it onto the shelves of a local library. A Long Beach-born painter captures the surrealism of the Cambodian American experience 2023-11-09T05:00:00Z But the 70-year-old former communist Khmer Rouge fighter and Asia’s longest-serving leader says he is ready to hand the premiership to his oldest son, Hun Manet, a graduate of the U.S. Cambodian leader’s son, a West Point grad, set to take reins of power — but will he bring change? 2023-07-22T04:00:00Z "Hun Manet's biggest challenge will be that my generation is very different from previous ones, who were traumatised by the Khmer Rouge," he says. Cambodia election: 'This was more of a coronation than an election' 2023-07-23T04:00:00Z Cambodian scientists named the record-breaking stingray Boramy, which is Khmer for “full moon,” inspired by her round shape and the lunar phase that evening. How a (very) giant stingray could help to save a mighty river 2023-07-21T04:00:00Z While the fear of tigers was real - tigers killed three people in the camp - the fear of the Khmer Rouge was even greater. Vietnam War: The pastor who survived 17 years in forgotten jungle army 2023-08-19T04:00:00Z The bombardment shown in “Refuge” was inspired by an anecdote from the book, in which her father attempts to locate his family in the middle of crossfire during the fall of the Khmer Rouge. A Long Beach-born painter captures the surrealism of the Cambodian American experience 2023-11-09T05:00:00Z Hun Sen joined the Khmer Rouge at age 18 as it fought to seize power, losing his left eye in the final battle for Phnom Penh in 1975. Cambodian leader’s son, a West Point grad, set to take reins of power — but will he bring change? 2023-07-22T04:00:00Z But the 70-year-old former communist Khmer Rouge fighter and Asia’s longest-serving leader says he is ready to hand the premiership to his oldest son, Hun Manet, a four-star general who heads the country’s army. Autocratic Cambodian leader paving way for son, a West Point graduate with PhD in economics, to rule 2023-07-20T04:00:00Z A former Khmer Rouge official who defected to Vietnam before the regime's fall, his survivalist grip on power has led to his boast that he is the world's longest-serving prime minister. Cambodia faces rigged election as Hun Sen extends total control 2023-07-20T04:00:00Z In 1982, they were singing carols one night, which some local Khmer Rouge heard from a distance. Vietnam War: The pastor who survived 17 years in forgotten jungle army 2023-08-19T04:00:00Z The land is gone, the trust is gone, our Khmer and Native plays have now been taken away. Commentary: What it feels like to have your history-making play canceled during the Taper's closure 2023-06-21T04:00:00Z Kissinger additionally was accused of orchestrating the expansion of the conflict into Laos and Cambodia, enabling the rise of the genocidal Khmer Rouge regime that killed an estimated 2 million Cambodians. Former US diplomat Henry Kissinger celebrates 100th birthday, still active in global affairs 2023-05-27T04:00:00Z Hun Sen joined Pol Pot’s Khmer Rouge at age 18 as it fought to seize power, losing his left eye in the final battle for Phnom Penh in 1975. Autocratic Cambodian leader paving way for son, a West Point graduate with PhD in economics, to rule 2023-07-20T04:00:00Z The UN set Cambodia up to be a democracy in the 1990s after the horrors of the Khmer Rouge regime - and the constitution upholds this. Cambodia faces rigged election as Hun Sen extends total control 2023-07-20T04:00:00Z "We sang and I preached in two languages - Khmer and Bunong." Vietnam War: The pastor who survived 17 years in forgotten jungle army 2023-08-19T04:00:00Z He said such language mirrored the ideology taught by the communist Khmer Rouge to poor farmers, especially in Ratanakiri province, in the early days of their revolutionary struggle before taking power in April 1975. Cambodian land activists arrested for allegedly inciting farmers to hate the rich 2023-05-23T04:00:00Z Sihanouk then allied himself with the Cambodian communist group, the Khmer Rouge. World History: from 1400 2022-12-14T00:00:00Z Even farther to the south, people known as the Khmers had made the Mekong River delta their home by the early centuries of the common era. World History: to 1500 2023-04-19T00:00:00Z Cambodia was supported by the UN and Western countries to become a liberal democracy in the 1990s, after the horrors of the murderous Khmer Rouge regime. Cambodia: Opposition Candlelight Party barred from July vote 2023-05-15T04:00:00Z Vietnamese communists also heard the singing and approached, he says, but Fulro and the Khmer Rouge chased them away. Vietnam War: The pastor who survived 17 years in forgotten jungle army 2023-08-19T04:00:00Z Hun Sen joined the Khmer Rouge in 1970 when it was fighting against a pro-American government but defected from the group in 1977 and allied himself with a resistance movement backed by neighboring Vietnam. Cambodian land activists arrested for allegedly inciting farmers to hate the rich 2023-05-23T04:00:00Z Under the rule of Pol Pot, the Khmer Rouge leader and an admirer of Mao Zedong, Cambodia embarked on a program to rebuild itself as the perfect communist state. World History: from 1400 2022-12-14T00:00:00Z Funan’s inhabitants and rulers imported features of Indian culture such as Sanskrit to help create royal courts, but little writing survived until the development of the powerful Khmer empire in the ninth century. World History: to 1500 2023-04-19T00:00:00Z In more modern times, the bad feeling has lingered, as Cambodia’s development, hindered by French colonialism and, in the 1970s, the brutal rule of the communist Khmer Rouge, has fallen well behind Thailand’s. Cambodia’s brand-new stadium hosts opening of SEA Games 2023-05-05T04:00:00Z But apart from a few local Khmer Rouge and Cambodian soldiers, hardly anyone was aware the Fulro fighters were still in the jungle. Vietnam War: The pastor who survived 17 years in forgotten jungle army 2023-08-19T04:00:00Z Land ownership was abolished during the rule of the Khmer Rouge and land titles were lost, making ownership a free-for-all when the communist group lost power. Cambodian land activists arrested for allegedly inciting farmers to hate the rich 2023-05-23T04:00:00Z The Khmer Rouge seized private property and forced city dwellers to relocate to the countryside. World History: from 1400 2022-12-14T00:00:00Z Despite emerging evidence of brutality, Carter waited until 1978 to declare that Cambodia’s bloodthirsty Khmer Rouge was “the worst violator of human rights in the world.” Political prisoners share how Jimmy Carter saved their lives 2023-04-28T04:00:00Z This year, because it is hosting the games, it was able to take more direct action, listing the sport under the name Kun Khmer. Cambodia’s brand-new stadium hosts opening of SEA Games 2023-05-05T04:00:00Z They wanted to know if he was Khmer Rouge. Vietnam War: The pastor who survived 17 years in forgotten jungle army 2023-08-19T04:00:00Z Khmer Rouge guerrillas as “a national, patriotic movement, and therefore I was also in that movement.” Eyeing the exit, long-serving Cambodian leader keeps it all in the family 2023-04-17T04:00:00Z On the right is a can with the name of the product written in both English and Khmer, the primary language in Cambodia. World History: from 1400 2022-12-14T00:00:00Z Sankranta means “beginning of a new year” in Khmer, Cambodia’s official language. Long Beach's new year festival: Some Cambodian Americans aren't happy with the name Sankranta 2023-04-15T04:00:00Z He first went on trial in 2011 and was convicted in 2014 for crimes against humanity over atrocities committed under the Khmer Rouge "killing fields" regime and got a life sentence. Factbox: A look at past state leaders who faced international justice 2023-04-02T04:00:00Z Thayer reported in the Phnom Penh Post that the group were still waiting for instructions from their leader who, unknown to them, had been executed by the Khmer Rouge 17 years earlier. Vietnam War: The pastor who survived 17 years in forgotten jungle army 2023-08-19T04:00:00Z “I was only a simple Khmer Rouge,” he added, bristling when asked about the Khmer Rouge’s genocidal policies and harsh repression of opponents. Eyeing the exit, long-serving Cambodian leader keeps it all in the family 2023-04-17T04:00:00Z To begin with, Cairde Khmer was made up almost completely of Westerners. The unlikely rise of Gaelic football on the fields of Cambodia 2023-03-29T04:00:00Z They prefer an English name that incorporates “Cambodian” or “Khmer” to highlight their heritage and to acknowledge the other, decades-old celebration, which is community-led. Long Beach's new year festival: Some Cambodian Americans aren't happy with the name Sankranta 2023-04-15T04:00:00Z Under dim fluorescent lighting, vendors chatted in Cantonese, Vietnamese and Khmer, and customers from across the Los Angeles metro area spoke languages that spanned the globe. White people have flocked back to city centers — and transformed them They say the tattoos are a "spiritual anchor", drawn from Buddhist manuscripts in Khmer, Thai and Sanskrit. The sacred tattoos inked by Thai monks 2023-03-24T04:00:00Z To escape bloody internal Khmer Rouge purges, Mr. Hun Sen defected in 1977, fleeing east across the border into Vietnam where he was recruited for a force to return to Cambodia and oust the regime. Eyeing the exit, long-serving Cambodian leader keeps it all in the family 2023-04-17T04:00:00Z It didn't take long for Cairde Khmer to start making waves in the region. The unlikely rise of Gaelic football on the fields of Cambodia 2023-03-29T04:00:00Z If the Khmer language must be used, they prefer Chol Chnam Thmei, which translates to “entering the new year” and encompasses all three days of the holiday, not just the first day. Long Beach's new year festival: Some Cambodian Americans aren't happy with the name Sankranta 2023-04-15T04:00:00Z A statement from the Ministry of Culture and Fine Arts described the returned artifacts as embodying the “priceless cultural heritage and the souls of generations of Khmer ancestors.” Cambodia celebrates return of ‘priceless’ stolen artifacts 2023-03-17T04:00:00Z Hun Sen had been a middle-ranking commander in the radical communist Khmer Rouge in the 1970s before defecting to Vietnam. Long-serving Cambodian leader Hun Sen hints at retirement 2023-03-14T04:00:00Z In January 1979, Vietnam invaded Cambodia, chased Pol Pot and his Khmer Rouge fighters into the jungle, and installed Mr. Hun Sen as Cambodia’s foreign minister. Eyeing the exit, long-serving Cambodian leader keeps it all in the family 2023-04-17T04:00:00Z An obstetrician/gynecologist in his native Cambodia, he and his wife were imprisoned and tortured by the Khmer Rouge rebels who had violently taken over the government in 1975. 5 Oscar winners of Asian descent you might not have known 2023-03-10T05:00:00Z Although Cambodia and Thailand generally get along, there have been occasional flashpoints, including Thailand’s support of the Khmer Rouge regime. Long Beach's new year festival: Some Cambodian Americans aren't happy with the name Sankranta 2023-04-15T04:00:00Z However, many of Cambodia's other temples were looted during the Khmer Rouge era in the 1970s, and the turmoil that continued for decades. Cambodia: Angkorian crown jewellery handed over in London 2023-02-20T05:00:00Z When Vietnam ousted the Khmer Rouge from power in 1979, he quickly became a senior member of the new Cambodian government installed by Hanoi. Long-serving Cambodian leader Hun Sen hints at retirement 2023-03-14T04:00:00Z Access to past stories on VOD's Khmer and English sites has also been blocked by some internet service providers, staff confirmed. Cambodia's Hun Sen shuts down independent media outlet Voice of Democracy 2023-02-13T05:00:00Z The Khmer Rouge were ousted from power in 1979 by an invasion by neighboring Communist Vietnam. Convicted Khmer Rouge leader moved to Cambodian state prison 2023-02-01T05:00:00Z Nearly five decades ago, Cambodian refugees who fled the murderous Khmer Rouge regime began settling in Long Beach. Long Beach's new year festival: Some Cambodian Americans aren't happy with the name Sankranta 2023-04-15T04:00:00Z Khmer antiquities expert Ashley Thompson describes this book and two others as elaborate sales brochures, giving private collectors a taste of what was being sold illegally behind the scenes. Cambodia: Angkorian crown jewellery handed over in London 2023-02-20T05:00:00Z Earlier that year, his Khmer Rouge contacts had taken him to witness an outdoor show trial in which Pol Pot, the movement’s founder, was denounced by comrades. Nate Thayer, Bold Reporter Who Interviewed Pol Pot, Dies at 62 2023-01-06T05:00:00Z His work also added important historical details to the “killing fields” legacy of the Khmer Rouge’s 1975-1979 rule. Nate Thayer, journalist who landed Pol Pot interview, dies at 62 2023-01-04T05:00:00Z Khmer Rouge leader Pol Pot committed suicide last year by taking pills after learning that his comrades had offered to hand him over to the United States for trial, a Hong Kong-based magazine reported Wednesday. Nate Thayer, last journalist to interview murderous Cambodian dictator Pol Pot, dies 2023-01-05T05:00:00Z He also debuted two other songs, one in Thai and one in Thai and Khmer. Long Beach's new year festival: Some Cambodian Americans aren't happy with the name Sankranta 2023-04-15T04:00:00Z The leader of the Communist Khmer Rouge, under whose regime some 2 million Cambodians died, shocked the world by saying said his “conscience is clear.” Nate Thayer, reporter who interviewed Pol Pot, dies 2023-01-05T05:00:00Z Mr. Thayer spent many months writing a book about the Khmer Rouge titled “Sympathy for the Devil: A Journalist’s Memoir From Inside Pol Pot’s Khmer Rouge,” which offered vivid descriptions of the trial and interview. Nate Thayer, Bold Reporter Who Interviewed Pol Pot, Dies at 62 2023-01-06T05:00:00Z A year earlier, Mr. Thayer convinced members of the surviving Khmer Rouge factions that international coverage was needed for Pol Pot’s reckoning before those former guerrillas who had turned against him. Nate Thayer, journalist who landed Pol Pot interview, dies at 62 2023-01-04T05:00:00Z The leader of the Communist Khmer Rouge, under whose regime some 2 million Cambodians died, shocked the world by saying his “conscience is clear.” Nate Thayer, last journalist to interview murderous Cambodian dictator Pol Pot, dies 2023-01-05T05:00:00Z The government of Hun Sen, the world’s longest-serving prime minister and a former functionary for the murderous Khmer Rouge, has been tied to systemic corruption and the erasure of human rights. They Were Surrogates. Now They Must Raise the Children. 2022-11-26T05:00:00Z “By no means a Khmer Rouge apologist, he presented a straight, unvarnished picture of the past and present, and confronted Pol Pot with the evidence that he was a mass murderer.” Nate Thayer, reporter who interviewed Pol Pot, dies 2023-01-05T05:00:00Z There he focused on the continuing civil war in Cambodia in which Pol Pot’s guerrillas were fighting the Vietnamese-backed government that had driven the Khmer Rouge from power. Nate Thayer, Bold Reporter Who Interviewed Pol Pot, Dies at 62 2023-01-06T05:00:00Z What pushed him on was personal: his deep empathy for the country and its past horrors under the Khmer Rouge. Nate Thayer, journalist who landed Pol Pot interview, dies at 62 2023-01-04T05:00:00Z Many speculated the former mid-level Khmer Rouge commander would feature his own mug on the timepiece in the narcissistic vein of autocratic leaders in the past, like Iraq’s Saddam Hussein or Libya’s Muammar Gaddafi. Watches, daggers and cricket ice cream: Asian summit treats 2022-11-10T05:00:00Z His boys, then 14, listened intently to unsparing and brutal stories of the torture center run by the Khmer Rouge. Beaches? Cruises? ‘Dark’ tourists prefer the gloomy and macabre 2022-10-29T04:00:00Z She was 13 when the communist Khmer Rouge, which would eventually kill almost 2 million people, took over Cambodia in 1975. A new anti-communism museum in D.C. tallies 100 million victims of Marx’s ideology 2022-09-20T04:00:00Z Mr. Thayer interviewed Pol Pot in October 1997 after months of clandestine meetings with Khmer Rouge guerrillas, whom Pol Pot led. Nate Thayer, Bold Reporter Who Interviewed Pol Pot, Dies at 62 2023-01-06T05:00:00Z Only three people were convicted, and many of the Khmer Rouge’s senior figures — including its notorious top leader, Pol Pot — were long dead by the time the court was created. Your Friday Briefing: Men Flee Russian Conscription 2022-09-22T04:00:00Z The Khmer Rouge tribunal came out of a uniquely optimistic period in international relations, in the late 1990s. Cambodia: Closure of Khmer Rouge trial leaves mixed legacy 2022-09-22T04:00:00Z On Thursday, the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia — a United Nations-backed tribunal charged with prosecuting the crimes of the Khmer Rouge regime — held its final hearing. 16 Years, 3 Convictions: The Khmer Rouge Trials Come to an End 2022-09-22T04:00:00Z His co-defendant Nuon Chea, the Khmer Rouge’s No. 2 leader and chief ideologist, was convicted twice and received the same life sentence. Khmer Rouge tribunal ending work after 16 years, 3 judgments 2022-09-21T04:00:00Z As a child, he was forced to work in Khmer Rouge camps for more than three years until their rule ended in 1979. Cambodian, Japanese among winners of Magsaysay Awards 2022-08-31T04:00:00Z During this time, in an event that consumed much of his later life, two fellow photographers headed on motorcycles down an empty road in Cambodia in search of Khmer Rouge guerrillas and never returned. Tim Page, Gonzo Photographer of Vietnam War, Is Dead at 78 2022-08-24T04:00:00Z Survivors of the Khmer Rouge have mixed feelings about the ECCC. Cambodia: Closure of Khmer Rouge trial leaves mixed legacy 2022-09-22T04:00:00Z Many of the Khmer Rouge’s senior figures — including its notorious top leader, Pol Pot — were long dead by the time the court was created. 16 Years, 3 Convictions: The Khmer Rouge Trials Come to an End 2022-09-22T04:00:00Z Four other suspects, middle-ranking Khmer Rouge leaders, escaped prosecution because of a split among the tribunal’s jurists. Khmer Rouge tribunal ending work after 16 years, 3 judgments 2022-09-21T04:00:00Z An ex-con who was paroled in California was recently deported to Cambodia — a country he left as an infant refugee while his family fled the Khmer Rouge. Ex-con deported to Cambodia despite spending entire life in U.S. 2022-08-21T04:00:00Z The items were generally smuggled over the Cambodia-Thailand border and transferred to brokers, who transferred them to dealers in Khmer artifacts in Bangkok to sell on. United States returns looted Bronze Age treasures to Cambodia 2022-08-09T04:00:00Z Khieu Samphan was one of a small group of Khmer Rouge leaders prosecuted by the unique hybrid court comprised of Cambodian and international judges and lawyers. Cambodia: Closure of Khmer Rouge trial leaves mixed legacy 2022-09-22T04:00:00Z “The Khmer Rouge leaders have died,” said Yun Bin, 67, who was beaten and left for dead in a ditch by the regime’s cadres. 16 Years, 3 Convictions: The Khmer Rouge Trials Come to an End 2022-09-22T04:00:00Z Hun Sen himself was a middle-ranking commander with the Khmer Rouge before defecting while the group was still in power, and several senior members of his ruling Cambodian People’s Party share similar backgrounds. Khmer Rouge tribunal ending work after 16 years, 3 judgments 2022-09-21T04:00:00Z Williams said organized looting networks — including looters affiliated with the Khmer Rouge — sent the statues to Douglas Latchford, a well-known antiquities dealer, who then sold them to western dealers, collectors and institutions. Cambodian ambassador: Looted artworks are ‘souls’ of culture 2022-08-08T04:00:00Z The Southeast Asian country's archaeological sites -including Koh Ker, a capital of the ancient Khmer empire - suffered widespread looting in civil conflicts between the 1960s and 1990s. United States returns to Cambodia 30 antiquities looted from historic sites 2022-08-08T04:00:00Z Kim was 1 month old when his family was moved to a Khmer Rouge death camp, and he was 11 years old when his family eventually immigrated to the United States. Californians Remember Vin Scully 2022-08-04T04:00:00Z Mr. Khieu Samphan, urbane and multilingual, was the nominal leader and presentable face of the Khmer Rouge and a member of its tight-knit inner circle. 16 Years, 3 Convictions: The Khmer Rouge Trials Come to an End 2022-09-22T04:00:00Z Around 1918, Cœdès had postulated the existence of a dominant but previously unknown Old Malay empire in Southeast Asia, one that predated the Khmers. The Elusive Origin of Zero 2022-07-28T04:00:00Z Near the bandstand, a group of people danced in a circle to Khmer music, dreamily furling their fingers and twisting their wrists. A Cambodian American police officer helps his community heal and look forward 2022-07-12T04:00:00Z That institution acquired the sculpture in 1973, two years before Cambodia was plunged into the horrors of Khmer Rouge rule. At the Sackler Gallery, a statue of Krishna has a complex tale to tell 2022-06-07T04:00:00Z The Khmer community in Long Beach, the largest in the nation, looked into starting its own. Californians Remember Vin Scully 2022-08-04T04:00:00Z Only in the last decade have Cambodian schools begun to teach students about the Khmer Rouge period, spurred in part by the existence of the tribunal. 16 Years, 3 Convictions: The Khmer Rouge Trials Come to an End 2022-09-22T04:00:00Z In the local Khmer language, the fish is called "Boramy", which means full moon. World's largest freshwater fish found in Mekong, scientists say 2022-06-20T04:00:00Z Khmer music played, people danced and life continued. A Cambodian American police officer helps his community heal and look forward 2022-07-12T04:00:00Z Mr. Hun Sen was the prime minister in a Vietnam-installed Communist government after the Vietnamese ousted the Khmer Rouge, which had caused the deaths of around two million people in the late 1970s. Cambodia Sends U.S. Activist and Other Opposition Members to Prison 2022-06-14T04:00:00Z He rose to prominence in the 1980s, after the defeat of the Khmer Rouge "killing fields" regime, and cemented his hold on power in the 1990s. Cambodian court jails American lawyer, dozens of others for treason 2022-06-14T04:00:00Z “We have at least five million survivors — one third of the population — who suffered at the hands of the Khmer Rouge whose stories have not even been heard or documented.” 16 Years, 3 Convictions: The Khmer Rouge Trials Come to an End 2022-09-22T04:00:00Z It was a former high school turned torture prison under the communist Khmer Rouge regime. Putsata Reang finds home with and away from her mom in memoir ‘Ma and Me’ 2022-05-30T04:00:00Z The Khmer community in Long Beach, the nation’s largest, looked into starting its own. A Cambodian American police officer helps his community heal and look forward 2022-07-12T04:00:00Z After their ouster, the Khmer Rouge waged a jungle insurgency until the United Nations brokered a deal and set up a Western-style democracy with political freedoms and human rights guarantees. Cambodia Sends U.S. Activist and Other Opposition Members to Prison 2022-06-14T04:00:00Z By the latest government count, Asians make up 21% of Lowell’s population of 115,550, although people here say the Khmer community, as the Cambodian language and old kingdom are called, is probably larger. In storied New England mill city, Cambodian Americans make political history 2022-05-20T04:00:00Z He also insisted that if the statues had not been removed from Cambodia they would most likely, as he put it, have been shot up for target practice by the Khmer Rouge. The long struggle to return Cambodia's looted treasures 2022-05-12T04:00:00Z Content includes photos and messages praising the Russian leader, written in a number of languages, including English, Russian, Farsi, Arabic and Khmer. Putin's mysterious Facebook 'superfans' on a mission 2022-04-10T04:00:00Z Kim was 1 month old when his family was moved to a Khmer Rouge death camp. A Cambodian American police officer helps his community heal and look forward 2022-07-12T04:00:00Z Gonzalez-Davidson, who is fluent in Cambodia's native Khmer, spoke passionately about a planned hydropower dam in the Cardamom Mountains in the west of the country, and the destruction it would inflict on the local environment. The Cambodian activists risking their freedom for the environment 2022-04-08T04:00:00Z The Khmer community’s most influential nonprofit, the Cambodian Mutual Assistance Assn., is a financial supporter of the Latinx Community Center for Empowerment. In storied New England mill city, Cambodian Americans make political history 2022-05-20T04:00:00Z Elizabeth Heng, a GOP candidate from Fresno who has also received attention in the race, is the daughter of Chinese and Cambodian immigrants who fled the Khmer Rouge. Democrats loved hating on Devin Nunes. Now there's a six-way race to replace him 2022-04-03T04:00:00Z Another moderator, Victoria, from Cambodia, has been pushing content in a Khmer language group. Putin's mysterious Facebook 'superfans' on a mission 2022-04-10T04:00:00Z Japan also provided money to the U.N.-backed Khmer Rouge tribunal. Japan’s PM visits Cambodia, also one of China’s key partners 2022-03-20T04:00:00Z The book follows a community of Cambodian Americans living mostly in the Central Valley and deals with reincarnation, the inherited trauma of the Khmer Rouge era, queerness and the intricacies of family life. Anthony Veasna So, Diane Seuss among National Book Critics Circle Award winners 2022-03-17T04:00:00Z He fled Cambodia in 1975 when Pol Pot and his brutal Khmer Rouge forces took control of the country. In storied New England mill city, Cambodian Americans make political history 2022-05-20T04:00:00Z Most of the textbooks that educated today’s young adults touched lightly on the atrocities committed by the Khmer Rouge. ‘They don’t know about war’: Cambodia’s legacy of forgotten horrors 2022-03-16T04:00:00Z Angkor was once the seat of the Khmer Empire, which ruled much of Southeast Asia between the ninth and the 15th centuries. At Angkor Wat, ‘You Have One of the World’s Wonders to Yourself’ 2022-03-14T04:00:00Z For Sam Sophal, who survived the Khmer Rouge genocide only because his mother bribed Khmer Rouge executioners with her silver watch, the promise of peace was irresistible. 'Mission impossible': U.N. in Cambodia showed early limit of nation building 2022-03-13T05:00:00Z They overthrew the Khmer Rouge and installed a less repressive government. World History: Patterns of Interaction 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z Some Khmer community leaders want Chau to speak out against Hun Sen, Cambodia’s longtime autocratic ruler. In storied New England mill city, Cambodian Americans make political history 2022-05-20T04:00:00Z Such executions were common in Democratic Kampuchea, as the Khmer Rouge renamed the country, where an agrarian utopia was to replace a decadent capitalism. ‘They don’t know about war’: Cambodia’s legacy of forgotten horrors 2022-03-16T04:00:00Z Mr. Schanberg, who died in 2016, won a Pulitzer Prize for his coverage of Cambodia’s fall to the Khmer Rouge in the 1970s. New York Times Wins 2 Polk Awards for Investigative Reporting 2022-02-21T05:00:00Z A Vietnamese invasion toppled the Khmer Rouge in 1979, setting off a war in which the ousted Maoists and two other factions battled the invaders and their Cambodian allies. 'Mission impossible': U.N. in Cambodia showed early limit of nation building 2022-03-13T05:00:00Z By the 800s, the Khmer had conquered neighboring kingdoms and created an empire. World History: Patterns of Interaction 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z His father, a captain in the Cambodian army, was executed by the Khmer Rouge. In storied New England mill city, Cambodian Americans make political history 2022-05-20T04:00:00Z After his mother died of starvation, he had served in the very force that had precipitated her death: the Khmer Rouge. ‘They don’t know about war’: Cambodia’s legacy of forgotten horrors 2022-03-16T04:00:00Z As a New York Times foreign correspondent in 1975, he chronicled Cambodia’s fall to the brutal Khmer Rouge, reporting that inspired the film “The Killing Fields.” Washington Post wins two Polk Awards for journalism on Jan. 6 and ‘Pegasus Project’ 2022-02-21T05:00:00Z Could those who concocted this sentence ever recognize their kinship with the moral purifiers of Cambodia’s Khmer Rouge? Opinion | Even by today’s standard of campus cowardice and conformity, this repulsive episode is noteworthy 2022-02-11T05:00:00Z In 1975, Communist rebels known as the Khmer Rouge set up a brutal Communist government under the leadership of Pol Pot. World History: Patterns of Interaction 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z “I wanted to make a world come alive,” said Panh, who came to Paris in 1990 after fleeing the Khmer Rouge’s genocide in his home country. Two Asian films explore burden of past violence at Berlin Film Festival 2022-02-12T05:00:00Z Days before, his son-in-law had been killed by a Khmer Rouge mine. ‘They don’t know about war’: Cambodia’s legacy of forgotten horrors 2022-03-16T04:00:00Z He authored four books about the country including, “Extraordinary Justice: Law, Politics, and the Khmer Rouge Tribunals.” Prime minister grooms West Point-educated son to take over in Cambodia 2022-02-07T05:00:00Z During the Khmer Rouge era in the 1970s, the community devastated, as the regime lashed out against well-educated, urban merchants. Cambodian lion dancers cling to craft amid COVID pandemic 2022-01-31T05:00:00Z |
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