Tag Archive: Khmer Rouge

Cambodia Festival in New York City.

Cambodia festival in NYC weaves art over rough history; Met, Lincoln Center, Guggenheim a part.   One day, the world will speak of Cambodia without defining it by the raw, recent history of… Read More

Opportunist Ieng Sary’s life of utter Hypocrisy.

Ieng Sary, foreign minister and “Brother No. 3” in Cambodia’s Khmer Rouge regime, died on March 14th, aged 87. It was, he said, the greatest revolution the world had ever seen. It would… Read More

In Austria, Small Cambodian Population Keeps Its Identity.

In Austria, Cambodians who were forced to flee their country still find ways to maintain their identity, though some here say that can be difficult. In this European country, Cambodians keep up with… Read More

First Time, Cambodian Artists in Berlin.

Germany presents for the first time in Europe artists from Cambodia. Their focus is on engagement in capturing and archiving the transforming city. Their media: collages, photographs, sculptures, installations and documentation. “Connect: Phnom Penh:… Read More

Ieng Sary Dead – Quo vadis Khmer Rouge Tribunal?

Former Khmer Rouge foreign minister, Ieng Sary, died Thursday morning, March 14, 2013, at the age of 87. KR war criminal. Ieng Sary passed away in a Phnom Penh hospital, while still under the… Read More

KR genocide: justice delayed – justice denied?

Under Cambodia’s murderous Khmer Rouge, Meas Mut and Sou Met, now two-star generals in their 80s, are said to have hauled prisoners to S-21, a torture center that symbolizes the horrors of a… Read More

Cambodian Reality: black and white? No shades of gray nuances?

Following is a critical – in my view, largely realistic – newspaper report on land grabbing and the devastating consequences for much of the landless Cambodian population. Indeed, the corresponding statement of the… Read More

KR Tribunal: Les interprètes en grève.

KHMERS ROUGES – Les interprètes du Tribunal cessent le travail pour réclamer leur salaire. Traducteurs et interprètes des Chambres extraordinaires ont annoncé aujourd’hui au juge qui présidait l’audience qu’ils suspendaient leur activité. En… Read More

KR Tribunal’s financial cliff.

EU wants Cambodia to pay more for Khmer Rouge crimes court. The European Union is calling for Cambodia to come up with more cash for a Khmer Rouge war crimes tribunal, where resignations… Read More

US Bombing of Cambodia and Drone Campaign.

What the U.S. Bombing of Cambodia Tells Us About Obama’s Drone Campaign. A look back at another instance where the U.S. undertook a secretive and widespread bombing campaign. Halfway through the Justice Department… Read More

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