Tag: Khmer Rouge

Introduction Ieng Sary (Khmer: អៀង សារី) was one of the most influential leaders of the Khmer Rouge, a regime that ...

Out of the Tropics, the Acronym: FUNK In the damp heat of Phnom Penh, in a nation pressed between empires ...

Sar Kheng in 2018 (Foreign and Commonwealth Office, CC BY 2.0) Early Life and Revolutionary Beginnings Sar Kheng (ស ខេង), born ...

Chea Sim in 2012 (Hang Reaksmey/VOA Khmer, Public domain) Chea Sim (Khmer: ជា ស៊ីម), born on November 15, 1932, in ...

A plate of “Burmese noodles” (mee kola) in Battambang (©Pascal Médeville) The Kola people — sometimes spelled Kula, Gula, or ...

Pailin province (ខេត្តប៉ៃលិន) is a unique and historically significant region in western Cambodia, bordering Thailand and nestled at the northern ...

Vietnamese invasion of Cambodia, December 1978 – January 1979 (BorysMapping, CC BY-SA 4.0) The Cambodian-Vietnamese War was a significant armed ...

Portrait of Pol Pot (Public domain) Pol Pot (ប៉ុលពត), born Saloth Sar (សាឡុត ស) on May 19, 1925, was the ...

Photographs of young victims at S-21 (©Pascal Médeville) The Tuol Sleng Genocide Museum (សារមន្ទីរឧក្រិដ្ឋកម្មប្រល័យពូជសាសន៍ទួលស្លែង), located in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, stands ...

Norodom Sihanouk in 1983 (Rob Croes for Anefo, CC0) Norodom Sihanouk (នរោត្តម សីហនុ) (1922–2012) was one of the most complex ...