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50 Years Later, Khmer Rouge's Murderous Legacy Lives On
On April 17, 1975, tanks rolled into the Cambodian capital, Phnom Penh, to cheering crowds who believed that the country's ...
The Canadian Press on MSN2mon
A decades-old rocket-propelled grenade kills 2 toddlers who found it in the Cambodian countryside
Some 4-6 million land mines and other unexploded munitions are estimated to have littered Cambodia’s countryside during ...
Al Jazeera on MSN6d
Fifty years after fall of Phnom Penh, history weighs on Cambodian politics
The Khmer Rouge rise to power and overthrow are foundational to Cambodian People’s Party legitimacy, but memories fade.
Northwest Asian Weekly2d
UW candlelight vigil honors victims of Khmer Rouge genocide, 50 years on
A single white candle flickered in the breeze before fading as dozens gathered Apr. 17 on the University of Washington (UW)’s ...
Mena FN9d
Cambodia's Haunted Present: 50 Years After Khmer Rouge's Rise, Murderous Legacy Looms Large
A convoy of vehicles commandeered by the victorious Khmer Rouge drives through Phnom Penh on April 17, 1975. Roland ...
Christian Daily International on MSN6d
Killing Fields, Living Fields: New edition of classic book marks 50 years since fall of Phnom Penh and rise of Khmer Rouge
As Cambodia marks the 50th anniversary of the fall of its capital Phnom Penh to the Khmer Rouge, a final edition of a ...
The Boston Pilot6d
Church accompanies scarred Cambodians 50 years into the Khmer Rouge genocide
On the 50th anniversary of when the Khmer Rouge took power in Cambodia and left close to 2 million people dead, the Catholic Church there, still a fledgling minority, is making strides, ...
AFP on MSN8d
A coffin for Pol Pot's memory, 50 years after Phnom Penh's fall
A new coffin-shaped structure topped with a clear plastic roof looms over the cremation site of Pol Pot in Anlong Veng, a ...