Transgender woman speaks out on sex abuses, Khmer Rouge trials

Pol Pot and the Khmer Rouge in Cambodia have been accused of many atrocities, but today a 68 year-old transgender woman added a new dimension to the saga when she revealed shocking details of her oppression under...

Top Khmer Rouge diplomat in court

" Former Khmer Rouge foreign minister Ieng Sary has appeared before Cambodia's genocide tribunal to appeal against his detention. The 82-year-old has been charged with war crimes and crimes against humanity committed during the Maoist regime's four-year rule in the late...

Cambodia: Mia Farrow's Darfur Genocide Protest Ends

OpinionBarry Artiste, Now Public ContributorCelebrities complete with their entourages on a Worldwide Mission Protesting injustices, sticking their  Celebrity Noses into Diplomatic affairs in which they have...

Former Khmer Rouge leader detained

One of the top known surviving leader of the Khmer Rouge in Cambodia was arrested today. Nuon Chea at the age of 82 years old was taken Phnom Penn, Cambodia for a hearing in front of A U.N backed genocide...

Bush creates his own Catch-22

The piece bellow is today's editorial of the New Zealand based "The Dominion Post"  Tuesday, 28 August. It highlights the increasingly difficult position the Bush government finds itself in.The Dominion Post...

Khmer Rouge Trials Mired in Corruption

This one sent my corruption-meter into the red. I thought the point of the Khmer Rouge trials was to, well, put the Khmer Rouge leaders o n trial, not raise funds for the Cambodian Bar Association. In the...

Buddhist Monks Fight in anti-Vietnam Protest

In Cambodia's capitol city of Phnom Penh, a protest on behalf of the Khmer diaspora turned violent. The basis of the protest was the religious freedoms of the Khmer living in a Vietnamese region that once belonged to Cambodia."At least two Buddhist monks were injured Friday...

A Scene from 'S-21'

From 1975 to 1979, the Khmer Rouge regime jailed between 17,000 and 20,000 Cambodians at "S-21," a high school-turned-prison in the country's capitol, Phnom Penh.The prisoners—many of them educated or politically affiliated members of Cambodian society—were deemed enemies...

Fancy 'Stuffed Frog', Treat yourself to a Khmer Dinner at Meric (Cambodia)

An Australian and a French chef offer a Khmer and a more traditional menu at 'Meric' restaurant near the famous Angkor Wat historic site.

Genocide site in Cambodia draws tourists (AP)

" By DENIS D. GRAY, Associated Press Writer Sun Aug 13, 4:05 PM ET ANLONG VENG, Cambodia - Call it crass, macabre or educational, but Pol Pot's shabby grave and a towering stack of his victims' skulls are drawing a growing number of visitors to Cambodia's genocide trail....

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