http://topics.cnn.com/topics/feeds/rss/Khmer_RougeFind stories, videos, and photos about Khmer Rouge from CNN.com.en-usCable News Network LP, LLLP.Thu, 26 Nov 2009 03:26:36 GMT5http://i.cdn.turner.com/cnn/.element/img/1.0/logo/cnn.logo.rss.gifhttp://topics.cnn.com/topics/feeds/rss/Khmer_Rouge14433Find stories, videos, and photos about Khmer Rouge from CNN.com.http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/11/25/cambodia.duch.trial/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/11/25/cambodia.duch.trial/index.html#cnnSTCTextProsecutors in the trial of a former Khmer Rouge prison chief asked a U.N.-backed Cambodian court Wednesday to sentence the man to 40 years in prison for his role in the torture and deaths of thousands.Wed, 25 Nov 2009 19:36:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/11/23/cambodia.duch.trial/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/11/23/cambodia.duch.trial/index.html#cnnSTCTextA U.N.-backed Cambodian court started closing arguments Monday in the trial of a former Khmer Rouge prison chief accused of killing thousands of people three decades ago.Mon, 23 Nov 2009 13:13:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/10/28/cambodia.landmines/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/10/28/cambodia.landmines/index.html#cnnSTCTextAki Ra was forced to be a child soldier in the genocidal Khmer Rouge regime in Cambodia in the early 1980s, taught to shoot a gun and plant deadly landmines.Tue, 10 Nov 2009 09:43:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/09/11/cambodia.land.evictions/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/09/11/cambodia.land.evictions/index.html#cnnSTCTextVillagers march more than 300 kilometers from northwest Cambodia to ask the prime minister to save their homes from developers. Some 400 families in the country's south learn their farmland had been given to developers only when bulldozers arrive.Fri, 11 Sep 2009 06:25:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/04/29/wus.cambodia.genocide/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/04/29/wus.cambodia.genocide/index.html#cnnSTCTextNorng Chan Phal ran through the notorious Khmer Rouge prison S-21 in the Cambodian capital as a 9-year-old boy, frantically looking for his mother after their torturers had fled from advancing Vietnamese troops in 1979.Fri, 01 May 2009 01:37:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/04/29/wus.cambodia.rivers/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/04/29/wus.cambodia.rivers/index.html#cnnSTCTextCambodia is a country that throws up the most staggering barbed facts that catch the mind and should stick inconveniently in our conscience.Thu, 30 Apr 2009 09:39:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/04/29/wus.programming/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/04/29/wus.programming/index.html#cnnSTCTextIn Killing Fields: Long Road to Justice," CNN sheds new light on atrocities committed in Cambodia during the Khmer Rouge regime of 1975-1979.Thu, 30 Apr 2009 04:29:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/11/25/cambodia.opera/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/11/25/cambodia.opera/index.html#cnnSTCTextA man strums an electric guitar while another musician blows on a buffalo horn converted into an instrument. A boy performs the traditional Cambodian monkey dance spliced in with breakdancing beats while a singer raps to the moves.Fri, 03 Apr 2009 02:45:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/02/16/cambodia.art/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/02/16/cambodia.art/index.html#cnnSTCTextBamboo, woven into the shape of human stomachs. Red, sky blue and orange pencil shavings glued onto a large canvas form a woman's traditional hair clip. A collage of magazine clippings, drawings and found materials depict Cambodia's tumultuous modern history.Fri, 03 Apr 2009 02:43:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/11/13/sbm.cambodia.himhuy/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/11/13/sbm.cambodia.himhuy/index.html#cnnSTCTextMore than 30 years after the genocide, the killing fields still cover Cambodia.Fri, 03 Apr 2009 02:25:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/11/13/sbm.cambodia.chhang/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/11/13/sbm.cambodia.chhang/index.html#cnnSTCTextYouk Chhang knows the truth about the Cambodian genocide perhaps better than anyone in the world.Fri, 03 Apr 2009 02:24:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/04/01/cambodia.trial/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/04/01/cambodia.trial/index.html#cnnSTCTextAttorneys for Kaing Guek Eav lobbied Wednesday to ease conditions under which the former Khmer Rouge prison chief is being held during his trial.Wed, 01 Apr 2009 09:10:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/03/30/cambodia.court/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/03/30/cambodia.court/index.html#cnnSTCTextA joint Cambodian-United Nations court, currently trying five former members of the ultra-Maoist Khmer Rouge group on war crimes charges, is itself facing allegations of corruption and bribery.Wed, 01 Apr 2009 03:35:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/TRAVEL/03/31/test.story/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/TRAVEL/03/31/test.story/index.html#cnnSTCTextKaing Guek Eav on Tuesday expressed sorrow for his actions 30 years ago as a prison chief for the Khmer Rouge regime, as he stood before the tribunal trying him for alleged war crimes.Tue, 31 Mar 2009 13:37:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/03/30/cambodia.tribunal/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/03/30/cambodia.tribunal/index.html#cnnSTCTextThe trial of a former prison chief with the Khmer Rouge movement resumed inside a packed Cambodian courtroom Monday, with prosecutors painting a grim picture of inmates who were electrocuted, whipped and beaten to death.Tue, 31 Mar 2009 01:07:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/03/29/cambodia.tribunal/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/03/29/cambodia.tribunal/index.html#cnnSTCTextKaing Guek Eav is an elderly former math teacher and a born-again Christian.Mon, 30 Mar 2009 23:57:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/02/17/cambodia.genocide.trial/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/02/17/cambodia.genocide.trial/index.html#cnnSTCTextA former member of Cambodia's genocidal Khmer Rouge regime became the first from the ultra-Maoist movement to stand trial before a U.N.-backed tribunal Tuesday.Wed, 18 Feb 2009 02:23:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/02/16/cambodia.genocide/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/02/16/cambodia.genocide/index.html#cnnSTCTextA former member of Cambodia's genocidal Khmer Rouge regime became the first from the ultra-Maoist movement to stand trial before a U.N.-backed tribunal Tuesday.Tue, 17 Feb 2009 10:07:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/01/19/cambodia.genocide/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/01/19/cambodia.genocide/index.html#cnnSTCTextA former member of Cambodia's genocidal Khmer Rouge regime will be the first from the ultra-Maoist movement to stand trial before a U.N. backed tribunal in late February, the court announced Monday.Mon, 19 Jan 2009 10:19:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/europe/11/20/sbm.overview/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/europe/11/20/sbm.overview/index.html#cnnSTCTextThey share a deep sorrow: an idealistic American who tried to protect the Kurds of Iraq, a Canadian general who refused to follow orders in Rwanda, a French priest who fought for the soul of Cambodia.Mon, 12 Jan 2009 18:43:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/europe/11/24/sbm.amanpour.essay/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/europe/11/24/sbm.amanpour.essay/index.html#cnnSTCTextNo one teaches reporters how to cover a war, much less wars that include genocide. Most of us rely on the wisdom of experienced colleagues and a lot of on-the-job training.Wed, 10 Dec 2008 17:41:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/11/13/sbm.cambodia.ponchaud/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/11/13/sbm.cambodia.ponchaud/index.html#cnnSTCTextFrancois Ponchaud was a newly ordained Catholic priest when he arrived in Cambodia in 1965 from a small village in France.Wed, 10 Dec 2008 17:33:00 ESThttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1849959,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicshttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1849959,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicsFormer rebels receive long jail terms for the 1996 kidnapping and murder of a British mine clearance expert and his Cambodian interpreterTue, 14 Oct 2008 09:00:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/04/15/un.pol.pot/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/04/15/un.pol.pot/index.html#cnnSTCTextOn the tenth anniversary of Khmer Rouge leader Pol Pot's death, U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon appealed Tuesday for the senior leaders of the regime to be brought to justice.Wed, 16 Apr 2008 08:19:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/asiapcf/11/13/btc.cassie.blog.reminders/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/asiapcf/11/13/btc.cassie.blog.reminders/index.html#cnnSTCTextCassie Phillips is in Battambang, Cambodia, where she will be working with the NGO Homeland.Thu, 29 Nov 2007 12:54:00 ESThttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1686601,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicshttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1686601,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicsHundreds of Cambodians turn out to see the first public hearing for a former official of the brutal Khmer Rouge regimeWed, 21 Nov 2007 15:00:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/asiapcf/11/20/khmer.rouge/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/asiapcf/11/20/khmer.rouge/index.html#cnnSTCTextThe U.N.-backed genocide tribunal opened its first formal hearing in the Cambodian capital on Tuesday with the alleged chief torturer of the Khmer Rouge the first to appear.Wed, 21 Nov 2007 03:20:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/asiapcf/11/14/cambodia.khmer/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/asiapcf/11/14/cambodia.khmer/index.html#cnnSTCTextFormer Khmer Rouge Prime Minister Khieu Samphan arrived in the Cambodian capital, Phnom Penh, Wednesday morning and was quickly taken to a local hospital for medical treatment.Wed, 14 Nov 2007 09:42:00 ESThttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1683537,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicshttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1683537,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicsKhieu Samphan, the former Khmer Rouge head of state whose arrest by a U.N.-backed genocide tribunal has been widely anticipated, suffered a stroke TuesdayTue, 13 Nov 2007 20:00:00 ESThttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1683285,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicshttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1683285,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicsIeng Sary and his wife, Ieng Thirith, were in-laws to Khmer Rouge leader Pol Pot and members of his inner circle. Now they're facing charges before Cambodia's genocide tribunalTue, 13 Nov 2007 14:00:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/asiapcf/11/12/cambodia.khmer/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/asiapcf/11/12/cambodia.khmer/index.html#cnnSTCTextIeng Sary, the foreign minister of the Khmer Rouge regime that ruled Cambodia in the late 1970s, and his wife were arrested by a U.N.-backed genocide tribunal Monday, court officials announced.Mon, 12 Nov 2007 08:38:00 ESThttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1663314,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicshttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1663314,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicsWith the detention of Pol Pot's former deputy, Cambodia comes closer to justice for the victims of the Khmer Rouge Wed, 19 Sep 2007 15:00:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2007/US/05/09/asian.american.pioneers/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2007/US/05/09/asian.american.pioneers/index.htmlAt times in U.S. history when immigration and labor laws treated them as second-class citizens, and stereotypes and prejudices flourished, some Asian-Americans found the courage to challenge discrimination in its institutionalized and informal forms. Others gave voice to untold stories from their native countries. Here is a small selection of Asian-American pioneers.Wed, 09 May 2007 17:30:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/asiapcf/07/20/cambodia.tamok/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/asiapcf/07/20/cambodia.tamok/index.htmlTa Mok, the former Khmer Rouge military chief known as "The Butcher" has died in a Cambodian military hospital, government officials said. He was 80.Fri, 21 Jul 2006 03:59:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/moneymag/moneymag_archive/2003/07/01/344748/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/moneymag/moneymag_archive/2003/07/01/344748/index.htmThyda Puth knows that there is no place like home. A real estate agent and owner of a 30-unit apartment building, she has carved out a specialty: helping refugees from her native Cambodia navigate ...Tue, 01 Jul 2003 04:01:00 EDT