Khmer Rouge

Democracy In Cambodia: 30 Years On

Three decades after a landmark agreement ended years of bloody violence in Cambodia, its strongman ruler has crushed all opposition and is eyeing dynastic succession, shattering hopes for a democratic future.The Paris Peace Agreements, signed on 23 October, 1991, brought an end to nearly two decades of savage slaughter that began with the Khmer Rouge's ascent to power in 1975.The genocidal regime wiped out up to two million Cambodians through murder, starvation and overwork, before a Vie

22 October 2021
0

Outrage Over Edited Photos Of Khmer Rouge Victims

Authorities in Cambodia have criticised an artist after he altered photos of victims of the Khmer Rouge genocide.Irish artist Matt Loughrey colourised images of photos taken in the notorious Tuol Sleng prison.

12 April 2021
0

Who Were The Khmer Rouge?

The Khmer Rouge's interrogator-in-chief Kaing Guek Eav, better known by his alias Duch, died Wednesday in Cambodia's capital at the age of 77. The former teacher ran a notorious prison for the regime, overseeing the deaths of some 15,000 people - a fraction of the estimated two million who died.Here's what we know about the Khmer Rouge.Who Were They? The ultra-Maoist Khmer Rouge ruled Cambodia from 1975 to 1979 under the leadership of "Brother Number One&

3 September 2020
0

Dark tourism in ASEAN

From the 1945 Brunei-Australia Memorial in Brunei to the Cu Chi Tunnels in Vietnam, Southeast Asia has more than its fair share of dark tourism sites. World War II, the Khmer Rouge and a multitude of natural disasters have seen the creation of dozens of museums, monuments and memorials dedicated to providing the public with a deeper understanding and greater reverence of these key events.However, discussing the merits of sites which sell themselves on tragedy – such as the “Killing f

22 November 2019
0

Nuon Chea: Unrepentant revolutionary

Khmer Rouge "Brother Number Two" Nuon Chea, who died Sunday aged 93, was considered the chief ideologue of the murderous Cambodian regime and a key architect of its killing machine.Once leader Pol Pot's most trusted deputy, he was arrested in September 2007 on charges of war crimes, genocide and crimes against humanity that occurred during the brutal Khmer Rouge reign from 1975 to 1979.But the unrepentant revolutionary lived long enough to be one of only a handful of former lea

5 August 2019
0

Khmer Rouge Leaders Found Guilty

Two top leaders of Cambodia's Khmer Rouge regime were found guilty of genocide on Friday, in a landmark ruling almost 40 years after the fall of a brutal regime that presided over the deaths of a quarter of the population.The Khmer Rouge's former head of state Khieu Samphan, 87, and "Brother Number 2" Nuon Chea, 92, are the two most senior living members of the ultra-Maoist group that seized control of Cambodia from 1975-1979.The reign of terror led by "Brother Number

18 November 2018
0

Radar probes Khmer Rouge mass graves

A man walks gingerly over a small field in rural Cambodia, pushing a lawnmower-like contraption that deploys ground-penetrating radar to unearth clues of mass graves.The pilot project is twinning technology and fieldwork to locate remains of victims of the Khmer Rouge, the ultra-Maoist regime whose quest to build an agrarian utopia from 1975 to 1979 left an estimated two million Cambodians dead.Hacked to death, starved, overworked or ravaged by illness, their bodies were dumped in hastily dug

6 November 2018
0

Cambodia’s dirty dozen revealed

Cambodian premier, Hun Sen who has held on to power for over 30 years, is now a “fully fledged military dictator” according to a new report by the Human Rights Watch (HRW). The report also highlighted the entrenched militaristic ties that Hun Sen has nurtured and developed with 12 individuals that became the “backbone” of his autocratic regime.

28 June 2018
0