Khmer Rouge forces collect weapons left behind by retreating soldiers as they enter Phnom Penh on April 17, 1975. Roland Neveu/LightRocket via Getty Images On April 17, 1975, tanks rolled into the ...

PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) — The man accused of serving as the Khmer Rouge's chief torturer testified Monday that U.S. policies in the 1970s contributed to the brutal regime's rise to power and said he ...

(Reuters) - Prosecutors for Cambodia's "Killing Fields" tribunal began laying out their case on Monday in the first trial of a senior Pol Pot cadre since the fall of the regime blamed for 1.7 million ...

Feb 15 (Reuters) - Thirty years after the fall of Pol Pot's ultra-Maoist regime, blamed for the deaths of 1.7 million people, the first trial of his top cadres begins on Feb. 17. A handful of ageing ...

PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) — The U.N.-backed tribunal judging the criminal responsibility of former Khmer Rouge leaders for the deaths of an estimated 1.7 million Cambodians will issue verdicts Friday ...

(THE CONVERSATION) On April 17, 1975, tanks rolled into the Cambodian capital, Phnom Penh, to cheering crowds who believed that the country’s long civil war might finally be over. But what followed ...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Sophal Ear, Arizona State University (THE CONVERSATION) On April 17, 1975, tanks ...