ANLONG VENG, Cambodia - During his three decades with Cambodia's infamous Khmer Rouge, Ung Khorn planted land mines, set booby traps and led 200 soldiers into battle - killing an untold number of ...

ANLONG VENG, Cambodia — Many of the foot soldiers for the Khmer Rouge remain in Cambodia’s remote reaches, each with a chronicle of the horror-soaked years in which Pol Pot and his Communist disciples ...

Bo Uce still vividly remembers his experiences as a child soldier under the Khmer Rouge in Cambodia — the freezing nights, the constant hunger, the violence. He doesn’t talk much about his past. But ...

PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) -- Five former Khmer Rouge soldiers went on trial Friday for their alleged involvement in the killing of a British mine-clearing expert and his Cambodian colleague 12 years ...

PHNOM PENH (Reuters) - A Cambodian court sentenced three former Khmer Rouge soldiers to 20 years in jail on Tuesday for the murder of British de-miner Christopher Howes and his translator in 1996. The ...

They stand to attention in neat rows, soldiers battling an invisible yet deadly enemy. At the fore, clad in military fatigues, is Aki Ra, all eyes on his cherubic face as he issues the day’s ...

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 ...

Rockoff, who risked his life to photograph the brutality of the Khmer Rouge, has struggled ever since. Now he says his ...

PHNOM PENH, Cambodia — Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen’s ruling party claimed it had sealed a landslide victory in parliamentary elections Sunday that were expected to usher in a new term for the ...

CHAMKAR TA NGET, Cambodia | Nai Oeurn was jubilant. Cambodia's civil war was over, and as the 14-year-old Khmer Rouge guerrilla marched into the capital, Phnom Penh, he truly believed his country's ...

Alexis HONTANG and Suy SE AFP Apr 13, 2025 Apr 13, 2025 Updated Apr 14, 2025 A new coffin-shaped structure topped with a clear plastic roof looms over the cremation site of Pol Pot in Anlong Veng, a ...