Pol Pot almost never spoke to journalists, and rarely, if ever, told the truth about his background. In the 1977 conversation, he paints a humble picture of his childhood – saying he grew up the ...

A hearing on the bill included heated testimony from ultra-conservative evangelical pastor Rafael Cruz, the father of Texas U ...

In the northern district of Anlong Veng, the final stronghold of the Khmer Rouge, a newly designed roof now shelters the modest tomb of Pol Pot, one of history’s most infamous figures.

The U.N.-backed tribunal was formed decades after the end of their reign, and several years after the death of feared Khmer Rouge leader Pol Pot, in 1998. Only three of the defendants below have ...

One of the stories that shook the world in 1975 was Cambodia’s genocide. Communist forces lead by Pol Pot attempted to ...

Cambodian King Norodom Sihamoni has officially enacted a law criminalising the denial of crimes committed under the Democratic Kampuchea regime, under which individuals who refuse to acknowledge the ...

Next, expand student understanding of the rule of the Khmer Rouge by watching the story "Cambodia: Pol Pot's Shadow" (about 24 minutes long). Help students focus their viewing by asking them to ...

But painful memories still endure of the murderous Khmer Rouge's time in power under the leadership of Pol Pot in the 1970s, when 2 million people – one-fourth of the population – died in the regime's ...

A lawyer must pay £31,000 to the solicitors’ watchdog after he admitted giving his colleagues disparaging nicknames including ...