Two former Khmer Rouge leaders have been found guilty of crimes against humanity by a Cambodian court and sentenced to life in prison. Nuon Chea, who was deputy to the infamous Pol Pot, and Khieu ...

PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) — Cambodia’s Cabinet on Friday approved a draft bill that will toughen penalties for anyone denying atrocities were carried out in the late 1970s under the rule of communist ...

PHNOM PENH, Cambodia — Cambodian lawmakers on Tuesday unanimously approved a bill that will toughen penalties for anyone denying that atrocities were carried out in the late 1970s under the rule of ...

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 ...

CHOEUNG EK, Cambodia — About 2,000 people attended Cambodia's annual Day of Remembrance Tuesday to mark half a century since Cambodia’s communist Khmer Rouge ...

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 ...

PHNOM PENH, Cambodia -- When Cambodian authorities arrested the Khmer Rouge's military chief and the director of the regime's main torture chamber three years ago, it was considered a major step ...

PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) — Cambodia has reiterated it intends to end the work of the U.N.-backed tribunal that last week convicted the last two surviving leaders of the Khmer Rouge of genocide, ...

Tourists who wander Cambodia’s Killing Fields don’t just encounter the ghosts of victims. Even today, scraps of clothing and bone fragments belonging to some of the 1.7 million people slaughtered by ...

The ruling party’s power “stems from control over state institutions, security forces, and economic resources rather than genuine popular support.” Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Manet takes part in a ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. Cambodian students from Royal University of Fine Arts perform the Victory Day dancing during their reign of ...