Chicago Tribune

Ex-Khmer Rouge general guilty in abduction, killings of 3 backpackers

In a verdict hailed as a step toward justice in Cambodia, a former Khmer Rouge general was convicted Monday of murder in the abduction and execution of three Western backpackers. Sam Bith, 69, was ...
Los Angeles Times

As Khmer Rouge guerrillas in the ‘70s, they took part in genocide. Now, as Christians, they ask for forgiveness

Reporting from Pailin Province, Cambodia — Consulting a Bible app on his smartphone, Norng Chhay pulled up his favorite passage from the book of Matthew. “‘Do not judge others, and you will not be ...
CNN

Scars of the Khmer Rouge: How Cambodia is healing from a genocide

On the stage of a TV studio in Phnom Penh, Cambodian-American Ly Sivhong is telling an engrossed audience a tragic, but familiar, story. On April 17, 1975 – 40 years ago today – life as Ly knew it was ...
NPR

Decades Later, Khmer Rouge Leaders Face War Crimes Tribunal

The three top leaders of Cambodia's Khmer Rouge have faced their first day in a U.N.-backed court, accused of crimes against humanity, genocide and terrible brutality that led to the deaths of about ...
NPR

As Khmer Rouge tribunal winds down, Cambodian experts see 'small measure of justice'

The Khmer Rouge killed as many as 2 million Cambodians in the 70s. Decades later, a tribunal was set up to help find justice. 15 years later, it's ending having found just three people guilty. Now to ...
CNN

A timeline of the Khmer Rouge regime and its aftermath

At least 1.7 million people – nearly a quarter of Cambodia’s population – were killed by execution, disease, starvation and overwork under the Khmer Rouge’s brutal rule from 1975 to 1979. Three of the ...