At least 1.7 million people -- nearly a quarter of Cambodia's population -- died under the 1975-1979 Khmer Rouge from execution, disease, starvation and overwork, according to the Documentation Center of Cambodia.
At Cambodia's genocide court, a New Zealander confronts the man who ran the torture prison where his brother was killed.
A U.N.-backed Cambodian court started closing arguments Monday in the trial of a former Khmer Rouge prison chief accused of killing thousands of people three decades ago.
Cambodia is a country that throws up the most staggering barbed facts that catch the mind and should stick inconveniently in our conscience.
A recently disclosed memo gave U.S. interrogators the ability to use harsh methods -- what many call "torture" -- to extract information from terrorist suspects after 9/11. Around the world, critics saw it as another blow to American prestige and moral authority.
CNN's Christiane Amanpour tours Tuol Sleng Prison in Cambodia with a former inmate who describes what he endured.
Kaing Guek Eav is an elderly former math teacher and a born-again Christian.
Adolf Hitler, Pol Pot, Slobodan Milosevic. They are household names, infamous for masterminding genocide. But who were the foot soldiers who did the dirty work?
Walking down a street in Cambodia's capital city, Phymean Noun finished her lunch and tossed her chicken bones into the trash. Seconds later, she watched in horror as several children fought to reclaim her discarded food.
Phymean Noun offers children who work in Phnom Penh's trash dump a way out through free schooling and job training.
On the tenth anniversary of Khmer Rouge leader Pol Pot's death, U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon appealed Tuesday for the senior leaders of the regime to be brought to justice.
Hundreds of Cambodians turn out to see the first public hearing for a former official of the brutal Khmer Rouge regime
Former Khmer Rouge Prime Minister Khieu Samphan arrived in the Cambodian capital, Phnom Penh, Wednesday morning and was quickly taken to a local hospital for medical treatment.
Ieng Sary and his wife, Ieng Thirith, were in-laws to Khmer Rouge leader Pol Pot and members of his inner circle. Now they're facing charges before Cambodia's genocide tribunal
Ieng Sary, the foreign minister of the Khmer Rouge regime that ruled Cambodia in the late 1970s, and his wife were arrested by a U.N.-backed genocide tribunal Monday, court officials announced.
With the detention of Pol Pot's former deputy, Cambodia comes closer to justice for the victims of the Khmer Rouge
Cambodia is crowning its first new king in decades, amid an array of official celebrations.
A French attorney who has represented other notorious figures said Sunday that he will defend ousted Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein in any future trial.
Robert Bingham's Lightning on the Sun (Doubleday) is quite literally a novel in search of a screenplay--a Miramax manuscript is at the center of the plot. The setting: Cambodia before the death of ...
Fortune: STANLEY BINGupdated: Mon Aug 04 1997 00:01:00
I'm always amazed at the things business people do to improve themselves. Every year we're pretty much required to buy a fat tome chock-full of anecdotes to scare and inform us about the newest str...
When Royal Air Cambodge charged Cambodian tycoon Theng Bunma $600 for excess baggage earlier this year, he borrowed a pistol from one of his bodyguards and shot out the tire of the Boeing 737 from ...
Do economic sanctions work? Not against South Africa, says President Reagan, so he will probably veto a bill Congress has sent him that would impose sanctions -- mainly bans on certain imports and ...
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