He was 86. His death was announced by ... of the country and sealed its borders. The Khmer Rouge evacuated the entire capital city of Phnom Penh -- a chaotic forced exodus in which thousands ...

Despite the deaths of at least 1.7 million people under their brutal regime, only five top leaders of Cambodia's Khmer Rouge have ... two million people from Phnom Penh in 1975, and the alleged ...

When the Khmer Rouge took over Phnom Penh on 17 April 1975, he was held up in the French embassy, and expelled a few days later, on 8 May, one of the last foreigners to leave Cambodia. He ...

Phnom Penh has overcome its horrible history and ... it puts on its most attractive face. Traditional Khmer architecture clashes with newly sprouted skyscrapers, and the golden roofs of the ...

The Cambodian government has approved a draft law and stiff penalties to counter those who would deny the atrocities committed by the Khmer Rouge which ruled this country between 1975 and 1979, when ...