In 2013 Cambodia enacted a similar law against denying Khmer Rouge atrocities after then-Prime Minister Hun Sen called for the measure. He claimed that a leading opposition lawmaker suggested that ...

PHNOM PENH — Cambodian lawmakers on Tuesday approved a draft law making it illegal to deny atrocities committed by the Khmer Rouge regime in the 1970s, including genocide.

where there had been heavy fighting in the 1980s and 1990s between Cambodian government soldiers and rebel guerrillas from the communist Khmer Rouge. The group had been ousted from power in 1979.

Cambodia, sandwiched between Thailand and Vietnam, is often overlooked for its better-off neighbours when it comes to tourism, instead known for its grim past under the Khmer Rouge, the radical ...

"When we started the work, it was so difficult because we lacked people with good knowledge," the 87-year-old told AFP from his home in Phnom Penh. When the Khmer Rouge took power, Yeang Chheang ...

“Helping others was a way of life,” says Diane of her father, something he learned from his own parents. Sam grew up in ...

The event – held at Phnom Penh’s National Olympic Stadium – will feature a game between Khmer martial artists and Muay Thai fighters, as well as a game between Cambodian and Thai celebrities, ...

"When we started the work, it was so difficult because we lacked people with good knowledge," the 87-year-old told AFP from his home in Phnom Penh. When the Khmer Rouge took power, Yeang Chheang ...

The Seattle Met broke sad news late last week: Sam Ung, the founder of Phnom Penh Noodle House, has died from a heart attack ...

Cambodian lawmakers have approved a bill that will toughen penalties for anyone denying that atrocities were carried out in the late 1970s under the rule of the Khmer Rouge, whose brutal policies are ...

PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP ... were carried out in the late 1970s under the rule of the communist Khmer Rouge, whose brutal policies are blamed for the deaths of 1.7 million people.