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BIZARRE: Khmer rouge - What They Never Told You

This extraordinary Southeast Asian country is no longer just for backpackers

After a year of political disruption, Cambodia has finally become a celebrated destination in its own right. Sarah Rodrigues goes on a journey of discovery

The Independent UK

Repatriation or political theatre? How the return of stolen artefacts can distort history

In late July, during a visit to the National Gallery of Australia, three Buddhist bodhisattva statues caught my attention.

The Conversation

Readers reply: Can art save lives?

The long-running series in which readers answer other readers’ questions on subjects ranging from trivial flights of fancy to profound scientific and philosophical concepts

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UNESCO grants World Heritage status to Khmer Rouge atrocity sites – paving the way for other sites of conflict

A series of atrocity sites of the Khmer Rouge regime in Cambodia have been formally entered onto the World Heritage list, as part of the 47th session of the World Heritage Committee.

The Conversation

Bavarian fairy tale castles and French Carnac Megaliths among new UNESCO World Heritage sites

UNESCO has reviewed the applications of several new World Heritage sites, adding the Carnac Megaliths in France, the Palaces of King Ludwig II of Bavaria and the Minoan Palatial Centres in Crete, Greece to the list.

Euronews

Cambodia Genocide Survivors 'Thrilled' At New UNESCO Status

Survivors of Cambodia's four-year genocide on Saturday told AFP they were "thrilled" that the site of their lives' biggest horror has gained UNESCO recognition.

International Business Times

Cambodian sites of Khmer Rouge brutality added to UNESCO heritage list

Three sites used by Cambodia’s brutal Khmer Rouge regime as torture and execution sites 50 years ago have been added by UNESCO to its World Heritage List

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Three Cambodia Genocide Sites Added To UNESCO Register

Three notorious Cambodian torture and execution sites used by the Khmer Rouge regime to perpetrate genocide 50 years ago were inscribed on UNESCO's World Heritage List on Friday.

International Business Times

Cambodian American chefs are finding success and raising their culture's profile. On their terms

Cambodian restaurants are not in every U.S. city the way Chinese and Japanese ones are

The Independent UK

Cambodians remember Khmer Rouge victims 50 years on

Cambodia held a powerful memorial on Tuesday to mark 50 years since the Khmer Rouge began a brutal regime that left around 1.7 million people dead.

Euronews

Cambodia commemorates victims of Khmer Rouge genocide on its 50th anniversary

Hundreds of Cambodians marked the Day of Remembrance by attending a ceremony honouring victims of the Khmer Rouge at one of the "killing fields".

Euronews

Cambodia's 'Day of Remembrance' marks the 50th anniversary of the Khmer Rouge genocide

About 2,000 people attended Cambodia’s annual Day of Remembrance Tuesday to mark half a century since Cambodia’s communist Khmer Rouge launched a four-year reign of terror that caused the deaths of about 1.7 million people

The Independent UK

Silent Killing Fields 50 Years On From Khmer Rouge Atrocities

Cambodia marked on Thursday the 50th anniversary of the Khmer Rouge's march into Phnom Penh, though survivors of its genocidal rule were forbidden from praying before victims' skulls.

International Business Times

China's Xi visits Cambodia to strengthen bilateral ties and trade

The Chinese president concluded his Southeast Asian tour in Cambodia, meeting top officials to strengthen ties and discuss trade amid US tariff concerns.

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Fifty years after fall of Phnom Penh, history weighs on Cambodian politics

The Khmer Rouge rise to power and overthrow are foundational to Cambodian People’s Party legitimacy, but memories fade.

International Business Times

Lessons In Horror With Cambodia's Khmer Rouge Tribunal

Sheltering in the shade of a bus repurposed into a mobile museum, Mean Loeuy tells a group of children about the hell he went through in a Khmer Rouge labour camp.

International Business Times

Cambodia Genocide Denial Law Open To Abuse, Say Critics

Survivors of the Khmer Rouge's genocidal regime welcome a beefed-up Cambodian law that forbids denying the movement's atrocities, but rights advocates and academics warn it could also stifle legitimate dissent.

The Conversation

Cambodia’s haunted present: 50 years after Khmer Rouge’s rise, murderous legacy looms large

On April 17, 1975, tanks rolled into the Cambodian capital, Phnom Penh, to cheering crowds who believed that the country’s long civil war might finally be over.

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International Business Times

A Coffin For Pol Pot's Memory, 50 Years After Phnom Penh's Fall

A new coffin-shaped structure topped with a clear plastic roof looms over the cremation site of Pol Pot in Anlong Veng, a testament to the estimated two million Cambodian lives lost under his genocidal rule.

The Independent UK

Cambodia passes bill toughening penalties for denial of Khmer Rouge genocide

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 blamed for the deaths of 1.7 million people

International Business Times

Cambodia Nears Khmer Rouge Survivor's Dream Of Eradicating Malaria

Cambodian scientist Yeang Chheang has spent six decades fighting malaria -- even in the Khmer Rouge labour camp where his wife and baby died -- and stands tantalisingly close to fulfilling his life's work.

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Cambodia Celebrates Return Of Precious Artifacts From Abroad

Cambodia repatriates 70 looted artifacts, including Hindu and Buddhist masterpieces, from abroad, marking a significant milestone in cultural heritage pres...

The Independent UK

Cambodia welcomes the Metropolitan Museum's repatriation of statues looted over decades of turmoil

Cambodia’s culture minister says the return to Cambodia this week of 14 sculptures that had been looted from the country during a period of war and unrest is like welcoming home the souls of ancestors

International Business Times

Young Cambodians Fight To Preserve Ancient Martial Art

In a small Cambodian town near the banks of the Mekong River, law student Oeun Bunthav tenses his slender torso and steels himself for an elbow strike to his head.

France 24

ICC’s bold move on Gaza warrants brings fresh scrutiny of Prosecutor Karim Khan

By demanding an arrest warrant for Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu, International Criminal Court Prosecutor Karim Khan has defied critics who accused him of turning a blind eye to Western-backed crimes against humanity – and made himself a possible target of the Biden administration.

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