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Khmer Rouge

Top 10 ASEAN Stories of 2011
From floods, to elections to a shameful attack in London, The Diplomat picks its top stories from Southeast Asia.

What was China’s Khmer Rouge Role?
As the trial of former senior Khmer Rouge members continues, debate rages over how much China’s leadership knew about a key slave labor project.

Khmer Rouge: It was Vietnam!
Nuon Chea takes the stand at the trial of former Khmer Rouge leaders – and makes clear his hatred of Vietnam.

Khmer Rouge Horrors Laid Out
As the trial of three surviving leaders of Pol Pot’s regime begins, the court hears a long list of alleged horrors.

Justice vs. Stability
News the trial of four Khmer Rouge members is set to begin next month raises questions of justice and closure.
Heng Samrin, Man of the People
Cambodian Heng Samrin played a crucial role in ridding the country of Pol Pot. Still, he prefers life in the shadows.
Dutch to Pay for Massacre?
A court ruling that the Netherlands should pay damages over a massacre in Indonesia in 1947 is welcome.

Death of a Cambodian
The death of Vann Nath, who survived the full horror of Pol Pot’s regime, is a huge loss for Cambodia.

Cambodia Stock Exchange Opens
The opening of Cambodia’s stock exchange marks another step down the road of economic development.

Sheen Comes Off Khmer Rouge Trial
The first stage of Cambodia’s Case 002 is over. But will Hun Sen stamp out the prospects of more people being held to account?

Khmer Rouge Trial Takes Shape
The initial hearings in Cambodia’s Case 002 have closed. The lines of defence to be employed by the four accused of involvement in genocide are becoming clear.

Cambodia Primed for the Main Event
Decades after the horrors of the Killing Fields, many Cambodians hope Case 002 can finally offer justice to the memory of those killed by the Khmer Rouge.