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Pol Pot
![Steel Sharpens Steel: Remembering Nate Thayer Steel Sharpens Steel: Remembering Nate Thayer](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2023-03-02-002517.jpg)
Steel Sharpens Steel: Remembering Nate Thayer
By Peter Maguire
Many have recalled the foreign correspondent's interview with Khmer Rouge leader Pol Pot. Fewer have remembered his most significant and meaningful work.
![Nate Thayer, Dead at 62, and Stories That Still Resonate Nate Thayer, Dead at 62, and Stories That Still Resonate](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2023-01-10-204731.jpg)
Nate Thayer, Dead at 62, and Stories That Still Resonate
By Luke Hunt
Among his many scoops, Thayer's work also foreshadowed the rapid growth of Chinese influence in Cambodia.
![Locking Horns With the Khmer Rouge Locking Horns With the Khmer Rouge](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2023-01-09-003245.jpg)
Locking Horns With the Khmer Rouge
By Luke Hunt
A conversation with tribunal witness Rob Hamill.
![Cambodia’s Khmer Rouge Era in the Spotlight with Guilty Verdicts Cambodia’s Khmer Rouge Era in the Spotlight with Guilty Verdicts](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat.com-34467542043_d401279f79_k.jpg)
Cambodia’s Khmer Rouge Era in the Spotlight with Guilty Verdicts
By Luke Hunt
Despite two sentencings, questions on the quest for justice remain.
![The Khmer Rouge Trials: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly The Khmer Rouge Trials: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat-ap_636449273286.jpg)
The Khmer Rouge Trials: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
By Peter Maguire
As the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia prepares its final verdict, a look back at its legacy.
![Patriot, Lucky Spirit, Villain: Pol Pot Remembered Patriot, Lucky Spirit, Villain: Pol Pot Remembered](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat-ap_060803039936.jpg)
Patriot, Lucky Spirit, Villain: Pol Pot Remembered
By George Wright
In his final stronghold, the Khmer Rouge leader is remembered differently.
![Cambodia and China: Rewriting (and Repeating) History Cambodia and China: Rewriting (and Repeating) History](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat-ap_16336211966553.jpg)
Cambodia and China: Rewriting (and Repeating) History
By Alex Willemyns
With China as his main patron, Hun Sen has conveniently forgotten its role in propping up the Pol Pot regime.
![A Moment of Clarity at Cambodia’s Khmer Rouge Tribunal A Moment of Clarity at Cambodia’s Khmer Rouge Tribunal](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2016-05-05_12-55-24.jpg)
A Moment of Clarity at Cambodia’s Khmer Rouge Tribunal
By Luke Hunt
Testimony unveils more details about one of the world's worst genocides.
![Pol Pot’s Surviving Lieutenants Held to Account Pol Pot’s Surviving Lieutenants Held to Account](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2015-10-07_15-51-13.jpg)
Pol Pot’s Surviving Lieutenants Held to Account
By Luke Hunt
The Diplomat chats with senior figures from the Khmer Rouge tribunal in Cambodia.
![Cambodia: When Clouds Fell Cambodia: When Clouds Fell](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2015-03-06_07-18-34.jpg)
Cambodia: When Clouds Fell
By Luke Hunt
Cambodian politics, tragedy and a victim’s confrontation with Pol Pot’s surviving henchmen.
![Cambodia: Justice Delayed Cambodia: Justice Delayed](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2015-01-26_12-37-49.jpg)
Cambodia: Justice Delayed
By Luke Hunt
Lawyers for Pol Pot’s henchmen are proving skillful at delaying their clients’ trials.
![Khmer Rouge Leaders Guilty of War Crimes, Jailed for Life Khmer Rouge Leaders Guilty of War Crimes, Jailed for Life](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2014-08-08_02-17-45.jpg)
Khmer Rouge Leaders Guilty of War Crimes, Jailed for Life
By Luke Hunt
Surviving henchmen of Pol Pot are found guilty of crimes against humanity.
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