The sister-in-law of Pol Pot, leng Thirith was educated in Paris ... The couple returned to Cambodia in 1957, where Ieng Thirith established an English-language high school.
Strand Releasing has acquired all North American rights to Rithy Panh’s “Meeting With Pol Pot” which world premiered at the Cannes Film Festival and represents Cambodia in the international ...
Between April 1975 and January 1979 Pol Pot and the Khmer Rouge were responsible for the deaths of 17 million people in Cambodia A quarter of the population were wiped out in one of the most ...
T he timing could not be more spot on for "Meeting With Pol Pot," Cambodian filmmaker Rithy Panh's quiet, powerful drama about three French journalists who visit the war-torn country and discover ...
The Diplomat chats with senior figures from the Khmer Rouge tribunal in Cambodia, which has scored ... to include culprits from further down Pol Pot’s chain of command who contributed to the ...
For the first time, two leaders of Pol Pot's Khmer Rouge regime in Cambodia have been convicted of genocide. His deputy Nuon Chea, 92, and head of state Khieu Samphan, 87, faced trial on charges ...
In 1975, soon after the Khmer Rouge, led by Pol Pot, grabbed power in Cambodia, Khieu Samphan, one of the group’s leaders who was then serving as deputy prime minister, visited China and met ...