Mar 31st, 2008 · Dith Pran documented -- and experienced himself -- the terror of Cambodia's brutal Khmer Rouge regime. Correspondent Sydney Schanberg reflects on a relationship with Pran chronicled in the 1984 Academy-award-winning film, The Killing Fields.
Mar 31st, 2008 · Dith Pran, the Cambodian-born journalist who helped bring to light the brutalities of the Khmer Rouge in the 1970s, died over the weekend of pancreatic cancer. He was 65 years old.
Mar 30th, 2008 · Dith Pran, the Cambodian-born journalist, whose experiences inspired the movie The Killing Fields, died Sunday at age 65. Pran coined the term "Killing Field" after seeing the remains of victims of Cambodia's Khmer Rouge regime.
Nov 12th, 2007 · Cambodian police arrest the ex-foreign minister of the Khmer Rouge regime and his wife on charges of crimes against humanity. Ieng Sary and his wife Ieng Thirith were become the latest figures from the 1970s government to await trial.
Sep 19th, 2007 · Cambodian police arrest the top surviving leader from the infamous Khmer Rouge regime, serving 82-year-old Nuon Chea with a warrant on charges related to the deaths of 1.7 million people during the communist government's four-year reign of terror in the 1970s.
Apr 29th, 2007 · A new opera debuting this weekend in Lowell, Mass., features a blend of traditional Cambodian music, Western classical, and rock. The love story, sung in English and Khmer, unfolds in the horrific aftermath of Pol Pot's genocidal regime.
Mar 7th, 2007 · Sihanoukville, a once-sleepy town on Cambodia's shoreline, is fast becoming an international tourist destination, including a five-star resort. So far, the spot on the beach has not been overrun by developers.
Aug 23rd, 2006 · An estimated 1.7 million Cambodians were killed by the Khmer Rouge during their brief reign of terror in the 1970s. No one has ever been tried for the crimes, but that may soon change. A joint U.N.-Cambodia tribunal has begun work on indictments.