Pol Pot himself was tried in absentia ... At the house of former Khmer Rouge military commander Ta Mok, researcher Sout Vichet -- himself the son and grandson of Khmer Rouge soldiers -- explained ...

Pol Pot, who led the Khmer Rouge regime which was ... over Cambodia’s future shifted from the military to the political stage, which was keenly understood by Hun Sen,” said Sok-Kheang.

Fifty years ago, just after Easter, the insurgent army known as the Khmer Rouge toppled the official government of Cambodia and initiated the devastating genocide that put Pol Pot on the list of ...

On April 17,1975, a hardline Communist command led by Pol Pot swept into Phnom Penh and overthrew the US-backed military government of General Lon Nol. The Khmer Rouge went on to write the darkest ...

In less than four years under Pol Pot’s rule, between 1.5 and three ... It’s not that different from how the palace-military establishment in Thailand or the Communist Party in Vietnam see ...

Show more Show less A new coffin-shaped structure topped with a clear plastic roof looms over the cremation site of Pol Pot in Cambodia's Anlong Veng At the house of former Khmer Rouge military ...

Alexis HONTANG and Suy SE AFP Apr 13, 2025 Apr 13, 2025 Updated 50 mins ago A new coffin-shaped structure topped with a clear plastic roof looms over the cremation site of Pol Pot in Anlong Veng ...