Archive for the 'khmer rouge' Category

Dith Pran

has filed his last photograph. I was privileged to see him speak once, in the 1980s. http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/03/30/america/Obit-Dith-Pran.php http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/31/nyregion/31dith.html http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dith_Pran It's customary to have a moment of silence, but this outspoken survivor was anything but. His efforts live on at www.dithpran.org. Tags: cambodia,khmer

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Go & Read: Last Week’s News

Everyone's a pundit, but 'Buddhist Adjunkt' sums it up better than most with an on-the-spot running commentary: "Cambodia As Pawn: The Dream for Darfur Ceremony". You may not agree with every opinion the writer has, but I'm impressed by the 'you are here' quality of the writing. Tags: cambodia,darfur

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The Annual Discussion

Welcome to another 'Victory Against the Genocidal Regime' day. (Formerly the 'Day of Hate'.) January 7 is marked on local calendars as a day of celebration for the liberation of (much) of Cambodia from 'Pol Pot'. I have respect for soldiers of any nationality who lost their lives fighting the ...

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At the Newsstand

An MP3 interview of Khieu Samphan. Producers/marketers unlabeled. I don't think everyone is interested in the Khmer Rouge Tribunal, or the arcane machinery of it. But the history and the culpability of the accused definitely seems to be getting some attention. Tags: cambodia,khmer+rouge

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Cafe Khmer Rouge

Imagine if you were, say, French. And all people knew about, wanted to ask about, was the Vichy French period. As if there were no other aspect of culture and history. Via Beth's Blog, I notice that there's a radio show slated about the very sexy topic of Cambodia blogs. http://www.radioopensource.org/cambodias-nascent-bloggosphere/ We're ...

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