Portraits of Pain
The Khmer Rouge killed as many as two million people during its reign over Cambodia. But at S-21 prison its leaders ensured the legacy of their genocide. Read Full Entry
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Wed, Jul 12 2006, 1:02 PM ET
The Killing Field
Choeung Ek was only one of many killing fields during the Cambodian genocide, but its pagoda full of skulls has become the most poignant symbol of justice delayed. Read Full Entry
Fri, Jul 14 2006, 1:42 PM ET
Forgotten Past?
As many as two million people were killed during Cambodia's genocide. Why aren't students there learning about it? Read Full Entry
Mon, Jul 17 2006, 2:58 AM ET
The Dark Trade
The sex trade in Southeast Asia continues to boom, and Cambodia is at the center. A Hot Zone video appears to reveal a dark, and all too common, side of the industry. Read Full Entry
Tue, Jul 18 2006, 12:46 AM ET
Year Zero
Nearly thirty years after Cambodia’s genocide, those responsible may finally be tried, if they’re not already dead or dying. Read Full Entry
Wed, Jul 19 2006, 9:22 PM ET
Good Work
In the Khmer Rouge genocide, Cambodians lost not just people, but important links to their culture. A local group finds creative ways to restore them. Read Full Entry
Thu, Jul 20 2006, 9:52 PM ET
Counterculture
While most Cambodian artists feel compelled by the market to reflect their culture in saleable ways, one is bucking the trend and being rewarded for it. Read Full Entry
Fri, Jul 21 2006, 8:57 PM ET
River of Tears
For Cambodia’s fishing families, living on the Mekong River may be rent free, but it still has its costs. Read Full Entry
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- BBC: Cambodia - includes a map, political history, and a timeline of key events.
- Wikipedia: Cambodia - includes sections on the country's history, politics, and its demographics.
- Wikipedia: Khmer Rouge - provides background of the group that ruled Cambodia from 1975 to 1979, and was responsible for the deaths of an estimated 1.7 million people.
- BBC: Pol Pot - profile of the former leader of the Khmer Rouge.
- Cambodian Genocide Program - provides documentation of the mass killings in Cambodia under the regime headed by Pol Pot.
HOW TO HELP
- USAID: Cambodia - aims to promote more effective, accountable governance and to boost the ailing health care system.
- Doctors Without Borders: Cambodia - focuses activities on treating people with HIV/AIDS, malaria, and tuberculosis.
- U.N. Refugee Agency: Cambodia - works to safeguard the rights and well-being of refugees.
- U.N. Development Programme: Cambodia - works to fight poverty and the spread of HIV/AIDS, and improving education, gender equity, and democratic governance.
- Cambodian Children's Fund - provides health care, education, and protection for Cambodia's orphaned, abandoned or abused children.
- Human Rights Watch: Cambodia - bulletins and in-depth reports on the human rights developments in the country.
- Clear Path International - works with land mine and bomb survivors, their families and their communities in Cambodia, Vietnam and on the Thai-Myanmar border.