Khmer music is an important aspect of Cambodian life and culture. It is a significant component in religious and traditional ceremonies such as weddings or temple celebrations. Khmer civilization ...
During the Khmer Rouge reign in Cambodia, many know that one million people died after great suffering. An estimated one million others fled Cambodia, with over 100,000 settling in the United States.
As in his first novel, “Satantango” (1985), Krasznahorkai had forgone indentation altogether, yielding a great wall of words, a dense black lava-slide of type. The effect mirrored 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 ...
For nearly five years in the 1970s, the Khmer Rouge conducted a reign of terror across Cambodia, killing at least 1.7 million people. Almost half a century later, as ...
In what the author says is his last novel, both a family and a society are on the verge of collapse. “The Message” marks his re-entry as a public intellectual determined to wield his moral ...
Comrade Duch, a former senior figure of the Khmer Rouge convicted of crimes against humanity in Cambodia, has died. He was serving a life term after being sentenced by a UN-backed court.
Whether $5 or $50, every contribution counts. Reese Witherspoon has announced that she is writing a novel in collaboration with bestselling author Harlan Coben. The actor shared a photo of herself ...