We have a powerful story today. Many of you will have seen controversy erupt this weekend as doctored archive photos of Khmer Rouge prisoners, in which smiles were added to once-tragic photographs, appeared on media outlet Vice. The artist responsible, Matt Loughrey, was accused of historical revisionism and roundly condemned by survivors of the tragedy. In the Vice piece he also detailed the life story of a man farmer named Bora – except his name wasn’t Bora at all, but Khva Leang, a elementary school teacher who was executed in the notorious prison Tuol Sleng. Globe spoke with Leang’s surviving brother Senyint to hear the true story behind his haunting portrait.
#Cambodia #KhmerRouge #TuolSleng #AndrewHaffner #AlastairMcCready

https://southeastasiaglobe.com/colourised-tuol-sleng-photos/

In a week of intense controversy over the doctored images of victims of the Khmer Rouge murdered at Tuol Sleng, we mark an important date from that tragic era. On this day in 1998, Saloth Sar, better known as Pol Pot, suffered a fatal heart attack in the final Khmer Rouge stronghold of Anlong Veng. Ly Sok-Kheang of the Anlong Veng Peace Center discusses the final years and demise of the man responsible for the deaths of millions.
#Cambodia #KhmerRouge #PolPot #LySokKheang

https://southeastasiaglobe.com/the-death-of-pol-pot/

Today we have a bonus story on the same theme, a compelling one at that. Anlong Veng was the final stronghold and place of death for Khmer Rouge leader Pol Pot. Today, it lacks sites formally commemorating its significance in Cambodian history, but London-based firm DaeWha Kang Designs, in partnership with the Documentation Center of Cambodia, wants to change that. Here DaeWha Kang explains their grand vision.
#Cambodia #KhmerRouge #History #DaeWhaKang

https://southeastasiaglobe.com/pol-pots-grave/

When the Khmer Rouge entered Phnom Penh on April 17, 1975, they soon instructed citizens to vacate the capital. As streams of people began leaving on foot, Soc Sinan stayed in her apartment, where she would be discovered by communist soldiers three days later. Here, US journalist Jim Laurie provides a second excerpt from his recently released book The Last Helicopter: Two lives in Indochina.
#Cambodia #History #KhmerRouge #JimLaurie

https://southeastasiaglobe.com/evacuation-phnom-penh/

More than 40 years after the Democratic Kampuchea tore through the country, the dirt tracks of rural Cambodia are well-trodden with the still-painful memories of the violent era that left generations of victims with crippling physical and emotional scars. But even today, lack of access to healthcare and incomplete documentation of their experiences risk leaving these Cambodians and their history forgotten. Globe’s Stew Post discusses how a local NGO is helping survivors share their stories, gain access to healthcare and help a generation who lost everything move one step closer to closure. 
#Cambodia #KhmerRouge #Healthcare #Documentation #StewPost

https://southeastasiaglobe.com/a-long-time-coming-oral-history-and-healthcare-with-khmer-rouge-survivors/

The physical and emotional scars are still fresh for survivors of the Khmer Rouge, decades after the Democratic Kampuchea ripped through the country. But lack of accessible healthcare and scant documentation risk leaving them and their history forgotten. A special adjustment of the publishing calendar brings you a further chance to delve into Globe’s Stew Post’s coverage of how a local NGO is helping survivors commit their stories to history and gain access to important health services, more than 40 years after the era of terror that tore their lives apart. 
#Cambodia #KhmerRouge #Health #Survivor #StewPost

https://southeastasiaglobe.com/a-long-time-coming-oral-history-and-healthcare-with-khmer-rouge-survivors/

The final hearing of a decades-long effort to prosecute Cambodia’s Khmer Rouge leaders on 22 September confirmed the fate of the last living defendant, Khieu Samphan. The 91-year-old former head of state for Khmer Rouge Democratic Kampuchea will continue to serve life in prison for his role in the deaths of more than 2 million Cambodians. Globe’s Jack Brook covers the trial and its mixed legacy, heralded by some as a significant victory against the Kingdom’s culture of impunity, while others fear it is too little too late. 

#Cambodia #trial #khmerrouge #justice

https://southeastasiaglobe.com/khmer-rouge-tribunal-comes-to-a-sombre-end/

Cambodia’s modern history and eventful political landscape are deeply intertwined with the United Nations. And, as part of this year’s ASEAN summit, UN Secretary-General António Guterres received a personal invitation from Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen. As the Kingdom’s ASEAN chairmanship draws to a close, Guterres visited Phnom Penh’s Tuol Sleng Genocide Museum and spoke to Khmer Rouge survivors as they shared honest and poignant testimonies. Globe’s Anton L. Delgado was on the ground to cover the secretary-general’s visit, his reflections on the Kingdom’s past and his urge to lay foundations for future generations.

#cambodia #unitednations #khmerrouge #asean #asean2022 #aseansummit #genocide #humanrights

https://southeastasiaglobe.com/secretary-generals-asean-summit-visit-underlines-the-uns-long-history-in-cambodia/

During the Khmer Rouge genocide in Cambodia, children were some of the most violent perpetrators, whether fighting on the front line, or as young village chiefs. Now, 30 years later, many survive in poverty and isolation without social and mental health support, as the state and country bear the memories of past atrocities. Former youth soldiers share their stories with Globe’s Beatrice Siviero, who captures their experiences of terror, trauma and comradeship through one of the most brutal periods of Cambodia’s modern history.

https://southeastasiaglobe.com/cambodia-former-child-soldiers/

#cambodia #childsoldiers #genocide #khmerrouge