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Khmer Rouge

Chhom Nimol is the lead singer of Dengue Fever.
Movement
How this Cambodian American singer found her voice
A man wearing a white shirt speaks on a microphone while gesturing with his hands.
Alexei Navalny poisoned with Soviet-era Novichok, German officials confirm
Full Episode
Chanthon Bun, who was incarcerated for 23 years, part of that time in San Quentin State Prison in California, shows artwork from an origami course offered in the prison.
Immigration
He’s out of prison and has COVID-19. But he’s still sheltering from ICE.
Woman and man with baby in front of table decorated for child's birthday
Immigration
After deportation, a family from Wisconsin will start anew in Cambodia
Arts, Culture & Media
Pech Song
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Conflict
Hiking once saved this Cambodian refugee’s life — and now it’s his therapy
Director Rithy Panh uses clay figurines to represent Cambodians in his Oscar-nominated film memoir "The Missing Picture". It's about his boyhood memories of living under the Khmer Rouge from 1974 to 1978. Panh lost almost every member of his immediate and
Arts, Culture & Media
‘The Missing Picture’ is the first Cambodian film to make it to Oscar night
Global Scan
Smoker? China, finally, says keep it out of the schools
Cambodian children
Health & Medicine
The Khmer Rouge may be partly to blame for diabetes in Cambodia
A musician strums the pin, the Cambodian harp, during a rehearsal in Phnom Penh.
Arts, Culture & Media
Cambodia works to revive an ancient harp, plucked from a temple wall
Health & Medicine
Cambodia promotes brown rice to fight diabetes
Arts, Culture & Media
Oakland Singer Fuses Cambodian Psychedelic Rock and Hip Hop
Cambodian TV show reunites families separated by Khmer Rouge
Young Cambodians struggle with Khmer Rouge past
Arts, Culture & Media
Cambodian film up for Oscar
Arts, Culture & Media
Cambodian Space Project Rocks Phnom Penh
Arts, Culture & Media
Training to Become Cambodia’s First Underwater Deminers
Global Politics
Bidding Lea Heuy To Cambodia’s Controversial King
Arts, Culture & Media
TV Show Reunites Families Split Apart by Khmer Rouge
Global Politics
Guidance for North Korea’s Kim Jong Un from Cambodia
Conflict & Justice
Khmer Rouge Trial Begins in Cambodia
Arts, Culture & Media
Dengue Fever and Cambodian Psychedelic Rock
Conflict & Justice
Comrade Duch sentenced to 35 years in prison
Conflict & Justice
Thirty years later, the Khmer Rouge is on trial
Arts, Culture & Media
Cambodian film up for Oscar
The World – Episode 20071120 – Khmer Rouge tribunal begins