A community portal about Cambodia with blogs, videos, and photos. According to Wikipedia.org: The Kingdom of Cambodia is a country in Southeast Asia with a population of more than 13 million. Cambodia is the successor state of the once...
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A community portal about Cambodia with blogs, videos, and photos. According to Wikipedia.org: The Kingdom of Cambodia is a country in Southeast Asia with a population of more than 13 million. Cambodia is the successor state of the once powerful Hindu and Buddhist Khmer Empire, which ruled most of the Indochinese Peninsula between the 11th and 14th centuries.
PHNOM PENH (Reuters) - The Khmer Rouge's chief torturer and jailer expressed "excruciating remorse" on Wednesday for more than 14,000 people killed under his watch at a notorious prison during Cambodia's ultra-Maoist revolution of the 1970s. In the final week of testimony for the first senior Khmer Rouge cadre to face the U.N.-backed "Killing Fields" tribunal, Kaing Guek Eav, better known as Duch, said he was solely liable for the killings but that he served a "criminal organization." "I... Read Full Story
Prosecutors asked Cambodia's war crimes court Wednesday to hand a 40-year jail term to former Khmer Rouge prison chief Duch, accused of overseeing 15,000 deaths at the regime's main torture centre. The former cadre, whose real name is Kaing Guek Eav, was set to give his final remarks later Wednesday in which he is expected to beg forgiveness for his role in the communist movement behind the "Killing Fields" atrocities. But lawyers for the prosecution said the previous expressions of remorse... Read Full Story
Prosecutors called on Tuesday for the former Khmer Rouge prison chief to get a lengthy jail term, saying he embodied the ruthless efficiency of the regime behind the "Killing Fields" atrocities. Kaing Guek Eav -- better known as Duch -- has apologised repeatedly and admitted responsibility for his actions under Pol Pot's blood-soaked communist movement, which killed up to two million Cambodians in the 1970s. But prosecutors giving their final arguments to the UN-backed Khmer Rouge war crimes... Read Full Story
The lawyer for a Thai national held on charges of spying on fugitive former premier Thaksin Shinawatra said he filed a bail request to a Cambodian court Monday. Siwarak Chothipong, 31, an employee at the Cambodia Air Traffic Service, was arrested on charges of supplying details of Thaksin's flight schedule to his country's embassy when the Thai tycoon visited Phnom Penh earlier this month. His arrest deepened a diplomatic crisis between the neighbouring countries over Cambodia's appointment... Read Full Story
As all guys, I of course have a dream vehicle . For some it is a red Porsche, for others it might be an old school Camaro, or maybe a Benz or a sporty Beamer. For whatever reason we are born with inherited attractions to certain things ,whether it be a particular color, a flavor of soda, or a type of music. If you know me , or have had a good look at this blog and my art it should come as no surprise that my dream ride would be a pimped out Tuk Tuk or Rickshaw. Ever since my first experience... Read Full Story
Cambodia has something great to offer to the visitors. A large number of tourists come to Cambodia for this attraction. In people this attraction is known as Angkor wat It is a complex of temple located in a jungle, around 300 km from the capital of Cambodia. It was built by a king of Khmer empire in twelfth century. Khmer Empire is considered to be one of the strongest empires in the history of south East Asia. It is famous for its unique khmer architecture. Everyone can see this strength in... Read Full Story
Photo released by the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia shows a general view of the U.N.-backed tribunal court hall while Kaing Guek Eav iis being tried for war crimes and crimes against humanity, in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, 23 Nov 2009
First Khmer Rouge Trial Begins Final Hearings in Cambodia — Voice of America
The court has heard how Kang Guek Eav, also known as Duch, ran the S-21 death camp.
In Cambodia, the final hearings have begun in the first trial of a Khmer Rouge... Read Full Story
by Patrick Falby PHNOM PENH (AFP) -- Cambodia's Khmer Rouge war crimes court on Monday begins final arguments in its first trial, bringing the regime's prison chief closer to justice for the "Killing Fields" atrocities 30 years ago. Kaing Guek Eav -- better known as Duch -- has apologised for his role in the horrors of the hardline communist regime, which killed up to two million people. However, lawyers this week will argue about the extent of his guilt. "We want to lead them back to the... Read Full Story
by Patrick Falby PHNOM PENH (AFP) -- Cambodia's Khmer Rouge war crimes court on Monday began final arguments in its first trial, bringing the regime's prison chief closer to justice for the "Killing Fields" atrocities 30 years ago. Kaing Guek Eav -- better known as Duch -- has apologised for his role in the horrors of the hardline communist regime, which killed up to two million people. But civil lawyers representing victims argued Monday that Duch had failed to acknowledge the full extent... Read Full Story
PHNOM PENH, Cambodia, Nov. 23 (UPI) --
Former Khmer Rouge prison chief Kaing Guek Eav, accused of crimes against humanity, faced closing arguments Monday at his trial in Cambodia.
The 67-year-old accused, also known as Comrade Duch, could be sent to prison for life if convicted in the deaths in the 1970s of more than 14,000 people in the Tuol Sleng prison and torture house, The New York Times reported.
His case is the first of a United Nations-backed tribunal looking into the... Read Full Story
