Khmer Rouge forces collect weapons left behind by retreating soldiers as they enter Phnom Penh on April 17, 1975. Roland Neveu/LightRocket via Getty Images On April 17, 1975, tanks rolled into the ...
Henri Locard is a retired French historian who first came to Cambodia in 1965 and returned in 1989 after the Vietnamese had ousted the Khmer Rouge and ended a 10-year occupation. He has authored many ...
At the time the Khmer Rouge were still trying to regain power by fighting a guerrilla war from the countryside, only to be finally subdued in 1997. In 2018, the day was officially redesignated the ...
Cambodians quietly remembered the 50 th anniversary of Pol Pot’s march into Phnom Penh on April 17 as Chinese President Xi Jinping touched down on a “goodwill” visit, which irritated many, given it ...