Khmer Rouge
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| Leader | Pol Pot |
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| Founders | Pol Pot |
| Ieng Sary | |
| Founded | Cambodia |
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| ID | 929666 |
About Khmer Rouge
The Khmer Rouge was the name popularly given to the followers of the Communist Party of Kampuchea and by extension to the regime through which the CPK ruled in Cambodia between 1975 and 1979. The name had originally been used in the 1950s by Norodom Sihanouk as a blanket term for the Cambodian left.
Henry Kissinger's Cambodia legacy of bombs and chaos
... 7 million people died at the hands of the Pol Pot-led Khmer Rouge between 1975 and 1979 - almost a quarter of the population...
Cambodia election: 'This was more of a coronation than an election'
... They depict Hun Sen s flight from Khmer Rouge-ruled Cambodia to Vietnam in 1977, his triumphant return with the invading Vietnamese army in 1979, and his eventual deal with the last of the Khmer Rouge leaders in 1998 that ended the long civil war - his win-win for the Cambodian people...
Cambodia election: Polls open in vote with no credible opposition
... Hun Sen s party has won all six of the national elections held every five years since the 1990s, when the UN helped the Southeast Asian nation of 16 million people become a functioning democracy post decades of civil war and the murderous Khmer Rouge regime...
Cambodia faces rigged election as Hun Sen extends total control
... A former Khmer Rouge official who defected to Vietnam before the regime s fall, his survivalist grip on power has led to his boast that he is the world s longest-serving prime minister...
Cambodia: Angkorian crown jewellery handed over in London
... However, many of Cambodia s other temples were looted during the Khmer Rouge era in the 1970s, and the turmoil that continued for decades...
Cambodian team hunting looted treasures visits UK museums
... The murderous Khmer Rouge regime held power from 1975 to 1979, when it is thought to have killed more than two million of its own people, and the group controlled large portions of Cambodia until the late 1990s...
The long struggle to return Cambodia's looted treasures
... The murderous Khmer Rouge regime held power from 1975 to 1979, when it is thought to have killed more than two million of its own people, and the group controlled large portions of the country until the late 1990s...
Richard Coles told 'his partner is in hell'
... Paper darts Coles, 57, who is the vicar of Finedon in Northamptonshire, said: It s like the Khmer Rouge suddenly popping up in a stream of condolence...
Khmer Rouge Photos
