Entries for the 'Cambodia - Pictures' Category

Thirty years after the genocide, as the trial of Khmer Rouge leaders begins, there is hope that justice in the courtroom may bring a sense of healing to the people of Cambodia. But the violence of the past lives invisibly on, in the memories of survivors, and in the land itself: Cambodia is one of the most heavily mined countries in the world. 1. Choun Sath Choun Sath was born in 1950 in Prey Veng Province. In 1972, a lan... More

Organizations will be trying to find the mines forever. I was born in Srok Svay Tieb. I am 50 years old. On October 10th in 1979, 30 years ago, I was walking down the road to get some fish and some rice for the family to eat. I didn’t know there were mines where I was walking and suddenly one blew up under my legs. The one I stepped on was on a battlefield between Pol Pot and Lon Nol. They put mines down all over, and ... More

If he hadn’t lied, I would be dead. In December of 1982, the government proclaimed that the citizens in Cambodia, like me, were to go to the country to cut down trees We were cutting the forests to break the Khmer Rouge. The Khmer Rouge were in the mountains, and the mountains had many, many trees. The day I went, the train took a lot of people, the whole province, not just my village. We all rode the train about ... More