Entries for the 'Cambodia' Category

Mony was almost 18 and living in Phnom Pehn when the Khmer Rouge came to power. She now lives in Philadelphia with her husband.   This interview is a part of a collaborative effort between 3 Generations and The Applied Social Research Institute of Cambodia (ASRIC). For more information on ASRIC please visit their website. More

Roger Pin was 19 years old when the Cambodian genocide occurred. He now lives in Philadelphia and remains involved in journalism.  He is the founder of the bilingual, East Coast edition of the Khmer Post and continues to train future journalists as he did in Cambodia.   This interview is a part of a collaborative effort between 3 Generations and the Applied Social Research Institute of Cambodia (ASRIC). For more information on ASRIC please visit their website. More

Sokhom Chum is a survivor of the Cambodian genocide. He now lives in Carrollton, Texas in the United States. The interview is the first collaboration between 3G and Khmer Legacies and is a part of an ongoing series of interviews of survivors from Cambodia. For more information on Khmer Legacies please visit their website. More

Monica Chum is a survivor of the Cambodian genocide. She now lives in Carrollton, Texas with her husband, and fellow surivor, Sokhom Chum. This interview is a collaboration between 3G and Khmer Legacies and is a part of an ongoing series of interviews of survivors from Cambodia.  For more information on Khmer Legacies please visit their website. More

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