filed in Human Rights and Peace Campaign, Migration, Voice on Khmer Rouge on Apr.29, 2009
By Chak Sopheap
Guest Commentary, Published on UPI Asia
Niigata, Japan — One of the untold tragedies of U.S. policy has been the forced repatriation of young Cambodians, mainly men, who went to the United States as refugees after escaping the Khmer Rouge genocide of the late 1970s. The United States took in 130,000 Cambodian refugees between [...]
filed in Development & Education, Human Rights and Peace Campaign, Voice on Khmer Rouge on Apr.18, 2009
By Chak Sopheap
Guest Commentary
Published on UPI Asia: April 15, 2009
Niigata, Japan — It is not surprising that many foreigners know the details of the Khmer Rouge regime, which ruled Cambodia from 1975-1979, while the young generation of Cambodians may not even know that this inhuman regime ever existed. Cambodian schoolchildren are taught almost nothing about [...]
filed in Social Politics, Voice on Khmer Rouge on Sep.24, 2007
It was not surprising if foreigners could give detail of the Khmer Rough Regime while the young generation of Cambodia could not even know if this inhuman regime ever exists, so that the news of Noun Chea’s arrest is not gain much popularity among them (“Arrest Prompts Int’l News Frenzy, Shrugs at Home”, Cambodia Daily, [...]
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