Its main function is the accompaniment of court dance, masked play, shadow play, and religious ceremonies. The pin peat is one of the oldest Khmer music ensembles. Instruments were carved on the walls ...

The Khmer Empire had extended into northern Thailand by the sixth century, and some of the most famous ancient sites in that ...

"One day he raped two women with an M-79 missile by putting it inside them." Kraing Ta Chan was a prison focused on during the second trial of Khmer Rouge second-in-command Nuon Chea and head of ...

and several years after the death of feared Khmer Rouge leader Pol Pot, in 1998. Only three of the defendants below have faced trial; one died before proceedings could commence and the other was ...

In 1975, soon after the Khmer Rouge, led by Pol Pot, grabbed power in Cambodia, Khieu Samphan, one of the group’s leaders who was then serving as deputy prime minister, visited China and met ...

Teams were assessing the ancient gate’s structure and searching for fallen stones around the portal on the north side of ...