Khmer Rouge
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Khmer Rouge is the name that was popularly given to members of the Communist Party of Kampuchea, and by extension to Democratic Kampuchea, which ruled Cambodia between 1975 and 1979. The name was coin
Khmer Rouge clothing, consisting of a red krama, a black outfit and shoes made of tires.
Khmer Rouge bullet holes left at Angkor Wat temple
An aerial view of bomb craters in Cambodia
Rooms of the Tuol Sleng Genocide Museum contain thousands of photos taken by the Khmer Rouge of their victims.
Democratic Kampuchea
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Democratic Kampuchea was the official name of the Cambodian state from 1975 to 1979, under the general secretaryship of Pol Pot and the Communist Party of Kampuchea, commonly known as the Khmer Rouge.
Khmer Rouge
…Khmer Rouge is the name that was popularly given to members of the Communist Party of Kampuchea (CPK), and by extension to Democratic Kampuchea, which ruled Cambodia between 1975 and 1979. The name was coined in the 1960s by Norodom Sihanouk to describe his country's heterogeneous, communist-led…
Remains of victims of the Khmer Rouge in the Kampong Trach Cave, Kiry Seila Hills, Rung Tik (Water Cave) or Rung Khmao (Black Cave).
Skulls of Genocide victims
Kang Kek Iew (Kaing Guek Eav or Duch) before the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia
Pol Pot meeting with Romanian leader Nicolae Ceaușescu during the latter's visit to Cambodia in 1978