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Remembering the Khmer Rouge Takeover and its aftermath 40 years later

April 17, 2015 By Nina Huang

By Nina Huang Northwest Asian Weeky Khmer Rouge Takeover Forty years ago on April 17, Pol Pot led the Khmer Rouge into Phnom Penh and took over with the goal of creating a purely agrarian-based Communist society. Over a span of four years, the Khmer Rouge government arrested, tortured and eventually executed anyone suspected of […]

Filed Under: Features, Profiles, Community News Tagged With: 2015, Cambodian Americans, Cambodian New Year Street Festival, Charles Nguyen, Khmer Americans, Khmer Rouge Takeover, Nina Huang, Northwest Asian Weeky, Pharin Kong, Pol Pot, Rajana Society, Sameth Mell, Vol 34 No 17 | April 18 - April 24, White Center, attention, culture, poverty

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