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A musician strums the pin, the Cambodian harp, during a rehearsal in Phnom Penh.

Cambodia works to revive an ancient harp, plucked from a temple wall

Arts, Culture & Media

How do you make an instrument relevant that hasn’t been heard for hundreds of years? A French ethnomusicologist is recreating Cambodian instruments that vanished centuries ago.

Young Cambodians struggle with Khmer Rouge past

Cambodian Space Project Rocks Phnom Penh

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Khmer Rouge Trial Begins in Cambodia

Conflict & Justice

Dengue Fever and Cambodian Psychedelic Rock

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Comrade Duch sentenced to 35 years in prison

Conflict & Justice

On Monday, Cambodia convicted a major Khmer Rouge figure, Comrade Duch, for his connection with the deaths of 1.7 million people from 1975 to 1979. BBC reporter Guy de Launey reports from Cambodia on the significant conviction.

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Thirty years later, the Khmer Rouge is on trial

Conflict & Justice

Thirty years after more than a million people died at the hands of the Khmer Rouge in Cambodia, a United Nations-backed trial is finally underway. For what this means for Cambodia we are joined by Jonathan Head, the BBC’s South Asia correspondent.

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The World – Episode 20071120 – Khmer Rouge tribunal begins

A senior Khmer Rouge figure stood before the first public hearing of Cambodia’s genocide tribunal today. The former prison chief, named Duch, headed a torture center during the brutal reign of the Khmer Rouge in the 1970’s. The World’s Mary Kay Magistad has the story.

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