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Skulls of Khmer Rouge victims
VIETNAM and Cambodia celebrated 42 years since the defeat of the Western-backed Pol Pot regime on Thursday in a joint ceremony.
Cambodian Consulate General Sok Dareth expressed profound gratitude to the Vietnamese Communist Party at the Ho Chi Minh City commemoration for their efforts in helping the country “escape from the genocidal regime.”
Quoting Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen, he said “thanks to Vietnam, Cambodia could build up its armed forces and liberate the people and the country has the best friend that is Vietnam.”
History suggests apartheid ends not through appeals to conscience alone but through sustained economic and political pressure, says HUGH LANNING
PATRICK CHURA reflects on the mass murder of civilians in wartime and his own visit, 10 years ago, to My Lai where US soldiers slaughtered over 500 men, women, children and infants
KEVAN NELSON reports back from a delegation to the epic celebrations for the anniversary of Vietnam’s 1945 revolution, where British communists found a thriving, prosperous socialist country, brimming with ambition and well-earned national pride
