
Sophal Ear
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1 week ago |
sightmagazine.com.au | Sophal Ear |David Adams
In an article first published on The Conversation, SOPHAL EAR says while today’s Cambodia may be physically unrecognisable from the bombed-out fields and empty cities of the 1970s, beneath the glitter the past endures…On 17th April, 1975, tanks rolled into the Cambodian capital, Phnom Penh, to cheering crowds who believed that the country’s long civil war might finally be over. But what followed was one of the worst genocides of the 20th century.
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Jan 9, 2025 |
ca.news.yahoo.com | Sophal Ear
On April 17, 1975, the Khmer Rouge entered Phnom Penh, and my family’s world was upended. My father, who ran a small pharmacy, succumbed to dysentery and malnutrition in one of the regime’s labor camps. My mother, left a widow with five children, faced an impossible choice: Stay and die, or risk everything to flee. The Khmer Rouge announced that Vietnamese people in Cambodia could return to Vietnam ‒ a proclamation many believed to be a trap. But my mother saw a glimmer of hope.
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Nov 26, 2024 |
fulcrum.sg | Nguyen Khac Giang |Sophal Ear
Fulcrum editor Julia Lau discusses the complex issue of Cambodia-Vietnam relations in light of their new leadership. One issue examined is Cambodia’s recent withdrawal from the Cambodia-Laos-Vietnam Development Triangle Area and what it means for the region. Dialogues at Fulcrum is a podcast published by the ISEAS – Yusof Ishak Institute.
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Dec 30, 2023 |
ca.news.yahoo.com | Sophal Ear
Henry Kissinger, who died on Nov. 29, 2023 at the age of 100, stood as a colossus of U.S. foreign policy. His influence on American politics lasted long beyond his eight-year stint guiding the Nixon and Ford administrations as national security adviser and secretary of state, with successive presidents, presidential candidates and top diplomats seeking his advice and approval ever since. But his mark extends beyond the United States.
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Dec 30, 2023 |
news.yahoo.com | Sophal Ear
Henry Kissinger, who died on Nov. 29, 2023 at the age of 100, stood as a colossus of U.S. foreign policy. His influence on American politics lasted long beyond his eight-year stint guiding the Nixon and Ford administrations as national security adviser and secretary of state, with successive presidents, presidential candidates and top diplomats seeking his advice and approval ever since. But his mark extends beyond the United States.
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