Photo of the Week: Surviving the Khmer Rouge reign of terror
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As a young boy, Sum Sok Ry and his family were forced by the Khmer Rouge to leave their home in Cambodia’s capital Phnom Penh and make a long trek into the countryside.
👉 https://www.rfa.org/english/photos/2025/03/21/photo-of-the-week-khmer-rouge-survivor-story
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As a young boy, Sum Sok Ry and his family were forced by the Khmer Rouge to leave their home in Cambodia’s capital Phnom Penh and make a long trek into the countryside.
👉 https://www.rfa.org/english/photos/2025/03/21/photo-of-the-week-khmer-rouge-survivor-story
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Khmer Rouge survivor: 'I refused to die'
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Sum Sok Ry, a senior editor with RFA’s Khmer language service, remembers the morning when Khmer Rouge soldiers entered Phnom Penh. Dressed in short pants and a short-sleeved shirt, he stood in front of the doorway to his family home, waving as the soldiers went by.
There was a sense that the country’s civil war, which had raged for more than eight years and in which theUnited States had sided against the Khmer Rouge with a massive bombing campaign, was finally over.
“I remember it was one of the hottest days of the year, and it was Khmer New Year,” Sok Ry said.
👉 Youtube: https://youtu.be/eM9hspQBAL4
👉 Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/RFAEnglish/videos/625687326972965
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Sum Sok Ry, a senior editor with RFA’s Khmer language service, remembers the morning when Khmer Rouge soldiers entered Phnom Penh. Dressed in short pants and a short-sleeved shirt, he stood in front of the doorway to his family home, waving as the soldiers went by.
There was a sense that the country’s civil war, which had raged for more than eight years and in which theUnited States had sided against the Khmer Rouge with a massive bombing campaign, was finally over.
“I remember it was one of the hottest days of the year, and it was Khmer New Year,” Sok Ry said.
👉 Youtube: https://youtu.be/eM9hspQBAL4
👉 Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/RFAEnglish/videos/625687326972965
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50 years on, a Cambodian bride remembers her forced marriage under the Khmer Rouge
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Nuon Mayourom had just turned 18. She wasn’t ready to get married, but the Khmer Rouge had other ideas.
👉 Read full story: https://www.rfa.org/english/cambodia/2025/04/16/khmer-rouge-women-forced-marriage
👉 Youtube: https://youtu.be/_H3CS-3xudw
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Nuon Mayourom had just turned 18. She wasn’t ready to get married, but the Khmer Rouge had other ideas.
👉 Read full story: https://www.rfa.org/english/cambodia/2025/04/16/khmer-rouge-women-forced-marriage
👉 Youtube: https://youtu.be/_H3CS-3xudw
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A refusal to die as a child, then work as a medic as a young man
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Sum Sok Ry, a senior editor with RFA’s Khmer language service, remembers the morning of April 17, 50 years ago. Dressed in short pants and a short-sleeved shirt, he stood in front of the doorway to his family home, waving as the soldiers went by.
He also remembers how his parents died slowly and painfully.
👉 Read Sok Ry's story here: https://www.rfa.org/english/cambodia/2025/04/14/khmer-rouge-survivors-cambodia-genocide-stories
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Sum Sok Ry, a senior editor with RFA’s Khmer language service, remembers the morning of April 17, 50 years ago. Dressed in short pants and a short-sleeved shirt, he stood in front of the doorway to his family home, waving as the soldiers went by.
He also remembers how his parents died slowly and painfully.
👉 Read Sok Ry's story here: https://www.rfa.org/english/cambodia/2025/04/14/khmer-rouge-survivors-cambodia-genocide-stories
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#RFAKhmer #Cambodia #KhmerRouge #KhmerRepublic #FallOfPhnomPenh #SumSokRy