Tag: Khmer Rouge

Jolie unveils Khmer Rouge film in ‘second home’ Cambodia

https://youtu.be/pDY9ZKNWp-Y   (Agence France Presse) – Angelina Jolie unveiled her new film on the horrors of the Khmer Rouge era on Saturday at the ancient Angkor Wat temple complex in Cambodia, a country the star shares a deep affinity with through her adopted son Maddox. Cambodia’s king and survivors of the communist regime were among hundreds of people invited to the debut screening of “First They Killed My Father”, directed by Jolie and based on […]

Cambodia bans Pokemon Go game at genocide museum

PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (Reuters) — Cambodia on Wednesday (August 10) banned the game Pokemon Go from a former Khmer Rouge torture center and prison after players showed up at the site, now a genocide museum, searching for the virtual cartoon characters. It is the latest effort to rein in enthusiasts of the game, which has been blamed for a rash of accidents and has prompted safety warnings after players glued to their phones stumbled, were […]

Pokemon players anger Khmer Rouge prison survivors

Phnom Penh, Cambodia (AFP) — Survivors of the Khmer Rouge hit out at Pokemon Go players on Wednesday after they flocked to one of the regime’s notorious prisons — now a museum to Cambodia’s brutal genocide — to catch digital monsters. The mobile app was made available in Cambodia on Saturday alongside a host of other Southeast Asian nations, with fans flocking to well known landmarks in recent days. But the game — which encourages […]