I am not a Buddhist scholar, but I have some grasp on the religion and the precepts of it. It does not flow into you naturally just because you live in Cambodia, but I know this much from a college Buddhism course and the Zen books my semi-observant grandfather gave me. Buddhism involves: the destruction […]
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Nuon Chea and Implausible Deniability: Back to the War Tribunal
Witness Long Norin was too sick to testify today, which meant that former Khmer Rouge second-in-command Nuon Chea was brought into the dock to answer judge’s questions. I am not sure why he has shed his former uniform of a mugger’s ski cap and shades. Perhaps he feels a need to look more credible. The […]
Nothing Happened At the War Tribunal Today, If You Were Wondering
I did not attend the War Tribunal today due to both a pounding headache and a vague feeling that nothing interesting was going to happen – my usual tuk-tuk carpoolers agreed. As it turns out, history vindicates me: according to the War Tribunal Monitor, “reluctant witness” Long Norin begged off for the day for health […]
KR Witness Denies Everything, in Shocking Development
Long Norin, today’s witness at the Khmer Rouge Tribunal, suffered a lamentable amount of memory loss when it came to recalling his formerly close association with former Democratic Kampuchea Minister of Foreign Affairs Ieng Sary. Thankfully, journalist Nate Thayer has been kind enough to jog his memory. The 73-year-old Norin, whose testimony began Wednesday afternoon, […]
An Old Farmer And the Khmer Rouge: A Civil Party at the Tribunal
Another day, another live-tweeting session at the Khmer Rouge tribunals. The press room is violently air-conditioned and I am the only journalist willing to eat the “weird” Vietnamese sandwiches. Oh, yes, right, the court proceedings…. Nuon Chea has continued to beg off the dock, claiming health issues, which means that today featured one civil party […]
Another Tuesday at the War Tribunal, Nate Thayer on Landmines Being Kind of OK
Live-tweeting the Khmer Rouge War Tribunal for the past few days and will probably continue until Thursday. Saying it’s been “fun” veers into the realm of the vastly inappropriate, but it has been informative. I can easily summarize Nuon Chea’s opinion on his involvement in the genocide years thusly: It Was All Those Vietnamese Douchebags […]
Live Tweeting from Khmer Rouge Tribunal
I’ll be tweeting live from the Khmer Rouge War Tribunal today. Check it.
Noam Chomsky: The Khmer Rouge Were Actually Pretty OK, Guys
Chomsky: Khmer Rouge? Shmer rouge! Khmer Rouge Apologist Noam Chomsky: Unrepentant Journalist Nate Thayer conducts a rousing take-down of linguist Noam Chomsky’s astoundingly long-standing denial of Khmer Rouge atrocities. Chomsky, as of 2011, still refuses to join the leftist Khmer Rouge apologists of the 1970’s in taking back his earlier works. No, he still believe […]
Ex-Khmer Rouge Leader Admits No Guilt on Third Day of Landmark Trial – Faster Times
The third day of the opening salvo of the Khmer Rouge War Tribunal in Cambodia saw Khieu Samphan, former Khmer Rouge head of state and leader of the state presidium, tell the court with great vehemence that he was not guilty for the war-crimes—that allegedly caused the deaths of 2.2 million—that the co-prosecution had heaped […]
Angelina on “Danger Trip” to Cambodia: Maybe Cambodia Needs a New PR Campaign
In the Daily Mail’s continuing quest to say stupid things to an equally stupid readership, mega-celebrity Angelina Jolie’s jaunt to Cambodia with son Maddox is called a “danger trip,” that will take the duo “through a remote area littered with landmines and known for its civil unrest in the days of the notorious Khmer Rouge.” […]