Q&A with James Taing
Filmmaker James Taing talked about Ghost Mountain, his documentary the 1979 massacre of Cambodian survivors of Pol Pot’s Killing Fields by Thai soldiers along the Thailand-Cambodia border. The…
1,248 viewsFilmmaker James Taing talked about Ghost Mountain, his documentary the 1979 massacre of Cambodian survivors of Pol Pot’s Killing Fields by Thai soldiers along the Thailand-Cambodia border. The…
1,248 viewsPeter Maguire talked about his book Facing Death in Cambodia, published by Columbia University Press, and described his initial interest in going to Cambodia to look into the killings that…
697 viewsMr. Short talked about his book Pol Pot: Anatomy of a Nightmare, published by Henry Holt and Company. He described the life of Cambodia’s Pol Pot, the former leader of the Khmer Rouge who ruled the country…
1,276 viewsLoung Ung talked about her and her family’s experiences during the Pol Pot regime in Cambodia. She spoke on the brutality of the Khmer Rouge military, being sent to a work camp as a child,…
1,898 viewsNic Dunlop talked about his book, The Lost Executioner: A Journey to the Heart of the Killing Fields, published by Walker and Company. A native of Ireland, he made many trips to Cambodia to examine the…
434 viewsLoung Ung talked with Brian Lamb about her experiences living through the Khmer Rouge revolution in Cambodia in 1970. She also talked about the dangers of landmines and advocated for their…
8,454 viewsMr. McCormack spoke to reporters briefly about the pardoning in Cambodia of opposition leader Sam Rainsy and parliamentarian Cheam Channy. He also announced Secretary Rice’s plans to…
38 viewsMr. Thayer talked about his coverage of the Khmer Rouge in the Cambodian jungles. He was the first journalist to conduct an on-the-record interview with dictator Pol Pot after he was driven…
764 viewsMr. Boucher, State Department Spokesman, spoke to reporters in the Department of State on issues concerning the foreign affairs of the United States, including the ongoing relief efforts for Kurdish…
27 viewsState Department Spokesman Richard Boucher spoke to reporters assembled in the Department of State on a planned meeting between Secretary of State Baker and officials from Vietnam on the civil…
35 viewsUndersecretary Robert Kimmitt testified before the subcommittee on the prospects of negotiations between the Khmer Rouge and other opposing political groups in Cambodia.
100 viewsMr. Boucher announced that male U.S. citizens born in Arab countries were being allowed to leave Iraq and Kuwait. He then took questions on the current situation in the Persian Gulf,…
21 viewsThe subcommittee discussed the Cambodian peace negotiations and the prospects for a settlement. The administration recently announced a major shift in its foreign policy towards Cambodia.
50 viewsRep. Stephen Solarz (D-New York) discussed the Bush administration’s policy shift concerning Cambodia. The administration withdrew recognition of the rebel coalition trying to oust the…
51 viewsThe prime minister discussed his country’s desire to increase trade with the United States. He also discussed his wishes for the Cambodian peace process. He was in Washington, DC to meet with…
74 viewsA seminar on Cambodia: Prospects for Settlement was sponsored by the Woodrow Wilson Center.
24 viewsPran & Neou, both survivors of Khmer Rouge prison camps, testified on October 2 before the Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee on the situation in Cambodia. They then participated in this…
74 viewsRepresentative Stephen Solarz (D-NY) spoke on impact of the recent withdrawal of Vietnamese troops from Cambodia and that countries future. Rep. Solarz took several trips to Cambodia during the…
24 viewsThe subcommittee examines reasons for the failure of the Cambodian conference in Paris and the implications of that failure for U.S. policy toward Cambodia.
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