The Khmer Rouge and the uncertain road to justice

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"They did so much damage to my family, but they just sit there without anything to worry about."

Kup Aisha sits on her bed, her wrinkled hands folded over a flowing skirt. She has the TV on in the background, though she barely glances at it.

Today, Aisha will walk into a courtroom on the outskirts of Phnom Penh, and stare into the faces of the people she holds responsible for her misery.

In a country where the Khmer Rouge are blamed for the deaths of one-quarter of the population, justice has many meanings. In this radio piece for PRI's The World, I look at one woman's story.

Questions persist for Khmer Rouge tribunal

“The court is already seen as compromised."
The United Nations must address a “crisis of confidence” at the beleaguered Khmer Rouge war crimes tribunal in Cambodia following the resignation of a controversial judge, critics say.

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The children of the Khmer Rouge

"Some things we should believe. Other things, we shouldn't.

In Phnom Penh this week, a war crimes tribunal will begin long-awaited legal proceedings in a trial against four senior Khmer Rouge leaders. In schools in what was the last stronghold of the regime, children have only recently begun learning about their parents' past.

My radio piece looks at how the children of one-time Khmer Rouge see their families' histories, and how former cadres explain war to the first Cambodian generation in decades to grow up without it.

This story first aired on PRI's The World.

Energy and the Mekong River: a future flashpoint in Southeast Asia?

"We have no other choice but hydropower.

Observers predict the debate over how to tap the power of the Mekong River will become a contentious regional issue for the countries through which the waterway flows. My recent radio feature looks at the conflicting aims between energy needs and environmental concerns along the Mekong.

This story first aired on PRI's The World.