40 Years Since Cambodian Genocide

Shaun Keating News Feather Story 2014

40 years ago today, Pol Pot began the Cambodian genocide. 65% of the population in Cambodia is under the age of 25. Many are orphans. If you’d like to help, you can visit the Cambodian Children’s Fund to find out how. April 17, 1975, the Khmer Rouge (KR) took Cambodia’s capital. The KR was headed by Pol Pot, a socialist …