Pol Pot (born Saloth Sâr; 19 May 1925 – 15 April 1998) was a Cambodian politician, revolutionary, and dictator who ruled Democratic Kampuchea from 1975 until his overthrow in 1979 during the Cambodian–Vietnamese War. Ideologically a Maoist and Khmer...
Khmer Rouge is the name that was popularly given to members of the Communist Party of Kampuchea (CPK), and by extension to Democratic Kampuchea, which ruled Cambodia between 1975 and 1979. The name was coined in the 1960s by Norodom Sihanouk to...
Democratic Kampuchea was the official name of the Cambodian state from 1975 to 1979, under the general secretaryship of Pol Pot and the Communist Party of Kampuchea (CPK), commonly known as the Khmer Rouge. The Khmer Rouge's capture of the capital...
Meeting with Pol Pot (French: Rendez-vous avec Pol Pot, Khmer: ណាត់ជួបជាមួយ ប៉ុល ពត, romanized: natchuob cheamuoy bol pot) is a 2024 drama film co-written and directed by Rithy Panh. Starring Irène Jacob, Grégoire Colin and Cyril Gueï. It is...
The Communist Party of Kampuchea (CPK), also known as the Khmer Communist Party, was a Marxist-Leninist and Maoist political party in Kampuchea. Its leader was Pol Pot, and its members were generally known as the Khmer Rouge. Originally founded in...
"Pol Pot's Beautiful Daughter", also known as "Pol Pot's Beautiful Daughter (Fantasy)", is a 2006 fantasy story by Geoff Ryman. It was first published in The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction.
Nathaniel Talbott Thayer (April 21, 1960 – c. January 3, 2023) was an American freelance journalist whose work focused on international organized crime, narcotics trafficking, human rights, and areas of military conflict. He is most notable for...
The Saloth family or Loth family is the family of Pol Pot, who ruled over Democratic Kampuchea, the Cambodian state from 1975 until 1979, due to this the family is sometimes called Family of Pol Pot or Pol Pot's family.
The Khmer Rouge insurgency was an armed conflict in Cambodia and eastern border of Thailand that began in 1979 when the Khmer Rouge-ruled government of Democratic Kampuchea was deposed during the Cambodian–Vietnamese War. Between 1979 and the 1991...
The Cambodian genocide was the systematic persecution and killing of Cambodian citizens by the Khmer Rouge under the general secretaryship of Pol Pot. It resulted in the deaths of approximately 2 million people from 1975 to 1979, around 25% of...
