Khmer Rouge Apologizes for Genocide: Over a Million Dead
Leaders of the Khmer Rouge issued a public apology for the 1970s genocide that claimed over 1 million lives, offering a belated acknowledgment of crimes that devastated Cambodian society. This rare admission provided a fragile foundation for national reconciliation, allowing survivors to finally hear official recognition of their suffering after decades of silence and denial.
December 29, 1998
28 years ago
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