Abugida script for the Cambodian (Khmer) language.
1In Arabic, the joke carries the usual injunction against drunkenness, and the subtle reminder that liquor is khmer, or filth, as is urine.
2Many people were lost from our family during the Khmer Rouge's rule.
3January 1979 The Khmer Rouge government is overthrown by invading Vietnamese troops.
4Like many Cambodians, Youk Chhang lost family during the Khmer Rouge years.
5The authorities took no chances with Krosa, which means crane in Khmer.
6From Cambodia, landmines and Khmer Rouge guerrillas kept it off-limits for decades.
7He jabbers at his friend in Khmer, and they burst out laughing.
8If the Khmer Rouge win, there will be blood on the streets.
9The Khmer Rouge saw to that, eviscerating the kingdom after coming to power.
10The Khmer Rouge split families apart in a ruthless attempt to remake society.
11Friday marks 40 years since the Khmer Rouge first marched into Phnom Penh.
12In the late 1970s, Cambodia's Khmer Rouge Communist party committed genocide.
13Last July, Pol Pot had been toppled in a Khmer Rouge power struggle.
14Signs in languages from Burmese to Khmer warn against the danger of malaria.
15The prime minister, Hun Sen, is a former Khmer Rouge commander.
16Dith campaigned to bring the Khmer Rouge to trial for genocide.