First Textbook on Khmer Rouge Period

Cambodia unveiled its first textbook on the 'Killing Fields' genocide on Thursday to raise awareness among those too young to remember the 1975-79 Khmer Rouge era in which 1.7 million people died.

For the first time in Cambodia's history, the genocide will be taught in high school,' said Youk Chhang, director of the US-funded Documentation Centre of Cambodia (DC-Cam), which has documented Khmer Rouge atrocities.

-AFP