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Ieng Sary, former Khmer Rouge official, dies at 87

By Seth Mydans Mar. 15, 2013

Ieng Sary, the former foreign minister of the Khmer Rouge who was one of three elderly leaders on trial on charges of genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes, died Thursday in a hospital in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, where he had been taken from his holding cell. He was 87.

World and Nation

Thousands leave Bangkok as flooding spreads

By Seth Mydans Oct. 28, 2011

BANGKOK — With government officials saying there was nothing more they could do to protect the capital city from devastating flooding, tens of thousands of people were fleeing Bangkok on Thursday, jamming train and bus stations and clogging the southern highways out of town.

World and Nation

Thai and Cambodian troops clash violently at the border

By Seth Mydans Feb. 8, 2011

THNAL BEK, Cambodia — Refugees clustered around cooking fires at a schoolhouse here as Cambodia and Thailand prepared for the possibility of further violence after a fourth day of shelling Monday at their disputed border.

World and Nation

First Khmer Rouge Trial Opens a Torture House Door

By Seth Mydans Mar. 31, 2009

Testimony opened Monday at the first trial of a Khmer Rouge official, with a detailed description of the internal workings and methods of interrogation in the regime’s central torture house.

World and Nation

First on Cambodia’s Docket: A Man Linked to 14,000 Killings

By Seth Mydans Feb. 17, 2009

The first trial of a senior Khmer Rouge cadre opened Tuesday, 30 years after the end of the brutal communist regime that took the lives of as much as one fourth of Cambodia’s population.

World and Nation

U.N. Leader Bluntly Tells Myanmar to Hurry on Aid

By Warren Hoge and Seth Mydans May. 13, 2008

As the authorities in Myanmar raised the cyclone death toll to nearly 32,000 and admitted one U.S. military aircraft, U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon pressed the junta to let international assistance and aid workers into the country without hindrance and expressed “deep concern and immense frustration” with what he called “the unacceptably slow response to this grave humanitarian crisis.”

World and Nation

Two More Earthquakes Hit Indonesia; Strongest Shock Was 8.4 in Magnitude

By Peter Gelling and Seth Mydans Sep. 14, 2007

Two more strong earthquakes shook the coast of the Indonesian island of Sumatra on Thursday, after the powerful quake that hit on Wednesday, but the area escaped a major tsunami like the one that devastated the region in 2004.

World and Nation

Notorious Russian Arms Dealer Arrested in American-Led Sting

By David Johnston and Seth Mydans Mar. 7, 2008

A Russian businessman regarded by the United States as one of the world’s most notorious arms dealers was arrested in Thailand on Thursday as part of an American-led sting operation. He was promptly charged in the United States with conspiracy for attempting to smuggle missiles and rocket launchers to rebels in Colombia.

World and Nation

Death Toll in Myanmar Storm Could Exceed 10,000

By Seth Mydans May. 6, 2008

Myanmar struggled Monday to recover from a cyclone that killed more than 3,900 people and perhaps as many as 10,000, while its military leaders proceeded with a constitutional referendum on Saturday that would cement their grip on power.

World and Nation

Military Junta Quells Protests Amid International Criticism

By Seth Mydans Sep. 28, 2007

Brutality and defiance marked the second day of an armed crackdown in Myanmar on Thursday as the military junta tried to crush a wave of nationwide protests in the face of harsh international condemnation.

World and Nation

Myanmar Govt. Warns Protesting Monks of Possible Military Action

By Seth Mydans Sep. 25, 2007

As protesters filled the streets of Myanmar’s cities in greater numbers than ever on Monday, swelling the crowds in the country’s largest city to an estimated 100,000, the government issued its first warning that it might take action against protesting Buddhist monks.

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