Aftermath of Year Zero

Interesting piece in the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel by Karen J. Coates* on how the Killing fields still define present-day Cambodia.

Thirty years, an entire generation, has elapsed since then. The guilty live freely among their victims, their neighbors. The young grow up not comprehending the past. And a deep chasm cleaves society today.

* Coates is a Wisconsin journalist based in Thailand. Her new book, "Cambodia Now: Life in the Wake of War," was published this year.

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