Article on Khmer Rouge

[james1234]

Dear expats,

I have some questions.

I am writing an article on the Khmer Rouge and the History of Cambodia. It will be published in Cambodia too.
I want to give good honest information, but I don't want to step unnecessary on sensitive toes.

So: What info/opinion is to avoided? Can I write without fear and hesitation about the whole episode?
Can I publish the Flag of Khmer Rouge and Kampuchea?
Can I publish pictures of the killing fields and Pol Pot?
Since the Khmer themselves have museums and info about the killing fields it doesn't seem to be a problem to me.
I am not going to publish about politics in the latest years!

Thx!

[Jim Gil]

I don't recall any cases of journalists/writers being prosecuted just for writing about this time. I think the hardest thing would be finding anything that hasn't been written about many times before.

Although most older people 50yrs+ will have experienced a fair amount of real trauma during this time if you take the time to get to know them, even a little they are surprisingly open about it, even the red ones.
you may want to steer clear of digging too deep into certain prominent individuals of today, their general backgrounds are well known, if you wish to enjoy a nice quiet life in this country.

[frank lee bent]

where are you?

[bolueeleh]

where are you?

good question, the OP seems pretty ignorant abt this to be even publishing writing abt cambodia, WTH?

[Arget]

Be careful not to give a one eyed account of the story and stick to the facts as they are told.

[phuketrichard]

who is ur audience?
what point of view will you take that has not already been taken?
what other info have you dug up that has not already been put in print?

[james1234]

Hey,

I am in Belgium now. Will be in Siem Reap in September and November.
The article will be for tourist, who know (almost) nothing about this period.
It will be nothing pretentious, just informative. No breaking news or spectacular insides. Just informing the visitors of Cambodia.

good question, the OP seems pretty ignorant about this to be even publishing, writing about Cambodia, WTH?

Sorry, don't know what you mean. How old are you? You write like my teenage son on Facebook messenger. Too hard to write complete words? I know my English is not perfect and my article will be edited, but at least I try!

Any problems publishing the flags of Khmer Rouge or Kampuchea?

[that genius]

Oh boy, here we go.

No offence, James, but tourists can access information on this easily online or offline, hundreds, perhaps even thousands of books have been written on the subject and are pushed on tourists wherever they walk by street-sellers.

You're a bit late to the long-running and almost overdone game.

Open a bar, no one's ever done that. I jest.

Write about something else.

[james1234]

You call your self a genius? Great advice.

I have been publishing my whole life, mostly about stuff that has been published many times before. I just do it better. I wrote over 40 books, published more than 200, sold millions of them in 24 countries, made magazines for decades. So I probably don't know what I am doing or talking about. O yeah, of course I did no market research.

I'd better open a bar, although I have never done that before and there are way too many bars in Cambodia!

[that genius]

You call your self a genius? Great advice.

I have been publishing my whole life, mostly about stuff that has been published many times before. I just do it better. I wrote over 40 books, published more than 200, sold millions of them in 24 countries, made magazines for decades. So I probably don't know what I am doing or talking about. O yeah, of course I did no market research.

I'd better open a bar, although I have never done that before and there are way too many bars in Cambodia!

You really don't understand sarcasm, do you?

Experienced publisher who asks for basic advice on a general info public forum...yeah, right, LOL

I was trying to save you hassle, but go ahead and write War and Peace 25, waste your time, who cares?