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James Taing

James Taing
Founder of the Preah Vihear Foundation
Genocide

Left on a Mountain to Die

An excerpt from Under the Naga Tail: The escape from the Cambodian Genocide

March 22, 2023 • by James Taing and Mae Bunseng Taing
An excerpt of Under the Naga Tail, the memoir of a refugee who escaped the Killing Fields in Cambodia....

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Left on a Mountain to Die
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When the World Abandoned the Cambodian Refugees

An interview with author James Taing about his father’s escape from the Cambodian genocide

March 22, 2023 • by Tobias Lentz and James Taing
I think in today's world where everyone has an immigration problem, we need to make sure we are not repeating the same mistakes....

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When the World Abandoned the Cambodian Refugees
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